Rob Almeida

Rob Almeida is Partner and Chief Marketing Officer at gCaptain. Rob can be reached at [email protected]. Connect with him via his LinkedIn Page or via Google Plus


Thursday, February 12, 2015
Photo

Long Beach is Beginning to Look Like Singapore [HD PHOTO SPECIAL]

“I was on a flight back from SFO to LAX on February 9th and we flew over the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach before turning in to

February 12, 2015
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
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Incidents

Explosion Aboard Brazilian FPSO Kills At Least Five Offshore Workers

An explosion aboard the floating production, storage and offloading vessel FPSO Cidade de São Mateus has left at least five dead.  Four workers are still

February 11, 2015
Total Views: 141

SMD ATOM ROV
News

Bibby Offshore Signs ROV Contract with Seascape

Bibby Offshore announced today its Singapore division signed a 1-year ROV services contract earlier this year with subsea contractor Seascape. Bibby has

February 11, 2015
Total Views: 102

Tuesday, February 10, 2015
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Defense

NOAA Survey Reveals Scarred Seafloor of Gulf of Maine

Immediately off the shoreline from Portland Head Light, the iconic lighthouse that marks the tip of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, NOAA’s research

February 10, 2015
Total Views: 145

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News

Goliat FPSO Prepares for 60-Day Voyage Aboard the Dockwise Vanguard [IMAGES]

The Goliat FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) will soon depart Hyundai Heavy Industries and head southbound along the coast of eastern Asia

February 10, 2015
Total Views: 272

Monday, February 9, 2015
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Interesting

Pigeons Sitting on Stacked Containers Blasted by Tomahawk Missile

This video sequence filmed on 27 January 2015 offshore California near San Nicolas Island shows a Tomahawk Block IV missile launched from USS Kidd (DDG 100)

February 9, 2015
Total Views: 212

Pieter Schelte Renamed
News

Pieter Schelte Renamed

Allseas’ giant oil rig decommissioning vessel was initially named after Pieter Schelte Heerema who besides creating one of the world’s premier

February 9, 2015
Total Views: 276

Sunday, February 8, 2015
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News

Saipem’s Giant Pipelay Ship Castorone Starts Work Off Darwin

Saipem’s deepwater pipelay installation vessel Castorone commenced laying the remaining 718 kilometer section of 42-inch pipe last week, according to

February 8, 2015
Total Views: 309

Keppel FELS Denies Involvement in Petrobras Bribery Scandal
News

Keppel FELS Denies Involvement in Petrobras Bribery Scandal

Last week, a huge corruption scandal at Petrobras resulted in an entire change-out of the top leadership at the Brazilian energy major.  A report by

February 8, 2015
Total Views: 71

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Incidents

Tidewater Supply Vessel Heavily Damaged After Hitting Production Platform

On February 5th, the anchor handling tug supply vessel Lim Tide suffered some sort of issue which caused it to ram a production platform in the Persian Gulf.

February 8, 2015
Total Views: 916

Friday, February 6, 2015
Prediction: Statoil Will Axe the Discoverer Americas
News

Prediction: Statoil Will Axe the Discoverer Americas

Since she was delivered to Transocean in 2009, the 6th generation drillship Discoverer Americas has been on contract with Norwegian energy major Statoil.

February 6, 2015
Total Views: 42

Scientists Unveil Shipboard Firefighting Robot
News

Scientists Unveil Shipboard Firefighting Robot

Scientists and researchers from Virginia Tech and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) unveiled the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (SAFFiR) at the Naval

February 6, 2015
Total Views: 66

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News

Otto Marine Wins Long Term PSV Charters

To the envy of many in the offshore supply vessel segment, Singapore-based Otto Marine Limited won long term charter contracts for two of their platform supply

February 6, 2015
Total Views: 69

Thursday, February 5, 2015
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News

INPEX Spuds-In with the ENSCO 5006 Offshore WA

On 3 February, the ENSCO 5006, while operating on contract for INPEX, commenced drilling at the Ichthys gas-condensate field located about 200 kilometers off

February 5, 2015
Total Views: 169

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News

Shipping Up to Boston

About a year ago, the 138,059 cubic meter Norwegian-flagged LNG carrier BW GDF Suez Boston was sailing inbound toward one of the United States’ oldest

February 5, 2015
Total Views: 90

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Engineering News

Meriaura Group to Build Fleet of Foreship-Designed EcoCoasters

In January, Finnish shipowner Meriaura Group signed an order for two 4,700 ton deadweight Ice Class 1A VG EcoCoasterTM general cargo ships at Dutch yard

February 5, 2015
Total Views: 55

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Engineering News

ABB to Supply Power Systems for Petronas’ Next FLNG Facility

ABB, the Swiss power and automation group announced today it will be playing an important role in the development of Petronas’ second floating LNG

February 5, 2015
Total Views: 95

Wednesday, February 4, 2015
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News

Noble Drilling to Retire Three Semi-Submersible Rigs

In Noble Corporation’s 4th quarter earnings report released today, the company took a $713 million impairment charge on the retirement of three of their

February 4, 2015
Total Views: 349

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News

Maersk Announces Layoffs

The offshore sector took another hit today as Maersk Supply Service and Maersk Drilling both announced major layoffs at their corporate headquarter in Denmark.

February 4, 2015
Total Views: 61

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News

Scorpio Bulkers Swaps Capesize Newbuilds for Product Tankers

13 months after placing an order for twenty Capesize bulk carriers, Scorpio Bulkers is modifying their order and instead swapping out three of their Capes for

February 4, 2015
Total Views: 37