In Section 4 of BP’s Investigation report on the Horizon disaster, they discuss the negative pressure test as a possible missed indication of a

Accelerated development? On his first day offshore, a recent graduate from a top-notch university approached a rig hand, and introduced himself as a future Rig

Image Credit: USNI Blog Remember when the team of U.S. Marines stormed the tanker full of pirates and took back the ship?  You should, because as we reported

Earlier today, a team of U.S. Marines from the 5th Marine Expeditionary Unit successfully boarded and seized the German owned M/V Magellan Star after it was

Originally from Orr’s Island, Maine, Rob graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1999 with a B.S. degree in Naval Architecture.  As a junior

Aker Solutions’ new deepwater intervention vessel, Skandi Aker, has today been announced winner of the coveted international “Ship of the Year

Commercial Diving is a major component of life in the offshore industry, with divers performing much of the subsea work.  To better understand how the dive

Heavy Lift This serious operation has a large potential for disaster should something go wrong. Setting large suction piles or even an entire accomodation

For those of you that have been following this blog long enough know that cruise ships + foul weather = bad news for the passengers and crew.  Although the

This photo comes to gCaptain via Burning Man 2010, the annual week long art event ending on Labor Day on a dry lake bed in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. 

Click image for high resolution A few weeks ago we showed you ship tracks seen from space.  Here is another interesting image of hurricane and tropical storm

Just a few days ago, the Deepwater Horizon’s blowout preventer, an integral part of the ongoing investigation into Gulf oil spill, was successfully

Click image for high resolution This weeks ship photo comes to us from the 18th annual running of the Great North River Tugboat Race & Competition held at

The Portfire 40, a new shipping industry list of the most influential and alternative thinkers and thought provokers, is in the works.  An open and growing

We thought we would provide this week’s Maritime Monday a few hours early, as we are so excited to just put last week behind us!  Again, we sincerely

Part 4 in our series continues on with a look at Dynamic Positioning and how it is used on more conventional, deep sea vessels. Make sure to look at

Well I am sorry to say that with high traffic levels our dedicated server went up in smoke (literally) and our host, godaddy, refused to help. But luckily we