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Today marks the first day of the annual Offshore Technologies Conference in Houston, TX.  OTC is the world’s foremost event for the development of

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 160th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 110 here. (Published 12 May 2008) You can

Unofficial Networks, the parent company of gCaptain, runs all of its email servers with commercial version of google’s popular email client gMail. There

Scientists at the Universit´e de Lyon have found new answers to a phenomenon called “Dead Water”. No this not refer to the newly released WWII

One of the first questions I routinely get asked when people find out I work aboard ship is “Do You Get Seasick”. I find this question rather

To help us answer some of the questions we have been hearing regarding the Maersk Alabama crew member that is suing the ship owner, gCaptain contacted Jones

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 159th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 109 here. (Published 5 May 2008) You can

Today Holland and Knight points us to this proposal by the Department Of Homeland Security: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to establish an

Have an Iridium, VHF or SSB handheld radio aboard? What about a portable GPS? Create an Abandon Ship Ditch Bag that is waterproof, floats and will survive a

Case Name: Nigel K. Washington v Blanchard Contractors, Inc. Date of Judgment: 24th April 2009 Court: U.S.D.C. – S.D. Texas – Houston Division

Case Name: Steve Kuithe v Gulf Caribe Maritime, Inc. Date of Judgment: 6th April 2009 Court: U.S.D.C. – S.D. Alabama Judges: District Judge Steele

Case Name: Eric Taylor v Teco Barge Line, Inc. Date of Judgment: 22nd April 2009 Court: U.S.D.C. – W.D. Kentucky – Paducah Division Judge: District

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 158th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 108 here. (Published 28 April 2008) You can

Case Name: Azeem Modak v Alaris Companies, LLC Date of Judgment: 17th April 2009 Court: U.S.D.C. – N.D. California Judge: District Judge Wilken Citation:

The US Coast Guard brings us their 10 most popular pages. 1. Merchant Mariner Documentation (MMD) / Standards for Training Certification & Watchkeeping

An investigation conducted by the Liberian Bureau of Maritime Affairs into the circumstances of the sinking of M/V Explorer concluded that the decision by the

Here is a collection of photos taken from this past week’s Maersk Alabama piracy incident.  The images and descriptions are provided the U.S. Navy. 

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 157th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 107 here. (Published 21 April 2008) You can

Since World War II air dominance has played a critical role in successful military operations, are anti-piracy ops any

Over the past two days gCaptain has fielded questions from the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Good Morning America and a number of other well known