George H Livingstone

By Captain George H Livingstone –  Any mariner who has been to sea for any length of time would tell you there are two topics that aren’t usually

By Captain George H Livingstone – Anyone who works on the water understands both the practical and elemental connection between water and life. We earn

By Captain George Livingstone – What a big week in the maritime world, really big. As most already know, one of the biggest ships in the world has

This article was originally published on April 27, 2020. It has been reposted to provide context to the Ever Given situation in the Suez Canal. Also read Part

This article was originally published in 2019. It has been reposted to provide context to the Ever Given situation in the Suez Canal. Also read Part 2:

The 1997 Pulitzer Prize-winning book Guns, Germs and Steel, written by UCLA Professor Jared Diamond, is a fascinating read covering 13,000 years of human

By Captain George Livingstone – I am nearing the end of a forty-year career at sea which started as a junior officer on unlimited tonnage ships followed

By Captain George Livingstone – I have written much over the years regarding the collective uniqueness professional mariners almost universally display.

I’ve spent the last few mornings looking out over the San Francisco Bay wondering about the far-flung, widespread scope of marine transportation. I remember

By Captain George Livingstone – I have not done a column for a while; it just did not seem I had anything to offer that was more important than

By Captain George Livingstone – As we witness the COVID-19 crisis spread around the world it seems this big problem could morph and spread into a myriad

By Captain George Livingstone – I doubt there is a soul on God’s green earth that doesn’t know what COVID-19 is, now a worldwide pandemic. Folks a

**Dedicated to those who do business upon great waters** By Captain George Livingstone – My little Scottish mother always used to say ‘You can measure

By Captain George Livingston – Veteran’s Day this year got me thinking about the one military service branch I know well, the United States Coast

As I write on the 4th anniversary of the El Faro sinking (Oct. 1, 2015), I am reminded that those who lost their lives weren’t strangers, many shared the

By Captain George Livingston – Fatigue has the official attention of the international maritime community. From the likes of the International

By Captain George Livingstone – Everyone at gCaptain loves a good sea story, good, bad or ugly. Here’s one for the history books. On a cold December in

By Captain George Livingstone – Last month during the third round of The Players Championship, I watched Tiger Woods miss two shots in the water on

By Captain George Livingstone – The longer my career goes (nearing 40 years), the faster the world changes around me. It would not be earth

By Captain George Livingstone – One of my favorite war movies is the critically acclaimed 1981 film Das Boot, directed by Wolfgang Peterson.