Updates to Bright Field Web Site
Bright Field site
UPDATES
We still have numerous news items and photos to post. We hope to continue to update this site as time permits.
14 Sept. 1998
- Added reference to Loyola Law Review article "Wake of the M/V Bright Field: A Call for Abandoning the Shipowner's Limitation of Liability Act." to Law Journal Articles Page.
15 August 1998
- Added 11 Aug 1998 Times-Picayune story on Liberian report being issued.
1 January 1998
22 December 1997
- Added page on Coast Guard Investigation Dec 18, 1997 Final Report
26 August 1997
- Added link to Polson Enterprises button page to "Polson Enterprises Brochure"
13 August 1997
- Added Orleans Jewels link to Links Page (a store in the mall)
14 July 1997
- Added UK MASSTERS link about simulator training to Simulator Links on Links Page.
3 July 1997
- Updated the sponsors information page and included a link to our online Polson Enterprises brochure.
28 May 1997
- Added Creole Queen Paddlewheel Page to Vessels and Places section. Included background on ownership and info on New Orleans Paddlewheels and prior cases. Included info about Destination Management company's ties to New Orleans Paddlewheels and a list other boats owned by them.
- Added Hilton Flamingo Casino Riverboat Page to Vessels and Places section. Included info about Hilton Flamingo Casino preparing to move.
- Added Wall Street Journal 27 May story of Riverboat Simulator to Evidence Page
- Added BC Sales Model of Creole Queen to Evidence Page and Creole Queen Page
- Added Times Picayune expose of Riverboat Gambling corruption. Also linked to it from Background Reference Page
- Moved to stage 2 step of move to new Pentium server.
13 May 1997
We are unable to perform updates this week, but we are in personal contact with a very major figure in the crash who is sharing his experiences and knowledge with us. Look forward to some unique coverage from a major individual involved in the accident coming in the next couple weeks.
7 May 1997
- Listed heavily damaged mall businesses on Places Page
- Created and installed Maritime Legal Services ad boxes and banners
- Created Sponsors Page
6 May 1997
Moved to stage 1 of move to new Pentium server
1 May 1997
- Updated the names, places, and companies rosters with information from the Dec 15 articles logged last week.
- Added links to Maritime Law Resources group and to White - Price, & Associates (court reporters for joint hearing)
- Added 3 recent letters from our viewers plus a Navy phone call to reader correspondence
24 April 1997
- Added 7 photos and 2 charts from the Dec 15, 1997 Times Picayune. Put them on the multimedia page (with thumbnails) and on the "Rammed" Dec 15 newstory coverage.
- Internally coded the size of the thumbnails on the multimedia page to speed its loading
18 April 1997 we're trying to make the weekly updates on Thursday's but this week some of the project spilled over to Friday.
- Created separate Multi-Media page with a "table format"
- Created linking thumbnails for all the photos, maps, and sounds
10 April 1997
- Added the text of the two major initial coverage T-P newspaper articles (Dec 15 paper), Rammed & Chaos articles
3 April 1997
- Added four photos from Feb newsclips (two of B.F. in repairs, one of Granito, one of Stone & Marsh)
- Updated the Names & Faces page with names in the February news
- Updated the Companies page with companies in the February news
- Put links on the original news pages to the photos
- Added a report about the Bright Field fire to the crash summary
27 March 1997 - For those of you trying to keep a closer eye on new postings on this site - we have gone to a schedule and will be updating this site on Thursday's though out the day and evening unless major news breaks. In the event of major news, we will post it immediately.
- Added two letters from readers
- Added yesterday's Wall Street Journal article on the Long Beach Naval Station/COSCO problem
- Added the MARS radio specs to the Bright Field Spec Sheet Page
- Added link on the LINKS page to Lloyds
- Created a February Times-Picayune News page with the four stories on it. The two Port Board safety Meeting stories, the large article on repairs at Boland, and the Bright Field fire article.
20 March 1997 - added photo source and model boat source to evidence page, added link to Bayou Boats Scale Models on links page, added some letters from readers.
13 March 1997 - added "ALT" to the buttons to allow words to show before buttons were loaded. Also added David Harvey Commercial Photography to Photos area as a source of commercial photos.
12 March 1997 - updated Port of N.O. Link
10 March 1997 - created Conferences category in Links and added the Damages in Maritime Cases and Shipping 97 conference links.
6 Feb 1997 - posted link to the very first law journal article on the Bright Field crash (see law journals button), posted the Law Journal article references and turned the "law journals button" on, posted the annotation references and turned the "annotations button" on, setup this updates page and turned the "updates button" on, posted several new links, added the "B.F. Research for Hire button" and information.
Research for Hire button" and information.
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