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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

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

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

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

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

Here are some upcoming stories from our Maritime News Discoverer. Vote on the ones you like to have them published. Danes admit paying pirates to free cargo

Are you a frequent flyer with plenty of miles to burn? We didn’t think so but you can still dream about The Best First Class Experiences: LINK Fixed LINK

In light of our previous post, we ask… What are your favorite Maritime Books? (To answer click

Shiptalk, the British mariner’s website, has a book suggestion for us: “The Last Navigator”; by Steve Thomas, chronicles the author’s

U.S. Trade Balance, by Partner Country 2006 in descending order of trade turnover (imports plus exports)   Source: United States International Trading

“Ship of the Week” brings us the fifth in the Maersk E-Class Container Ships and Sister Ship to the Emma Maersk: The Ebba Maersk (IMO: 9321524,

Here are some upcoming stories from our Maritime News Discoverer. Vote on the ones you like to have them published. Robin Storm: NOAA UPDATES ATLANTIC

When I started sailing commercial ships (10+ years ago now) I made a promise to myself that I’d quit when my first child was born. Now as I write

As mates, masters and pilots of really big ships we get plenty of bragging rights on the waterfront but the small guys have one thing on us, cool handheld

I have been sitting on this story for a few weeks but could not come up with the words to describe the loss of this historic ship and the

More information on the possible effects of climate change came to light this week when Australian, British, US and French scientists released their study on

Taiwan just announced that they will start work on a project that will generate electric power through the use of ocean current. So how are they going to go

The Indian government is considering a law barring ships over 25 years of age from docking in the country’s ports. The Economic Times of India tells us:

In light of the Minnesota bridge collapse I wanted to share the mayday called immediately following the Skyway Bridge Collapse on May 9th 1980. The Transcript