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Monday, May 26, 2008
Weather

Question On Weather Routing

gCaptain reader and Meteorologist Brad Snook writes: I spent 13 years as a Meteorologist, recommending routes and forecasting seas and swells for merchant

Monday, May 26, 2008
Total Views: 157

Sunday, May 25, 2008
Incidents

Error In Navigation – Tracing Paper Blamed

The Guardian tells us: A nuclear-powered Royal Navy submarine needed £5m worth of repairs after it struck the seabed because a piece of tracing paper covered

May 25, 2008
Total Views: 24

Saturday, May 24, 2008
USCG

MAIS 23 – Interview With C-130 Rescue Pilot

Download MP3: Messing About In Ships podcast episode 23 – May 15, 2008 Subscribe Via iTunes HERE Shownotes: In this episode Capt. Kelly Sweeney gives us

May 24, 2008
Total Views: 36

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The 2008 Submarine Cable Map

.Telegeography.com is selling one of the most interesting world maps I’ve seen to date. The map depicts the over 120 subsea cables including detailed

May 24, 2008
Total Views: 99

Friday, May 23, 2008
Lifesaving Incidents

EPIRBs Failure – The Investigation Continues

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SPECIAL EDITION By Robin Storm Both Captain John Konrad of gCaptain and I have written much on the importance of GPIRBs and EPIRBs

May 23, 2008
Total Views: 204

Thursday, May 22, 2008
Blog

Incident Photo Of The Week – M/V New Flame

Photo of the M/V New Flame. Marine Link has the details of this incident HERE. Video can be found

May 22, 2008
Total Views: 3

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Monday, May 19, 2008
Navy

Warship HMS Illustrious – Another Maritime Reality TV Show

With the shows Carrier America’s Port and The Deadliest Catch ships are dominating America’s primetime reality television but a new show broadens

May 19, 2008
Total Views: 133

Sunday, May 18, 2008
Video

Rescue At Sea – A Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV8WeGdDHlE . If you liked this video click HERE for one

May 18, 2008
Total Views: 3

Saturday, May 17, 2008
Lifesaving Incidents

Incident Video – M/V Ice Prince

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD9aqztvdTw . For more information on this incident view our previous coverage: English Channel Abandoment – M/V Ice

May 17, 2008
Total Views: 12

Thursday, May 15, 2008
Engines

Wartsila METHAPU – A Fuel Cell For Ships

Our friend Jean Pierre de Lutz is building a new boat using green technology and writing about it on his blog. Knowing we are interested in new technology

May 15, 2008
Total Views: 199

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Incidents

B.C. Ferry Damage

MV Coastal Renaissance, Courtesy B.C. Ferries NANAIMO (NEWS1130) is reporting: B.C. Ferries has confirmed one of its shiny new ships has sustained some damage

May 14, 2008
Total Views: 4

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Blog

Incident Photo Of The Week – Research Boat Russell W. Peterson

Photo of the research boat Russell W. Peterson takes on water about 14 miles off the coast of Rehoboth Beach, Del., Monday, May 12, 2008. Video of this

May 13, 2008
Total Views: 12

Navy

MARINER WAKE UP CALL – China’s Growning Submarine Fleet

Experts attempting to understand the strategic aims behind China’s aggressive military expansion have generally focused on Taiwan. But a new naval base

May 13, 2008
Total Views: 54

Video

World’s Largest Non-Nuclear Explosion

Ernie’s Place brings us the world’s largest Non-Nuclear explosion: Alaska along the coast of British Columbia, there is what is known as the inland

May 13, 2008
Total Views: 129

Friday, May 9, 2008
Offbeat

Monsters of the Deep

BBC News/Science is reporting: Monster warning to protect oceans The landing of a colossal squid by New Zealand fishermen earlier this year offered a rare

May 9, 2008
Total Views: 9

Thursday, May 8, 2008
Blog

Incident Photo Of The Week – Lifeboat Bottle Explosion

The Marine Safety Forum gives us information on this lifeboat air bottle explosion: A gas bottle exploded in a lifeboat of a vessel during the process of

May 8, 2008
Total Views: 104

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Thursday, May 8, 2008
USCG

Coast Guard Cliff Rescue Training

. SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The aircrews of Air Station Los Angeles spent the day training for cliff operations May 17 at Point Vicente Lighthouse. The air

May 8, 2008
Total Views: 8

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Interesting

Full Episodes of ‘CARRIER’ Posted Online

The following is posted by Fred Fry: For those of you who missed 10-hour PBS CARRIER marathon, have no fear as they were kind enough to post the full

May 6, 2008
Total Views: 456

Maritime Security

The Bright Spot – Imprisonment of Pirates

Our friend Bob Couttie of Maritime Accident Casebook asks; Pirates, A Doom With A Q? He writes: Earlier this week the US and France introduce a draft UN

May 6, 2008
Total Views: 6

Video

AIDD – The Dumb EPIRB

I stumbled upon this post while doing research for our EPIRB Failure series. It’s new distress system developed by researchers at John Hopkins

May 6, 2008
Total Views: 150

Lifesaving Incidents

Mass Evacuation Of European Cruise Ship

The BBC tells us: Latvian authorities have begun evacuating hundreds of people from a cruise ship stuck on a sandbank. So far tugs have failed to free the

May 6, 2008
Total Views: 6

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