Lifesaving Incidents

According to Reuters: Jun 29 – Turkey’s Coast Guard rescue the 11 crew members of a Malta-flagged ship after their vessel collided with a container

This week’s incident photo of the week is the rescue of the sailboat Cittia De Salerno’s captain, Gianfranco Tortolani, on the USA to UK segment of

From The Boston Globe: French oarsman Charlie Girard failed for a third time yesterday in his quixotic quest to row to France from Cape Cod. And US taxpayers

Via Amver Blog Are you coming to the U.S. Amver Awards Ceremony in Washington, DC today? Information on the ceremony can be found here. Besides U.S. Amver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia4M0Z_nbVk Strong winds in Palma de Mallorca, Spain caused the cruise ship MSC Fantasia too break away from her moorings,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF8eDuX1C24 This footage, released by the Associated Press, shows a USCG helicopter flyby of the 58-foot fishing vessel, Icy

See gCaptain’s full list of incident photos HERE Radio Canada tells

USAirways Flight1549, an Airbus A320, was headed to Charlotte, North Carolina, the Federal Aviation Administration said. A passenger said he was “pretty

Rescuers are lossing hope for some 250 passangers of a Indonesian ferry that sank in high seas off the cost of central Indonesia early yesterday morning. 

The official AMVER blog brings us news of a rescue currently

We are excited about Garmin’s new line of Portable Marine GPS’s the Garmin Oregon GPS. Why is this the must buy Portable GPS of 2009? First it has

Image Source: Containership-Info The MSC Daniela was built by Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy industries Co. Ltd in South Korea and delivered to Mediterranean

At least 23 people drowned earlier today as the ferry Maejan capsized near Ballesteros which is located on the northern tip of Luzon in the Philippines. While

Last week we brought you information on marine license insurance and in our continuing quest to look at non-traditional protection available to mariners we

gCaptain’s Co Founder, Tim Konrad, and Marketing Director, Mike Schuler returned this week from the International WorkBoat Show where they had a chance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEu_oymX6iU Coast Guard comes to the aid of the Ocean Challenger as the crab fleet listens to the news. Video of USCG ( United

. The BBC gives us more details on the tragedy: The operation to recover hundreds of bodies inside a sunken Philippine ferry has been suspended after a highly

Death came early this year. The typhoon season has only just started and already, brightly coloured flop-flop rubber sandals are arriving on the coastlines of

CNN sends news of a tragic ferry capsize in the Phillipines. They write: Rescuers have found at least 33 survivors and at least six dead among the nearly 750