United Seamen’s Service has awarded its prestigious 2019 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award (AOTOS) to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao in recognition of her career-long commitment to...

By Salvatore R. Mercogliano – As we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of mankind’s first steps upon the lunar surface, many have focused their attention to the heavens, but a key...

Today is Memorial Day in the United States and gCaptain will donate a portion of all patriotic shirts to the American Merchant Marine Veterans (AMMV). Countless American Merchant Mariners have been...

The Swiss merchant navy celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, and up until the 1960s, the crews of Swiss ocean-going freighters were still mainly Swiss.

UK Chamber Of Shipping CEO, Guy Platten has welcomed the announcement today of the recipients of the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service;   “I am delighted to congratulate all...

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — Lockheed Martin Corp. is under orders from the U.S. Navy to correct quality control failures in building its version of the Littoral Combat Ship, an...

Reality Is Nothing Like The Dream By gCaptain.com Forum, So you got it somewhere in your head that a life at sea is for you. The constant adventure, interesting port...

In honor of 2012’s Day of The Seafarer, the International Maritime Organization has started a viral campaign asking people around the world to use social media to highlight just how...

Today here in the U.S. is National Maritime Day! National Maritime Day was officially declared by Congress in 1933 to honor the contributions of the American merchant marine in wartime...

The Maritime Administration has released a new video in honor of the merchant mariners that responded to the September 11th attacks, evacuating hundreds of thousands from lower Manhattan and bringing...

Illustration courtesy USPS Last week, the United States Postal Service issued 60 million Forever stamps commemorating the history of the U.S. Merchant Marine.  The stamps, illustrated by Dennis Lyall under...

Screenshot courtesy Payscale.com Jealous of your ASU buddies’ “girls gone wild” college experience?  How about your friends over in NYU bragging about how hip Manhattan is?  Are you sick and...

By: Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Strategic Mobility and Combat Logistics Division WASHINGTON (NNS) — After extensive coordination with several Navy organizations and the U.S. Maritime Administration, the...

A skilled Merchant Marine and strong U.S. shipbuilding industry are critical to America’s national and economic security declares the Navy League of the United States in its just-released 2011-12 Policy...

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 Merchant Marines. I’m...

By John G. Denham No matter what is preserved or kept safe, it costs money! In my past life I shared my useful abilities with the U.S. Merchant Marine and...

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 launching it to the public...

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 aboard ships?

In reaction to what appeared to be an attempted hijacking, a security team aboard United States Naval Vessel John Lenthall was forced to fire warning shots at two small boats...

Photo by Oneeighteen In October of last year the Shipping & Transport College of Rotterdam held the International Maritime English Conference. A key topic of debate was the IMO’s current...