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Allision – Nautical Word of the Day
In covering the recent Cosco Busan incident (now the Overseas Reymar allision HERE) I have noticed most of the news articles have made a small error in
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Incidents
San Francisco Bay Bridge Allision
“At 8:30 am this morning, the Cosco Busan, an 810-foot container ship, collided with the base of one of the towers of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Antartica’s Dwarf Killer Whale
Boing Boing and Cryptomundo bring us news of a new species of Killer Whale. Revealing once again how little we know about our oceans’ inhabitants,
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UHF / VHF Bluetooth Headsets for the Mariner
Panbo, our favorite marine electronics blog, brings us Standard Horizon’s new Bluetooth Enabled Headset for marine VHF radios (amazon link). They tell
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
gCaptain
New Tools Section
The good news; We have competently overhauled the tools landing page to provide direct links to our most popular features. We have launched a new feature that
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biodiesel boating – circumnavigation attempt
The G Living Network brings us The Earthracer BioDiesel Experimental Racing Ship Boat and it’s attempt to circumnavigate the globe; This is our first
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Marine Weather
Inch by Inch The Great Lakes Are Shrinking
Photo By James Rajotte for The New York Times The New York Times has an interesting article on the desperate situation in the Great Lakes. Rainfall shortages
Incidents
Titanic Video Slideshow
“This video contains a lot of (very old) pictures on Titanic, and even two short (original) films” Related Post: Titanic Movie – Critics Turn On
Saturday, November 3, 2007
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Maritime News of the Week – gCaptain’s Top Picks
Here are gCaptain editor’s Top 10 upcoming picks of the week from gCaptain’s Maritime News Discoverer. Please Vote on the ones you like to have
Friday, November 2, 2007
Navy
NORAD – Tracking Missles, Planes, Santa and… Ships
We know that NORAD, the U.S. Air Force’s North American Aerospace Defense Command, tracks nuclear missile launches, enemy infringement of air space and
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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Poll – Single Best Improvement
<a href=”http://www.polldaddy.com” >Poll Survey</a> – <a
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Kappsized or Scuttled?! Sailor Tax Returns In Troubled Waters.
Kappsized or Scuttled?! By James MacGuire My phones have been ringing constantly regarding the amended returns and letters sent to former clients of Mr.
gCaptain
Poll: What is the most important issue facing mariners today?
<a href=”http://www.polldaddy.com” >Poll Survey</a> – <a
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Marine Weather
Earthquake ALERT – San Francisco
A Magnitude 5+ earthquake was just (last 1/2hr) recorded in San Francisco. Stay tuned for more details and please write any information or links you have in
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Incident Photo of the Week – Pemex Oil Rig Disaster
Cargo Law brings us photos of the deadliest Gulf of Mexico offshore accident in the last 43 years; last week’s Collision of the Usumacinta MODU and the
Sunday, October 28, 2007
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Maritime News of the Week – gCaptain’s Top 10 Picks
Here are gCaptain editor’s Top 10 upcoming picks of the week from gCaptain’s Maritime News Discoverer. Please Vote on the ones you like to have
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gCaptain invites you to Pownce
gCaptain friend and Head Designer over at Digg.com, Daniel Burka, bumped up our number of friend request for the social networking / messaging site Pownce.com.
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Ideas for a new ECDIS
Techcrunch brings us the Dash in-car GPS navigator; Map mashups may be one of the coolest things on the Web, but they would be even cooler in your car.
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