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gCaptain is the world's most-read maritime and offshore news website, founded in 2007 by Captain John Konrad, a USCG-licensed Master Mariner who spent a decade commanding tankers and drillships worldwide. Our editorial team combines professional maritime credentials with journalism experience. Staff members include licensed deck officers, marine engineers, and reporters who have covered shipping, offshore energy, and naval affairs for major publications. gCaptain is a credentialed member of the Pentagon Press Corps, with direct access to Department of Defense briefings on naval operations and maritime security. We maintain working relationships with major shipping lines, classification societies, port authorities, and maritime regulatory bodies including the U.S. Coast Guard, International Maritime Organization, and flag state administrations. Our reporting standards prioritize primary sources: official documents, regulatory filings, court records, and on-the-record interviews with industry executives and government officials. We maintain a public corrections policy and update stories when new information emerges. Our editorial standards require verification of claims before publication. Since 2007, gCaptain has broken major stories including early coverage of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the collapse of Hanjin Shipping, the Ever Given Suez Canal grounding, and ongoing coverage of sanctions evasion by shadow fleet tankers. Our analysis has been cited by the New York Times, BBC, NPR, and submitted as evidence in Congressional hearings. For press inquiries, contact our editorial team. For advertising and partnerships, contact our business team.


Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Offshore

BOEM Halts FPSO Permit & Orders A Full Investigation

Petroleo Brasileiro’s U.S. unit said Monday that it must fully investigate a problem encountered in a U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas development before

April 5, 2011
Total Views: 46

Transocean Regrets ‘Insensitive’ Wording About Safety
News

Transocean Regrets ‘Insensitive’ Wording About Safety

HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Transocean Ltd. (RIG, RIGN.VX) Monday said it regretted using “insensitive” wording in a recent securities filing in which

April 5, 2011
Total Views: 71

Keppel lands 13th jack-up order of 2011
Engineering News

Keppel lands 13th jack-up order of 2011

Keppel FELS has won a contract to build a second KFELS B Class jack-up rig for Jasper Investments worth US $180 million.  This is the second such order Jasper

April 5, 2011
Total Views: 87

US: BP Has No Deal For Deepwater Drilling In Gulf -Reuters
News

US: BP Has No Deal For Deepwater Drilling In Gulf -Reuters

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Monday rejected media reports that BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) has struck a deal to resume deepwater drilling in the Gulf of

April 5, 2011
Total Views: 33

Monday, April 4, 2011
NOAA announces new members of the Hydrographic Services Review Panel
News

NOAA announces new members of the Hydrographic Services Review Panel

NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco has appointed nine new members to the Hydrographic Services Review Panel, a federal advisory committee that gives NOAA

April 4, 2011
Total Views: 39

U.S. Navy awards Ingalls Shipbuilding contract for 10th amphibious transport dock
Defense

U.S. Navy awards Ingalls Shipbuilding contract for 10th amphibious transport dock

The U.S. Navy has awarded Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII), a $1.5 billion contract for the construction of the

April 4, 2011
Total Views: 60

Signal to build Articulated Tug Barge unit for Kirby
Engineering News

Signal to build Articulated Tug Barge unit for Kirby

Signal International has been awarded a $47M contract by Kirby Ocean Transport Company of Houston, Texas, to build an articulated tug/barge (AT/B) unit with an

April 4, 2011
Total Views: 82

“2010 Safest Year In Company History” Says Transocean – Safety Bonuses Paid To Company Executives [UPDATE]
Offshore

“2010 Safest Year In Company History” Says Transocean – Safety Bonuses Paid To Company Executives [UPDATE]

By Daniel Gilbert and Tennille Tracy Of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Transocean Ltd. (RIG, RIGN.VX) had its “best year in safety performance” despite

April 4, 2011
Total Views: 550

International Officials To Discuss Supporting Oil Spill Containment Tech
News

International Officials To Discuss Supporting Oil Spill Containment Tech

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–International officials will meet in Washington April 14 to discuss promoting “cutting-edge technologies” for

April 4, 2011
Total Views: 38

Friday, April 1, 2011
Austal breaks ground on three new Alabama facilities
News

Austal breaks ground on three new Alabama facilities

Austal USA held a combined groundbreaking ceremony today, to celebrate the start of work on three new facilities including Phase 2 of the Modular Manufacturing

April 1, 2011
Total Views: 47

IMO announces candidates for next Secretary-General
Uncategorized

IMO announces candidates for next Secretary-General

The International Maritime Organization says that six candidates had been nominated by their Governments for Secretary-General of the IMO by the March 31, 2011

April 1, 2011
Total Views: 41

USCG Praises Foss Maritime for Safety, Compliance Leadership
News

USCG Praises Foss Maritime for Safety, Compliance Leadership

Photo: Foss Enhanced Tractor Tug Lindsey Foss awaits a tanker in the Puget Sound courtesy Foss Maritime SEATTLE, WA, March 31, 2011 — U.S. Coast Guard

April 1, 2011
Total Views: 57

Navy Accomplishes Several Firsts During Operation Odyssey Dawn
Navy

Navy Accomplishes Several Firsts During Operation Odyssey Dawn

From Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/ Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs NAPLES, Italy (NNS) — The U.S. Navy, while partnering with

April 1, 2011
Total Views: 188

UN Maritime Agency Commissions Kenya Piracy Information Center
News

UN Maritime Agency Commissions Kenya Piracy Information Center

LONDON (Dow Jones)–The first of three information-sharing centers, or ISCs, has been commissioned in Kenya, to facilitate practical measures to suppress

April 1, 2011
Total Views: 62

Transocean Workers Refuse To Testify At Deepwater Horizon Investigation
News

Transocean Workers Refuse To Testify At Deepwater Horizon Investigation

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–Employees of Transocean Ltd. (RIG), the company that owned the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded last April, are refusing to

April 1, 2011
Total Views: 128

ONI Advisory: Merchant ship fired upon in Arabian Sea
Navy

ONI Advisory: Merchant ship fired upon in Arabian Sea

The Office of Naval Intelligence has just issued an advisory warning mariners of an attack on a merchant vessel.  According to the statement, a merchant ship

April 1, 2011
Total Views: 41

Thursday, March 31, 2011
Memorial to be held for Deepwater Horizon victims
News

Memorial to be held for Deepwater Horizon victims

According to a report from the Associated Press, Transocean is planning a memorial at the site of the Deepwater Horizon explosion next month for relatives of

March 31, 2011
Total Views: 99

USS Stout launches Tomahawk missiles into Libya [VIDEO]
Blog

USS Stout launches Tomahawk missiles into Libya [VIDEO]

Check out this of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) launching a Tomahawk missiles in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn in

March 31, 2011
Total Views: 102

API: Report on ‘idle leases’ whitewashes government inaction
News

API: Report on ‘idle leases’ whitewashes government inaction

Erik Milito, API’s upstream director, this week called on the administration to abandon its policies “to defer, delay and deny access to domestic

March 31, 2011
Total Views: 39

Wallenius Wilhelmsen reports an environmentally successful 2010
News

Wallenius Wilhelmsen reports an environmentally successful 2010

CO2 Emissions in grams/tonne km Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) this week released a series of metrics highlighting its environmental activities for the

March 31, 2011
Total Views: 22