Today, Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS) announced plans for the construction of the Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) Project, the world’s first

BP PLC (BP.LN, BP) scored a victory in its efforts to force other companies involved in last year’s disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill to cough up a

Hurricanes Karl, Igor and Julia over the Atlantic in 2010 courtesy NOAA The weather experts at NOAA today released their annual hurricane forecast for the 2011

Check out this video of a Coast Guard overflight of the lower Mississippi shot on May 18. On a positive note, the disaster is driving some good PR for

Electric Boat, a subsidary of General Dynamics, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to develop advanced submarine technologies for current and future

Leonora Christina During Sea Trials courtesy Austal Austal’s largest catamaran built to date, the 113 metre “Leonora Christina”, was recently

In this file photo of June 18, 2010, the Military Sealift Command Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) is seen in

According to this report from MSNBC, passengers on board the MSC Opera got a bit unruly when the luxury cruise liner broke down in the Baltic, leaving the

Houston, TX – Oil and gas industry professionals are divided in opinion on whether the price of a barrel of oil will exceed $150 by the end of 2011,

Maritime Administrator David Matsuda today honored the memory of Richard Oliver Kelleher during the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Maritime

On the heals of announcing a $1.8 billion deal with Andarko for the future use of two of their newbuild drillships, Diamond Offshore has issued the following

Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) today announced plans to design and construct eight new deepwater platform supply vessels. ECO currently owns and operates a

030604-N-7902K-084 Philippine Sea (Jun. 04, 2003) — Damage Control Training Team Supervisor (right), Hull Technician Chief Anthony Wilson and team leader

Worldwide maritime crime and piracy summary, week of 12 May 2011 (Source: ONI) GULF OF GUINEA: A chemical tanker was hijacked on 15 May at 0220 LT in

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Final bids for V Ships, a ship-management business owned by Exponent Private Equity, are due June 16, a person familiar with the

In the brief two days since gCaptain reported on the upcoming Arctic conference, being attended next week by Hillary Clinton and other dignitaries or arctic

With the news of nuclear troubles in Japan, another close call largely escaped the press. On May 6th the Russia’s Taimyr, a nuclear-powered icebreaker

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–Transocean Ltd. (RIG) shareholders quashed a proposal that would have absolved the company’s directors and top management from

DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia – Rear Admiral Daniel Neptun, commander First Coast Guard District, and Ms. Nancy Hurlburt, Assistant Commissioner Maritimes

The National Maritime Center has been making unannounced changes to the Merchant Mariner Credential Medical Evaluation Report form needed for the application