Captain

Captain and Chief officer are overlapping terms, formal or informal, for the commander of a military unit, the commander of a ship, airplane, spacecraft, or other vessel, or the commander of a port, fire department or police department, election precinct, etc. Captain is a military rank in armies, navies, coast guards, etc., typically at the level of an officer commanding a company of infantry, a ship, or a battery of artillery, or similar distinct unit. Chief officer may be used interchangeably with captain in some situations, as when a Captain-ranked Navy officer is serving as the commander of a ship. The terms also may be used as an informal or honorary title for persons in similar commanding roles. In mining (esp. Cornish), it is an honorific given the superintendent or manager of a mine.

The term "captain" derives from katepánō (Greek: κατεπάνω, lit. "[the one] placed at the top", or " the topmost") which was used as title for a senior Byzantine military rank and office. The word was Latinized as capetanus/catepan, and its meaning seems to have merged with that of the Italian "capitaneus" (which derives from the Latin word "caput", meaning head). This hybridized term gave rise to the English language term captain and its equivalents in other languages (Capitan, Kapitan, Kapitän, El Capitan, Il Capitano, Kapudan Pasha etc.)

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Ships stuck in Baltimore port leave through new channel

Seatrade Maritime News 26 Apr 2024
Some of the vessels stranded in the Port of Baltimore since the collapse of the Key Bridge four weeks ago have able to sail from the port with a new limited deep draught channel ... According to the Port of Baltimore the first vessel to sailed from the port via the new channel the 23,741 dwt, general cargoship Siamaagracht ... Ports Americas Dry Bulk....
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Philippines Ambassador to Kenya discusses Blue Economy, Potential Investments, People-to-People Exchanges with Mombasa Officials

Capital Ethiopia 26 Apr 2024
The two officials discussed their shared interest in the blue economy, with the Philippines being an archipelagic country and Mombasa being a major port city along the Indian Ocean coast ... He also expressed Mombasa’s hope to learn from the best practices of port cities in the Philippines, including by entering into sister-city arrangements ... Capt....
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Francis Scott Key collapse: Fourth temporary channel opens

WPXI 26 Apr 2024
It will allow ships stuck in the Port of Baltimore to move out ... Coast Guard Capt. David O’Connell, Captain of the Port and Federal On-Scene Coordinator, Key Bridge Response 2024 ... draft vessels currently unable to depart the port as well as some smaller deep draft vessels to transit....
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Watch live: Procession for fallen Oakland officer ahead of memorial service

NBC Bay Area 26 Apr 2024
A memorial service for fallen Oakland police Officer Jordan Wingate is set for this Friday and will be open to the public ... 13, 2018, while responding to a suspicious person call at the Port of Oakland. He was surrounded by his family, including retired Oakland Police Capt. Randell Wingate, when he passed, according to a news release from the city ... ....
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Key Bridge collapse: First large ship leaves Port of Baltimore using deeper temporary channel

The Spokesman-Review 25 Apr 2024
BALTIMORE — The first of 11 ships trapped for a month behind the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge left the Port of Baltimore Thursday morning using an alternate shipping channel that opened less than two hours earlier ... It is the deepest yet of four temporary, alternate routes in and out of the port....
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Abu Dhabi Ports signs $251 million agreement to upgrade Luanda multipurpose port terminal in Angola

Gulf News 23 Apr 2024
Abu Dhabi Ports group announced on Tuesday that it has signed several agreements with Angolan companies and the Luanda Port Authority to operate and upgrade the existing Luanda multipurpose port terminal ... Capt ... AD Ports Group will offer integrated logistics and freight services in partnership with Unicargas....
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AD Ports Group signs deals to operate Luanda port terminal

Gulf Today 23 Apr 2024
AD Ports Group, a  leading facilitator of global trade, logistics, and industry, has signed several agreements with Unicargas and Multiparques leading to securing a 20-year concession agreement (extendable by another 10 years) with the Luanda Port Authority for operating and upgrading the Luanda multipurpose port terminal in Angola ... Capt....
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AD Ports Group signs agreement to operate, upgrade Luanda multipurpose port terminal in Angola

Beijing News 23 Apr 2024
AD Ports Group (ADX. ADPORTS), a leading facilitator of global trade, logistics, and industry, has signed several agreements with Unicargas and Multiparques leading to securing a 20-year concession agreement (extendable by another 10 years) with the Luanda Port Authority for operating and upgrading the Luanda multipurpose port terminal in Angola....
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AD Ports locks 20-year deal to operate, upgrade Luanda Port

GDN Online 23 Apr 2024
AD Ports Group has signed deals with Unicargas and Multiparques leading to securing a 20-year concession with the Luanda Port Authority for the operation and upgrade of the Luanda multipurpose port terminal in Angola.  ... Capt Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Managing Director and Group CEO, AD Ports Group, said....
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Third temporary shipping channel opened in Port of Baltimore

Seatrade Maritime News 21 Apr 2024
Around 15% of normal traffic will be able access the Baltimore port with an additional channel as salvage works on the collapsed Key Bridge and stricken Dali continue ... “This additional channel increases the types of vessels able to transit inbound and outbound the port of Baltimore,” said US Coast Guard Capt....
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Third temporary channel opens for vessels to Baltimore port after bridge collapse

The Vindicator 21 Apr 2024
The new temporary path, with a controlling depth of 20 feet, a horizontal clearance of 300 feet and a vertical clearance of 135 feet, allows a greater variety of vessels to access the port while crews work to reopen the main channel, Coast Guard and port Capt ... to the port....
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Officials investigating Wednesday night explosion and fire at Saratoga home

Wisconsin Rapids Tribune 18 Apr 2024
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, said Wood County Sheriff's Capt ... The Nekoosa, Grand Rapids, Port Edwards, Wisconsin Rapids and Rome fire departments responded to the fire, along with Saratoga ......
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‘We’re a dead ship’: Hundreds of cargo ships lost propulsion in US waters in recent years

Stars and Stripes 17 Apr 2024
Less than two weeks after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was destroyed by an out-of-control cargo ship, another huge container ship passed beneath a busy bridge connecting New York and New Jersey and then suddenly decelerated in a narrow artery of one of the nation’s largest ports ... Capt....
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