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Jensen Maritime Launches Google+ Page

By On December 9, 2011

Company Invites Fans to Follow Company for Latest News, Photos and More Jensen Maritime, a Crowley Maritime Corp. company, announced today the launching of a company Google+ page, which can [...]

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Portfire40 names first inductee: The Banksy of shipping?

By On March 8, 2011

Editors note: The new Portfire40 Series will portray those people in the maritime industry that possess “alternative power” having exhibited a lasting impact on the industry by the novelty and [...]

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Shipserv launches new “deals” website

By On March 1, 2011

The marine and offshore online chandlery Shipserv today announced that is has launched a “deals” website, rightfully called ShipservDeals.com.  The site is a first of its kind for the marine [...]

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ShipServ trading volumes up 31%, web traffic up 134% in 2010

By On January 21, 2011

ShipServ, the leading marine and offshore e-marketplace, has today announced record results for the year ending 31 December 2010. Trading up 31%, web traffic up 134% During 2010 over four [...]

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Carbon War Room launches ShippingEfficiency.org

By On December 10, 2010

In an effort help reduce the environmental impacts of the world’s shipping fleet, Carbon War Room, the not-for-profit website dedicated to fighting the war on carbon and founded by billionaire [...]

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Yahoo – ‘BP Oil Spill’ most queried term in 2010

By On December 8, 2010

What does it take to overcome Michael Jackson and Britney Spears from the top spot in Yahoo search queries? By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer Michael Liedtke, Ap Technology Writer [...]

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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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AIS is not Foursquare for shipping

By On May 21, 2010

They’re both about localisation, but that doesn’t make them apples and apples By Ryan Skinner (email) You probably already know AIS. The short-range coastal tracking system identifies vessels near coastlines [...]

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Coracle Online First to Launch Line of Maritime iPhone and iPod Touch Applications

By On July 29, 2009

Coracle Online was one of (if not the first) company in the maritime and shipping industry to get into iPhone and iPod Touch application development.  Their first application, The Maritime [...]

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Free Ship Simulator Games

By On May 19, 2009

The software development company, PlanetInAction, has just released a free ship simulator game that leverages the Google Earth plugin and presents it as the platform for this free game.  The [...]

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Photo Friday – gCaptain’s Flickr Photostream

By On April 3, 2009

Some of you may have noticed the recent change we made to gCaptain’s homepage.  I will not get into the underlying reasons for the switch, but one thing we (and [...]

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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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