SEOUL (Dow Jones)–STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. (067250.SE) said Friday a European shipper has placed an order for a liquefied natural gas

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–Michael Bromwich, the former federal prosecutor who has led the U.S. agency that oversees offshore drilling through its response

Wikipedia tells us “The IMO number is made of the three letters ‘IMO’followed by the seven-digit number assigned to all ships

The Washington Post brings us the following story of the naval intelligence behind the 2009 Maersk Alabama pirate incident and the counterpiracy

Two crew members where killed and over a dozen people injured by a fire aboard the cruise ship Nordlysand. The fire is believed to have ignited in the engine

– By Russell Gold, Wall Street Journal The Gulf of Mexico has staged a comeback as a source of oil for big energy companies, little more than a year

A new NOAA-led study looked to confirm what the shipping industry and regulators have thought all along; when vessels switch to use low-sulphur fuel, harmful

Summary of Worldwide Maritime Crime and Piracy (Source: ONI)   BENIN: Product tanker (MATTHEOS I) hijacked on 14 September at 0121 UTC during  ship-to-ship

ANKARA, Turkey—Turkey said it will declare a border on the continental shelf if the island of Cyprus proceeds with offshore oil and gas drilling

A product tanker with 23 crew members was hijacked off West Africa according a report by the International Maritime Bureau. The report says that a group of

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xQoENfhYZE Two people have been confirmed dead after an engine room fire broke out on the Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys,

The Commandant of the US Coast Guard, Admiral Robert Papp, released his final report on the Deepwater Horizon Investigation today. The contents of the report

Complimenting today’s official  (and final) US Coast Guard investigation report into the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Bureau of Ocean Energy

By Russell Gold A federal investigation into the cause of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico points the finger at BP PLC, but also its

NORFOLK, Va.  On August 17th, the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, The Sullivans, accidently fired an inert 5-inch round at a civilian fishing boat

Hercules Offshore Inc. (HERO) said its acquired an added 6.1 million shares of Discovery Offshore SA (DISC.OS), bringing the contract driller’s stake to

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–The U.S. Interior Department Tuesday proposed additional workplace safety requirements for offshore oil and gas drillers. The

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Keppel Nantong Shipyard Co. Ltd (Keppel Nantong) in China has secured a

With most of today’s news being rather depressing, I thought I’d lighten the mood a little bit with this photo from last weeks “Burning Man

Lockheed Martin says it has submitted a proposal for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program that will consolidate complex