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
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The river Rhine in Germany has risen sharply after recent rain, the country’s inland navigation agency said on Monday, with vessels able to load more freight
By Ruth Liao, Lucia Kassai and Nicholas Lua (Bloomberg) — A shipper needing to transit the Panama Canal bid a record $5.3 million to secure its spot,
Finland’s multipurpose icebreaker Nordica has departed for Canada, where it will provide icebreaking and ice-management services to the Canadian Coast Guard
Canada is committing more than C$11 billion ($7.95 billion) to build six new icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard, the country’s biggest shipbuilding
Key supply and demand data show the market pressures fueling the record auction prices at the Panama
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
The river Rhine in Germany has risen sharply after recent rain, the country’s inland navigation agency said on Monday, with vessels able to load more freight
By Ruth Liao, Lucia Kassai and Nicholas Lua (Bloomberg) — A shipper needing to transit the Panama Canal bid a record $5.3 million to secure its spot,
Finland’s multipurpose icebreaker Nordica has departed for Canada, where it will provide icebreaking and ice-management services to the Canadian Coast Guard
Canada is committing more than C$11 billion ($7.95 billion) to build six new icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard, the country’s biggest shipbuilding
Key supply and demand data show the market pressures fueling the record auction prices at the Panama
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(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
The Trustees of the Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship Trust and Robert Allan Ltd. are very pleased to announce the award of the following scholarships for the 2026/2027 academic
MacGregor has experienced a highly positive trend in the demand for its cargo securing innovations in 2026, driven by strong market uptake of its ACV-1 Hippo fully automatic
An in-depth evaluation study based on reference data from a Suezmax crude oil tanker has demonstrated the benefits of using Thordon Bearings’ innovative T-BOSS® shaftline
Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, and South Korean telecommunications services provider SK telink have signed an agreement to advance maritime digitalisation across the
MacGregor has been selected to deliver a comprehensive scope of cargo handling solutions for six 1,700 TEU dual-fuel LNG-powered containerships to be built at Cochin Shipyard
An innovative ferry-to-floatel conversion proves that zero-emission hotel loads are a reality today, offering cruise and ferry operators a highly efficient, scalable alternative
ABB has secured a contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) to deliver an integrated power and propulsion package to semi-submersible heavy transport vessel (HTV) Grand
First U.S.-Manufactured Lithium Iron Phosphate Marine Battery System to Receive Classification Society Approval ABS has issued a product design assessment (PDA) to Fleetzero for
The Trustees of the Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship Trust and Robert Allan Ltd. are very pleased to announce the award of the following scholarships for the 2026/2027 academic
MacGregor has experienced a highly positive trend in the demand for its cargo securing innovations in 2026, driven by strong market uptake of its ACV-1 Hippo fully automatic
An in-depth evaluation study based on reference data from a Suezmax crude oil tanker has demonstrated the benefits of using Thordon Bearings’ innovative T-BOSS® shaftline
Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, and South Korean telecommunications services provider SK telink have signed an agreement to advance maritime digitalisation across the
MacGregor has been selected to deliver a comprehensive scope of cargo handling solutions for six 1,700 TEU dual-fuel LNG-powered containerships to be built at Cochin Shipyard
An innovative ferry-to-floatel conversion proves that zero-emission hotel loads are a reality today, offering cruise and ferry operators a highly efficient, scalable alternative
ABB has secured a contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) to deliver an integrated power and propulsion package to semi-submersible heavy transport vessel (HTV) Grand
First U.S.-Manufactured Lithium Iron Phosphate Marine Battery System to Receive Classification Society Approval ABS has issued a product design assessment (PDA) to Fleetzero for
BP today announced that work has begun to drill a relief well to intercept and isolate the oil well that is spilling oil in the US Gulf of Mexico.
The above photo shows the retaking of the M/V Taipan by Dutch marines on April 5th after the vessel was hijacked by pirates 500 miles off the Somali coast.
Today, Governor Bobby Jindal issued a state declaration of emergency in preparation for predicted impact of oil along the Louisiana coast leaking as a result
(Photo Credit: NASA) NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of the Gulf of Mexico on April 25, 2010 using its Moderate Resolution Imaging
I am currently in Dubai after departing my drillship, which continues on its voyage to the Gulf Of Mexico. It has been a long week for everyone both here
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Latest News Read more in the gCaptain forum thread Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon is on fire BREAKING NEWS: We’ll update as more information comes
Last week, Navy Adm. Mark P. Fitzgerald, commander of U.S. naval forces in Europe and Africa and of NATO’s Allied Joint Task Force Command Naples, told
Yesterday, the Tokyo MOU released its Annual Report on Port State Control in the Asia-Pacific Region for 2009, summarizing the results of inspections carried
Today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced $14.7 million in grant awards to help improve 17 small shipyards
This was recently submitted to the gCaptain forum, but I thought it deserved some more attention here on the blog. Steve Gordon of Gordon and Elias, LLP has
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