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Drunk Tanker Captain Sentenced to Prison

By On October 27, 2010

[Image (c) Peninsula Daily News] Seattle – SEONG UG SIN, a citizen of Korea, and captain of the STX Daisy was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to [...]

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

By On August 5, 2010

From the “Maritime Monday” archives a popular post from original MM author Fred Fry a story straight from the trash heap….. ”Guangzhou Customs Intercepted and Captured “Imported Rubbish” While China is [...]

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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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A Year In Shipping – A 2008 gCaptain Roundup

By On December 31, 2008

2008 marked the first full year of operation here at gCaptain.com and the growth we saw was both amazing and unexpected. In 2008, we grew by over 136%, receiving over [...]

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Maritime News Discoverer Voting Campaign

By On December 15, 2007

Our Maritime News Discoverer is really taking off. Our google page views have almost doubled and feedback is excellent. Our one problem… we need you to vote on stories. It’s [...]

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Chinese Sub and the Carrier Group

By On November 15, 2007

While we have been preoccupied with the Bay Bridge Allision readers of our Maritime News Discoverer know of this troubling news from the pacific; When the U.S. Navy deploys a [...]

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Shipping References – Cosco Busan Research Links

By On November 14, 2007

For those curious how the editors at gCaptain research maritime incidents like the Cosco Busan’s allision with San Francisco’s Bay Bridge, here are some of the websites that provide excellent [...]

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Follow the path of the Cosco Busan

By On November 11, 2007

UPDATE: BoatingSF has a new animation that can be found here: COSCO BUSAN’S TRACK – UPDATED _________________ Our friend John of VesselTrax.com submitted this link to our Maritime News Discoverer. [...]

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Maritime News of the Week – gCaptain’s Top Picks

By On November 10, 2007

  Here are gCaptain editor’s Top 10 upcoming picks of the week from gCaptain’s Maritime News Discoverer. Please Vote on the ones you like to have them published. More Than [...]

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New Tools Section

By On November 6, 2007

The good news; We have competently overhauled the tools landing page to provide direct links to our most popular features. We have launched a new feature that you may find [...]

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Maritime News of the Week – gCaptain’s Top Picks

By On November 3, 2007

  Here are gCaptain editor’s Top 10 upcoming picks of the week from gCaptain’s Maritime News Discoverer. Please Vote on the ones you like to have them published. Hawaii Superferry [...]

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Nautical Institute on MARPOL Prevention

By On October 6, 2007

We rarely reproduce press releases… but it’s Sunday and not your usual release. Seaways, the Nautical Institute’s monthly magazine, has a story this month on ideas to prevent oil discharges [...]

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