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Today Holland and Knight points us to this proposal by the Department Of Homeland Security: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to establish an
Short Maritime Jobs FAQ Why is gCaptain getting into the job market? Currently the market is scattered among several maritime job site s making it difficult
At the risk of incurring the wrath of gCaptain and the marine industry in general, and exposing my own naivety at the same time, here is a scenario for
Forbes gives us the intitial details on this breaking news
Introducing gCaptain’s Google Toolbar buttons. How do you get them? Click on one of the images then… if you already have Google’s Toolbar
Cruise Line History brings us the untold story of California Maritime Academy’s training ship the TS Golden Bear. They
This week gCaptain will join AeroMech Engineering, Global Rescue, AMVER and hundreds of industry leaders at the Conneticut Maritime Association‘s ( CMA
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We thank gCaptain reader Steve Taylor for pointing us to this amazing collection of photos put from the battlefield of Aden. Click HERE to enjoy the
Shocked that over 1000 people took last week’s Nautical Terms Quiz we decided to try out a new weekly feature: gCaptain’s Maritime News Quiz. The
This week’s best photo is by Flickr photographer WimKok. Click HERE for full
Captain Molly Kool – North America’s first registered female sea captain, died this week at the age of 93. Raised in Alma, New Brunswick, she
This week John interviews Stas Magaronis, President of Santa Maria Shipowning and Trading about green and short sea shipping and the marine highway. Music:
Today Disney announced the names of their new build cruise ships: Disney Fantasy & Disney Dream. Disney also announced that steel cutting has begun at at
First revealed on gCaptain’s Professional Mariner Forum (LINK) last week, the news is now official… John Cota, pilot of the Cosco Busan, has plead
Today’s article from the San Francisco Chronicle, “Obamas could inspire a wave of water dogs” gives a clear description why history’s
Today the USCG Commandant, Admiral Thad Allen gave the 2009 State Of The Coast Guard Address at the National Press Club in Washington. Here is the text of his
Photo by wheatfields Known in some countries as ‘tablet of love’, aluminium phosphate pellets used for fumigation aboard ship represent a
The deckies run of this blog is just about over since today we are joining maritime recruiters everywhere and posting the sign “Engineer Wanted”.
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