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The University of Washington is embarking on “…a NASA-scale mission to basically enter the Inner Space, and to be there perpetually. What

The Shipping Gazette has an interesting article on a study conducted by World Maritime University that shows 73% of mariners admit to having fallen asleep on

Shipping Times brings us the story of the Fairfield Titan: When constructed in 1911 it was the biggest crane in the world. Over the years it has lifted

Our friends at Never Sea Land bring us a story on the fate of an Albatross after consuming plastic. Cynthia Vanderlip, manager of the State of Hawaii’s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pg6CdettEQ Video Notes: The annual supply ship the American Tern being unloaded at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Time-lapse

You can easily submit stories to gCaptain’s all new Maritime News page. Just bookmark the link below in your favorite browser. After that, the only thing

We continue to roll out new features as part of our latest site re-design. You may notice our forum is changing as we speak (it is still usable however)

The Wall Street Journal brings us video on Russia’s newest idea, floating nuclear power plants. Thanks to Sea-Fever for the

Introducing gCaptain’s new AJAX search technology! This is exciting news. We just put the finishing touches on our new Google powered search engines, a

Head over to Tugster for some amazing pictures of yesterday’s NYC tug boat race: NYC Tugboat Race, Part 1 NYC Tugboat Race, Part 2 (via Fred

The Seattle Times tells us: Hawaii Superferry halted service between Honolulu and the island of Kauai indefinitely after the Coast Guard advised that it could

Popular mechanics brings us the Trilobis 65 a low cost (relatively) subsea semi-submersible home. They tell us: At first glance, the Trilobis looks as if it

I wanted to take some time and thank some of our partner sites; Maritime Experts from around the web. I also wanted to take the time to explain each

We have been dropping subtle hints all month but we have been shopping and are about to announce our big contest. Get a head start by visiting our Maritime

I wanted to take some time and thank some of our partner sites; Maritime Experts from around the web. I also wanted to take the time to explain each

Here are some upcoming stories from our Maritime News Discoverer. Vote on the ones you like to have them published. Danes admit paying pirates to free cargo

It was December 2004 and crew change was the day after Christmas so my relief was kind enough to give me the holiday and relieved me a few days

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This photo was emailed to our tips address. It’s showing the aptly named tanker M/V Wave Ruler battling Hurricane Dean during a voyage to deliver aid to