Thursday, December 16, 2010
Offshore

Pride announces order for fifth ultra-deepwater drillship

HOUSTON, TX, Dec 14, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Pride International, Inc. (NYSE: PDE) today announced that the company has reached agreement with

December 16, 2010
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Manned submersible “Alvin” to receive major upgrades
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Manned submersible “Alvin” to receive major upgrades

Alvin, the manned submersible perhaps most famous for such exploits as locating a lost H-bomb in the Mediterranean Sea in 1966, exploring the first known

December 16, 2010
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Offshore

U.S. sues BP and others over Gulf Oil Spill

Today, the U.S. Deptartment of Justice announced filing of a civil lawsuit against BP and several other companies involved in the Gulf Oil Spill, seeking

December 15, 2010
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Blog

Journal of Commerce ranks Top 40 Container Lines

The Journal of Commerce has just released it’s rankings of the Top 40 Container Lines by import and export volumes based on data from the first nine

December 15, 2010
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Blog

Wärtsilä joins the Sustainable Shipping Initiative

Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has joined the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), a programme initiated by Forum

December 15, 2010
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Ship Fires

Repairs delayed for Carnival Splendor

Carnival Cruise Lines today announced that it has cancelled an additional five cruises aboard the Carnival Splendor after an engine room fire broke out in

December 15, 2010
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Navy

Canada’s “Navy”

Canada’s senate passed a motion today that brings it one step closer to changing the name of it’s “navy” from Maritime Command to Royal

December 15, 2010
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Blog

Deepwater Pathfinder runs aground – Update with DP Commentary by John Konrad

gCaptain just got word from an unofficial source that the Deepwater Pathfinder drillship ran aground while pulling into Freeport, TX to onload their blow out

December 14, 2010
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Blog

Rear Admiral Sandra L. Stosz to become first female commander of a U.S. service academy

gCaptain.com congratulates Rear Admiral Stosz on her promotion to Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy! Here is the annoucement from the USCG: The

December 14, 2010
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Blog

Kevlar balloons to raise sinking ships

Bob Couttie of Maritime Accident Casebook (MAC) points us to the following press release from BMT Group, explaining a “revolutionary new system”

December 13, 2010
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Blog

Déjà vu – Royal Carribean cruise ship hits rough seas

First trouble in the Sothern Ocean and now a cruise ship rocked by heavy seas?  NBC’s today has the report. Keep reading for the full statement from

December 13, 2010
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Lifesaving Incidents

Korean Fishing Vessel Sinks in Southern Ocean

Some more bad news coming from the Southern Ocean over the weekend. At approximately 6.30am yesterday, the Korean fishing vessel No 707 Hongjin sank about

December 13, 2010
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Friday, December 10, 2010
Uncategorized

Globe iFusion Wins Inmarsat 2010 Maritime Solution of the Year

Without a doubt gCaptain would not be possible without technologies such as this, which is why we commend Globe Wireless, Inmarsat, and others, for their hard

December 10, 2010
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Uncategorized

Cunard Lines Appoints Its First Female Captain

We have a lot of people come to gCaptain asking us about what conditions are like for women seafarers.  Well, since we’re men, we have no idea.  But,

December 10, 2010
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Maritime Command, Royal Canadian Navy, or Canadian Navy?

According to the Toronto Sun, a junior naval officer in Canada’s “Maritime Command” is in a bit of trouble after he was caught emailing his

December 10, 2010
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Carbon War Room launches ShippingEfficiency.org

In an effort help reduce the environmental impacts of the world’s shipping fleet, Carbon War Room, the not-for-profit website dedicated to fighting the

December 10, 2010
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Blog

In the spirit of the Army-Navy game this weekend…

gCaptain says, GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY! Produced by Third Herd, US Naval Academy Class of

December 9, 2010
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Marine Weather

Cruise ship encounters heavy seas in Drake Passage, loses power to one engine

Check out this video of the Antarctic cruise ship, Clelia II, as it “limps” back to Argentina in heavy seas.  The vessel, with 100 passengers and

December 8, 2010
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Blog

Yahoo – ‘BP Oil Spill’ most queried term in 2010

What does it take to overcome Michael Jackson and Britney Spears from the top spot in Yahoo search queries? By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer Michael

December 8, 2010
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Marine Weather

The 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season – THE VIDEO

With help from data collected by the GOES 13 weather satellite, NOAA has put together this video showing the entire 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season summed up in

December 8, 2010
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