by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) In the fifteen years of running gCaptain, we have reached out to the IMO several times and even traveled to their beautiful London headquarters to stop by and introduce ourselves. We have also offered to help report on their important issues. But we never really...
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This Is How Important Articles About The Maritime Industry Are Researched And Written
by John Konrad (gCaptain) Today at 05:15 after waking up, after adjusting the heat, after donning a warm wool sweater, after grinding my favorite beans, after french pressing a pot, after bulletproofing the brew, I walked to my charger and grabbed my iPhone and was met with dozens of notifications...
How strong is your favorite knot? MIT Scientists Invent New Rope Fibers To Study Knots
How secure is your favorite knot? “Although knots have been around for thousands of years,” says applied mathematician Vishal Patil of MIT, “not much is known about why they work the way they do.” Scientists at MIT have invented a new type of stretchable fiber that changes color in response to...
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gCaptain Extends Military Discount To Hospital Ship Crews, The Ready Reserve Fleet and Merchant Marine Veterans
Since launch gCaptain has proudly honored all students, teachers, and military, including Coast Guard and Military Sealift Command crew members, with a full 20% discount off all gCaptain Merchandise. Last month gCaptain was honored by American Merchant Marine Veterans (AMMV) to spend a few days in...
gCaptain Invites You To The Launch Of gS…
Ready for something BIG? For over twelve years our crew have built gCaptain from a small blog into the world’s most visited maritime website and we are ready for the next BIG challenge. While we remain committed to bringing you the highest quality maritime news daily our founder and CEO, Captain...
gCaptain’s 10 Most-Viewed Stories of 2018
Another year in the books here at gCaptain. And what a crazy year it was. As always we’d like to give a special thanks to you, our loyal readers, for making this whole possible. But without further ado, here are the 10 most-viewed stories in 2018: 10. Norwegian Frigate Intentionally Grounded...
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