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The BBC tells us: Latvian authorities have begun evacuating hundreds of people from a cruise ship stuck on a sandbank. So far tugs have failed to free the

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6UKhFpkE3Q Pilots boarding the M/V Berge Stahl, the world’s largest bulk

Download MP3:Messing About In Ships podcast # 21 Subscribe Via iTunes HERE Shownotes: Coming

This video show the 1975 construction of the tanker M/V Batillus in St. Nazaire, France. she has since been

It might soon be time for a revision of Pilot Charts. NatGeo tells us: Europe and North America may soon experience chillier temperatures, thanks to natural

NPR brings us the latest developments from Dubai… Constructing floating houses or restaurants or even villages is an idea that first came to him in his

Inhabitat brings us the RECYCLED FERRY HOME. They write: How many of you have wished you could trade your apartment & crappy office space for a floating

Apparently it’s scurvy awareness day. Limestrong, the “official” website of the event tells us a little about this once common affliction:  

CargoLaw.com brings us this week’s incident photo. At first glance this could just be two ships at anchor, waiting on weather. To uncover the incident

Photo by Cinnamon In a short few days gCaptain will reach two big milestones…. one million pageviews and our first birthday! In celebration we are giving

Should Have Used the Grits By The Artful Blogger Hi kids! This is part two of my ways to put some spice into your fire drills and maybe .

The BBC Tells us: One of the world’s largest cruise ships has been officially named by a member of the public who won a national competition for the

The BBC Tells us: A 500-year-old ship-wreck laden with treasure has been discovered off the coast of Namibia. The country’s diamond company, Namdeb, says

A big gCaptain welcome to the 2,000+ new visitors that have stopped by gCaptain.com this week. The reason for the influx? Our CEO, Captain John Konrad,  wrote

The following happen so close to gCaptain Headquarters here in Morro Bay California that our CEO called from his ship to make sure the building was secure and

Our friends at the Unofficial Coast Guard Blog and the Coast Guard Report break this story on the USCG’s plans to restrict the blogging activities of

Episode 20 of Messing About In Ships podcast has launched, shownotes can be found at MessingAboutInShips.com and the audio file can be downloaded directly

Carrier, a new show by PBS, joins America’s Port and The Deadliest Catch as the third prime time television series chronicling life at sea. Our friends

Here’s an interesting story brought to us by The New York Times.  They tell us: In a slap to Zimbabwe, its longtime ally Angola announced Saturday that

This morning Fred Fry pointed us to this amazing time lapse video by our favorite maritime photographer. Click HERE for the