*Red denotes a successful attack. Yellow marks an attempt This Google Maps mashup, brought to gCaptain’s attention by wired’s blog monkeybites,

Gordon & Elias, L.L.P., represents clients in all aspects of personal injury and wrongful death. They are a boutique law firm with a nationwide practice

Quiz: What city in the world is home to the most billionares? The Answer to this question may suprise you. According to Forbes the honor goes to Moscow.

We are all aware of the petty thefts and ransom demands of Malacca and Somali pirates but a recent rash of attacks in the Phillipines is quite different.

The NY Times reports on unfortunate news from the ship I’d most like to sail on, the Hospital Ship Mercy. They write: Though countries in Southeast Asia

Photo By dmcl Sailing the MV Rust Bucket: 10 Reasons Why Rowing The Pacific… Alone With the help of John’s favorite tech podcaster Leo Laporte of

Photo by Timothy Hamilton The NYTimes reports: Since mid-2006, a confluence of powerful forces — from a shortage of ships to the seemingly unquenchable

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 114th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 64 here. (Published 18 June 2007) You can

The NYTimes reports:  The fever is contagious. Gold fever, that is. Symptoms? Unwavering optimism. ”Today’s the day,” legendary treasure

Since 1992, June 8th has been World Ocean Day. It is a well known fact that the worlds oceans cover more then 70% of our planet and June 8th

Today’s AP wire tells us: The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit six months ago accusing the pilot and the owner of the Cosco Busan of breaking

Model by Wood Wings 50 Years ago today the most infamous vessel of the Great Lakes was launched. Farlane writes: It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon on June

In 1896 the first ever row across a major body of water was marked in the record books. Since that day when Samuelson and Harbo completed their voyage over

The Juneau Empire is reporting: A cruise ship scraped the bottom of the Tracy Arm fjord Wednesday morning, forcing its crew to cut short its trip and call the

(Ed. note: Wired . com is featuring a post comemerating the Battle of Midway) Japanese fleet carrier Hiryu is seen shortly before the United States Navy sank

(Note: This article was originally published in Dec 2007) We have taken a look at piracy in the Strait of Malacca and showed you how criminal organizations

We experienced a slight server glitch this morning. This isn’t the first time this has happened but I’m not disappointed with our 8 month strech of

Just some of the flotsam from the MSC Napoli. Read all the details at

Full Size Version This is a dynamic (self updating) chart of shipping companies by Market Capitalization. (Source: Google

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 113th edition of Maritime Monday, posted from Finland, which is the summer HQ of Fred Fry International.