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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
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A Whale Of A Greeting – Deep Seas Exploration

At times commercial interests and biological research align with stunning results. Today we look at projects underway that utilize technology employed by the

November 28, 2007
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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Sink This Missle Tracking Ship Please

USA Today tells us; A decommissioned Air Force ship is being prepared at a Virginia shipyard to become a new habitat for marine life and an attraction for

October 23, 2007
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Emergency Housing – Repurposed Containers

Wired has an interesting article on portable emergency housing. Some of the ideas make use of shipping containers. The tell us; One of the biggest obstacles to

October 23, 2007
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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ship graveyards – ghost ships at rest

Today Fred Fry linked to an interesting post containing photos, video and the stories behind some of the world’s largest iron graveyards. One of the more

October 1, 2007
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Saturday, September 22, 2007
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Elly Maersk: The last in a class of world record holders is launched

The picture above, by Ship Spotter Frederik, is of the Elly Maersk. Along with her sister ships the Emma, Evelyn, Eleonora, Estelle and Ebba Maersk she is the

September 22, 2007
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007
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Tugboat Photos – The Race Is On

“They get to show off their stuff,” that was the response NYC Harbor Committee Chairman, Captain Doswell, gave the New York Times in response to

September 5, 2007
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
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Living Under The Sea – Trilobis

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

August 30, 2007
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
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Google Earth – New Sky Feature

Google earth is quickly becoming an amazing product. You can track Tropical Storms, inspect subsea objects and view AIS (vessel tracking) data. Now google has

August 23, 2007
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Speed From Efficiency – The Sea Phantom

Looking like a James Bond craft but powered by a simple outboard the Sea Phantom’s design focuses on efficiency to bring speeds over 70knots. Wired Blog

August 20, 2007
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
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gCaptain’s Favorite Maritime Photographer

We use flickr to bring you the Photo Of The Day on our homepage and more than a dozen times a single photographer’s work has been featured; OneEighteen.

August 15, 2007
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Tuesday, August 7, 2007
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gCaptain Blog Photo Spelling

August 7, 2007
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Saturday, August 4, 2007
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Artist Attacks – ISPS Scare Aboard The Queen Mary 2

This must be the week of the unusual submarine. We have discovered Chinese subs on Google maps, luxury submarines for the uber-rich, and news of Russia using

August 4, 2007
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Wednesday, August 1, 2007
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One Million Lives Rescued by the United States Coast Guard

While we were celebrating our numbers and sending you to Robin Storm’s post on recent Coast Guard rescues yesterday the saviors of the sea were reaching

August 1, 2007
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Saturday, July 28, 2007
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Get Some Sleep! Ship Accident Photo Of The Week

July 28, 2007
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Offshore Inspection of Shipping Containers

Fred Fry focused our attention on Popular Science Magazine which has a story on a new concept to scan containers before they reach our ports. The idea is that

July 9, 2007
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Friday, June 29, 2007
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Message in a bottle – $100 reward for toy ducks lost at sea

The Daily Mail of the UK brings us this story: “Thousands of rubber ducks to land on British shores after 15 year journey”. Apparently in 1992 a

June 29, 2007
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
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Hospital Ship Comfort Departs to South America

In some of the most positive military news of recent memory we get word of preparations being made aboard the USNS Comfort for tomorrow’s departure on a

June 14, 2007
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Thursday, June 7, 2007
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Thousands of Jumbo Squid spotted near Long Beach

Fisherman have discovered thousands of Jumbo Squid off the Southern California coast this week. The site mongabay.com tells us: Thousands of Jumbo squid

June 7, 2007
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