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Happy Birthday gCaptain

In a short few days gCaptain will reach two big milestones; one million pageviews and our first birthday!

In celebration we are giving away a pair of prize baskets, one for each milestone!

Both winners will receive the following: An Apple iPod, Sony MDR-NC6 Noise Cancelling Headphones, gCaptain t-shirt.

CLICK HERE to enter the contest.

Looking For Contributors

Did you know that gCaptain accepts YOUR articles? Thats right, regardless of whether you work as an Ordinary Seaman, Captain, Cadet or Cook we are looking for articles written by YOU our loyal readers. This has been a ff gCaptain since the beginning but to get you motivated we are adding a twist. While supplies last the authors of all submissions posted to the front page of this blog will receive a free gCaptain t-shirt! While you can certainly buy a shirt from our schwag shop, this special edition version stamped Blogging From The High Seas is sure to attract attention.

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Messing About In Ships - A Maritime Podcast

We are excited to announce Peter Mello of Sea-Fever.org and Captain John Konrad of gCaptain have teamed up for a new podcast titled Messing about in ships. Produced every thursday and published to a new section of the blog, we hope to bring the latest maritime news and happenings right to your iPod.

Our goal is to make this a community effort with questions, comments and story ideas coming from you.

To start participating visit our Maritime News Discoverer and Submit a Link, then click around discoverer and vote on story that interests you the most. The link with the most votes each week will be featured on the podcast.

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Telstar Logistics Reviews gCaptain

"Did you see those pictures of the largest internal-combustion engine ever built? Did you hear about the new heavy-lift ship that's really two big ships joined at the hip? And did you catch that story about the plan to restore the world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship?

If not, then you probably haven't been reading enough gCaptain.

From his shipboard perch on the high seas, Konrad MM updates his blog regularly via satellite, and he's got a great nose for interesting tidbits that are guaranteed to amaze both maritime professionals and armchair wannabes alike. To show you what we mean, here are just five of gCaptain's recent Greatest Hits:"

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