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July 6th 2007
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Top Blog Story
It’s officiall we’ve had reports from our resident reporters Ian & MarkL, fellow bloggers and the “real” media all confirming that the coal ship Pasha Bulker has been freed from Nobby’s Beach.
We have all been lucky with this story; no one was seriously inured in the incident, the town's finances have improved with substantial tourist revenue and we at gCaptain have experianced record numbers... over 10,000 unique visitors on this story alone.
View all our Pasha Bulker stories HERE
Top Forum Thread
A brand new 3rd mate just out of the Academy asked our forum:
I am just out of school and I looking for my first third mate job. I was offered an ab job and although I would much rather sail as a mate I am considering taking the ab position. I did well in school and aboard the training ship but I am not sure if I am ready for all responsiblities that a third mate has. Here are my concerns....
Read the (mostly) excellent responses from our subscribers HERE
gCaptain's Poll of the Week
Poll: What is the most important issue for Mariners today? Comment HERE
Editor's Picks
Here are the top stories as choosen by gCaptain's editors
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Pasha Bulker - Photo Slideshow
A random selection of the best (and worst) photos of the coal ship “Pasha Bulker” grounded on Nobby’s Beach courtesy of Flickr.
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Shipyard Newbuild Statistics
The title of one story in this week’s MarEx Newsletter proclaims “Maritime Academy Graduation Heralds the Continuation of Good Times” and nothing affirms this better than a look into the order books of the world’s largest shipyards.
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Fire Gear Locker - The Halligan Tool
After my last Fire Team meeting the 2nd Mate said: “you must own stock in the Halligan Tool Company”. Well I don’t (such a company doesn’t even exist) but I am a big fan of the Halligan and insist that it’s carried on each vessel I work on.
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Maritime Flags of Convenience Visualized
With the recent LNG News I decided to get to work on some maritime visualizations. Above is a bubble graph I created representing the number of ships registered to each flag state.
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Confined Space Entry with PASS Device
You have a PASS Device for your shipboard fire team..right?? Why not break it out of the gear locker during confined space entries?
Top News Discoverer Stories
Here are the top Maritime News Discoverer stories & links of the week as voted on by our readers.
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Site News
To all our readers,
We have been amazed at the success of gCaptain and have decided to increase the amount of resources devoted to this site. The first major change for us was hiring a web designer to overhaul the site as well as adding some new features. We started this process some time ago and are ready to install the updated site this week. This means that there will be limited content and possible a few bugs during this next week. Hang in there, as there will be more exciting posts in the near future.
-The gCaptain Team
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