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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
500 Knots on the Houston Ship Channel – Time Lapse Photography
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500 Knots on the Houston Ship Channel – Time Lapse Photography

The power and beauty of time lapse photography is rarely as dramatic as when it is shot from a ship. This clip of the Houston Ship Channel, 500 Knots

January 12, 2011
Total Views: 159

Friday, January 7, 2011
Container Ship MSC Kalina HDR
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MSC Kalina – Ship Photo Of The Week

The mighty MSC Kalina, sister ship to the largest container ship ever built (by TEU) the MSC Daniela.  This image was shot using a method called High Dynamic

January 7, 2011
Total Views: 96

Maritime Photo Contest?  More like, “We want unlimited rights to your best photos, but don’t want to pay for them”
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Maritime Photo Contest? More like, “We want unlimited rights to your best photos, but don’t want to pay for them”

In case you see an ad such as this one: Make sure you read the fine print under the “Rules & Terms”.  In this case it reads: “By

January 7, 2011
Total Views: 32

Friday, December 31, 2010
Winter Marine Bouy Operations
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Winter Buoy Ops – Photo Of The Week

A crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter William Tate, homeported in Philadelphia, services the light on top of a buoy during seasonal buoy replacement

December 31, 2010
Total Views: 35

Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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Super Engine Transport – By Truck

The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today. The Aioi Works of

October 5, 2010
Total Views: 550

Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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Photo Of The Week – Reflections From A Cruise Ship

This is a photo of the Carnival Liberty underway sea taken by Ryan Coleman. You can find more of his photos

September 22, 2010
Total Views: 26

Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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Blowout Preventer Photos – Exclusive HiRes Images Of The Deepwater Horizon’s BOP

In a gCaptain exclusive, high resolution photographs where taken of the Deepwater Horizon’s Blow Out Preventer ( BOP ) stack as it sits now at

September 14, 2010
Total Views: 254

Monday, August 30, 2010
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Ship Photo of the Week – San Francisco, CA

This weeks photo was taken by gCaptain Staff from a roof top in downtown San Francisco, California. It is of a Container Ship operated by Yang Ming passing

August 30, 2010
Total Views: 16

Sunday, August 22, 2010
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Ship Photo of the Week – Cordova, Alaska

This weeks photo come to us from off the cost of Cordova, Alaska.

August 22, 2010
Total Views: 25

Tuesday, August 10, 2010
heavy lift ship fpso
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FPSO Delivery Photos – Heavy Lift Transport

FPSO delivery photos from the gCaptain archives… enjoy! Ever wonder how a huge FPSO is delivered to it’s destination? Shipspotting forum points us

August 10, 2010
Total Views: 161

Saturday, August 7, 2010
Photo of the Week – BOURBON MISTRAL
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Photo of the Week – BOURBON MISTRAL

Photo by Lars Grepstad On the North Sea – Photo of the Bourbon Mistral The Bourbon Mistral platform supply vessel was the first ship with the

August 7, 2010
Total Views: 129

Saturday, July 31, 2010
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Ship Photo of the Week – Storm in Valparaiso, Chile

This weeks photo comes to us via boston.com/bigpicture. Waves batter a merchant vessel stranded along the coast during a heavy storm in Valparaiso City, Chile,

July 31, 2010
Total Views: 27

Thursday, July 29, 2010
Moon Setting on Calm Water
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Moon Setting on Calm Water

The above photo was taken using a technique we published in a story titled “Shipboard Digital Camera Tricks“. Many more great moon pictures by the

July 29, 2010
Total Views: 807

Saturday, July 10, 2010
Photo Of An Engine
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Photo Of An Engine

The name is Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged diesel engine: 14 cylinder 80,080 kW or 108,920 bhp Output Power is (your Jeep may have 300 bhp) width

July 10, 2010
Total Views: 296

Thursday, May 13, 2010
Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill - The Big Picture
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Gulf Oil Spill – The Big Picture

The above photos are thumbnails of photos collected by the Boston Globe for a regular feature they publish called “The Big Picture“. Today’s

May 13, 2010
Total Views: 41

Tuesday, May 11, 2010
binoculars us navy nimitz-class aircraft carrier intelligence big eyes
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Shipboard Digital Camera Tricks

So your on the ship and you forgot your telescopic lens… what to do? How about simple putting your digital camera up to the binoculars. Simple, easy and

May 11, 2010
Total Views: 50

Thursday, March 18, 2010
Incident Photo (and video) of The Week – Collision at Port of Constanta
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Incident Photo (and video) of The Week – Collision at Port of Constanta

This weeks incident photos and video is of the M/V CMA CGM Debussy pinning the tug Vadeni.  The incident occurred on March 8th at the Port of Constanta,

March 18, 2010
Total Views: 272

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Dredge Overturns near La Push, Washington – Photos
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Dredge Overturns near La Push, Washington – Photos

SEATTLE – The barge Bar Fly sits partially submerged and surrounded by containment boom near La Push, Wash., in the Quillayute River Feb. 23, 2010. The

February 24, 2010
Total Views: 65

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Stena Drillmax – Photo Of The Week
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Stena Drillmax – Photo Of The Week

This week’s interesting photo is of Stena’s latest drillship the Stena Forth. This photo shows her departure from Samsung Heavy Industries at their

February 10, 2010
Total Views: 30

Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Sea Shepherd Boat ADY GIL Rammed and Sunk by Japanese Whalers
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Sea Shepherd Boat ADY GIL Rammed and Sunk by Japanese Whalers

That did not take long: The crew of the New Zealand trimaran harassing Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean had to be rescued after their boat was rammed and

January 6, 2010
Total Views: 329