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The National Maritime Center has been making unannounced changes to the Merchant Mariner Credential Medical Evaluation Report form needed for the application

Civil service mariners aboard Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson rescued five people lost at sea in a small boat near the

On April 20th 2011, the one year anniversary of the BP oil rig explosion, gCaptain was honored to conduct video interviews with many survivors of the Deepwater

Welcome to this weeks edition of “In Case You Missed It…”, a new series posted every Friday that highlights the weeks top 10 news items on

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will “very likely” open the Morganza Spillway north of Baton Rouge this weekend to lower the levels of the swollen

Maritime Crime and Piracy Summary, week of 4 May 2011 (Source: ONI) CARIBBEAN SEA: A container ship was robbed 7 May 2011 at 0642 UTC while anchored in

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric S. Garst/Released) The tenth and final Nimitz-class supercarrier of the U.S. Navy, the USS

Two workers were killed Thursday in an “incident” at a shipyard in Singapore’s southwestern Tuas industrial area, the city-state’s

The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) has located the wreck of the World War I German submarine U-106 off the coast of Terschelling in the Netherlands.  The

On April 22nd, the EU NAVFOR French warship FS GUÉPRATTE was tasked to patrol the East coast of Somalia as part of her counter-piracy duties on Operation

A photo illustration of the guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112). U.S. Navy Photo Illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jay

USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) approaches the Japanese-owned commercial oil tanker M/V Guanabara. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anna

When the Department of Homeland Security announced the idea of a new consolidated Coast Guard headquarters it seemed fitting, considering the Coast

Amver Blog has just posted episode 3 of the Quarterdeck, the monthly Amver podcast featuring Benjamin Strong and Admiral Jim Watson. In this latest episode

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has recently intensified its efforts to help shipyards, ship owners, suppliers and recycling facilities in Asia to comply with the

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Timothy A. Hazel/Released) By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (NNS) —

HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- A group of coastal-state governors has formed a coalition to press the federal government to speed its permitting of offshore oil

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard has delivered to American Shipping Company the shipyard’s twelfth Veteran Class MT-46 product tanker. The 46,000 dwt vessel,

Class society ABS announces the release of its enhanced Guide for the Classification of Drilling Systems which provides a comprehensive approach to classing

Horizon Lines Inc. (HRZ) received a break on some of its expenses from former parent company CSX Corp. (CSX), which agreed to reduce Horizon’s charter