Sunday, March 31, 2013
Even Astronauts in Space Read gCaptain
Blog

Even Astronauts in Space Read gCaptain

It’s simply amazing what website analytics will tell you these days… Update: …someone here needs to check their calendar.    

March 31, 2013
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Latest Maritime and Offshore Industry Jobs: Week of 24 – 31 March 2012
News

Latest Maritime and Offshore Industry Jobs: Week of 24 – 31 March 2012

Heaps of new jobs posted on gCaptain over the past few days… get ’em while they’re hot folks… Ships Operations Officer – Chief

March 31, 2013
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
High-Risk Ferry Docking in Greece [VIDEO]
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High-Risk Ferry Docking in Greece [VIDEO]

Check out this footage of a ro/ro passenger ferry Mediterranean mooring to a dock in heavy seas at the Greek island of Kimolos on March 25, 2013. Long video

March 30, 2013
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uss guardian wreck removal
Defense

Final Section of Wrecked Warship Removed from Philippine Reef

By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelby Sanders SULU SEA, The Philippines (March 30, 2013) – U.S. Navy and contracted salvage personnel embarked

March 30, 2013
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Huntington Ingalls Awarded $2.6 Billion USS Abraham Lincoln Nuclear Refueling Contract
Navy

Huntington Ingalls Awarded $2.6 Billion USS Abraham Lincoln Nuclear Refueling Contract

WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) – Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. on Friday won a $2.6 billion contract to refuel and overhaul the USS Abraham Lincoln,

March 29, 2013
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beaufort sea time lapse
Blog

WATCH: 1000 Kilometer Fracture Develops in Beaufort Sea Ice

By Adam Voiland, Science Writer at NASA Earth Observatory The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this view

March 29, 2013
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Japan to Launch World’s First LNG Futures Market in 2015

Japan to Launch World’s First LNG Futures Market in 2015

By Yuji Okada and Chou Hui Hong March 29 (Bloomberg) — Japan, the biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas, plans to list the world’s first futures

March 29, 2013
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marisco ltd drydock
News

Marisco Handed Monster Fine for EPA Clean Water Act Violations

HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) announced today their settlement with Marisco

March 29, 2013
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M/V GRACE BARLERIA
News

GDF Suez Signs 4-Year Charter for NYK LNG Carrier, Grace Barleria

Paris-based energy firm GDF Suez announced today they have entered into a 4-year time charter of the NYK-owned LNG carrier “GRACE BARLERIA”. GRACE

March 29, 2013
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Z-Driving on the Houston Ship Channel [VIDEO]
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Z-Driving on the Houston Ship Channel [VIDEO]

Tugboat drivers have all the fun it seems. Video by Nick

March 29, 2013
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STX Pan Ocean Vanguard
News

STX Pan Ocean Sale Fails To Attract Bids, Bank Considering Other Options

SEOUL, March 29 (Reuters) – An initial round of bidding to acquire a controlling stake in South Korean bulk shipper STX Pan Ocean Co failed to attract

March 29, 2013
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japan marine united
News

Even a Weakening Yen Won’t Save Japan’s Shipyards Says JMU

(Bloomberg) — Japanese shipbuilders may post losses next fiscal year as the yen’s weakening fails to mitigate the impact of a global supply glut

March 29, 2013
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Mekaines q-max lng carrier
News

Britain’s LNG Import Prices Now Rival that of Japan

By Henning Gloystein LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) – Britain is currently paying some of the world’s highest wholesale gas prices, rivalling those in

March 28, 2013
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Can The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Clean Itself?
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Can The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Clean Itself?

We’ve heard it before; the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a problem for which there is no solution. It affects the food chain, it fouls beaches,

March 28, 2013
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News

Former NATO Submarine Commander Signs On As New AdvanFort Business Development Manager

Washington, D.C. — The maritime security leader AdvanFort Company is pleased to announce the choice of Dimitrios Angelopoulos, a retired Hellenic Navy

March 28, 2013
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Ship Photos of The Day – Fairmount Does It Again
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Ship Photos of The Day – Fairmount Does It Again

Today’s ship photos come to us via Fairmount Marine, a company which at this point is becoming quite the SPOTD regular due to their large scale and,

March 28, 2013
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tom allsworth flagship
News

Flagship Management’s Team Continues to Grow

Florida-based consultancy Flagship Management, LLC, announced today that Thomas Allsworth and Denis Kelleher have joined their firm as Associates in its

March 28, 2013
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wilbur ross
Finance

WL Ross Considers Additional $1 Billion Investment Into Shipping

March 28 (Bloomberg) — Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross Jr. said he’s prepared to invest $1 billion more in the shipping industry, increasing his

March 28, 2013
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ART 80-32 rotor tug
Engineering News

Damen Shipyards to Build Robert Allan-Designed “Rotor Tugs”

Vancouver-based naval architects, Robert Allan Ltd. report today that two of their new ART 80-32 class Rotor tugs are to be built by the Damen Shipyards group

March 28, 2013
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kfels b class jack-up rig keppel
Offshore

Keppel Signs $820 Million Rig Deal

Keppel FELS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, said Thursday that it has secured contracts from Mexican drilling company, Grupo R, to

March 28, 2013
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