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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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