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The first-ever 7,300-mile Atlantic Ocean crossing by an unmanned underwater glider is opening up a new world of ocean technology. A ceremony on Dec. 9 in

One hundred and forty turbines, destined for the Greater Gabbard Wind Turbine Park off the east coast of England, are being transported in 36 shipments onboard

Crowley took delivery of Sunshine State, a 331,000-barrel, double-hull oil and chemical tanker, from General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, Calif. yesterday for

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. new deepwater pipelay vessel, Caesar, departed the shipyard in China on November 28, and is transiting to the Gulf of Mexico

Starting tomorrow (Wednesday December 2nd) through the end of this week, gCaptain.com will be attending the International Workboat Show in New Orleans, LA. 

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 190th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 140 here. (Published 15 December 2008) You

We want to wish everyone out there a Happy Thanksgiving! Here at gCaptain.com we have a lot to be thankful for – good family, good friends, our health

For those of you on Facebook, check out the new Fan Page, Master of Towing Vessels Association, started by gCaptain.com Forum Super Moderator, Doug Pine.

This week’s ship photos have been submitted to us by gCaptain.com Forum Super Moderator, Doug Pine, and show the M/V UASC Shuwaikh outbound for sea on

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 189th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 139 here. (Published 08 December 2008) You

The following has been submitted to us by gCaptain member Fredwx and originally published to the Weather section of the gCaptain forum: With Thanksgiving

The application of diesel electric technology gives a remarkable flexibility to vessels in the larger offshore market. In November Singapore’s ASL

For those of you who have been following the site, you probably are aware that gCaptain.com has a sister site (actually more of a brother site) called

The S/V Noordhoek Pathfinder was recently launched on November 7, 2009 at the De Hoop Shipyard in Foxhol – The Netherlands. She is a state of the art 62m

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 188th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 138 here. (Published 01 December 2008) You

We’ve talked about Unmanned Aerial Vehicals (UAV’s) here before on gCaptain particularly associated with piracy off the horn of Africa.  Here is a

gCaptain.com would like to extend a big THANK YOU to all those who have served to defend our country this Veterans Day 2009! For a full history of Veterans

Here is a press release from the US Merchant Marine Academy: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Accepts Resignation of U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

This weeks interesting ship is the ULSTEIN A122 AHTS vessel, Olympic Hera, which was just recently delivered to Olympic Shipping by Ulstein Group.  Olympic

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 187th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 137 here. (Published 24 November 2008) You