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M/V Biscaglia Maritime Security and A Look At Armed vs Non-Lethal Ship Protection In Pirate Waters

By On December 18, 2008

In a well researched article titled Mercenary Guards Jump Ship as Somali Pirates Remain Undeterred Bloomberg exposes private security efforts to protect ships in the region. What is not well [...]

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Wakeup Call: The Road to STCW Compliance Starts to Get Bumpy…

By On September 25, 2008

Editorial Note: Being actively sailing mariners, the editorial team at gCaptain is concerned by recent changes to US Coast Guard policy on the licensing of mariners. We feel this is [...]

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Allision – Nautical Word of the Day

By On November 8, 2007

In covering the recent San Francisco Bay Bridge incident I have noticed most (but not all) of the news articles have made a small error in terminology. In describing the [...]

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Are Rising Salaries Enough To Retain Mariners?

By On October 26, 2007

In another excellent article, Maritime Executive‘s managing editor Joseph Keefe is dead on with his assessment of salary (find the article HERE) and working condition improvements in this tight labor [...]

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