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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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Ship Photo of the Week – MSC Daniela in Rotterdam

This weeks Ship Photo of the Week is brought to us via PortStrategy.com (For high resolution image, CLICK HERE). In late May, the 14,000-teu MSC Daniela became

July 22, 2009
Total Views: 20

Sunday, February 8, 2009
Incidents

Bye Bye Buoy – Sinking Of The “SF” Sea Buoy

Bye Bye Buoy By John Denham The recent sinking of the “SF” Sea Buoy by possibly a large foreign-flag container ship causes more concern about ship

February 8, 2009
Total Views: 154

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Uncategorized

Container Shipping Crisis Visualized

To give everyone a good sense to the extent of the container shipping crisis, we have put together this Bubble Chart using IBM’s Many Eye’s

February 4, 2009
Total Views: 28

Thursday, January 29, 2009
Uncategorized

22,000 TEU Container Ship – Fact or Fiction?

In reading the WSJ article mentioned yesterday titled “The Mega Containers Invade” we noticed this line: “Meanwhile, a ship capable of

January 29, 2009
Total Views: 133

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Maritime Security

WSJ Article – “The Mega Containers Invade”

Generally speaking, Mondays are our biggest days here at gCaptain.com in terms of visitors to the site.  I know I spend enough time sitting in front of a

January 28, 2009
Total Views: 13

Wednesday, December 17, 2008
gCaptain

MSC Daniela – World’s Largest Container Ship (by TEU)

Image Source: Containership-Info The MSC Daniela was built by Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy industries Co. Ltd in South Korea and delivered to Mediterranean

December 17, 2008
Total Views: 562

Sunday, October 5, 2008
Video

Extreme Engineering – Container Ships

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg4lnKPBcqk Part 1 of a five part look at Container Ships from the television show Extreme Engineering on the Discovery Channel

October 5, 2008
Total Views: 53

Thursday, September 25, 2008
Interesting

Ulstein X-BOW, A Viking Ship Redesigned for Modern Use

A vessel found in 700 AD, several centuries before Vikings ruled Norway, an Oseberg ship from approximately 800 AD and the vessel knarr from around year 1000

September 25, 2008
Total Views: 979

Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Uncategorized

Containerized – A Brief History Of Container Ships

Containerized image via flickr user frank.merriman Containerized… Stumbling through the internet I came across this interesting article in the UK’s

September 2, 2008
Total Views: 712

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Blog

Incident Photo Of The Week – Alva Star

Photo of the M/V Alva Star beached on the Island of Zakinthos. More details can be found at

July 16, 2008
Total Views: 188

Friday, June 20, 2008
Ship Fires

Fire In Icey Waters – M/V India Lotus

Coast Guard officials say a fire aboard a container ship in the North Pacific has been put out. The 781-foot India Lotus, from Malta, reported a fire in the

June 20, 2008
Total Views: 21

Thursday, May 1, 2008
Blog

Incident Photo Of The Week – MSC Sabrina

CargoLaw.com brings us this week’s incident photo. At first glance this could just be two ships at anchor, waiting on weather. To uncover the incident

May 1, 2008
Total Views: 74

Friday, March 21, 2008
Blog

Incident Photo Of The week – M/V Riverdance

More photos of the M/V Riverdance can be found at Cargo Law and Ships Of The

March 21, 2008
Total Views: 158

Thursday, March 20, 2008
Oil Spill

Sailor, Mariners, seafarers and to whom it may concern. Cosco Busan Pilot Charged

Sailor, Mariners, seafarers and to whom it may concern by Captain John Denham The Department of Justice has submitted “information relative to a criminal

March 20, 2008
Total Views: 44

Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Lifesaving Incidents

Cargo Ship Beached in France – M/V Artemis

Like the Zhen Hua near Rotterdam, the Den Den in India and the Pasha Bulker in Newcastle Australia the Cargo Ship (actually it’s a container ship)

March 19, 2008
Total Views: 557

Monday, January 7, 2008
Incidents

A Video of Unwanted Fame

If you think Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears are the only ones suffering from Fame just be glad your not the captain of this brand new ship! This summer

January 7, 2008
Total Views: 125

Friday, December 21, 2007

Cosco Busan Departs San Francisco

This time the Cosco Busan’s departure is not a drill and we made sure to get video evidence of the fact! The San Francisco Chronicle tells us; The U.S.

December 21, 2007
Total Views: 47

Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Photo

Container Ship Captain – This Is My Job

Sea-Fever.org points us to Popular Mechanic’s feature “This Is My Job. World’s Coolest Professions“. This month’s feature;

December 11, 2007
Total Views: 321

Sunday, December 9, 2007
Interesting

Cosco Busan – ECDIS Tracking w/ Google Maps

So the gCaptain team has been exceptionally busy in the last few weeks and we have the Cosco Busan partially to thank. In addition to the server traffic and

December 9, 2007
Total Views: 165

Thursday, December 6, 2007
Marine Weather

Bridge Damage on the Matson Kauai

A harrowing weather story from the Pacific Northwest. Washington State Department of Ecology’s Website tells us; The Kauai, a 720-foot container ship

December 6, 2007
Total Views: 118
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