gCaptain – Maritime and Offshore News

At the conclusion of the first day of the Kenner hearings to include testimony from both BP and Transocean personnel, it’s clear one question needs to be

An “active to extremely active” hurricane season is expected for the Atlantic Basin this year according to the seasonal outlook issued today by

This morning the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Minerals Management Service (MMS) began the second part of the Deepwater Horizon Investigation at the

Click HERE for high resolution graphic Federal On-Scene Coordinator Rear Admiral Mary Landry, acting on the validation of government scientists and in

Scientists and agencies monitoring the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are keeping a wary eye on changes in the nearby Loop Current, a warm ocean current that

Image source: Reuters Early Tuesday morning, the Malaysian-registered M/T Bunga Kelana 3 collided with the St. Vincents and The Grenadines registered bulk

In a change of command ceremony held today at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., Adm. Robert J. Papp, Jr. assumed command as the 24th Commandant of the

In 2009 most of the hype in the cruise industry was about Royal Caribbean’s new cutting edge ship Oasis of the Seas. In 2010 the ship that is making

Representative Edward J. Markey of Massachussetts yesterday pushed BP to release a Live Spill Cam of the gusher in the Gulf of Mexico.  This request comes in

An unprecedented coalition of organizations – from trade unions to shipowners’ associations and insurers – has joined forces to back a global

What is the key to success in managing large ships? And by large I don’t mean size alone but also the number of people employed and the complexity of

Watch CBS News Videos Online For those of you who missed it, last night 60 Minutes aired a must watch report on the Deepwater Horizon blowout.  The report

Huge wave hits cruise ship. Amateur video taken aboard a cruise ship shows a massive wave smashing windows and flooding parts of the vessel. Two passengers

gCaptain asked forum members to submit ideas when developing the ship tracking iPhone Application gTrax. The USCG has used social media for the last few years

The above photos are thumbnails of photos collected by the Boston Globe for a regular feature they publish called “The Big Picture“. Today’s

Below are a few official videos of the oil flow taken from an ROV on the Gulf Of Mexico seabed. For more official videos visit the Deepwater Horizon Response

Note: With the recent incident in the Gulf and gCaptain members are performing non-routine jobs in and around the oil slick, a few have asked me if I carry

So your on the ship and you forgot your telescopic lens… what to do? How about simple putting your digital camera up to the binoculars. Simple, easy and

Today the Staten Island Ferry had an incident. The New York Times tells us: A Staten Island Ferry crashed into the dock just past 9 a.m. on Saturday morning,

____________________________________________ From the gCaptain Offshore Archives – 2008 ____________________________________________ Life on an Oil Rig

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; May 6, 2010) Crowley Maritime Corporation and its employees this week donated $80,000 to the American Red Cross in support of Haiti relief

Image © BP p.l.c. Yesterday evening the first containment dome, or cofferdam, departed Port Fourchon on Chouest’s M/V Joe Griffin en route to the

At his new home, maritime reporter Joe Keefe looks at BP as it responds to the recent incident in the Gulf Of Mexico. In the section of the article

This slideshow is a look at the most interesting photos from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Incident, as seen through the lenses of social media site

Click HERE for high resolution While quick google search will reveal a number of infographics on the Gulf oil spill, we thought that this one in particular