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Saturday, September 22, 2007
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gCaptain Blogroll – Offbeat

I wanted to take some time and thank some of our partner sites; Maritime Experts from around the web. I also wanted to take the time to explain each

September 22, 2007
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Friday, September 21, 2007
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The Vast Sea of Chaos

September 21, 2007
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
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How Ship Decks Are Named

Horizontal cut through the decks of a

September 20, 2007
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
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The Straight of Malacca – A Dark Passage

“For centuries, this sliver of ocean has captivated seamen, offering the most direct route between India and China, along with a bounty of resources,

September 18, 2007
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
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Future gCaptain says “My Daddy’s gettting audited” | Tear

To those who have sent me questions or panic about being Kapp-sized I don’t have any answers… yet. Stay tuned HERE and rest well knowing you have

September 15, 2007
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Merchant Mariner Tax Deduction “Kapp-sized” By IRS

I was recently reading Robert Greene’s; The 48 Laws of Power and took a few tips from it but more often than not I break them. Today’s infraction

September 15, 2007
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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Google Maps – Maritime Mashup

Google has released a new Mash-up feature for their Maps service. Basically anyone can put together a map and submit it to google. Then users can overlay

September 11, 2007
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The BOEM’s New “Drilling Safety Rule”

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), formerly known as the MMS, released two new directives today under an “emergency rule-making

September 11, 2007
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Saturday, September 8, 2007
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Shipping Logos – American President Lines

Sea-Fever and World’s Best Logos and Brands blog did a brief history of the logo for APL, formerly known as American President Lines. They write: Because

September 8, 2007
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Friday, September 7, 2007
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Maritime Discoverer Contest – FREE iPhone

We are so excited by the capability of our Maritime News & Links Discoverer to bring you the best maritime related content that we have a HUGE announcement

September 7, 2007
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Thursday, September 6, 2007
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Submitting Maritime News – How To Enter The Contest

Here’s how to submit Maritime news and stories for our upcoming contest. Video Blocked? Right Click and Select “Save

September 6, 2007
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Discover News with Tag Cloud

What are tags? One or two word descriptions of a story. For example the collision story below might be tagged incidents/photos/turkey. To help you navigate

September 6, 2007
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How To Use A Sextant 101
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How To Use A Sextant 101

See full size animated GIF on on using a sextant – Wiki Commons (Link Thanks to Never Sea

September 6, 2007
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Future Anti-Piracy Weapon?

Maritime Links Editor’s Blog brings us the Pentagon’s Ray Gun. Could this non-lethal device be the answer to piracy problems and our question

September 6, 2007
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Balloons and Explosions – Panama Canal Expansion Begins
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Balloons and Explosions – Panama Canal Expansion Begins

The Panama Canal Expansion Project kick-off with an explosion today, literally. We have covered the project before in our post titled, “Panama Canal

September 5, 2007
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‘Bringing the Ocean to the World’ – Hi-Tech Subsea Research
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‘Bringing the Ocean to the World’ – Hi-Tech Subsea Research

The University of Washington is embarking on “…a NASA-scale mission to basically enter the Inner Space, and to be there perpetually. What

September 5, 2007
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007
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Watchstander Fatigue – Sleeping on Watch

The Shipping Gazette has an interesting article on a study conducted by World Maritime University that shows 73% of mariners admit to having fallen asleep on

September 4, 2007
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Monday, September 3, 2007
MARPOL and the Death of an Albatross
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MARPOL and the Death of an Albatross

Our friends at Never Sea Land bring us a story on the fate of an Albatross after consuming plastic. Cynthia Vanderlip, manager of the State of Hawaii’s

September 3, 2007
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Sunday, September 2, 2007
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Maritime News Bookmarklet

You can easily submit stories to gCaptain’s all new Maritime News page. Just bookmark the link below in your favorite browser. After that, the only thing

September 2, 2007
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Friday, August 31, 2007
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Trouble for the Hawaii Superferry

The Seattle Times tells us: Hawaii Superferry halted service between Honolulu and the island of Kauai indefinitely after the Coast Guard advised that it could

August 31, 2007
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