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Bridge Technology Poll – Most Wished For Gadget

Incident Photo (and video) of The Week – Collision at Port of Constanta

Solo Fisherman Caught in His Own Net! (Accident Investigation Report)

Pimp My Ship!

Lashing@sea and Containers – A Disappointment

S/V Concordia and the Nautical Goat

World’s fastest container ships mothballed

Admiral Thad Allen Delivers Fourth and Final State of the Coast Guard Address – Full Transcript

Post-Piracy Care for Seafarers – New Study

Job Announcement: Superintendent of the US Merchant Marine Academy

Nautical Star Tattoos

Underwater Hotels – The World’s Most Spectacular

Port Au Prince Haiti, Earthquake Damage – Incident Photo Of The Week

Thanks But No Thanks – Says US Navy To TS Kennedy

MARAD Orders More Ships to Assist in Haitian Relief

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Schat Harding Lifeboats – World’s Largest Boats

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy – New Acting Superintendent

Best Blogs For Boaters

Sea Shepherd Boat ADY GIL Rammed and Sunk by Japanese Whalers

Shell Perdido Lifeboats – Incident Photo Of The Week

US Navy Oceanographic Survey Ship

Maritime Disasters Infographic

Jumbo Crane Collapse – Incident Photo Of The Week

Underwater Glider Scarlet Knight Opens Up New World of Ocean Technology

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Ship Photo of The Week – Outbound in New York Harbor

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November 1950 East Coast Superstorm

Clipper Adventurer – Video From An Antarctic Adventure

S/V Noordhoek Pathfinder Launched

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US Merchant Marine Academy Superintendent Resigns

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Flogging and Mutiny in the 21st Century

A Conversation With Thad Allen, Commandant USCG – Part 2

Poll – Most Promising SAR or Navigation Technology

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Time To Rethink SOLAS? Why a behavioral economist may have the answer.

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Farmers Almanac: Winter 2010

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European Union: NO to Tuna Ban

Largest Crane In The World – Amazing Photos

Maritime Monday 180

What Jobs Are Done With Dynamic Positioning? – Pt.2

Oasis of the Seas Video – Propelling The Giant

Fugro Survey Launches New M/V Fugro Gemini

Getting Your Dynamic Positioning (DP) License

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How Do Mariners Pay For Training?

Casualty Outlook

Ship AIS Tracking Via Satellite

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Liberty Ship JOHN W BROWN Open for Tours in Baltimore 13 – 16 August

Merchant Marine Jobs – 101 (or so) Tips To Find A Dream Job At Sea

Message from Admiral Thad Allen (and others) on Coast Guard Day 2009

Maritime Monday 173

Playing Russian Roulette At UK container ports?

Maritime Safety & Security News – 31 July 2009

Freedom Ship

Casualty Outlook

Ship Photo of the Week – MSC Daniela in Rotterdam

Emma Maersk’ s Wartsila-Sulzer Super Ship Engine – Part 2

Casualty Outlook

Maritime Monday 169

Collision Avoidance Tip – Call his boss!

Free Ship Simulator Games

Jones Act Case Study: Bobby Kirk v Noble Drilling (U.S.), Inc.

OTC kicks off in Houston

DHS Biometric Database – Concerns And A Controversial Solution

M/V Explorer – Investigation into Sinking of An Eco-Cruise Ship

Crane Photos – Heavy Lift Cranes & Rigging

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US Coast Guard Statement Concerning Future of Traditional Style Licenses

Container Shipping Companies – The Ten Largest Visualized

The Halligan Tool – Fire Gear Locker

MV Saldanha: Hijacked by Pirates

NTSB Board Meeting on Cosco Busan Allision

5 Great Presidential Quotes on the Merchant Marine

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Good News From Gulf of Aden

Condé Nast’s 2009 List for Top Cruise Ships

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Workboat Academy Graduates New Mates

Live EarthQuake Monitors – Data, Maps and Realtime Info

Cruise Ship Balmoral Hits Rough Seas | Bay Of Biscay Storm – Incident Photos

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The Death of 121.5 EPIRB For The Coast Guard

Jones Act Case Study: Armando Zertuche v Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC.

gCaptain’s NEW FORUM

Well Intervention Vessel – Interesting Ship Of The Week

Maritime Monday 144

Garmin Oregon GPS – Garmin’s Oregon Marine GPS

A New Solution To A Pressing Problem – Maritime Piracy

Happy New Year!

Pirate Attack Photos – M/V BISCAGLIA

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Merry Christmas

The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

Maritime Monday 141

EPIRB, GPIRB, ELT, PLB… What’s The Difference?

Undersea Cables Cut: Loss of Internet

MSC Daniela – World’s Largest Container Ship (by TEU)

M/V KAPITAN MASLOV – Pirate Attack Photos

Maritime Monday 140

Saving Lives & Your Cell Phone – Golden Shellback Coating

European Union Launches First Navy Mission

Cruising Antarctica 2009 – Cruise Ship Groundings, Whaling and Anti-Whaling

2008 International WorkBoat Show

Port of Singapore: The World’s Busiest Container Port

Maritime Monday 136

Farmers Almanac: Summer 2009

Farmers Almanac Winter 2009

Farmers Almanac: Winter 2007 / 2008

gCaptain’s Travel Gear – An Office Aboard Ship

The Legend Of The Flying Dutchman

Merchant Vessels Fend Off Attackers in Gulf of Aden

Mini Contest: What Is This?

Crane Ship M/V Stanislav Yudin – Interesting Ship of The Week

Maritime Monday 131

Fixed Rate Broadband Enters The Pacific

The Victims Of Piracy – Photo of the Faina Crew

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My ship is bigger than Russian Billionare Abramovich’s new yacht… Just Barely

Icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer – Interesting Ship of The Week

Incident Photo Of The Week – Corpus Christi Tugboat

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Photos of the Somali Pirate’s Mothership

Surviving Hurricane Ike – Galveston, Texas

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Maritime Monday Note

Jones Act Injuries – When does it apply?

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Wärtsilä 50DF Engines – Major Orders Placed

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P&O Pacific Sun – Rough Week for Cruise Ship Passengers

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Hong Kong Ship Shopping Mall – Ship Docked In The Middle Of City Pleases Shoppers

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Golden Shellback FAQ

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Spirit of Glacier Bay – Cruise Ship Hard Aground in Alaska

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RCMP St. Roch – Artic Explorer – Historic Ship Of The Week

Quiz – Titan Pullers?

Cross Atlantic Cables – Interactive Map

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Modern Pirates, The Success Rate Of

Company Profile: Gordon and Elias, LLP

A Surge At The Baltic Exchange

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The Edmund Fitzgerald – Remembering The Tragedy

Pocket Cruise Ship Grounds in Alaska

Wired Magazine: The Battle of Midway

The Repo Man of Ships

Server Glitch – Please STBY

Shipping Companies Sized By Market Capitalization

Maritime Monday 113

The Human Impact On Marine Ecosystems

Where are the Merchant Marine Inspectors?

75th Annual National Maritime Day

A Forgotten Tragedy: America’s Worst Maritime Disaster

Brazil Orders $30 Billion In New Drill Ships and Rigs

European Union Observes First Ever Maritime Day

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Queen Victoria Aground – Is the curse real?

Are You a Security Threat?

Maritime Monday 110

The Boater’s TV – Videos Online

Climate Change – Don’t argue with the people of Kiribati and Tuvalu in the South Pacific

gCaptain Birthday Contest Winners

Maritime Monday 109

Kon-Tiki: 60 years ago

Are Pirates Human Rights Victims?

Maritime Monday 107

A Shipping Container Shortage?

My Days on the Mississippi

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National Geographic “America’s Port” – Starts Sunday

gCaptain Aquired By Unofficial Networks For $1.9 Million US

Whaling Grounds, Tactics Heating Up

San Fran – “Over 100 liable for COSCO BUSAN Oil Spill”

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Maritime Monday Moving to gCaptain

Night Vision Equipment Required by Philippines Govt.

Whaling – Graphic Images

OJ Gets Juiced in Newark

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SkySail Sets Sail For Atlantic Crossing

Pirate Attacks Increased In 2007

Antarctic Eco-Tourism – Yet Another Close Call

WHO – Night Shift A Cause Of Cancer

Deadliest Catch – Monster Waves

Map of Effected Beaches – San Francisco / Cosco Busan Oil Spill

Poll – Single Best Improvement

U.S Congress Seeks To Attract And Retain Professional Mariners

How Ship Decks Are Named

The Straight of Malacca – A Dark Passage

Merchant Mariner Tax Deduction “Kapp-sized” By IRS

Future Anti-Piracy Weapon?

Watchstander Fatigue – Sleeping on Watch

Ship Collision Off Coast of Japan

Weapons Aboard Ship?

gCaptain Tip – Check USCG License Application Online

Top 3 China Trade Charts

Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise – Ship of the Day

Message in a bottle – $100 reward for toy ducks lost at sea

Pasha Bulker – Photo Slideshow

Hospital Ship Comfort Departs to South America

Free Starbucks Cards For Joining gCaptain

Our Biggest Export to China; Recycling Material (aka Trash)

World’s Fastest Ship OR Largest Plane? You Decide.

National Maritime Day

The Captain and the Chief. A Mariner’s joke

Death of the HF marine forecast?

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Poll – Is the Mariner Shortage good?

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