gCaptain – Maritime and Offshore News

Most of us have fond memories of flipping through editions of Popular Mechanics magazine, dreaming of the future. Well a new blog called Modern Mechanics lets

In a well researched article titled Mercenary Guards Jump Ship as Somali Pirates Remain Undeterred Bloomberg exposes private security efforts to protect ships

Piracy in the Golf of Aden continue to grab headlines around the world. Here is a look at some of the top headlines from this weeks. BBC Chinese ships

The Container Shipping Information Service recently launched its new website shipsandboxes.com to provide information to the public, businesses and media on

View Larger Map From the Associated Press: UNITED NATIONS (AP) — On the same day Somali gunmen seized two more ships, the U.N. Security Council voted

The 2008 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea has been presented to a Brazilian seafarer for his heroic actions in saving fellow crew members from an

Image by roeland.p This badge shows the latest Twitter‘s from all know United States Coast Guard personnel and bloggers, enjoy! The list was taken from

Today we noticed a new follower on our Twitter page: uscoastguard Ok, so many of our readers are asking; What’s Twitter and why doesn’t gCaptain

At least 23 people drowned earlier today as the ferry Maejan capsized near Ballesteros which is located on the northern tip of Luzon in the Philippines. While

Piracy – It’s Location, Location Location By John Denham If you did not know,  pirates have been around for as long as treasure was shipped on

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Faststream has come out with their annual Employment Review for the Maritime Industry. Managing director Mark Charman notes: “Our clients are telling us

Interested in the latest marine casualty reports? Lloyds MIU, the world’s only casualty reporting service, has a new map that plots ship incidents as

This weeks incident photo comes from Sunday’s oil spill six miles offshore from Carpinteria in the Santa Barbara Channel.  With an estimated 1,400

Somalia Piracy Update for December 12, 2008 is provided by NATO Shipping Centre 2 December – a cluster of possibly co-ordinated approaches made to 5

Source: Maritime Information Center The International Chamber Of Commerce tells us: EUNAVFOR strongly recommends that merchant vessels conduct their passage

Last week we brought you information on marine license insurance and in our continuing quest to look at non-traditional protection available to mariners we

gCaptain’s Co Founder, Tim Konrad, and Marketing Director, Mike Schuler returned this week from the International WorkBoat Show where they had a chance

Without question, piracy off the soast of Somalia is a problem that is costing time, money, headaches and lives. As of right now there is really no end in

BBC’s “The Box”, the year long experiment that explores globalization and world trade, has made its way into the States via the Port of Los

The BBC World Service has recently released an audio documentary that takes a look at Piracy around the world. You can download the program HERE Robbery on the

We recently ran across some interesting statistics from a 2005 joint study on manpower from BIMCO and the ISF. Q: How many officers are currently employed

The United States Coast Guard is trying to remind mariners and the American public in general to remain vigilant.  They have a short journal entry concerning

The above photo of the Norwegian Gem was from our failed attempt at an Ugly Ship category on gCaptain. The idea was good but our regular readers didn’t

Earlier today gCaptain received reports from Australia that the M/V Athena was attacked by 29 pirate boats while transiting the Gulf Of Aden. This was the