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Advice For A Young Ship’s Officer

by John Konrad (gCaptain) A new ship can be an intimidating place for a deck officer, so here are a few tips to get you started and to remind

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The Most Dangerous Hour In Shipping Is NOT 23:00 To Midnight

Most professional mariners agree that the most dangerous hour of shipping is the hour between 23:00 and 24:00 – this is because it’s the one hour when

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IMO – This Is What a Career at Sea Looks Like

As part of an effort to draw more young people to a career at sea, the International Maritime Organization has selected the theme #CareerAtSea for the

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It Pays to Have a Good Reputation

How are you perceived at work? Are you thought of as a strong worker, a good leader, great team player, a follower, a loner, or a complainer? Over time,

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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

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The gCaptain FreeBoard – free and unlimited job postings for employers worldwide

We just launched yesterday!  Please have a look around and let us know what sort of tweaking is needed to make this as useful as

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Merchant Marine Jobs – 101 (or so) Tips To Find A Dream Job At Sea

Over the past few months the gCaptain team has been working hard to put together the internet’s best Merchant Marine Jobs Board and, after finally

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Google Books – Supercharge Your Maritime Career

For the past few years thousands of trucks have been showing up at Google’s campus, discharging piles of books and picking up yesterday’s delivery.