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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Time Lapse Photo – Amazing Helicopter Rescue
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Time Lapse Photo – Amazing Helicopter Rescue

Ok, so the rescue itself was fairly ho-hum, but the photography is amazing. The video was made by combining two photographic techniques; time lapse

January 2, 2011
Total Views: 7

Saturday, January 1, 2011
Shipyard Time-Lapse Video, The Mega-Ship And The Mega-Crane
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Shipyard Time-Lapse Video, The Mega-Ship And The Mega-Crane

Building A Ship… Megablock Time-Lapse from gCaptain.com on Vimeo. The Ultra-Deepwater drillship Deep Ocean Ascension being constructed in Gejoe, South

January 1, 2011
Total Views: 26

Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Blog

Coast Guard’s Top 10 Rescue Videos of 2010

Each year the USCG lists the top 10, well 11, rescue videos of the year, symbolizing the Coast Guard’s 11 missions.  It seems like the men and women

December 21, 2010
Total Views: 7

Saturday, December 4, 2010
Incidents

Video Of A Faulty Brake Or… How Not To Anchor A Ship

The following is video of seatrials aboard a newly built German ship. The video commentary states “When testing the anchor winches it became obvious that

December 4, 2010
Total Views: 40

Tuesday, November 9, 2010
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Massive sink hole swallows Brazilian port – VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJcJVxxAFvY The video above shows the a giant sink hole as it rips apart and literally swallows the Amazonian port of

November 9, 2010
Total Views: 89

Saturday, November 6, 2010
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Disney’s OCEANS now on DVD.

If you are a fan of dramatic nature films or just looking to get some Christmas shopping for the little ones out of the way you should think about

November 6, 2010
Total Views: 12

Thursday, October 28, 2010
Interesting

McDonalds Fish Ship – “Alaska Ocean”

McDonalds Fish Ship – “Alaska Ocean” If you have ever eaten a McDonald’s Filet-o-fish there is a good chance that it came from the

October 28, 2010
Total Views: 2374

Monday, October 25, 2010
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Time Lapse Video – Moving A Crane

A time lapse of the ZHEN HUA 5 on May 5th 2007 in Harwich Harbour carrying away a Port of Felixstowe ship to shore crane. The cruise ship Princess

October 25, 2010
Total Views: 47

Monday, September 20, 2010
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Animated Ship Traffic – San Francisco Harbour

The ship tracking technology AIS has spawned innovation well beyond it’s intended use of helping ships avoid collisions. In this AIS data stream

September 20, 2010
Total Views: 11

Saturday, July 31, 2010
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FDNY Fireboat “Fire Fighter”

NYC’s most distinguished Fireboat, FDNY’s “Fire Fighter” ( Marine 9 ): With a cost of $924,000 in 1938 she is the most expensive

July 31, 2010
Total Views: 81

Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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Garbage Patch – Plastic Island in the Pacific

With all the recent talk of the Gulf Oil Spill and its effect on the marine environment it is good to take a moment and look at some of

July 6, 2010
Total Views: 7

Friday, July 2, 2010
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Oasis Of The Seas – Royal Caribbean

Oasis of the Seas set a new record of carrying over 6,000 passengers. She is owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. “The ship was completed

July 2, 2010
Total Views: 68

Sunday, June 6, 2010
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Port Operations – Amazing Tilt Shift Time-Lapse Photography

We have posted some pretty good time lapse photography here on the blog and this one definitely ranks amongst the best.  The video is done by Keith Loutit, a

June 6, 2010
Total Views: 8

Wednesday, June 2, 2010
USCG

Wrong About Everything – Video

Wrong About Everything (sample) from Mario Vittone on Vimeo. gCaptain contributor Mario Vittone taught us that we’re wrong about flares, cold water and

June 2, 2010
Total Views: 13

Sunday, May 16, 2010
Video

Huge Wave Hits Cruise Ship.

Huge wave hits cruise ship. Amateur video taken aboard a cruise ship shows a massive wave smashing windows and flooding parts of the vessel. Two passengers

May 16, 2010
Total Views: 48

Friday, May 7, 2010
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Life on an Oil Rig – Gulf of Mexico

____________________________________________ From the gCaptain Offshore Archives – 2008 ____________________________________________ Life on an Oil Rig

May 7, 2010
Total Views: 314

Thursday, April 8, 2010
Lifesaving Incidents

Captain Richard Phillips on “The Daily Show”

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p /

April 8, 2010
Total Views: 17

Friday, April 2, 2010
Lifesaving Incidents

“I Am Amver” Video Project

In efforts to expand IMO’s 2010 “Year of the Seafarer” campaign, the good folks at Amver are recognizing all those who make the Amver system

April 2, 2010
Total Views: 16

Friday, March 26, 2010
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Caspian Sea Monster – World’s Fastest Ship OR Largest Plane?

  From the gCaptain Archive: World’s Fastest Ship OR Largest Plane? Thrilling Wonder brings us the story of The Caspian Sea Monster. Built during

March 26, 2010
Total Views: 157

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Discharge of CO2 – Marine Firefighting Video

Prior to using a fixed fire system, especially CO2, always have a full muster! Why? This Navy video shows the inside view of what happens when this deadly gas

March 26, 2010
Total Views: 135
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