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So what is an IMO Number anyway?

By On September 16, 2011

Wikipedia tells us “The IMO number is made of the three letters ‘IMO’followed by the seven-digit number assigned to all ships by IHS Fairplay when constructed. This is a unique seven digit number that is [...]

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UK Based Ocean Signal Enters Crowded GMDSS Market – Video

By On April 14, 2011

With the crowded nature of the GMDSS / Emergency Signaling market, does the maritime world really need another manufacturer? I’ll leave that question for you to fight over in the [...]

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Green Laser

Green Lasers – Not SOLAS Approved But Can They Save Lives?

By On April 2, 2011

In past articles gCaptain contributor Mario Vittone has clearly illustrated the importance of flares in finding vessels in distress. And having nineteen years of combined military service in the U.S. [...]

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A Satellite Phone Cheaper Than AT&T or Verizon?

By On March 9, 2011

Can you get a satellite phone cheaper than AT&T or Verizon? No but at $20 per month Globalstar is offering an unlimited airtime call plan for new customers. A plan [...]

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AIS SART – It’s Time To Get Serious About AIS

By On October 5, 2010

Most of our readers are familiar with Search And Rescue Transponders, those devices that look similar to EPIRBs that, when interrogated by X-band radar, produce a line of dots on [...]

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Personal Locator Beacons – EPIRBS For Your Lifejacket

By On September 15, 2010

gCaptain has long been a fan of the idea behind SPOT’s personal locator devices but gCaptain readers have pointed out a major concern, a SPOT it is not a PLB [...]

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AIS SART – New Technology And The Sharing Critical Information

By On March 18, 2010

AIS has been a revolutionary product and, regardless of your opinion on its use, has changed the way mates handle heavy traffic situations. Jotron, makers of various SOLAS compliant marine [...]

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First Radio Distress Signal?

By On October 9, 2009

The first RADIO DISTRESS SIGNAL was transmitted from the East Goodwin Lightship on 17 March 1899 when the merchant vessel Elbe ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. The message was [...]

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Ship AIS Tracking Via Satellite

By On August 11, 2009

Kongsberg Simrad announced a partnership with Norway to bring Automatic Identification System, AIS, ship tracking beyond its current line of sight (approximately 40 mile) range. With a target date of 2009 [...]

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McMurdo Fast-Find 210 – Change In The Way You Think About EPIRBS

By On June 26, 2009

A few months ago we received a press release from McMurdo on a revolutionary product, the Fast-Find 210 PLB, a portable version of an EPIRB, The revolutionary part was not [...]

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Twitter Clone Hunts Down Somali Pirates

By On March 16, 2009

We have already seen how the Red Cross and United States Coast Guard has successfully implemented Twitter in their effort to dissimenate information and update participants during times of emergency. [...]

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1.2 Gbps Bandwidth Via Satellite – Possible But Will It Be Available At Sea?

By On January 14, 2009

Here at gCaptain many of our readers browse the site via slow shipboard internet connections so we spend a considerable amount of time attempting to make the site bandwidth friendly. [...]

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