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San Francisco Pilot’s Report Published

The San Francisco Chronicle has published the Pilot’s Report on the Cosco Busan Incident. Here are the parts of interest to mariners; " Meadows said problems also cropped up in “bridge management,” the...

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Cosco Busan Audio Files - San Francisco Oil Spill

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Cosco Busan Audio Files - San Francisco Oil Spill

We at gCaptain's Maritime Blog thought we would list a few podcasts, interviews and audio files that relate to the Cosco Busan Incident and the resultant oil spill in San Francisco Bay. If you find any more of...

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Ships Collide off Turkish Coast

gCaptain brings us: Ships Collide in Turkey Two ships have collided off the Coast of Turkey. The Turkish Press tells us: " One of two cargo ships sank after they collided off Darica hamlet of Gebze town of northwestern city of Kocaeli. One person was...

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Experts Consider Scrapping Beached Coal Ship "Pasha Bulker"

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Experts Consider Scrapping Beached Coal Ship "Pasha Bulker"

From gCaptain's Blog:In an interesting turn of events the salvage team working to remove the Coal Ship that ran aground on a popular Australian beach believe Pasha Bulker is damaged worse than predicted....

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How Many Ships Fly Old Glory? You may be suprised.

gCaptain.com tells us:There are 33,222 large ships in service worldwide, how many do you think are U.S. Flagged?It is common knowledge that our large merchant marine and shipyard capacity provided the supplies our...

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Hospital Ship Comfort Departs to South America

gCaptain's blog tells us: In some of the most positive military news of recent memory we get word of preparations being made aboard the USNS Comfort for tomorrow's departure on a humanitarian mission to South...

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Philippine Ferry Incident - 255 People Caught in Ship Fire

gCaptain's blog brings us this story on a fire in the philippines.Details are still emerging on a wood hulled ferry that caught fire shortly after departing Manila, Philippines. So far five people are confirmed dead and many have been injured. The AP wire tells...

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Update: Ship Grounded off Australia's Coast Ignored Warnings

Update: All crew members rescued from M/V Pasha Bulker and additional distressed ships are safely back at sea!See update at the bottom of the story. gCaptain brings us this update to matte's...

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Alaska Cruise Ship - New Mate, Wrong Turn

UPDATE: unofficialsquaw.com's stories for NowPublic have caught the ear of folks at the Seattlest blog interested in why the Seattle-bound ship ran aground. Great work, unofficialsquaw.com and gcaptain.com! Sources close to gCaptain.com tell us the cruise ship that hit a rock...

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Alaska Cruise Ship Incident Has Ties to Exxon Valdez Grounding

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Alaska ship grounding reported from Gulf of Mexico - another NowPublic head-t...

This really turned my head this morning. We get an early report that a cruise ship had grounded south of Juneau, Alaska. Within minutes we received a posting from a fairly new NowPublic member, John Konrad....