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Ship photo of the Day by Houston Ship Pilot, Lou Vest. Lou’s work was recently featured at the Houston Arts Alliance Gallery and is displayed prominently

On 22 March, HMS Daring joined formation with USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10), and USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO 188), to take part in

Slimy Wog’s become Trusty Shellbacks on board USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), all images courtesy US Navy

Over 700 comments posted to the gCaptain forum by maritime professionals, explaining what caused the Costa Concordia to sink early this year… but the

I was invited down to Brownsville, Texas this week to meet with senior executives from Helix Energy Solutions Group (ESG) for an overview of their

This Ship Photo of the Day from BAE Systems’s Govan Shipyard in Glasgow shows one of two massive hull sections of the HMS Queen Elizabeth being driven

The Royal Navy’s newest Type 45 destroyer, HMS Dauntless, departed on her maiden deployment to the south Atlantic where she and her crew will maintain a

The Graveyard of Giants By Jan Møller Hansen – Click HERE for the full photo slideshow. [dropcap]S[/dropcap] hip breaking in

The latest update from the South Pacific Ocean where the Volvo Ocean Race is racing hard and fast at around 20 knots of boatspeed.  3000 miles to go until

Image taken by Second Mate Joseph Hood on board the MV Carat.   MV Carat is a Crowley-managed containership owned by Reederei Gebr. Winter. Image via

The Volvo Ocean Race fleet has completed the first 3 of their 9 total legs around the world and the fleet is gearing up for racing in-port Sanya, China before

It’s a bit like the Hubble Space Telescope, however in this case the camera points toward Earth. The engineers at Astrium, pioneers in Earth observation

Another cool shot from Dustin Lemke, Ship’s engineer/ Photographer/Yeti…

Carisbrooke Shipping took delivery of the first SUPER GREEN 8500 vessel from China’s Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding. The vessel was delivered after

Wicked cool photo by USMMA ’98 grad and Jackson Hole local, Dustin Lemke.  Mt. Rainier is a glacier-topped volcano that rises from sea level to 14,410

A new island is forming in the Red Sea. About 60 kilometers (40 miles) from the coast of Yemen, an undersea eruption began in mid-December 2011. Local

  Volvo Ocean Race crew members compete in the The Abu Dhabi Sailing Festival Race in 60ft Dhow boats, during their 2nd port call in the 2011-12 race.

UPDATE: Monday, 6pm EST: The sea has claimed the stern section of the stricken M/V Rena Tuesday morning (local time).  We’ve started a new post with

– by LT Connie Braesch, USCG The Coast Guard has a long history of braving harsh Alaskan elements to rescue mariners in distress, protect the U.S.

ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 5, 2012) A U.S. Navy SH-60S Sea Hawk provides support to a visit, board, search and seizure team (VBSS) in a 7-meter rigid-hull inflatable