We were alarmed to hear this morning that over the weekend, one of gCaptain’s oldest and dearest friends, Doug Pine’s tug sank in the Bering

In the world of gCaptain coverage we tend to favor cutting edge technology over quality products that mariners have relied on for decades. But why?

Here at gCaptain we are a big fan of time lapses and this one ranks up there with the longest. This timelapse is from Youtube user wrenoud on a

The following article originally appeared on MDA.gov, a resource of the National Maritime Domain Awareness Coordination Office, which is responsible for

Ocean Rig’s ultra deepwater drillship OCEAN RIG OLYMPIA DryShips Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, Ocean Rig UDW Inc., has exercised its third

The USNS Lewis and Clark was launched in 2005 at General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego. Photo courtesy General Dynamics NASSCO The Shipbuilders Council

The following is a press released issued by the National Transportation Safety Board regarding the fatal July 2010 “Duck Boat” incident in

U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Zachary Harrell/Released You may have seen recently that Austal, a designer and manufacturer of high performance aluminium vessels

Samsung Shipyard in Geoje, South Korea courtesy Flickr user gCaptain Recession’s Lagging Effect on Orders Forces South Korean Shipbuilders to Cut

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. government on Thursday said it would release 30 million barrels of oil from its strategic petroleum reserves as part of an

Barges are Among the First Double-Hulled, Environmentally Friendly Barges in Western Alaska Waters Anchorage, Alaska:  Crowley Maritime Corp. is deploying two

A report released recently from the U.S. Maritime Administration shows more ships are stopping at U.S. ports. The stops, or vessel calls, rebounded by 13

Weekly summary of worldwide maritime crime and piracy incidents, week of 16 June 2011.  (Source: ONI) SOUTH AMERICA: (U) GUYANA: A container ship was robbed

Ever wonder what the world would be like without seafarers?  In a nutshell, it wouldn’t be pretty. The following video was produced by the Seafarers UK,

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–STX OSV Holdings Ltd. (MS7.SG), a Singapore-listed shipbuilder, Wednesday announced it has secured new contracts for the

SEOUL (Dow Jones)–Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (009540.SE), the world’s largest shipbuilder by orders, expects its new ship orders to exceed $7.47

By Angel Gonzalez An internal investigation by Transocean Ltd. determined that a series of risky decisions made mostly by BP PLC led to the Deepwater Horizon

The following is a press release issued by Transocean regarding an internal investigation into the causes of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.  The full report

Alstom has taken a 40% equity share in Scottish renewable energy company AWS Ocean Energy, representing Alstom’s entry to the wave energy market. Alstom

This past year at gCaptain we’ve seen an unsurpassed growth of the site.  In fact, we just recently logged out 5,000th fan on facebook and are now