Tuesday, April 19, 2011
New ship for Military Sealift Command Launched – USNS William McLean
News

New ship for Military Sealift Command Launched – USNS William McLean

Photo by Sarah E. Burford, Military Sealift Command Pacific USNS William McLean, the newest ship in the U.S. Navy’s Lewis and Clark-class of dry

April 19, 2011
Total Views: 112

Monday, April 18, 2011
MWCC Capping Stack – New Containment Device Is Ready For Deepwater Spills
Offshore

MWCC Capping Stack – New Containment Device Is Ready For Deepwater Spills

The high-tech marvel that’s enabling oil companies to return to the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico sits in a sun-baked industrial lot in the outskirts

April 18, 2011
Total Views: 228

Bollinger Shipyards recieves prestigious safety award
Engineering News

Bollinger Shipyards recieves prestigious safety award

The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) has awarded the 2010 “Award for Excellence in Safety” to the Gulf Coast’s Bollinger Shipyards.  

April 18, 2011
Total Views: 87

Shell US President Expects To Drill In Alaska’s Arctic In 2012
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Shell US President Expects To Drill In Alaska’s Arctic In 2012

Image: Arctic sea ice credit NOAA HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSB) expects to start drilling in Alaska’s Arctic waters in the

April 18, 2011
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
BIMCO President: ‘Blow Your Horns’ to help fight piracy
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BIMCO President: ‘Blow Your Horns’ to help fight piracy

BIMCO President Robert Lorenz-Meyer address’ the importance of international governments cooperation in helping combat piracy on the high seas at the

April 17, 2011
Total Views: 54

npower-peg-iphone-charger
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NPower PEG – A Kinetic Battery Charger

Remember the time when people wore wristwatches, the most fancy of which had auto-wind features capable of winding your watch with just the movement of your

April 17, 2011
Total Views: 429

New Senseo Coffee Pod With Auto-Froth Goodness
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New Senseo Coffee Pod With Auto-Froth Goodness

Does anyone remember gCaptain’s first product review? Of course not, the only readers of gCaptain in the early weeks where a half dozen guys on my ship

April 17, 2011
Total Views: 213

Saturday, April 16, 2011
SBM Offshore Gets Letter Of Intent For FPSO From Eni
News

SBM Offshore Gets Letter Of Intent For FPSO From Eni

AMSTERDAM -(Dow Jones)- SBM Offshore NV (SBMO.AE) said Friday that on behalf of its Joint Venture companies with Sonangol it has received a Letter of Intent

April 16, 2011
Total Views: 86

Friday, April 15, 2011
Need a job? BOEMRE is hiring
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Need a job? BOEMRE is hiring

Let me start by saying this is not your typical gCaptain job listing but hey, you never know. Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and

April 15, 2011
Total Views: 27

Maersk Tankers buys 3 VLCCs
News

Maersk Tankers buys 3 VLCCs

Maersk Tankers has inked a deal with Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd of India for the purchase of 3 newbuild VLCCs with delivery expected for the first half

April 15, 2011
Total Views: 34

Washington leaders offer little good news for maritime interests
News

Washington leaders offer little good news for maritime interests

Photo: Left to Right, Robert J. Whitney; Jr.- ABS, Jeffrey Lantz, USCG; Jeanne Grasso, President of WISTA USA and partner at Blank Rome LLP; Stacey H.

April 15, 2011
Total Views: 63

Incident Photo – Two killed as vessels collide in Kiel Canal
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Incident Photo – Two killed as vessels collide in Kiel Canal

The Journal of Commerce has this report of a tragic collision between two vessels transiting Germany’s Kiel Canal in dense fog. Two seamen were knocked

April 15, 2011
Total Views: 138

I’m on a Boat! – Merchant Marine version
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I’m on a Boat! – Merchant Marine version

Here’s what happens when the crew of an LNG ship gets a bit stir crazy after being out at sea for months at a time.  If you’re at work,

April 15, 2011
Total Views: 152

Thursday, April 14, 2011
Where do drillship crews come from? [MAPPED]
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Where do drillship crews come from? [MAPPED]

  Ever wonder where drillship crew workers come from?  Either way, a former shipmate on the Transocean’s drillship Discoverer Americas mapped

April 14, 2011
Total Views: 98

Captain of ‘M/V Mel Oliver’ sentenced to 3 years probation for 2008 collision
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Captain of ‘M/V Mel Oliver’ sentenced to 3 years probation for 2008 collision

Video: July 23 ’08 – 600′ tanker TINTOMARA collides with one barge tow pushed by tug MEL OLIVER, spilling over 400,000 gallons no. 6 fuel oil

April 14, 2011
Total Views: 1195

Suisun Bay Mothball Fleet Revealed – Photography Tour Of The Old Ships
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Suisun Bay Mothball Fleet Revealed – Photography Tour Of The Old Ships

If you have ever worked on a older Marad vessel in California waters there is a good chance you’ve been sent to Suisun Bay to steal parts off an

April 14, 2011
Total Views: 219

M/V Beluga Nomination released, condition of crew unknown
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M/V Beluga Nomination released, condition of crew unknown

According to a report issued by EU NAVFOR task force, pirates released the M/V Beluga Nomination Wednesday, April 13. The vessel was pirated on January 22

April 14, 2011
Total Views: 95

Incident Photos – Pemex’s Flotel Jupiter platform partially sinks in Gulf of Mexico
News

Incident Photos – Pemex’s Flotel Jupiter platform partially sinks in Gulf of Mexico

Partial collapse of the platform Flotel Jupiter – April 12, 2011 Name: JUPITER 1 Flag: Mexico Rig Type: semi-submersible platform IMO No.: 8757283 Owner

April 14, 2011
Total Views: 634

Weekly Maritime Crime and Piracy Update: Week of 7 April 2011
Incidents

Weekly Maritime Crime and Piracy Update: Week of 7 April 2011

Worldwide Maritime Crime and Piracy Summary (source: ONI) GULF OF GUINEA: A chemical tanker was boarded 13 April at 1239 UTC while at anchor in position 05:16N

April 14, 2011
Total Views: 59

Hopper dredge loses Z-drive in Calcasieu Channel
Incidents

Hopper dredge loses Z-drive in Calcasieu Channel

Just weeks after one of their dredgers struck a subsea production pipeline in Calcasieu Channel, Manson Construction Company sustained another setback

April 14, 2011
Total Views: 85