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USCG rolls out new Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise website

By On February 21, 2011

The USCG has just rolled out a new website for their Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise (TVNCOE), located in Paducah, KY. Every tugboater in the United States should bookmark [...]

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AIS – Check your GPS Offset For Errors

By On October 25, 2010

The Nautical Institute’s AIS error reports webpage tells us: I have observed too many vessels with wrong data transmitted by their AIS. Mostly headings are not correct, but the main [...]

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From Ship to Space – Rocket Platforms at Sea

By On July 11, 2008

Our favorite competitor in professional mariner news, Marine-Buzz.com, recently had an exceptional post on maritime technology used to launch rockets into space.  Having seen ships being used as a Hospital, [...]

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Maritime Podcast – MAIS Episode 4

By On December 28, 2007

Episode 4 of “Messing About In Ships“, our joint-venture podcast with Sea-Fever, has been posted to iTunes. This week’s topics include; A Mariner’s Perspective Captain Kelly Sweeney, master mariner, monthly [...]

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Messing About In Ships Podcast – Interviews and Visits

By On December 21, 2007

This week’s highlights include: the introduction of a new feature, “A Mariner’s Perspective” with Master Mariner Captain Kelly Sweeney, monthly contributor to Professional Mariner magazine and author of From the [...]

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