As the cruise ship Crystal Serenity and her 1,700 passengers and crew began her maiden northerly voyage from Alaska to New York this past week, Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Paul Zukunft and Arctic Caucus co-chairman Sen. Angus King held engagements in Greenland to personally observe and better understand the changes occurring in the Arctic. … [Read more...]
WATCH – Maiden Voyage Of The World’s Newest Drillship
We are not sure what the Transocean Conqueror plans on conquering besides a 'worst ship name ever' competition but the latest drillship of the Transocean fleet is certainly impressive as is this timelapse video. … [Read more...]
SPOTD: A Creative Spark Moored At Sea
Today'eo Ship Photo Of The Day (SPOTD) features the BlueTEC Texel tidal energy platform. Taking just six months from the drawing board to realisation, the BlueTEC Texel tidal energy platform was installed in the summer of 2015 and is operating off the island of Texel in the Netherlands. The prototype is producing electricity from the tides into the local grid. BlueTEC … [Read more...]
Sea Shepherd’s Sea Lawyers Back And Fill On Promise To Stop Harassing Whalers
gCaptain Note: On Tuesday gCaptain published an article titled "Sea Shepherd Claims It Will Stay Away From Japan Whaling Ships"... the original title of that article (written by Bloomberg) didn't include the word "claim". We added this word because, frankly, we were skeptical of the news they would stay away from whalers. by John Konrad (gCaptain) A United States … [Read more...]
SPOTD: China’s Hulking Spy Ship
Today's Ship Photo Of The Day (SPOTD) is the Chinese Navy spy ship Yuanwang-5. The Yuanwang (which means "Long View" in Mandarin) class of ships are used for tracking and support of satellite and intercontinental ballistic missiles by the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The details are highly classified but the Yuanwang … [Read more...]
Love Dogs But Hate Seagulls? Then You Have To Meet Bailey The Seagull Security Dog
Two things most mariners have in common; they think of their pups as fellow mariners but consider seagulls to be little more than rats with wings. That may be why Australian National Maritime Museum recently hired its recruit Bailey, the seagull security dog. The border collie was enlisted in May to help the maritime museum keep seagulls away from the exhibits which include … [Read more...]
Watch A Group Retirees Turned Shipwreck Explorers Find The Oldest Intact Commercial Sailing Vessel
On November 6th, 1803 the merchant sloop Washington was sailing Lake Ontario enroute from Kingston to Niagara, Canada with a full cargo when it foundered during a gale. Last week she was found by a team of, self-proclaimed, retired shipwreck explorers. The Washington was the first sloop built on Lake Erie and the first to sail in both Lakes Erie and Ontario. Sloops only … [Read more...]