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A gCaptain Halloween – Navy Ships in Razzle Dazzle

By On October 31, 2011

Some of you may remember a cartoon which appeared during World War I, a drawing showing an inquisitive stranger talking with the gateman at a railway crossing. The gate was [...]

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Blog Action Day Announces 2010 Theme

By On September 28, 2010

Every October 15th, the blogosphere combines forces and participates in what’s called Blog Action Day.  The premise being to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion about one issue that [...]

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Portfire 40 Launches! Who would you nominate?

By On September 5, 2010

The Portfire 40, a new shipping industry list of the most influential and alternative thinkers and thought provokers, is in the works.  An open and growing list, based on submitted [...]

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gCaptain Forums are Back up and Running!

By On July 8, 2010

Dear gCaptain Forum Members, The gCaptain Forums are back up and running.  It appears that a on or around June 29th, an unexpected surge of traffic to gCaptain.com caused a [...]

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Best Blogs For Boaters

By On January 13, 2010

Too early to start thinking about the boating season? Well gCaptain does have loyal readers in Argentina, Australia and South Africa but, yes, it is entirely too early and gCaptain [...]

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Blog Action Day – Maritime Shipping and Climate Change

By On October 15, 2009

For those of you that try to keep up with events in the blogosphere, you may know that today is Blog Action Day 2009.  For those of you that don’t, [...]

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Wireless Developments Circa 1917

By On June 2, 2009

Bearings, “A Geographer’s Blog” from Berkley, has a new series on Radio’s Rise During World War I. The series includes the history of undersea cables and the ships that pioneered [...]

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USCG Launches The Coast Guard Compass

By On May 28, 2009

Continuing its push to social media and web 2.o, the USCG has just launched a new blog to accompany their already impressive arsenal of online outlets, The Coast Guard Compass.  [...]

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Welcome Aboard! USCG Sector Los Angeles – Long Beach Launches New Blog

By On April 2, 2009

The United States Coast Guard continues its push to Web 2.o as a means of sharing information with the general public with the launch of a new blog: Coast Guard [...]

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Google Toolbar Buttons – Maritime Edition

By On March 26, 2009

Introducing gCaptain’s Google Toolbar buttons. How do you get them? Click on one of the images then… if you already have Google’s Toolbar installed then a small anchor button will [...]

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Best Maritime Blogs of 2009 That You (Maybe) Aren’t Reading

By On February 26, 2009

Photo by David Hobby We estimate that the Maritime Industry is 3-5 years behind better knowing communities in the adoption of social media and the sharing of thoughts and ideas [...]

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YOUblog – Step Up To The Maritime Mic

By On February 24, 2009

Have a great idea you’d like to share with the industry? Ever think to yourself , “I could do a better job than these gCaptain guys“? Now is your chance [...]

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