In a developing story coming from the Gulf of Aden, an American-owned tug has been hijacked by Somali pirates. The tug was manned by 16 crew and sailing under

In a completely unrelated incident from the Maersk Alabama situation, the Associated Press and other news sources are reporting that the French Navy has

According to reports, the US Navy is moving a huge amphibious ship closer to the scene of the pirate hostage standoff off Somalia.  Here is a look at one

Noresafe Lifeboats aboard AWILCO GM4000 series offshore oil

Capt. Richard Phillips, who has been held hostage by Somali Pirates since Wednesdays hijack attempt, jumped overboard in an apparent attempt to swim to the USS

Over the past two days gCaptain has fielded questions from the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Good Morning America and a number of other well known

“The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom

By the WSJ gCaptain called the Maersk Alabama at 1800 UTC and talked with the mate on watch. He answered “We are still in an emergency situation and can

Developing story from the Horn of Africa: An unconfirmed report from the AP is saying that the Captain of the vessel is still being held hostage: According to

YM TAICHUNG lost 14 containers of cargo, with 21 damaged containers remaining on board, when the vessel reported they encountered heavy weather on April 5th in

The maritime and ship-building industry has a constant need to move the world’s heaviest loads between ship and shore and even employees  the biggest

Photo By The MK Shop With no universal certification of competency, improperly trained cargo surveyors can endanger themselves, the ship and its crew warns the

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 156th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 106 here. (Published 13 April  2008) You

Hot on the heels of our featured stories “5 Most Ambitious Bridge Designs of Today” and “Windoc Incident – Story Behind YouTube’s

At the risk of incurring the wrath of gCaptain and the marine industry in general, and exposing my own naivety at the same time, here is a scenario for

Photo by Erica Marshall We are excited to announce gCaptain’s new MARITIME JOBS SECTION! Currently we are in BETA testing which means it’s not

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

A Break-Bulk Mate’s Bad Day by John G. Denham The weather was raining and windy with some fog from Cape Flattery as far south to Astoria, Oregon. The sea

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

Nearly 300 cows were stuck on board the Mathew Flinders when it ran aground on Kings Island just off of Tasmania, Australia late Monday night.  Initial