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“The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom

By the WSJ gCaptain called the Maersk Alabama at 1800 UTC and talked with the mate on watch. He answered “We are still in an emergency situation and can

Photo By The MK Shop With no universal certification of competency, improperly trained cargo surveyors can endanger themselves, the ship and its crew warns the

Hot on the heels of our featured stories “5 Most Ambitious Bridge Designs of Today” and “Windoc Incident – Story Behind YouTube’s

Photo by Erica Marshall We are excited to announce gCaptain’s new MARITIME JOBS SECTION! Currently we are in BETA testing which means it’s not

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In light of recent game changing piracy tactics observed far off Somalia’s east coast, industry experts are calling for the increase of naval patrols in

This day last year we had much fun with our fellow bloggers at The Unofficial Coast Guard Blog hatching an April Fools Day scheme with the intent of getting

The above photo is the first hull section of Holland America Line’s cruise ship Nieuw Amsterdam at the Marghera Shipyard in Italy. As bloggers we are

This week’s Bizzare Maritime Technology is Aquapod Fish Farms. After frustrations in the Maine salmon farming industry, Steve Page spent two years

Welcome to another addition of gCaptain’s Weekly News Quiz! the answer to each question can be found on the pages of gCaptain’s blog and Twitter

Grounding incidents due to navigational chart errors may increase over the next few years, warns Maritime Accident Casebook in its latest broadcast at

Map Via Eaglespeak In a move back to the East Coast of Somalia the pirates have found success in their search for another prize the size of the Sirius

Photo set by maritime photographer terrafesta of a large ship battling arctic ice. Slideshow and Flickr photo

Photo By manfred-hartmann gCaptain forum member tokyo_buddha pointed us to a new reality show on Scottish TV titled “The Merchant Navy“. The

Do you have an environmental question to explore? We were recently asked to participate in a Blogger’s Roundtable discussion on the Exxon Valdez

Information Dissemination brings us the news of the USS New Orleans and The USS Hartford colliding in the Straight of

Google recently released a new product called Google Ad Planner which accurately gives website visitor comparison stats. Today they updated the figures and,

gCaptain is always in search for the best maritime content on the web, this is why our interest perked when Gregg Trunnell, of PMI and The Workboat Academy,

POLAR MIST FOUND WITH GOLD AND SILVER INSIDE: UPDATE HERE Do Treasure Ships still sail the seven seas? We have recently been fascinated by Discovery