GCG CONSULTANTS

Marine Consulting & Maritime Security

P.O. Box 73207
Houston, Tx 77273
Tel: 281-353-4350
Fax: 281-288-8230
E-Mail: gcgconsult@n-star.com

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Marine Consulting

Project Management
Technical Management
Troubleshooting
Accident Investigations
Product Development and marketing
Mooring Equipment for Offshore Units

Over thirty years marine experience.

Curt Gibby is Principal. Click for resume.
Formulas Click for some useful formulas

Maritime Security

Consultant with over 30 years experience including Naval, Special Operations, Maritime Technical and Offshore assignments will tailor a program to address the Maritime Security needs and concerns of the ship operating company, port facility or offshore operator. Associates available, as needed, to provide a variety of expertise and experience.

Risk Assessment, Security System Survey, Audit and Design , Training Programs, Intelligence Development and Analysis, Consulting, Response

Curt Gibby Click for resume.
Some Maritime Security Milestones
Weekly Piracy Report
NVIC 4-02 Security for Passenger Vessels and Passenger Terminals
NVIC 9-02 Guidelines for Port Security Committees and Port Security Plans
NVIC 10-02 Guidelines for Shipboard Security
NVIC 11-02 - Recommended Security Guidelines for Facilities
Enhancing Maritime Security (IMO Announcement with links)
US DOD Terrorism Links
Dangerous Places

Gentle Reader, Please note that all of the links on this site have been updated as of 4 September 2004. It was embarrassingly out of date. My apologies to any this has inconvenienced. If there are still problems, or you have comments please let me know. If you find a link that is if interest to the maritime communities please send it to me. GCG

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General Interest, News, Houston, The Nation and The World, Travel
Food for the Mind
Maritime Security, Risk Assessment
Software Sources & News
Metocean - Weather and Oceanographic, Local and Worldwide
Marine Technical , Classification & Regulatory
Offshore Industry Links

Marine Industry Links
Some Companies
Local, State & National Government
Democracy - If you want your government to work , you need to work it.
Computer Viruses and Hoaxes
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General Interest, News & - Houston, the Nation and the World

Ilor   This Search Engine Uses Google..
Google The research librarian's favorite search engine.
Dogpile Disregard the name, search across all the major search engines.
Mamma.Com The "Mother of all the mega-search engines". Different presentation than Dogpile. Fast. Cleaner.
What Time is it Where? Set up your own page with your favorite locations listed. Sun Rise and Sunsets as well.
The Official US Time You can use this to update your computer time
Switchboard Search for People and Businesses everywhere in the US
AnyWho Another Directory, has "reverse" number look up"
Tiger.Census Census Bureau - Local street level maps and census data for USA ...
Call ahead to confirm availability of rate.
Telephone Area Codes North America Puzzled where the phone number is from?
International Calling Codes Country and City Codes.
Terraserver World's largest database. Satellite photography on the web. Truly impressive.
Stratfor Used to be free Global Intelligence.. - They charge for everything but the Teasers now - may be cheap depending what you need.
Milnet More stuff about the less stable aspects of today's world

Houston Freeway Traffic See the bottlenecks real time ...
Yahoo! Maps Map site for USA and CANADA
Mapquest Free map and trip planning service. Atlas covers USA & much of the world ...
Maps on Us A US Road Trip Planner and Yellow pages...
Hotel Coupons Need to save money on U.S. Hotels? Try this ... major savings coupons intended for same-day drive up, space available basis.
Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets USA Department of State
Danger Finder Internet Edition of Fielding's The World's Most Dangerous Places
International Calling Codes Country and City Codes.
Airline Toll-Free Numbers and Web sites And links to 800 directory and discount airfares ...
Bloomberg's Currency Converter Money, funny or no is still money, know how to count before you get there.
U.S. Customs Read at your own risk.. Starts with a disclaimer so you know it's official ...
Arthur Frommers Destinations Used to be good, seems to be just adverts now

Food for the mind

The World Factbook    Your CIA at work. Pretty mundane for the investment we make.
Energy Information Administration - Country Analysis Briefs Get updated on energy producing countries and more ...
World Atlas Large area global maps, a little shy on detail, but useful (check the World Fact Book too).
Engines of Our Ingenuity Transcripts of the whole series - John Lienhard's perspectives of science, engineering and society. Good search engine.
Houston Chronicle Today's Houston paper plus search previous articles and more ...
The Houston Press The other Houston paper ... great investigative reporting ...
Texas Monthly Magazine Texas shares good reporting and storytelling with the intelligent world ...
NewsLink A great sampling of print media throughout the rest of the world ...
Encyclopedia The Electronic Version of the Columbia Concise ...
Word-Detective Want to know where an unusual word came from? Try this ...
Ye Olde E Center Origins of common sayings
English Sayings Another word place ...
On-Line Books Page The world is your library, A wealth of literature, mostly out of copyright and links to more ...
Abacci More free downloadable books - classic and useful
* Martindale's * Reference More interesting stuff than you have time to read ...
Margaret's Consumer Prices, Home buying & Insurance   Great links to answers to everyday's important questions about buying major stuff ...
World Population Feeling a little crowded? - 6 billion souls and still counting
Do It Yourself "How To" at your fingertips. Learn French or varnish furniture...

Maritime Security/Risk Management (also see Maritime Security above)

Weekly Piracy Report Weekly Piracy Report
U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center
Riskworld.com News and views on risk analysis, risk assessment, risk management
Terrorism Attacks and Responses
International Security - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Census Bureau Home Page All Sorts of Statistics and Links to Other Government Agency
The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
N C H S - FASTATS
National Center For Health Statistics
Recovery of USS Cole

Metocean

Links Updated 4 December 04
Sunrise, Moonrise, transits The Naval Observatory - Test Drive MICA Software. Know your Long/Lat and time zone before you visit site.

National Weather Service, Tallahassee A Tropical & Marine Metocean Data for SE USA, check out "Live Buoy" Reports
Houston 5 Day Forecast (The Weather Channel)
Intellicast Weather Four Day Houston Forecast.
Weather Channel Weather Radar - animated Houston Vicinity.
Texas Coast Weather Radar Summary (cell movements shown) (Intellicast)
Texas Coast Weather Radar 5 Hour Animation (Intellicast)
University of Hawaii Tropical Storm Tracks ... Check the world composite first
Intellicast Tropical Weather Active Tropcial Storms.
Intellicast Weather for North America Wide Range of up to date Weather. Links to Imagery.
Intellicast Weather for World Wide Range of up to date Weather Imagery Around the World
USAToday Hurricane Info A few links of interest including weather and hurricanes plots
Make a Tide Prediction Tide Table from NOAA
WWW Tide/Current Predictor - Site Selection
Naval Oceanographic Office Naval METOC Product Library Search Form
Naval Oceanographic Office Sea Temperatures
Naval Oceanographic SWAPS modeling Surf Info Courtesy of the U.S. Navy
Navy Wave Forecasting FNMOC Navy Wave Forecasting (see left menu for other)
Surfing News - Links Lots of surf and other Metocean links.
Current Marine Data - Oceanweather Oceanweather - Easy to use.
Global Climate Maps Australia Bureau of Meteorology
African Weather Links African Weather Links
National Data Buoy Center Near Real Time Updates of Buoy Observations
Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies See if you can pick out "El Niño" was...
El Niño or El Niño (Nasa) Definitions and discussion of this bothersome phenomenon.
Mean Sea Surface Temperatures More from Australia Bureau of Meteorology
Gulf of Mexico Near Real-Time Altimetry and Other Interesting Things Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
ESL Satellite imagery. Earth Scan Laboratory, Coastal Sciences Institute, LSU Ocean Apps - Check out Zap.mpg
Spin Cycles-Winding path of warm water creates gulf's eddies www-ocean.tamu.edu/Quarterdeck
University of South Florida Institute for Marine Remote Sensing (IMaRS) - University of South Florida
Oceans from Space Slide Set Pictures from shuttle missions. Solitons, shears, internal waves and more.

Marine Technical , Classification & Regulatory <>ITTC glossary Towing Tank Terms
Deck Machinery A partial listing of deck machinery manufactures
Offshore Installation Another partial listing of offshore installation service or equipment providers
Federal Register, CFRs etc. Yes, those famous Coast Guard regs are Here on Line
USCG Marine Safety and Environmental Publications (NVICs), Notices, Rule Changes and more
ABS American Bureau of Shipping
Det norske Veritas The Norwegian Classification Society
Lloyd's Register The oldest classification society
Germanischer Lloyd The German classification society
International Maritime Organization, The UN's Maritime Regulatory Arm

Offshore Industry Links

Information Sources

Rigzone Oceandril's Advanced searchable Data Base of Drilling Rigs... You'll have to sign in but it's free.
OGJ Oil & Gas Journal plus Offshore Magazine and more ...
Oil OnLine Late breaking Oil Industry News, products, rig counts, etc...Industry News International News Jump direct to the US Industry or International news
Petrotech Rig Finder, among other things
MMS Minerals Management Service, news and statistics
BP Reports including Statistical Review of World Energy A rich source of coherent data about world energy
Energy Information Administration Home Page World Energy from a U.S. Perspective
The Complete Offshore Employment Handbook by Ron Edwards
Offshore-Technology.com A partial listing of offshore service companies

Companies (This is almost a random collection. If you want your Offshore Website listed here send it to me. If I like it, I'll post it no charge.)

Transocean What used to be Transocean, (Sonat) Offshore Company, Sedco, Forex, Reading & Bates, Falcon, etc.
Global Santa Fe
Nabors/Sundowner Nabors Offshore Drilling and Sundowner Offshore Services
ExxonMobil
ConocoPhillips ConocoPhillips Oil Home Page
BP
Schlumberger Oil & Gas
C.A. Richards & Associates Electronics for the offshore
Mustang Engineering, Inc
J. Ray McDermott Engineering, LLC

Marine Industry Links

Lloyd's List One of the premier sources of up-to-date marine data and information. Check the free service area. Be patient. Slow loading.
Maritime Global Net (MGN) Marine News
The Shipping News) The Business Times - AsiaOne
Maritime Reporter
MarineLog
Marine Safety Council Proceedings Proceedings
Maritime Business Strategies, LLC, Colton & Company, Maritime Consultants
Maritime Companies
Welcome to Fairplay
KORAB Marine Links Collection
Marine Resources - Japanese oriented but wide listings
maritimeindustries.org Sketchy listings of British (mostly) companies
US Maritime Administration (MARAD)

Organizations

SNAME The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. ISODC - SNAME International Students Offshore Design Competition
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
MTS Marine Technology Society
ASNE American Society of Naval Engineers

Federal and State Government Servers

Harris County Home Page
City of Houston
Lotto Texas Result s See if you need to go to work anymore posts about 1/2 hour after drawing
State of Texas Government World Wide Web server
Fedworld
House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
The Whitehouse Send e-mail to the Whitehouse which will be ignored
Federal Statistics www.fedstats.gov

Democracy - If you want your government to work for you, you need to work it. Here's where to find out, notify, advise, and check up on your elected officials.

Project Vote Smart, find out how your elected officials voted and how to contact them by e-mail
League of Women Voters Liberal tendencies but hard, honest work too. Check the chapter in your state or municipality to find out where candidates stand on issues.
Center for Responsive Politics. Find out who's paying your politician.

Software Sources & News

Shareware.Com Ssource for Shareware, Freeware & Betas
Engineering Software Shareware and tryout software from ASME (Currently offline - see list of alternatives)
Engineering Software Center Inexpensive? used to be freeware engineering software
Glossaries Extensive technical glossaries including Babel, a glossary of Computer Terms and Abbreviations
Formerly Windows Magazine Windows Magazine is no longer online - This take you to an Archive maintained by TechWeb
ZD Net Compueter stuff - reviews and such

Computer Viruses and Hoaxes

To update your virus scanning files you will probably want to go to one of these:
Symantec (Norton Anti-Virus)
Network Associates, Inc. Network Associates Inc which owns McAfee and Dr. Solomons.
McAfee Network Associates is now McAfee Inc. Go Figure

<>More often than Viruses, we now get hoaxes or list mailed warnings that may be hoaxes. Check them out at:

Symantec Hoax List
McAfee Hoax List
www.DataFellows.com/news/hoax/
Hoaxbusters The U.S. Department of Energy helps out.
True Secure - Internet Security
Snopes Other kinds of Hoaxes and Urban Legends Reference Pages
Vmyths Learn about computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban legends, hysteria

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