The Queen Mary was in service for decades as both a World War II transport ship and a luxury liner. It wasn’t intended as such at the time, but

The List Universe brings us: Top 10 Unsolved Mysteries Mystery number 2, the harrowing tail of the sailing ship: Mary Celeste Mary Celeste was launched in Nova

UPDATE: A third mystery lego-man has washed up on a beach in Florida.  What is happening!  Read here for the update!! ORIGINAL: To the delight of children in

For a business to be successful you need hard work, willingness to accept risk and a touch of luck. For gCaptain the bit of luck was someone else’s

Depending on how you look at it, CNN reports some good news from the Gulf of Aden: Five attempts to hijack ships off the coast of Somalia were thwarted

More on accidents and why. By John G. Denham A pilotage pardox presently exists because of the lack of explanations as to the “root cause” of

We are giving away a free SPOT t-shirt to the first person who can tell us about what is going on in this image. Let us know in the

The Port of New York and New Jersey have recently announced that the raising or replacing of the Bayonne Bridge could be upwards of $2B.  The bridge, which

UPDATE: A while back we post this incident photo of two large gantry cranes collasping under strong winds at Jaxport.  Well Thanks to Fred Frey in this

Welcome to this 133rd edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 83 here. (Published 5 November 2007) You can find last week’s edition

Carl Nolte of the San Francisco Chronicle writes: According to a report released Thursday by the state pilot commission… “There was unequivocally

The Russian Ministry of Gas ordered the self- propelled crane vessel “Stanislav Yudin” from the Finnish Wartsilla shipyard in 1982. The crane

These days, it is impossible to watch or read any news publication, maritime or not, and not know about pirates operating in the Gulf of Aden.  The hijacking

University of Michigan researchers are investigating a radical new design for cargo ships that would eliminate ballast tanks, the water-filled compartments

The famed paddle-wheeled steamboat, the Delta Queen, may be close to making its final commercial voyage come the end of the month. The 82-year-old Delta Queen

Photo by AMagill We all know the basics of knots. They rely on friction to cinch against themselves or an object, they reduce the breaking strength of a line

Despite the declining shipping markets, global maritime recruitment firm Faststream says that it is experiencing strong demand from its shipowning, broking and

The gCaptain SPOT Messenger Contest is now closed and the units are in the mail but for those looking to get a unit of their own West Marine has

(Image courtesy: Press-Telegram) NOAA ship strike reduction rule made major strides recently with its passing of a 10 knot speed limit for large vessels near

Here is an update from the Pentagon Channel on the status of the USCG Polar Ice Breaking fleet: More USCG official videos can be found at the USCGImagery