JUDSON Bennett’s Coastal Network
Opinion
Huge Dangerous Ice Flow in Delaware Bay
Dear Friends,
It is 4 degrees above zero in the Delaware River for several weeks causing a huge and dangerous ice flow inhibiting commercial traffic to Philadelphia.
The Delaware River Pilots who have a dangerous job anyway are up against a situation that has not happened for several years. Most of the aids to navigation are gone, the boarding Jacob Ladders (sometimes 50 feet high) are slick ice, and the pilots have had to hire steel hauled tug boats at $10,000 per day to break the ice so the pilots can board and disembark.
Yours truly did this for many years.
Similar situations are happening to the Norfolk Pilots as well.
On a personal note, my health is improving, after some serious breathing problems.
Respectfully Submitted,
JUDSON Bennett-Coastal Network
Judson Bennett
Author
Captain A. Judson Bennett was a life- long resident of Lewes, DE. He served the maritime industry for 33 years, primarily as a Delaware River Pilot, guiding large ships to the Port of Philadelphia. Captain Bennett has been an active and consistent entrepreneur over the years.
He was elected as a Lewes City Councilman for 6 years. Afterwards he ran for the Sussex County Council as a Republican, and with 20 thousand people voting, lost Delaware’s closest election by 3 votes to an 8 year incumbent. Abandoning his personal political ambitions, he became the Republican District leader, advocating conservative values. Captain Bennett became a lobbyist in the state legislature advocating among many ideas, financial literacy concepts in education. He managed several political campaigns, including one for Governor of Delaware and one for the US Senate against VP Joe Biden. He is now the owner, operator, and writer for the Coastal Network which communicates regularly with over 6000 people throughout the State of Delaware.
Captain Bennett is a graduate of St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, DE (where the movie “The Dead Poet’s Society was filmed) and also graduated “Magna Cum Laude” from the University of Delaware with a BA in Criminal Justice and an MA in Liberal Studies.
He is now a Widower, living in West Palm Beach, Florida. Captain Bennett has one son, three grandchildren, and one great grand-daughter, all who live in Richmond, Virginia.
