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gCaptain's Maritime Expert's Blog

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Blog for the Professional Mariner, Shipping Industry, Maritime Expert and those who enjoy ships.

Includes content from Ship Captains, Industry Executives, Marine Salvage Experts, Maritime Lawyers, Pilots, Chief Engineers, Weather Experts, Incident Investigators, Maritime Security (ISPS) Experts, Coast Guard Officials, Navy Officers and more.

Ship types include; Container Ships, Tankers, Cruise Ships, Bulkers, Hospital Ships, Research Vessels, Ferry's, Oil Rigs, Drillships, Ro-Ro, Navy Vessels, Wing-in-Ground Craft, Workboats, Tugs, LNG, FPSO and more.

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  • Maritime Monday 187

    Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 02:10 in maritime monday

    The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 187th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 137 here. (Published 24 November 2008) You can find last week’s edition here. You can find links to all the previous editions at the...

  • NOAA Commissions New Fisheries Survey Ship

    Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 10:36 in environment, noaa, research vessel, noaa_fisheries, noaa_ship

    Senior NOAA officials today commissioned NOAA Ship Pisces, the nation’s most advanced fisheries research vessel, and dedicated a new fisheries laboratory in Pascagoula, Miss. The vessel and the NOAA laboratory will support fisheries research in th...

  • Anchor Handling Tug DOLPHIN III – Interesting Ship of The Week

    Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 04:19 in interesting, tug, interesting_ship

    This weeks Interesting Ship is Dolphin Marine international Dolphin III Towing and Anchor Handling Tug. The Dolphin III has been in service since 2001 and is based out of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. This SOLAS classed vessel is currently the most pow...

  • USS New York Arrives in N.Y. Harbor – Photo

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 11:40 in photo, new york, Navy, u.s. navy

    The new amphibius assault ship USS New York, built with 7.5 tons of steel from the fallen World Trade Center, arriving in New York Harbor on November 2, 2009, en route to Pier 88. Read More about the USS New York HERE or HERE (Image Source – A...

  • Green Dynamic Positioning Technology

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 03:02 in dynamic positioning

    DP technology has come a long way since the days of analogue controllers & 100m footprints. As positioning capabilities have been improved to the point where a vessel can now sit on a (virtual) dime, the focus  now shifts towards refinement.  M...

  • Ship Photo of The Week – Oasis of the Seas

    Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 05:20 in royal caribbean, cruise ship, oasis of the seas

    This weeks ship photo is of the 20 story Oasis of the Seas lowering its smoke stacks to squeeze under Great Belt Fixed Link in the Baltic Sea on Saturday.  The Oasis of the Seas is currently on its maiden voyage bound for Florida.  Continue readi...

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