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Saturday, June 21, 2008
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Maritime Academy – Cadet Shipping

Cadet Edward Pollard on the TSES Recent news article claim steps in obtaining agreements in placing maritime academy school students aboard merchant ships for

June 21, 2008
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Are You Missing The Drillship Goldrush?

The shipping industry is currently the most profitable segment of the market with exploratory driling heading the way. The woldfleet of drillships alone will

June 21, 2008
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Solar Spacecraft To Help Ships Avoid Whales

The Telegraph tells us of A spy plane designed by Nasa will help track whales in the Mediterranean to try to prevent collisions between the giant mammals and

June 21, 2008
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Monday, June 16, 2008
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Maritime Monday 115

The following is posted by Fred Fry: (Note: I am still in Finland) Welcome to this 115th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 65 here.

June 16, 2008
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
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Great Lakes British Warship HMS Ontario Found

Shipwreck World tells us: The HMS Ontario, a British warship built in1780 has been discovered in deep water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario. Shipwreck

June 14, 2008
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Maritime Security

Modern Pirates, The Success Rate Of

*Red denotes a successful attack. Yellow marks an attempt This Google Maps mashup, brought to gCaptain’s attention by wired’s blog monkeybites,

June 14, 2008
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Friday, June 13, 2008
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Company Profile: Gordon and Elias, LLP

Gordon & Elias, L.L.P., represents clients in all aspects of personal injury and wrongful death. They are a boutique law firm with a nationwide practice

June 13, 2008
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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MAIS – Maritime Podcast Episode 25 | gCaptain.com

Photo By dmcl Sailing the MV Rust Bucket: 10 Reasons Why Rowing The Pacific… Alone With the help of John’s favorite tech podcaster Leo Laporte of

June 10, 2008
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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A Surge At The Baltic Exchange

Photo by Timothy Hamilton The NYTimes reports: Since mid-2006, a confluence of powerful forces — from a shortage of ships to the seemingly unquenchable

June 9, 2008
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Maritime Monday 114

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 114th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 64 here. (Published 18 June 2007) You can

June 9, 2008
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Sunday, June 8, 2008
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World Ocean Day

Since 1992, June 8th has been World Ocean Day. It is a well known fact that the worlds oceans cover more then 70% of our planet and June 8th

June 8, 2008
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
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The Edmund Fitzgerald – Remembering The Tragedy

Model by Wood Wings 50 Years ago today the most infamous vessel of the Great Lakes was launched. Farlane writes: It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon on June

June 7, 2008
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
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Pocket Cruise Ship Grounds in Alaska

The Juneau Empire is reporting: A cruise ship scraped the bottom of the Tracy Arm fjord Wednesday morning, forcing its crew to cut short its trip and call the

June 5, 2008
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Wired Magazine: The Battle of Midway

(Ed. note: Wired . com is featuring a post comemerating the Battle of Midway) Japanese fleet carrier Hiryu is seen shortly before the United States Navy sank

June 4, 2008
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Maritime Security

Max Hardberger – The Repo Man of Ships

(Note: This article was originally published in Dec 2007) We have taken a look at piracy in the Strait of Malacca and showed you how criminal organizations

June 4, 2008
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Server Glitch – Please STBY

We experienced a slight server glitch this morning. This isn’t the first time this has happened but I’m not disappointed with our 8 month strech of

June 4, 2008
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Shipping Companies Sized By Market Capitalization

Full Size Version This is a dynamic (self updating) chart of shipping companies by Market Capitalization. (Source: Google

June 4, 2008
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Monday, June 2, 2008
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Maritime Monday 113

The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 113th edition of Maritime Monday, posted from Finland, which is the summer HQ of Fred Fry International.

June 2, 2008
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Friday, May 30, 2008
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Wired Ocean – Broadband Internet At Sea

We don’t usually publish press releases on gCaptain but we can’t help to be excited by new solutions for offering “High” Speed internet

May 30, 2008
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The Human Impact On Marine Ecosystems

The top two multiscale spatial models shows the human impact on the world ocean in comparison to the major shipping lanes of the world. The third shows

May 30, 2008
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