On April 3rdh, 2011, bulkcarrier “Shen Neng 1″ hit a coral reef off the Australian west coast. In its final report on the grounding the Australian Transport Safety Bureau put forward that [...]
First published in the April 2011 issue of the Nautical Institute’s Seaways magazine, Paul Drouin of Safeship.ca wishes to put to rest, once and for all, the commonly acquiesced ”truth” [...]
As a new third mate I was always frustrated by those who demanded I memorize things and it was my belief that a good officer never guesses an answer but [...]
For half an hour there was almost unbroken silence on the bridge before it was shattered by the unmistakeable sounds of a ship running aground on rocks. The playback from [...]
Discussion has returned on the use of Class-B AIS data by commercial ships. For those unaware of the technology, Class B is an AIS system designed for use by boaters [...]
Recently, the USCG issued a Marine Safety Alert warning operators to have policies in place on the use of cells phones and other devices that may distract crew members from [...]
High-speed Internet connectivity on merchant ships and unintended consequences By Ryan Skinner (email) Since early this year, ships running at least one make of ECDIS can download navigational charts and chart [...]
Let’s face it, we could all use a few tips to help us stay awake especially those mariners working the late watch. From split watch schedules to operations requiring “All [...]
Unofficial Networks, the parent company of gCaptain, runs all of its email servers with commercial version of google’s popular email client gMail. There were many reasons for this choice but [...]
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