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Catching a flight to your ship soon? Here are the best websites to help you get there on time: FAA’ s Real Time Flight Delay Status Map: LINK Seat

Safety First – Container Terminal In Hongkong – Click here for another funny movie. Safety Reminder – Never stand under the load of a

Photo by christinepilote Can you starve to death sleep? We have highlighted national sleep week, showed you how to cheat on sleep and even provided outrageous

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

Sailor, the Nose Knows! By John G. Denham After spending most of my younger days at sea and standing topside watches on open bridges in all kinds of weather

Did you send a AMVER / SEAS report to NOAA and are unsure if they received it? Head over to NOAA’s VOS Observations Received Table and search down the

  Mariners, Take Full Advantage of Your 401K   By Capt. Ben Dinsmore As shipping companies continue to phase out defined pension plans for an ever

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

Our bandwidth is suffering today so we are going to trust Lifehacker’s advice on this one. They tell us: Do-it-yourselfer Chris Knight explains that the

The stats are in and 2007 was a bad year for lost baggage. We hope that you take crucial items like your license with you in a carry-on bag

You pull into port and are busy most of the day getting ready for the discharge, suddenly it’s 16:00 and you have to report to watch. Now you need

On a recent story I confused the Norwegian Dawn with the Norwegian Dream. The error itself is small but the implications are large and the reason for the error

Last week I signed up for the new web service MINT and I’m impressed. The new takes your financial information and breaks it down by cost. Why is this

In light of our previous post, we ask… What are your favorite Maritime Books? (To answer click

Shiptalk, the British mariner’s website, has a book suggestion for us: “The Last Navigator”; by Steve Thomas, chronicles the author’s

Additional Links For Google Earth Storm Tracking: Google Earth Blog: Best Storm Tracking Tools Storm Tracking with Google Earth – Video Google Earth

When I started sailing commercial ships (10+ years ago now) I made a promise to myself that I’d quit when my first child was born. Now as I write

In a gCaptain exclusive we were able to discuss the May 2007 abandonment of the s/v Sean Seamour II with her captain Jean Pierre de Lutz. This story was

Have you submitted your application to West Virgina and are awaiting a response? Try the USCG’s new website Homeport to check its status online. New to

Looking for ship arrivals? Check out Portarrivals.com. Search by: Port Country Region Vessel