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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Maritime Security Incidents

A Less Lethal Approach to Piracy Defense

No reader of this blog needs to be told that the risk from Piracy is real and growing.  We have seen it change from something that only happens in

March 16, 2010
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Friday, February 5, 2010
Jobs

Coming Ashore? 10 Things You Should Do When Interviewing

10 Things You Should Do When Interviewing by Matt Furhman – Faststream Earlier this week we brought you the Top 10 Things You Shouldn’t Do When

February 5, 2010
Total Views: 15

Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Jobs

Coming Ashore? 10 Things You Shouldn’t Do When Interviewing

10 Things You Shouldn’t Do When Interviewing By Matt Fuhrman – Faststream For most, coming ashore may be easy but nailing that perfect job is

February 2, 2010
Total Views: 29

Saturday, January 23, 2010
Uncategorized

LORAN-C, Glad To See You Go

LORAN-C – Glad To See You Go By Captain Anuj Velu The Loran system shuts down for good on the 8th of Feb 2010. That is in about 15 days. The

January 23, 2010
Total Views: 104

Monday, January 18, 2010
Uncategorized

Thanks But No Thanks – Says US Navy To TS Kennedy

Photo By Christian Conover Having just recently departed for their summer winter training cruise, Mass Maritime Cadets got a surprise call from the state

January 18, 2010
Total Views: 80

Saturday, January 16, 2010
Uncategorized

Schat Harding Lifeboats – World’s Largest Boats

. Schat-Harding Lifeboats has recently announced delivery of the world’s largest lifeboats to the world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean

January 16, 2010
Total Views: 4396

Friday, January 15, 2010
The New Hawsepipe
Interesting

The New Hawsepipe – An Interview With Leonard Lambert

The following article is from the gCaptain archives but the information is very much still pertinent today! ____________________________________ Aboard almost

January 15, 2010
Total Views: 322

Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Uncategorized

Hospital Ship Centaur – Found After 60 Years

A ship that fueled global anger amongst mariners during World War II was recently found off Australia’s Queensland coast. The BBC tells us: An Australian

January 12, 2010
Total Views: 170

Monday, January 4, 2010
Blog

Schat Harding Lifeboats – Shell Perdido Incident Photo Of The Week

The attached photos of a Schat Harding Lifeboat came to us via the gCaptain tip Line ([email protected]) and show extensive damage to a lifeboat. The tip came

January 4, 2010
Total Views: 796

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Photo

Anchor Chain Construction

Today we bring you the following photos from Baldt’s Chain Link factory in Penslyvania where the original Baldt Stocklass anchor was first produced in

October 13, 2009
Total Views: 178

Thursday, October 1, 2009
Marine Weather

Farmers Almanac: Winter 2010

Curious what the upcoming season’s weather has in store? Sure this is a maritime blog but there is no reason we can’t take advice from our land

October 1, 2009
Total Views: 52

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
lifeboat maersk alabama
Maritime Security Incidents

Interview With Captain Richard Phillips – SeaPower Magazine

The Navy League’s SeaPower magazine last month featured an interview with Captain Richard Phillips of Maersk Alabama fame. The following is a preview of

September 30, 2009
Total Views: 784

Sunday, September 27, 2009
Uncategorized

Van Oord’s Cutter Suction Dredger – Interesting Ship Of The Week

Van Oord Dredging became well know for their work laying the dirt for Dubai’s palm islands but their latest accomplishment is steel cutting on a new

September 27, 2009
Total Views: 305

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Foreign Treatment – US Flagged Vessel

Photo by DocBudie The following letter came in via satellite from forum member Doug Pine who is currently working aboard a US Flagged fishing vessel in the

September 22, 2009
Total Views: 15

Photo

Samsung Shipyard HDR – Photo Of The Week

This week’s photo is an HDR view of Samsung Shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. The photo was taken from the crown of a drillship’s derrick. Notice the

September 22, 2009
Total Views: 17

Sunday, September 6, 2009
Uncategorized

The World’s Youngest Master Mariner

We have received many great article submissions in gCaptain’s YOUblog section, the place where mariners get a chance to blog, but few posts have received

September 6, 2009
Total Views: 894

Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Uncategorized

Oleg Strashnov Heavy Lift – Interesting Ship Of The Week

IHC Merwede has announced that the launch of the heavy lift vessel Oleg Strashnov for Seaway Heavy Lifting that took place on 22 August 2009, at the IHC

September 2, 2009
Total Views: 483

Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Photo

Training Ship Empire State – Interesting Photo Of The Week

Today’s photo of the week, by Captain Richard Robson, shows SUNY Maritime’s training ship Empire State anchored in a clam sea. You can find

August 25, 2009
Total Views: 17

Friday, August 21, 2009
Ship Fires

Formosaproduct Brick Tanker Fire – Incident Photo Of The Week

Many thanks to gCaptain reader Ryan C for sending this photo of the product tanker M/V Formosaproduct Brick catching fire after a recent collision. Bloomberg

August 21, 2009
Total Views: 361

Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Photo

First Lift – World’s Largest Crane In Action

A few months back we brought you photos of the world’s largest crane being built, today we show you it in action. It is the world’s first fixed

August 19, 2009
Total Views: 447
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