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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Go Sail A Rust Bucket – 10 Reasons Why
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Go Sail A Rust Bucket – 10 Reasons Why

Each year hundreds of cadets graduate America’s Maritime Academies looking for a Third Mate job with the country’s best shipping companies. Polar

Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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Top USCG Stories Of The Year

gCaptain’s favorite source for Coast Guard related news, the Unofficial CG Blog, is ready to ring in the new year with a post titled “The Top Coast

December 29, 2010
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Magnetic Patch Seals Nuclear Waste

Miko Marine of Norway reports that one of its magnetic patches has been used to seal a leak in the hull of the nuclear waste freighter ‘Puma’ and

December 29, 2010
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ABS Releases Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Guide
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ABS Releases Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Guide

Classification society ABS announces the release of a Guide for Building and Classing Offshore Wind Turbine Installations, the first Guide to address design

December 29, 2010
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Seatel Marine VSAT Antenna
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Marine VSAT – Breaking Free Of Corporate Internet, 1

To start our series on Breaking Free Of Corporate Internet at sea we will first take a look at VSAT technology. The remaining posts of this series will look

December 28, 2010
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US Navy to Merchant Marine transition advice

Thanks to M_R_Thurman for the Forum post… So, I’m writing this no reason other than to help other Navy guys that wish to transfer over to the

December 28, 2010
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Daewoo Shipbuilding is looking at another busy year with $11B in new orders
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Daewoo Shipbuilding is looking at another busy year with $11B in new orders

Daewoo Shipbuilding, a massive industrial complex located in Okpo, Korea, exceeded their 2010 goal of $10B with $11.2B in new business this year.  According

December 28, 2010
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Fire On The Horizon – Dedicated To The 11, And Their Loved Ones.
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Fire On The Horizon – Dedicated To The 11, And Their Loved Ones.

As you might be aware, the frequency of my blog posts have slowed down in the past few months. The reason; I have been busy finishing the writing of

December 28, 2010
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Sunday, December 26, 2010
The Winning Yacht 1876 – by Edward Moran
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The Winning Yacht 1876 – by Edward Moran

Courtesy of the Vallejo Gallery, this painting by Edward Moran captures a spectacular yacht racing scene in which the Schooner IDLER, winner of the

December 26, 2010
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Who says crew boats are ugly?  Check out the Damen Fast Crew Supplier 5009
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Who says crew boats are ugly? Check out the Damen Fast Crew Supplier 5009

I’ve been impressed with Damen ships ever since seeing these guys at Houston’s Offshore Technology Conference a few years ago.  These are without

December 26, 2010
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Saturday, December 25, 2010
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Twas the night before Christmas… tugboat style

Thanks to Seadog! for the Forum contribution… Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the tug, The AB was stirring, a sauce for roast pug. The

December 25, 2010
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Friday, December 24, 2010
K Line Offshore’s KL Sandefjord: the world’s most powerful anchor handling tug
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K Line Offshore’s KL Sandefjord: the world’s most powerful anchor handling tug

K Line Offshore’s KL Sandefjord just completed sea trials and set the new world record at 430 tons (390 metric) for a bollard pull by an anchor handling

December 24, 2010
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Shipyard

LCS contract for Austal and Marinette moves forward

Looks like Christmas came early for Austal and Marinette Marine!  Congratulations, this is HUGE! December 22nd, 2010:  Congress approved a short-term

December 22, 2010
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New shipbuilding whitepaper worth a look

For those gCaptain readers interested in and affected by the global Shipbuilding market and naval architecture, this whitepaper is worth a look.  (Oh yeah,

December 22, 2010
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
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Hornbeck Offshore Chief Mate Saves the Day

Image: Helix Q4000 on location of MC 252 as it prepares for “Top Kill.” © 2010 BP p.l.c. I met up with a friend recently who works as Chief

December 21, 2010
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Maritime Security

Oman Corvette Heads To Sea For The First Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDjMtJMrVHc Note to self: Don’t tick off Oman. Portsmouth, United Kingdom: Al Shamikh, the first of three ships being

December 21, 2010
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
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Coast Guard’s Top 10 Rescue Videos of 2010

Each year the USCG lists the top 10, well 11, rescue videos of the year, symbolizing the Coast Guard’s 11 missions.  It seems like the men and women

December 21, 2010
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Monday, December 20, 2010
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Interesting Ship of The Week – The ‘J.W. Westcott II’

The J.W. Westcott II, owned and operatd by the J.W. Westcott Company based in Detroit Michigan, is a 45-foot-long tugboat that acts as a USPS contracted

December 20, 2010
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Breaking Free Of Company Internet
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Breaking Free Of Corporate Internet

gCaptain’s growth has been phenomenal and we have you, the reader, to thank! But no matter how good our content is, no matter what we do to support our

December 18, 2010
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Lifeboat Safety Survey

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/5089338[/vimeo] Quick, Bob Couttie from Maritime Accident Casebook needs our help! MAC is carrying out a series of surveys among

December 18, 2010
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
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Class B AIS – Filtering Of Targets By Ships

Discussion has returned on the use of Class-B AIS data by commercial ships. For those unaware of the technology, Class B is an AIS system designed for use by

December 16, 2010
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