Communication

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

An independent producer of reality television shows, has asked our help in posting a small job opening they have on the books. In an email to gCaptain,

Our friends at Panbo bring us a sneak peek at KVH‘s ultra small broadband satellite antenna for ships. They write: Yup, at not much bigger than a

For a business to be successful you need hard work, willingness to accept risk and a touch of luck. For gCaptain the bit of luck was someone else’s

No it’s not Broadband RADAR but… We have some exciting news from the team at KVH Industries. Here’s a clip from their press release: Taking a

I don’t have many pictures of my father but I recently ran across one posted on the website of his fire company “Rescue 3”. Following Vietnam

Digital Ship tells us: ORBCOMM has successfully  launched six  AIS-equipped satellites  (a  Coast Guard  Concept Demonstration satellite and  five

John Clandillon-Baker of pilotmag has been featured along with his fellow London pilot (retired) Geoff Taylor in an article written by Libby Purves of The

We don’t usually publish press releases on gCaptain but we can’t help to be excited by new solutions for offering “High” Speed internet

911 Dispatch brings us this map of International Emergency phone numbers. Click HERE for the latest version. For more time zone and international dialing

A big gCaptain welcome to the 2,000+ new visitors that have stopped by gCaptain.com this week. The reason for the influx? Our CEO, Captain John Konrad,  wrote

We received email that our last quiz was just too easy so we challenge you to try this…. the above picture shows something carried aboard certain ships

Photo by Oneeighteen In October of last year the Shipping & Transport College of Rotterdam held the International Maritime English Conference. A key topic

Working aboard boats in Puget Sound, I hear lots on the radio. This is but a short list of Nautical Misnomers that ticks me off: Slack Tide … there

Wikipedia has a good entry detailing the meaning behind each of the Signal Flags. Click on the image above to view the

Submarine cables world map. Click here for full-size version (Graphic: Telegeography.com) Sea-Fever‘s Peter Mello submitted the following story to our

g Captain's favorite video - what happens if you call the German Coast Guard when your ship starts sinking? What are you thinking about?? We're thinking this

Bitterend brings us the anniversary of AMVER: Originally known as the Atlantic Merchant Vessel Emergency Reporting (AMVER) System, it became operational on

If we only had one technology related wish for 2008 it would be that every mariner watched this video. Reminder: This is important people! FROM WIRED: While

Navagear brings us info on Standard’s new floating handheld VHF: Standard Horizon HX850S VHF/GPS DSC Floating RadioNot that I spend a lot of waking OR