Incidents

Like many youngsters Akhona Geveza had her own Facebook site but unlike many youngsters she was a seafarer so the opportunity to update her page came few and

Undoubtedly the most famous of all the real-life ghost ships, the Mary Celeste was a merchant ship that was found derelict and adrift in the Atlantic Ocean in

In October 2009 the Transocean rig Marianas began drilling a well named Macondo, but she suffered damage in a hurricane and was replaced by the Deepwater

This crane contributed to the development of this instruction manual Before we go any further, please note: If you are anywhere in or near the US Gulf of

A plane crashes scattering debris across the ocean floor and boats, equipped with sonar tracking and ROV’s, begin their search for a black box containing

Here is a more information about how the Mumbai terrorist attack developed, provided by UK based Warship magazine. That the boat carrying the terrorists was

So, just how transparent is BP with online media? Today the third set of Deepwater Horizon hearings came to a conclusion when, unexpectedly, an e-mail message

Does Transocean learn from its own tragedies? The Coast Guard has a short memory. The Glomar Java Sea had a separate Captain/OIM and, with the approach of a

Below is my letter to the Nautical Institute to nominate Captain Alwin Landry as Shipmaster Of The Year 2010. Unfortunately the deadline was last week but, if

The week started on Monday with numerous BP representatives not showing up to the Deepwater Investigation Hearings, listing continued injury and their 5th

Todays hearings commenced with the confirmation that the companymen, BP representatives aboard the Deepwater Horizon, on watch during the incident will not be

Brazil’s Maritime Casualty Investigation Department of the Brazilian Navy’s Directorate of Ports and Coasts is awaiting a report on a Triple 5

When gCaptain interviewed Admiral Thad Allen, then CG Commandant, last year and asked about the increase in the criminalization of mariners, he was quick to

In a heated debate between the lawyers of Captain Curt Kutcha and Jimmy Harrell and the investigation panel, Captain Hung Nguyen, threatened to remove the

Reports are coming in the the flow of oil leaking from the Macondo well has been stopped.  From MSNBC: HOUSTON — For the first time since the Gulf oil

This post comes to gCaptain via OnlineDegreePrograms.com and serves as a great collection of some of the best lectures, broken down by category, about the Gulf

RIP George H.W. Bush  Former President George H.W. Bush apparently ran his 38-foot boat aground on a beach in Maine while out in fog.  According to

The U.S. Department of Interior today has issued yet another moratorium on deepwater drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), saying that the suspension

Earlier in June, we were saddened by the news that gCaptain friend and fellow mariner, Captain David Hill, was declared missing and presume dead after the

Check out this old 70’s board game that has been being autcioned off on eBay.  CNN news blog tells us: A nearly 40-year-old board game is getting a lot