As mates, masters and pilots of really big ships we get plenty of bragging rights on the waterfront but the small guys have one thing on us, cool handheld

I have been sitting on this story for a few weeks but could not come up with the words to describe the loss of this historic ship and the

This just in from the Boston Globe: Firefighters battled through smoke and heat to quench a blaze early this morning in the bowels of a Navy ship in dry

Launched this June the International Maritime Bureau’s Maritime Security Hotline is a confidential phone line that enables the seafarer and others in the

More information on the possible effects of climate change came to light this week when Australian, British, US and French scientists released their study on

A daring rescue at sea was performed by tourists at the Dutch resort of Zandvoort yesterday. The efforts began when a large orange head was observed floating

Taiwan just announced that they will start work on a project that will generate electric power through the use of ocean current. So how are they going to go

The Indian government is considering a law barring ships over 25 years of age from docking in the country’s ports. The Economic Times of India tells us:

In light of the Minnesota bridge collapse I wanted to share the mayday called immediately following the Skyway Bridge Collapse on May 9th 1980. The Transcript

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eM_azpF_54 Ship Simulator is a revolutionary simulation game that puts players at the helm of some of the most varied and

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The ship ‘DenDen’, or as local residents have nicknamed her ‘The Mangaorean Titanic’, was an early story covered by gCaptain in

This must be the week of the unusual submarine. We have discovered Chinese subs on Google maps, luxury submarines for the uber-rich, and news of Russia using

The Australian Government launched a $15m project today that will deliver ocean forecasts for the waters off the cost of Australia. The project known as

By now you should know that all licensing requests by U.S. Mariners are routed through the Coast Guard National Maritime Center‘s new headquarters in

Here are some stories from our Maritime News Discoverer. Published Stories Ouch! Superyacht goes crash – from Practical Boat Owner magazine Rubber Ducks

Time has an amazing photo slideshow titled Life Under The Antartic Ice

While we were celebrating our numbers and sending you to Robin Storm’s post on recent Coast Guard rescues yesterday the saviors of the sea were reaching