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Kongsberg Simrad announced a partnership with Norway to bring Automatic Identification System, AIS, ship tracking beyond its current line of sight

Case Name: Jeremy Selby v Yacht Starship, Inc., and Troy Manthey Date Decided: August 20, 2008 Court: U.S.D.C. M.D. Florida Citation: 2008 WL 3889625 (M.D.

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 174th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 124 here. (Published 25 August 2008) You

The Liberty Ship S.S. JOHN W BROWN will be open for tours in Baltimore’s inner harbor August 13 – 16. She is one of only two remaining WWII Liberty

Fire Gear Lockers: I could ramble for hours on Repair Locker organization. For now, we’ll keep it simple. Keep in mind, again, your assets and deficits.

Case Name: George “Jorge” Casas v U.S. Joiner, LLC and Northrup Gumman Ship Systems Inc. Date Decided: August 7, 2009 Court: U.S.D.C. Southern

Over the past few months the gCaptain team has been working hard to put together the internet’s best Merchant Marine Jobs Board and, after finally

Isolation As we all well know, fire containment is essential. The following isolations should be considered: Electrical isolation: Electricity can be a

The following is a messge from Admiral T.W. Allen, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, on Coast Guard Day 2009.  Check out the links at the bottom for more

In your scenario, how is your fire going to be discovered? What would be the most realistic scenario? Let’s say, you have ultraviolet sensors that pick

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 173rd edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 123 here. (Published 11 August 2008) You

Coast Guard Ends Search for 67 Haitians Missing after Shipwreck Latin American Herald Tribune Fifteen Haitians died and 119 were rescued in a joint operation

It’s been a week of fire, ferries and fortunate rescues, as well as tragedies. Sweden saw the collision of two ferries, Gotlandia and Gotlandia II, at

Case Name: George Larry Myers v BP America, Inc. Date Decided: July 29, 2009 Court: U.S.D.C. Western District of Louisiana Judge: Judge Doherty Citation: 2009

Coracle Online was one of (if not the first) company in the maritime and shipping industry to get into iPhone and iPod Touch application development.  Their

Freedom Ship is a concept for a floating city proposed by Norman Nixon of Freedom Ship International. Current naval engineering techniques are inadequate for

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 172nd edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 122 here. (Published 4 August 2008) You can

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Case Name: David Acosta v Aleutian Spray Fisheries, Inc. Date: 2nd July 2009 Court: U.S.D.C. – W.D. Washington – Seattle Judge: District Judge

While much larger initiatives are needed to make shipping more environmentally sound, the little things add up. Don’t believe me? Ask any Engineer who