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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Tropical Storm Tracking
Tracking Tropical Storms? Try our new Weather Dashboard. Our dashboards grab the live NOAA maps our editors use aboard their ships to track weather systems and
Monday, August 13, 2007
Maritime Magazine – gCaptain Ad Debut
An Exciting Announcement – Maritime Executive Magazine An exciting announcement from gCaptain… Our new internet ad will debut on an upcoming issue
Ships Collide and One Partially Sinks Off Gibraltar
The Shipping Times tells us: “The Panamanian cargo Vessel NEW FLAME, carrying a cargo of scrap metal and the Danish Product Tanker TORM GERTRUDE collided
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Stealth Warship – HMS Daring
We don’t usually cover Navy stories but think the stealth design on a ship this size is impressive, even if the radar signature is not 100% invisible.
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Sunday, August 12, 2007
Victory Ship Engine Room Tour
Also read our post Ship Engines – Wartsila-Sulzer Super Engine – The Emma Maersk’ s Enormous Power
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Company Quick To Blame Captain
In a recent incident aboard the Russian Cruise/Research vessel Alexey Maryshev, passengers where injured when an iceberg, which the vessel was navigating close
Friday, August 10, 2007
LMSR Ablaze in Boston
This just in from the Boston Globe: Firefighters battled through smoke and heat to quench a blaze early this morning in the bowels of a Navy ship in dry
Thursday, August 9, 2007
IMB’s Maritime Security Hotline Goes Live
Launched this June the International Maritime Bureau’s Maritime Security Hotline is a confidential phone line that enables the seafarer and others in the
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Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Rescue At Sea – Lego Life Saved
A daring rescue at sea was performed by tourists at the Dutch resort of Zandvoort yesterday. The efforts began when a large orange head was observed floating
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Ship Simulator 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eM_azpF_54 Ship Simulator is a revolutionary simulation game that puts players at the helm of some of the most varied and
Saturday, August 4, 2007
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Video of the ‘Mangaorean Titanic’
The ship ‘DenDen’, or as local residents have nicknamed her ‘The Mangaorean Titanic’, was an early story covered by gCaptain in
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Saturday, August 4, 2007
Artist Attacks – ISPS Scare Aboard The Queen Mary 2
This must be the week of the unusual submarine. We have discovered Chinese subs on Google maps, luxury submarines for the uber-rich, and news of Russia using
Friday, August 3, 2007
BLUElink: Ocean forecasting Australia
The Australian Government launched a $15m project today that will deliver ocean forecasts for the waters off the cost of Australia. The project known as
Coast Guard Licensing Changes At The NMC
By now you should know that all licensing requests by U.S. Mariners are routed through the Coast Guard National Maritime Center‘s new headquarters in
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Life Under The Antartic Ocean
Time has an amazing photo slideshow titled Life Under The Antartic Ice
One Million Lives Rescued by the United States Coast Guard
While we were celebrating our numbers and sending you to Robin Storm’s post on recent Coast Guard rescues yesterday the saviors of the sea were reaching


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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Updates and Rescue Links
In response to your overwhelming support of our site we have reached our goal of 100,000 views ahead of schedule and thus are investing in some new features.
Monday, July 30, 2007
If it’s Monday…
No longer are Mondays a day to dread. If you have a case of the Mondays then head over to Fred Fry’s Maritime Monday for links to the best
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Panama Canal Expansion
(Timelapse video of a Panama Canal crossing) The expansion of the Panama Canal took a large stride forward this week when the Panama Canal Authority (ACP)