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Guilty - San Francisco Oil Spill Captain Faces Jailtime
First rumored on gCaptain's maritime forum last week, the news is now official… John Cota, pilot of the Cosco Busan, has plead guilty to charges and faces jail time. The San Francisco Chronicle tells us; The...
created by unofficialsquaw.com | 35 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago
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57 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
Internet Launched In Pacific Ocean
We have some exciting news from the team at KVH Industries. Here's a clip from their press release: "Taking a major step toward expanding availability of the mini-VSAT Broadband service, KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) today announced that it has signed a 5-year...
created by unofficialsquaw.com | 49 wks ago | updated 49 wks ago
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128 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
Magic Waterproof Coating Allows Gadgets To Work Underwater
In maritime circles there has been a battle raging for at least one thousand years; water vs equipment. This dilemma was magnified when electrical components where first brought aboard ship requiring electricity...
created by unofficialsquaw.com | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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550 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Piper Alpha - 20 Year Anniversary Of Worst Offshore Oil Accident
Steve Rae stood on the edge of the burning platform, contemplating the black and unwelcoming waters below. Jumping was his only option but that did not make it any easier. The sound of a pipe exploding near by...
created by unofficialsquaw.com | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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2152 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Interesting Drug Smuggler Technique - Drug Smuggling Semi-Submersible
g Captain Tells Us;A Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment intercepts a semi-submersible vessel 375 nautical miles west of the Galapagos Islands on March 1, 2008. Four smugglers were recovered from the sea after...
created by unofficialsquaw.com | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1702 views | 12 recommendations | 3 comments
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...
created by unofficialsquaw.com | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1481 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
Ship Crashes Internet for 75 Million People
Story found via gCaptain's Maritime News Discoverer;
"A
flotilla of ships may have been dispatched to reinstate the broken
submarine cable that has left the Middle East and India struggling to
communicate with...
created by unofficialsquaw.com | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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638 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
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...Yahoo May Cut 1,500-2,500 Jobs Over Next 2 Weeks
A tipster believes Yahoo has created a list of 1,500-2,500 jobs that may be eliminated in the next two weeks. CEO Jerry Yang will reportedly make the decision to go forward with these layoffs—or not—next week. Read More.... 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... Armed Cruise Ship To Intercept Japanese Whalers
Here's a post a wrote for gCaptain today one Japan's Whaling Fleet; Reuters has an update on Australia’s recent attempts to track Japan’s whaling fleet:
"CANBERRA,
Australia (Reuters) — An Australian...
created by unofficialsquaw.com | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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390 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
created by unofficialsquaw.com | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1228 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
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...
created by unofficialsquaw.com | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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740 views | 15 recommendations | 5 comments
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...
created by unofficialsquaw.com | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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578 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
created by unofficialsquaw.com | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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726 views | 11 recommendations | 4 comments
