Friday, May 14, 2010
Interesting

BP Seeks YOUR Ideas – Is the oil giant going open source?

gCaptain asked forum members to submit ideas when developing the ship tracking iPhone Application gTrax. The USCG has used social media for the last few years

May 14, 2010
Total Views: 152

Uncategorized

AIS & LRIT INVESTIGATION: Ship monitoring and transit corridors

Recent news that the EU would most likely take over the US role of hosting an international exchange of LRIT (Long-Range Identification and Tracking Systems)

May 14, 2010
Total Views: 140

Thursday, May 13, 2010
Photo

Gulf Oil Spill – The Big Picture

The above photos are thumbnails of photos collected by the Boston Globe for a regular feature they publish called “The Big Picture“. Today’s

May 13, 2010
Total Views: 36

Oil Spill

Video Of The Gulf Oil Leak

Below are a few official videos of the oil flow taken from an ROV on the Gulf Of Mexico seabed. For more official videos visit the Deepwater Horizon Response

May 13, 2010
Total Views: 24

Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Interesting

Marine License Insurance – Questions & Answers

Note: With the recent incident in the Gulf and gCaptain members are performing non-routine jobs in and around the oil slick, a few have asked me if I carry

May 12, 2010
Total Views: 367

Uncategorized

+34 45-434 2958 …how do you dial that number??

You’re looking for a job overseas and you send an email message to a few people you have worked with in the past. Something

May 12, 2010
Total Views: 66

Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Photo

Shipboard Digital Camera Tricks

So your on the ship and you forgot your telescopic lens… what to do? How about simple putting your digital camera up to the binoculars. Simple, easy and

May 11, 2010
Total Views: 45

Saturday, May 8, 2010
Incidents

Staten Island Ferry Crashes Into Pier – New York City

Today the Staten Island Ferry had an incident. The New York Times tells us: A Staten Island Ferry crashed into the dock just past 9 a.m. on Saturday morning,

May 8, 2010
Total Views: 44

Friday, May 7, 2010
Video

Life on an Oil Rig – Gulf of Mexico

____________________________________________ From the gCaptain Offshore Archives – 2008 ____________________________________________ Life on an Oil Rig

May 7, 2010
Total Views: 413

Thursday, May 6, 2010
Lifesaving Incidents

Crowley matches employee donations, raises $80,000 for American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; May 6, 2010) Crowley Maritime Corporation and its employees this week donated $80,000 to the American Red Cross in support of Haiti relief

May 6, 2010
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Oil Spill

A look at BP’s Containment Dome

Image © BP p.l.c. Yesterday evening the first containment dome, or cofferdam, departed Port Fourchon on Chouest’s M/V Joe Griffin en route to the

May 6, 2010
Total Views: 215

Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Offbeat

Is BP Too Big To Fail… In The Gulf Of Mexico?

At his new home, maritime reporter Joe Keefe looks at BP as it responds to the recent incident in the Gulf Of Mexico. In the section of the article

May 5, 2010
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Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Photos – A Slideshow Of Pictures From The Incident Scene

This slideshow is a look at the most interesting photos from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Incident, as seen through the lenses of social media site

May 5, 2010
Total Views: 33

Oil Spill

Gulf Oil Spill Infographic

Click HERE for high resolution While quick google search will reveal a number of infographics on the Gulf oil spill, we thought that this one in particular

May 5, 2010
Total Views: 82

Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Oil Spill

Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill – BP Announces Start of Relief Well

BP today announced that work has begun to drill a relief well to intercept and isolate the oil well that is spilling oil in the US Gulf of Mexico.

May 4, 2010
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