Crane Ship Beached In Rotterdam

gCaptain brings us news of the Crane Ship Zhen Hua Beached Near Rotterdam:"Today we have a very special report at Ship of the Day. In the night between friday and saturday, the heavy load carrier Zhen Hua 10...

Future Ship Research Vessel Aurora Borealis

gCaptain tells us: The most technologically advanced drillship in the world is not on lovaton in the gulf of mexico or in a Korean shipyard. Actually it’s not even built yet. Meet the Aurora Borealis, a dynamically positioned, drillship/icebreaker, arctic research vessel...

Anti-Whaling Activists Held Hostage

gCaptain brings us breaking news from the Antarctic Japanese whalers have taken two activists hostage after they boarded the whaling ship Yushin Maru. The BBC tells us; " The Sea Shepherd campaign group said the two - a Briton and an Australian - had been assaulted and...

Podcasting From The High Seas

From across the ocean Captain John Konrad watches the sunset from the bridge of his ship, a world record setter in size and capability. From his perch 100 feet above the water’s edge he has control of six...

Korea to invest over $180 million in WIG design

An artist's impression of a large WIG ship, or Wing in Ground ship. /courtesy of the Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute.  This Korean newspaper tells us of Koreas plan to invest over $180 million in Wing-In-Ground aircraft to be used as a commercial...

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...

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....

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