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911 Dispatch brings us this map of International Emergency phone numbers. Click HERE for the latest version. For more time zone and international dialing
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
Congratulations to Mr. Platt and Viessman, grand winners in our birthday contest. Our winners will be receiving: Apple iPod Sony Noise Canceling Headphones
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
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