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gCaptain is the world's most-read maritime and offshore news website, founded in 2007 by Captain John Konrad, a USCG-licensed Master Mariner who spent a decade commanding tankers and drillships worldwide. Our editorial team combines professional maritime credentials with journalism experience. Staff members include licensed deck officers, marine engineers, and reporters who have covered shipping, offshore energy, and naval affairs for major publications. gCaptain is a credentialed member of the Pentagon Press Corps, with direct access to Department of Defense briefings on naval operations and maritime security. We maintain working relationships with major shipping lines, classification societies, port authorities, and maritime regulatory bodies including the U.S. Coast Guard, International Maritime Organization, and flag state administrations. Our reporting standards prioritize primary sources: official documents, regulatory filings, court records, and on-the-record interviews with industry executives and government officials. We maintain a public corrections policy and update stories when new information emerges. Our editorial standards require verification of claims before publication. Since 2007, gCaptain has broken major stories including early coverage of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the collapse of Hanjin Shipping, the Ever Given Suez Canal grounding, and ongoing coverage of sanctions evasion by shadow fleet tankers. Our analysis has been cited by the New York Times, BBC, NPR, and submitted as evidence in Congressional hearings. For press inquiries, contact our editorial team. For advertising and partnerships, contact our business team.


Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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Uncategorized

Cross Atlantic Cables – Interactive Map

Tat Communications has a map of their subsea offerings. We’ve shown similar maps before but this one is interactive! Click on the image above to view in

June 24, 2008
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Video

Fastest Ship – The SS United States Faces Uncertain Future

Popular Mechanics updates us on the the World’s Fastest Ship, or at least the vessel currently holding the transatlantic speed record the mighty SS

June 24, 2008
Total Views: 172

Monday, June 23, 2008
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Incidents

Princess Of The Stars Capsized: Death Comes Early For Ferry Victims

Death came early this year. The typhoon season has only just started and already, brightly coloured flop-flop rubber sandals are arriving on the coastlines of

June 23, 2008
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Lifesaving Incidents

MV Princess Of Stars – Ferry Capsizes In Philippines Typhoon

CNN sends news of a tragic ferry capsize in the Phillipines. They write: Rescuers have found at least 33 survivors and at least six dead among the nearly 750

June 23, 2008
Total Views: 853

Sunday, June 22, 2008
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Lifesaving Incidents

The Coast Guard’s Most Extreme Rescue – Alaska Ranger

In a feature appropriately titled “Worst Case Scenario” Popular Mechanics brings us “The Coast Guard’s Most Extreme Rescue –

June 22, 2008
Total Views: 238

Saturday, June 21, 2008
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Uncategorized

Are You Missing The Drillship Goldrush?

The shipping industry is currently the most profitable segment of the market with exploratory driling heading the way. The woldfleet of drillships alone will

June 21, 2008
Total Views: 20

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Solar Spacecraft To Help Ships Avoid Whales

The Telegraph tells us of A spy plane designed by Nasa will help track whales in the Mediterranean to try to prevent collisions between the giant mammals and

June 21, 2008
Total Views: 53

Friday, June 20, 2008
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Ship Fires

Fire In Icey Waters – M/V India Lotus

Coast Guard officials say a fire aboard a container ship in the North Pacific has been put out. The 781-foot India Lotus, from Malta, reported a fire in the

June 20, 2008
Total Views: 35

Sunday, June 15, 2008
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Navy

Blackwater Maritime Teams With Kings Point

Pictured above is the newly refurbished ex-NOAA vessel McArthur, a 183-ft. ship that boasts “state of the art navigation systems, full GMDDSS

June 15, 2008
Total Views: 168

Monday, June 9, 2008
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Offbeat

Gold Fever – Let The Season Begin

The NYTimes reports:  The fever is contagious. Gold fever, that is. Symptoms? Unwavering optimism. ”Today’s the day,” legendary treasure

June 9, 2008
Total Views: 56

Saturday, June 7, 2008
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Oil Spill

Cosco Busan Owners Blame California

Today’s AP wire tells us: The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit six months ago accusing the pilot and the owner of the Cosco Busan of breaking

June 7, 2008
Total Views: 90

Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Incident Photo Of The Week – Lifeboat Aground
Blog

Incident Photo Of The Week – Lifeboat Aground

Just some of the flotsam from the MSC Napoli. Read all the details at

June 4, 2008
Total Views: 26

Friday, May 30, 2008
Uncategorized

Wired Ocean – Broadband Internet At Sea

We don’t usually publish press releases on gCaptain but we can’t help to be excited by new solutions for offering “High” Speed internet

May 30, 2008
Total Views: 24

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The Human Impact On Marine Ecosystems

The top two multiscale spatial models shows the human impact on the world ocean in comparison to the major shipping lanes of the world. The third shows

May 30, 2008
Total Views: 99

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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Video

Beach Lauch Of RNLI Rescue Vessel

Photo by Sean Mantey Prior to completing mission’s like rescuing self-appointed royaly the RNLI must first get its boats off the beach. The

May 27, 2008
Total Views: 49

Monday, May 26, 2008
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Marine Weather

Question On Weather Routing

gCaptain reader and Meteorologist Brad Snook writes: I spent 13 years as a Meteorologist, recommending routes and forecasting seas and swells for merchant

May 26, 2008
Total Views: 234

Sunday, May 25, 2008
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Incidents

Error In Navigation – Tracing Paper Blamed

The Guardian tells us: A nuclear-powered Royal Navy submarine needed £5m worth of repairs after it struck the seabed because a piece of tracing paper covered

May 25, 2008
Total Views: 51

Saturday, May 24, 2008
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MAIS 23 – Interview With C-130 Rescue Pilot

Download MP3: Messing About In Ships podcast episode 23 – May 15, 2008 Subscribe Via iTunes HERE Shownotes: In this episode Capt. Kelly Sweeney gives us

May 24, 2008
Total Views: 78

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Interesting

The 2008 Submarine Cable Map

.Telegeography.com is selling one of the most interesting world maps I’ve seen to date. The map depicts the over 120 subsea cables including detailed

May 24, 2008
Total Views: 198

Friday, May 23, 2008
EPIRBs Failure – The Investigation Continues
Lifesaving Incidents

EPIRBs Failure – The Investigation Continues

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SPECIAL EDITION By Robin Storm Both Captain John Konrad of gCaptain and I have written much on the importance of GPIRBs and EPIRBs

May 23, 2008
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