Incident Photo of the Week – Baosisio Assists MV Düden
This weeks incident photos are of the Brazilian frigate Baosisio assisting the MV Düden following a fire on November 23rd while 260 kilometers off the coast of Brazil.  It is being reported that 2 of the 27 crew members on board were injured

Maritime Monday 190
The following is posted by Fred Fry: Welcome to this 190th edition of Maritime Monday. You can find Maritime Monday 140 here. (Published 15 December 2008) You can find last week’s edition here. —————————————- This will be my last regular edition of Maritime Monday as the compiling author. I would like to thank you all for your attention as well as those who have submitted stories over the years. Like many others, I l

Happy Thanksgiving!
We want to wish everyone out there a Happy Thanksgiving! Here at gCaptain.com we have a lot to be thankful for – good family, good friends, our health and the best readership on the web!  We’d also like to thank all of our sponsors for sticking with us and believing in gCaptain and the greater cause. So whether you’re home with your family or out at sea, have a happy Thanksgiving! gCaptain.com

Dynamic Positioning 101- Heading alteration & speed
This week we are going to look at a particular DP function, when using the Kongsberg system. Although it is a fairly simple point it is one that can still cause some confusion, even for some experienced operators. That function is changing the ships heading while the center of rotation (COR) is is offset from the vessels center of gravity (CG). Heading rotation When using dynamic positioning, the operator has the ability to alter the point at which the vessel rotates around. Normally this point is located at the Center of Gravity. When a heading change is carried out the vessel will spin “on a dime”, staying relatively in

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