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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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SMM 2008 – Reminder From Our Sponsors

The good people at Spurs Marine Manufacturing would like us to remind everyone of the of next weeks SMM 2008 international trade fair in Hamburg, Germany being

September 16, 2008
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Blog

Incident Photo of The Week – CMA CGM Dahlia

Crushed containers hang off the the vessel More hang off the stern including one self-unloading box While crossing the Pacific in late February 2008, M/V CMA

September 16, 2008
Total Views: 23

Monday, September 15, 2008
USCG

Coast Guard Continues Efforts in Houston – Video

This video released by the Pentagon Channel reports on the USCG’s continued efforts in and around the Houston area following Hurricane Ike. For more of

September 15, 2008
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Friday, September 12, 2008
Weather

Projected Storm Surge From Hurricane Ike – Mapped

These are projection maps of flooding from Hurricane Ike released by the Texas Governor’s Office.  The National Hurricane Center is predicting Hurricane

September 12, 2008
Total Views: 72

Photo

Miraflores Lock, Panama Canal – Timelapse Video

This is a pretty cool timelapse video shot of the Miraflores Lock in the Panama Canal over a 12 hour period. The Miraflores Lock is one of three locks

September 12, 2008
Total Views: 51

Blog

Incident Photo of The Week – M/V Hyundai Fortune

March 21, 2006 – M/V Hyundai Fortune suffered a major explosion about 43 miles off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden.  An estimated 60 – 90

September 12, 2008
Total Views: 1587

Thursday, September 11, 2008
Weather

NOAA’s Historical Hurricane Tracks Website

It is obvious that NOAA has some of the most comprehensive and accurate information for predicting weather available to the public.  NOAA’s National

September 11, 2008
Total Views: 5

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Blog

Incident Photo of The Week РM106 Gr̦mitz

This weeks Incident Photo is of German Navy mine hunter M106 Grömitz from back in February, 2007.  Cargo Law tells us; German Navy  Type 332 Frankenthal

September 9, 2008
Total Views: 1457

Interesting

Interesting Experiment From BBC – “The Box”

Yesterday, BBC News kicked off an exciting and unique experiment in hopes to tell the story of international trade and globalisation.  In the year long

September 9, 2008
Total Views: 60

Thursday, September 4, 2008
Interesting

Brasil Maru – Interesting Ship of The Week

(Image Source: blogimg.goo.ne.jp) This week’s Interesting Ship of The Week was actually recently named Ship of The Year for 2007 by The Japan Society of

September 4, 2008
Total Views: 190

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
USCG

USCG Fly Over of New Orleans Post Gustav – Video

This is video released from the US Coast Guard post Hurricane Gustav.  The description reads: In this video released by the U.S. Coast Guard, helicopter crews

September 3, 2008
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Uncategorized

Containerized – A Brief History Of Container Ships

Containerized image via flickr user frank.merriman Containerized… Stumbling through the internet I came across this interesting article in the UK’s

September 2, 2008
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Photo

2008 NYC Tugboat Race – Photo’s and Video

As we reported last week, this past weekend was the 16th Annual Great North River Tugboat Race & Competition organized by the Working Harbor Committee, and

September 2, 2008
Total Views: 89

Saturday, August 30, 2008
Weather

Great Links for Tracking Hurricanes

With Hurricane Gustav now a Category 4 and gaining strength, the 2008 season is really starting to peak in strength.  So gCaptain has put together a list of

August 30, 2008
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Friday, August 29, 2008
gCaptain

Same gCaptain, Great New Look

gCaptain is proud to publish the great new layout for our blog page!  Our goal was to provide you, the readers with the most user friendly ways to access

August 29, 2008
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Uncategorized

16th Annual New York Tugboat Race

We have just received some more information from the Working Harbor Committee on this weekends 16th Annual New York Tugboat Race and from the sounds of it is

August 29, 2008
Total Views: 18

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Interesting

SEABEE Heavy Lift Barge Carrier – Interesting Ship of The Week

The Sea Barge (SEABEE) can carry the aircraft of Army units without extensive sectionalization. The 200- by 100-foot (61- by 30.5-m) deck area between the

August 27, 2008
Total Views: 933

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Uncategorized

Solar Powered Ships

The race to go green is on in the shipping industry.  Not only is the price of oil soaring, but more and more stress is being put on the

August 26, 2008
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Monday, August 25, 2008
Weather

New From NOAA – Southeast U.S. Marine Weather Website

In a Press Release on August 19, NOAA announced its new Southeast U.S. Marine Weather website.  It reads: NOAA has launched a one-stop Southeast Marine

August 25, 2008
Total Views: 9

Friday, August 22, 2008
Uncategorized

2008 NYC Tugboat Race

Image courtesy of NYCharities.org On Sunday, August 31 is the 16th Annual Great North River Tugboat Race & Competition held at Pier 84 on the Hudson

August 22, 2008
Total Views: 8
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