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Heavy Weather Poll

Poll – What is the most dangerous weather condition at sea?

By On May 6, 2011

  Do you have a story about severe weather? Be sure to leave your comments below! Also, Check Out our previous maritime poll questions.

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POLL: Flag State Changes to Dynamically Positioned Drilling Vessels…

By On March 2, 2011

As of recently, deepwater self-propelled drilling vessels were considered “MODUs”, or mobile offshore drilling units.  Recent changes to flag state classification rules now classify these vessels as “Dynamic Positioning Vessels”, [...]

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Maritime Command, Royal Canadian Navy, or Canadian Navy?

By On December 10, 2010

According to the Toronto Sun, a junior naval officer in Canada’s “Maritime Command” is in a bit of trouble after he was caught emailing his senator and urging his coworkers [...]

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Poll – Lessons Learned From The Deepwater Horizon Incident

By On November 11, 2010

In this poll we ask what safety lessons learned have been implemented by your vessel since the Deepwater Horizon incident in the gulf . When answering please don’t include mandatory [...]

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Poll – What is the worst Anti-Piracy method?

By On September 20, 2010

Photo Via Notes From Sea Level gCaptain has covered nearly every anti-piracy measure from weapons (both lethal and non-lethal) to Molotov Cocktails and safe rooms. Many have asked readers to [...]

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Bridge Technology Poll – Most Wished For Gadget

By On March 20, 2010

Two weeks ago, in cooperation with 59-56, we asked you to design the ship of your dreams in a feature called “Pimp My Ship“. Not suprising we had a few [...]

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Poll – Most Promising SAR or Navigation Technology

By On October 14, 2009

Leave your opinions in the comment section below.

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Poll of the Week: Electronic vs Paper Charts

By On October 1, 2009

Related Forum Discussion.

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gCaptain Poll – Which organizations are not doing enough to combat piracy

By On April 2, 2009

Background information can be found HERE and HERE.

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Poll – What Is A Fair Sentence For John Cota?

By On March 10, 2009

To read the evidence click HERE.

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Mariner Shortage – Your Opinions

By On February 3, 2009

Image via Flickr user OneEighteen Photostream While searching the web, I came across an article in the Chicago Tribune titled “Shipping Industry Runs Short of Mariners.”  Here is a brief [...]

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Poll – Which Non-Lethal Weapon has the best chance of success against pirates?

By On January 19, 2009

After reading our posts (HERE and HERE) on less-than-lethal anti-piracy weapons, which system do you think has the best chance of success against Somali pirates?

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