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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
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MAERSK: Deteriorating global economy putting pressure on shipping industry

Image courtesy Maersk By Flemming Emil Hansen, Dow Jones & Co COPENHAGEN—Shipping and oil company A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S warned Wednesday that new

August 17, 2011
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Monday, August 1, 2011
Ships Come In As Deals Heat Up – Private equity firms buying into shipping industry
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Ships Come In As Deals Heat Up – Private equity firms buying into shipping industry

By Gina Chon, The Wall Street Journal Deal action is heating up in the shipping industry, which suffered during the financial crisis but has since proven

August 1, 2011
Total Views: 26

Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Shipping Industry Survey: Confidence low on rising fuel costs and overtonnaging
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Shipping Industry Survey: Confidence low on rising fuel costs and overtonnaging

Confidence dips to two-year low as concern mounts over rising fuel costs and overtonnaging The latest Shipping confidence survey from accountant and shipping

June 29, 2011
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Monday, May 23, 2011
“What’s Next?”: Nor-Shipping conference looks for answers
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“What’s Next?”: Nor-Shipping conference looks for answers

The news item is from the 2011 event visit gCaptain’s NorShipping 2013 page for information on the next event. Nor-shipping 2011, one of the premier

May 23, 2011
Total Views: 13

Friday, December 10, 2010
Blog

Carbon War Room launches ShippingEfficiency.org

In an effort help reduce the environmental impacts of the world’s shipping fleet, Carbon War Room, the not-for-profit website dedicated to fighting the

December 10, 2010
Total Views: 24

Sunday, September 26, 2010
Blog

Skysails – Plus – Top 10 Green Ship Designs

From the gCaptain Archives: In honor of the EPA’s Pollution Week, let’s take a look at an archived post on Skysails. But first, here is a brief

September 26, 2010
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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Maritime Industry descends on Capital Hill for first ever Maritime Congressional Sail-In

Last week I was in Washington, D.C. attending the first ever Maritime Congressional Sail-In. The purpose of the event was to increase awareness of the

May 18, 2010
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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Shipserv Celebrates 10 Years in Business

Arriving in the office this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to see a particular email sitting in my inbox.  It was a message from Shipserv, the leading

February 17, 2010
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
gCaptain

Google Toolbar Buttons – Maritime Edition

Introducing gCaptain’s Google Toolbar buttons. How do you get them? Click on one of the images then… if you already have Google’s Toolbar

March 26, 2009
Total Views: 12

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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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
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Offbeat

New Website Educates The World on Container Shipping

The Container Shipping Information Service recently launched its new website shipsandboxes.com to provide information to the public, businesses and media on

December 18, 2008
Total Views: 9

Friday, December 5, 2008
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Marine Finance 101: Buying A Cruise Ship

Photo by Crusair Eurodam News, a blog following the construction of the brand new Holland America Lines’ cruise ship M/V Eurodam, recently featured a

December 5, 2008
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Interesting

BIMCO – ISF shipping industry statistics

We recently ran across some interesting statistics from a 2005 joint study on manpower from BIMCO and the ISF. Q: How many officers are currently employed

December 5, 2008
Total Views: 161

Friday, March 14, 2008
Video

A Video Overview Of The Shipping Industry

Here is a short video overview on todays shipping

March 14, 2008
Total Views: 24

Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Interesting

Good Times for Merchant Mariners? Newbuild Statistics Might Tell.

(Originally published June 2007) The title of one story in this week’s MarEx Newsletter proclaims “Maritime Academy Graduation Heralds the

January 22, 2008
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
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Maritime Podcast – Episode 02

Here’s episode 02 of Messing About In Ships, your new maritime podcast. This week’s topics include; Listener Comments Antarctic Cruise Ship Sinking

December 13, 2007
Total Views: 14

Saturday, December 8, 2007
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Big Announcement… gCaptain’s First Podcast

We are thrilled to announce a new endeavor from the editors of gCaptain and leadership gurus at Sea Fever Consulting… A Maritime podcast; Messing About

December 8, 2007
Total Views: 15

Friday, December 7, 2007
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Last Minute Tax Tips For Mariners

Last Minute Tax Tips For Mariners by James Maguire We’re all guilty. We don’t enjoy pondering many of the negative aspects of our lives. Having

December 7, 2007
Total Views: 68

Wednesday, November 14, 2007
gCaptain

Shipping References – Cosco Busan Research Links

For those curious how the editors at gCaptain research maritime incidents like the Cosco Busan’s allision with San Francisco’s Bay Bridge, here are

November 14, 2007
Total Views: 24

Friday, November 9, 2007
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Maritime Jobs

Announcing gCaptain’s newest feature… Maritime Job

November 9, 2007
Total Views: 123
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