More time lapse photography for your weekend enjoyment. This video is from gCaptain’s own series of shipyard photos from South Korea. Visit

Case Name: Thomas Murray v City of New York, et al. Date of Judgment: 29th May 2009 Court: 2nd Circuit – U.S. Court of Appeals Judge: Circuit Judges

Case Name: Mark Eldridge v Star Line Date of Judgment: 29th May 2009 Court: U.S.D.C. – E.D. Michigan – Northern Division Judge: District Judge

Another amazing Time Lapse video from our friend Lou Vest of the Houston Pilots. You can find more of Lou’s amazing photos on Flickr

It’s the classic scenario from the Academy… You are the stand on vessel with no room to maneuver and a zero CPA contact is bearing down on you. You

Photo by orcaz The BBC brings us the latest update on Japan’s might drillship the M/V Chikyu. They tell us: For a while during its design, Asahiko Taira

Continuing its push to social media and web 2.o, the USCG has just launched a new blog to accompany their already impressive arsenal of online outlets, The

Earlier today the ship USNS Hoyt S. Vandenberg, was sunk about 7 miles off the coast of Key West making it the world’s second-largest intentionally sunk

Fellow blogger and podcasting partner, Peter A. Mello, of Sea-Fever.org and Messing About in Ships had the distinguished honor last week of interviewing USCG

PORT AND HARBOR MANAGERS MEETING By John G. Denham A gathering of 132 maritime and related afficionados of the California ports, harbors and maritime

  Passion focused on a singular goal is often the driver of new ideas and technology. Today the focus for many is on saving our planet from the effects

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 163rd edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 113 here. (Published 2 June 2008) You can

Today is National Maritime Day here in the states, an observance that “Honors the contributions of the American merchant marine, civilians who have

Via Amver Blog Are you coming to the U.S. Amver Awards Ceremony in Washington, DC today? Information on the ceremony can be found here. Besides U.S. Amver

Is it really that time of year again?  Earlier today NOAA issued its initial outlook for the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June through

Case Name: Steve Kuithe v Gulf Caribe Maritime, Inc. Date of Judgment: 6th April 2009 Court: U.S.D.C. – S.D. Alabama Judges: District Judge Steele

UPDATE: Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse has been plead not guilty to a total of 10 charges for his role in the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama. Eight of the 10

This topic was originally brought to our attention on the Forum via user Jones Act, more commonly known as Steve Gordon of Gordon & Elias, but I thought it

Last week the USCG issued its Maritime Security Directive 104-6 (rev. 2) that, among other things, calls for security personnel and added piracy watches when

The software development company, PlanetInAction, has just released a free ship simulator game that leverages the Google Earth plugin and presents it as the