The U.S. Navy said Monday that it has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $94 million contract to begin planning the restoration of the nuclear attack

Editor’s Note: The following is a briefing on the keynote address given by International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu at last

(Bloomberg) — The U.S. and 29 other nations have begun the biggest mine-clearing exercise in the Persian Gulf region, a show of force as tensions

The Nordic Fighter tanker was sailing south in the Red Sea under oppressive summer heat as Mohammed Ali Quanas headed west to catch kingfish on Aug. 3, 2011,

Onboard ships throughout the world, highly specialized engineering systems such as fuel oil purifiers, waste heat boilers, and emissions scrubbers save energy,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_FLaMLIsv0 Oceanografia S.A. de C.V., one of Mexico’s largest offshore vessel operators specializing in underwater

Former shipmate on the Discoverer Americas drillship rockin’ it.  It was no surprise when Brigitte reported on board that all of a sudden the gym became

– By Captain Rich Madden MV Ocean Atlas is a U.S. flagged cargo ship which fell afoul of Venezuelan authorities during a recent port call in

– By Captain Rich Madden Last year in a Persian Gulf port, we finished loading for a southbound transit to East Africa on a small container ship.

LONDON–Oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB) said Monday it has suspended plans to drill in the Arctic region during 2012 after damage to

Eidesvik’s LNG-powered Viking Princess, was named in an official ceremony in Bergen, Norway, on September 14th.  Lady sponsor of the vessel is H.R.H.

(Bloomberg) — The power of hurricanes to drive up oil prices is diminishing as the proportion of U.S. crude coming from the Gulf of Mexico falls to a

With more than 200 million registered gross tons, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, perhaps better known as ClassNK, is the world’s largest classification society and

Piracy along Africa’s Atlantic coast is threatening to raise costs for the vast amount of seaborne trade that passes through the region, as the activity

Here is a collection of photos sent in to us from the scene of the MV Amsterdam Bridge fire near Mumbai.  As gCaptain has reported, the 4,380 TEU

In early September, Nam Cheong Limited, Malaysia’s largest Offshore Support Vessel shipbuilder announced that it had won two contracts for the

FAL Oil Co., a United Arab Emirates-based energy trader that’s under U.S. financial restrictions for links to Iran, faces the forced sale of a fuel

Norwegian energy conglomerate Statoil signed a letter of intent yesterday with South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries for the construction of a new

Malaysian tanker owner and operator AET, announced today they have entered into a long-term contract with Norwegian energy giant Statoil ASA to operate two

TOKYO–Japan’s coast guard said Friday that two Chinese patrol boats have entered Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku islands. The coast