Maritime Matters

Maritime Matters
Maritime Matters
Maritime matters header.jpg
URL Homepage
Slogan Ocean Liner History and Cruise Ship News
Type of site Travel News
Available language(s) English
Owner Martin Cox
Created by Peter Knego
Launched 1997
Alexa rank 458,828
Current status Online

Maritime Matters is a website dedicated to news concerning ocean liners and cruise ships, launched in 1997 by writer and professional photographer Martin Cox.

Contents

History

Cox is the web master of the site, but most Maritime Matters posts are written by Peter Knego, and the posts are blogs on cruises and trips to preserved or laid up ships, news, such as, for example, an announcement of a newbuild for a cruise line, or updates on what ships are being scrapped. Maritime Matters went through an upgrade to a different format at one point, its old pages available via Google until the site was moved to a new server in May 2010.[1] Knego was one of many press members who were on board the Norwegian Epic for a short cruise upon arrival in New York, and was able to post a large blog chronicling the ships interior, from the pool deck, public spaces, and suites.[2] If visitors of the site enter their name and email to a commenting engine they would be able to comment on posts. In September 2010 Google announced that news posts from the website would be featured on the news aggregator Google News.[3] It was also announced that the site would be undergoing an upgrade, which would include the option of changing pages to different languages.[4]

Sections

  • Shipping News
  • Shipping Blogs
  • Then and Now
  • Sea of Memories
  • Steamship Line Histories
  • Video

Authors

Martin Cox

Martin Cox grew up in the major British port of Southampton, inspiring him to create the site. He went to art school in Devon, launching Maritime Matters in 1997 and later moving to Los Angeles to launch his career in photography in 2000.[5] Cox co wrote the book Hollywood to Honolulu: The Story of the Los Angeles Steamship in 2009.

Peter Knego

Peter Knego was born in Los Angeles. In early 1974 he began photographing every passenger ship that came to dock in Los Angeles, sparking interest in the passenger shipping industry. He traveled on many classic ships in the 1990s, including the Achille Lauro weeks before it sank in 1994. Knego has, since 2003, annually visited scrapyards at Alang, India to document ships, mostly classic liners, being scrapped.[6] He has put many fittings from these ships up for sale on his own website Midshipcentury.com,[7] and produced several films chronicling passenger ships of the world.[8]

Shawn Dake

Shawn Dake has made increasing contributions to the site, his additions usually concerning news stories or tours of vessels.[9]

References

  1. ^ Moving to a new home
  2. ^ Dawning of a Norwegian Epoch
  3. ^ Knego Tweets
  4. ^ Refitting the Site
  5. ^ Martin Cox Bio
  6. ^ Mid-century nautical: Moorpark man's land-locked love affair with the high seas
  7. ^ Peter Knego Bio
  8. ^ Videos Index
  9. ^ Shawn Dake

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