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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
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
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
Friday, May 23, 2008
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
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Blog
Incident Photo Of The Week – M/V New Flame
Photo of the M/V New Flame. Marine Link has the details of this incident HERE. Video can be found
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Video
Rescue At Sea – A Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV8WeGdDHlE . If you liked this video click HERE for one
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Lifesaving Incidents
Incident Video – M/V Ice Prince
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD9aqztvdTw . For more information on this incident view our previous coverage: English Channel Abandoment – M/V Ice
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Engines
Wartsila METHAPU – A Fuel Cell For Ships
Our friend Jean Pierre de Lutz is building a new boat using green technology and writing about it on his blog. Knowing we are interested in new technology
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Queen Victoria Aground – Is the curse real?
Last month in an post titled “How To Break A Bottle.. for good luck” gCaptain highlighted the bad luck expected to circle cunard’s liner
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Nuclear Ship Savannah Underway
WVEC brings us news of the world’s first commercial nuclear ship, N/S Savannah. The Savannah, a historic landmark and the world’s first
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Blog
Incident Photo Of The Week – Research Boat Russell W. Peterson
Photo of the research boat Russell W. Peterson takes on water about 14 miles off the coast of Rehoboth Beach, Del., Monday, May 12, 2008. Video of this
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Blog
Incident Photo Of The Week – Lifeboat Bottle Explosion
The Marine Safety Forum gives us information on this lifeboat air bottle explosion: A gas bottle exploded in a lifeboat of a vessel during the process of
USCG
Coast Guard Cliff Rescue Training
. SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The aircrews of Air Station Los Angeles spent the day training for cliff operations May 17 at Point Vicente Lighthouse. The air
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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The BEST View Of The Malacca Straight
Photo by Peter MacDonald Here at gCaptain we are interested in all things we can drive our ships over, under or through… this includes bridges. Our
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Dialing 911 Worldwide – International Emergency Phone Numbers
911 Dispatch brings us this map of International Emergency phone numbers. Click HERE for the latest version. For more time zone and international dialing
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Maritime Security
The Bright Spot – Imprisonment of Pirates
Our friend Bob Couttie of Maritime Accident Casebook asks; Pirates, A Doom With A Q? He writes: Earlier this week the US and France introduce a draft UN
gCaptain
gCaptain Birthday Contest Winners
Congratulations to Mr. Platt and Viessman, grand winners in our birthday contest. Our winners will be receiving: Apple iPod Sony Noise Canceling Headphones
Lifesaving Incidents
Mass Evacuation Of European Cruise Ship
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
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Video
Pilot Station Rotterdam – Boarding the Berge Stahl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6UKhFpkE3Q Pilots boarding the M/V Berge Stahl, the world’s largest bulk
Saturday, May 3, 2008
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MAIS – Maritime Podcast Episode 21
Download MP3:Messing About In Ships podcast # 21 Subscribe Via iTunes HERE Shownotes: Coming
Shipyard
Birth Of A Giant – Supertanker Construction Video
This video show the 1975 construction of the tanker M/V Batillus in St. Nazaire, France. she has since been
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