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With a nominal TEU capacity of 19,224, the MSC Oscar currently ranks in as the world’s largest containership. The ship right now is in the midst of its

In this video, Maersk Group CEO Nils S. Andersen explains what drove the Group’s record profit in 2014, elaborates on the impact of a lower oil price

Maryland pilot Ron Steele was aboard the containership MSC Stella on 18 January when he hailed his colleague John Jamroga sailing on a reciprocal course just

Niall Farrell from Greystones, Ireland sent us the following drawing he sketched up today on his notepad. This might be the first drawing that has ever been

Recognition and Early Intervention Avoid Previously Undiagnosed Deck Officer Health Issues By Capt. I.M. Anonymous Trackline Attachment Syndrome (TAS) is the

In a recent Ask Reddit subreddit, one user posed the question: "what is the laziest thing you've ever done?" One sailor's response by far takes the

The story of Ulstein’s X-Bow design is one that reminds us all that opportunities for innovation are right in front of us if we know where to look.

Containership and tanker are not and interchangeable words for a specific vessel... If it's a tanker, it's not a containership, and vice

The gCaptain job board has recently received a face lift and to roll this out, we're offering literally every employer in our industry one free 30-day job

By Nikos Kairis The reduction of operational cost is an important aspect of managing a company especially in a harsh financial environment. In that

SUNY Maritime grad Jill Davenport sent us this photo of the Polar Enterprise, a 2006-built, 141,000 deadweight ton crude oil tanker owned by ConocoPhillips.

By Danielle Holden, Aaron Brown and Cheryl Stahl – DNV GL The concept of LNG-fuelled ships in the Great Lakes region has support from local

Few details available about this video just recently uploaded to Youtube, but apparently it was filmed somewhere in the North Sea. Share what you know about it

A rundown of gCaptain's 50 most viewed stories from 2014.

“You’ve overdone it, haven’t you Hamish?” A Scottish fisherman says to a seagull that he’s literally holding in his hand in a

By Ed Snell Twas the night before Christmas And all through the tug, Only the deckhand was stirring The tea in his mug. The dock lines were hung By the

2014 was a crazy

Last night some security camera captured video of a pier collapsing in Eastport, Maine. The U.S. Coast Guard says it was notified at approximately 2:20 a.m.

Ouch. This incident happened Tuesday evening on Florida’s Intracoastal Waterway in North Miami. The 161-foot Rockstar was damaged but none of the 15

Apart from a Howard Miller brass chronometer given to us as a gift, the gCaptain office is mostly devoid of nautical trinkets (but you will find us wearing