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...

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...

Local Bloggers on the San Francisco Oil Spill

Thought it might be interesting to hear from some local writers who have seen the recent San Francisco oil spill spill first hand.  See our additional coverage here. The following is an excerpt from a couple who stumbled onto the oil spill yesterday (Monday)."The company...

Reporting Errors in San Francisco Oil Spill.

gCaptain's editors have been amazed lately by the number of errors in both media reports and political commentary related to the the container ship Cosco Busan that allided with San Francisco's Bay Bridge. We...

Oil Spill Google Interactive Maps and Images

I found these Google Maps of the Bay Area oil Spill for those who are interested. ...

San Francisco Bay oil spill spreads

This is so terrible, does anyone have any images? "An oil spill from a container ship in San Francisco Bay continued to spread today, coating some of the state's most storied coastline and imperiling hundreds of...

Container ship hits Bay Bridge

UPDATE: See related story about subsequent fuel spill here.A hit and run on a much larger scale, it would seem. "SAN FRANCISCO — A container ship traveling through dense fog bumped into a tower supporting the...

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