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The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 140th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 90 here. (Published 24 December 2007) You

One of the keys to becoming good at celestial navigation is knowing what you’re looking for. That is why learning the constellations is important. Todays

Last year Sid Martin, Director of Technology at Northeast Maritime Institute was faced with a dilemma. He had been hired to spearhead a project bringing the

oobject.com brings us this story on 10 of the world largest floating cranes. 10 enormous floating cranes Aside from their spectacular size, what makes floating

Yachtfourms.com brings us this story on the Dockwise Yacht Transport 685′ “Yacht Express”. Dockwise has transported more than 9,000 motor and

It’s official! As of yesterday, December 9, 2008, all ships 65 feet or longer must slow to a speed of 10 knots or less in certain areas where right

Few would have predicted that the European Union’s first-ever joint naval mission would be against pirates off the coast of Somalia. However, mission

gCaptain has just returned from a long 3 days in “The Big Easy” where we attended the 2008 International Workboat Show… and what a 3 days it

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 139th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 89 here. (Published 17 December 2007) You

Yesterday, we touched briefly upon on the Argentine passenger vessel, Ushuaia, that ran aground Thursday on Antartica’s western peninsula. We are now

When you think of The David Clark Company you might think about their iconic sage green colored headphones that are in use worldwide by both military and

As the weather cools in the northern hemisphere the most southern continent gets the slightest bit hospitable and the war against mother nature begins again.

Photo by Crusair Eurodam News, a blog following the construction of the brand new Holland America Lines’ cruise ship M/V Eurodam, recently featured a

Lloyd’s MIU brings us the World Merchant Fleet by ship type. Click HERE for more detailed

gCaptain.com had a chance to speak with Brian Luzzi, Sales & Marketing Coordinator, of VideoRay about their ROV products. Here is what he had to say. For

Going to the International Workboat Show in New Orleans, LA? We will see you there! The International WorkBoat Show is the largest commercial marine tradeshow

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 138th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 88 here. (Published 10 December 2007) You

You pull into anchorage, plug your EVDO Card into your laptop and immediately begin to map out the stores you need to visit once the ship is docked. We

This week is the busiest shopping time of the year for those of us living in the US. The economy isn’t the strongest this year so we thought we’d

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 137th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 87 here. (Published 3 December 2007) You