Friday, November 30, 2007
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Ship of the Day – Saipem 7000

Ship of the Day brings us the Saipem 7000; Today’s SotD is world’s second largest crane vessel Saipem 7000 (IMO: 8501567, Port of Registry: Nassau,

November 30, 2007
Total Views: 486

Oil Spill

Admiral Bone Responds to Critisism

Rear Admiral Craig E. Bone is not one to back down from criticism, his comments regarding questions we posed to the San Francisco Chronicle were strong and to

November 30, 2007
Total Views: 87

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China’s Underwater Museum

Pakistan’s Daily Times has the scoop on China’s newest museum; China is building a giant underwater museum to preserve and exhibit an ancient

November 30, 2007
Total Views: 48

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Deadliest Catch – Monster Waves

Heavy weather pound the fishermen of ‘Deadliest Catch’. Watch the crews of the ‘Deadliest Catch’ get pounded by massive waves in the

November 30, 2007
Total Views: 18

Thursday, November 29, 2007
Incidents

Ridiculous Item of the Month – Madatory VTS Instructions

Fairplay brings us the most ridiculous item of the day; Vessels transiting US harbours could come under tight navigational controls in the wake of the Cosco

November 29, 2007
Total Views: 55

Marine Salvage

Training Ship Texas Clipper – A Sinking Embarrassment

With over nine years of planning completed Texas A&M‘s training ship the Texas Clipper was prepared to start her new life as an artificial reef.

November 29, 2007
Total Views: 181

Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Interesting

A Whale Of A Greeting – Deep Seas Exploration

At times commercial interests and biological research align with stunning results. Today we look at projects underway that utilize technology employed by the

November 28, 2007
Total Views: 10

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Protecting The World’s Rarest Whales

Drawing by Louise Jennison To help protect the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale population, NOAA Fisheries Service is reminding mariners that the

November 28, 2007
Total Views: 35

Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Video

Hull Inspection Video – More Exciting Than It Sounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxDH2CS7c0I We’re hard at work on some interesting new features including a visualization of the Cosco Busan incident in

November 27, 2007
Total Views: 10

Sunday, November 25, 2007
Photo

2008 Maritime Photo Calendar

Our Favorite Maritime Photographer, Houston Pilot Lou Vest, has donated a few of his amazing photos to the pilot association’s charitable foundation,

November 25, 2007
Total Views: 16

Saturday, November 24, 2007
Uncategorized

Protect Your Camera’s Memory with Pelican

gCaptain readers know we are big fans of Pelican Cases and Flashlights and may also know that we have destroyed memory cards in the past. This is why we

November 24, 2007
Total Views: 23

Video

American’s Marine Highway

I am pleased to report a significant amount of positive feedback from mariners when discussing new MARAD (Maritime Administration) initiatives. In addition to

November 24, 2007
Total Views: 33

Friday, November 23, 2007
Lifesaving Incidents

Cruise Ship Explorer Antarctic Abandonment – Update

David Hindin, a gCaptain reader from the San Francisco Bay Area pointed us to this image and audio file from the New York Times. They tell us; A small,

November 23, 2007
Total Views: 154

Incidents

Preventing Future Cosco Busan Type Incidents – NPR Audio

A gCaptain reader forwarded the following National Public Radio appearance by our friend Kelly Sweeney, author of the book “From the Bridge, Authentic

November 23, 2007
Total Views: 20

Lifesaving Incidents

Abandoning Ship in Icey Waters – Breaking News

(Note: We made an error, the above photo is of the EXPLORER II) In breaking news the BBC tells us; More than 150 tourists and crew have been rescued

November 23, 2007
Total Views: 50

Thursday, November 22, 2007
gCaptain

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers at home and away at sea. Since launching gCaptain in late May we have logged over 100,000 unique visitors and over

November 22, 2007
Total Views: 17

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Holiday Gift Guide | Spot Globalstar Messenger – Emergency Locater

Panbo, the marine electronics blog, brings us today’s gCaptain Holiday Gift Suggestion. The unit is the SPOT Satellite Messenger & Emergency Locater

November 22, 2007
Total Views: 29

Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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Hawaii Superferry to Resume Service

It looks like the owner of a red VW bug will not be getting his wish this year… the Hawaii Superferry is set to resume service. The Associated Press

November 21, 2007
Total Views: 12

Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Video

Darwin Award Close Call of the Week – Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj502ncMu7E Youtube commentary; While sailing on San Francisco Bay we had a close encounter with a container ship. The container

November 20, 2007
Total Views: 30

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gCaptain Holiday Deals

I continuation of our gift guide we have teamed up with chitika to bring you some great deals from around the web. Just search in our new holiday portal

November 20, 2007
Total Views: 22