Rob Almeida

MSC Luciana, a 363-meter containership outbound from Antwerp lost engine power this morning and ran aground on a sandbar in the Westerschelde, approximately

A former US Navy SEAL was reported to have been arrested by Mozambique officials yesterday for illegal weapons possession while attempting to free a vessel

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

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

EUNAVFOR assets stopped and boarded a skiff thought to have been involved in an incident with the French Sailing Yacht (SY) TRIBAL KAT. One member of the crew

Just got an update from our Forum that the recently commissioned Noble Bully I left Keppel Shipyard in Singapore the other day bound for the Gulf of Mexico.

On December 21st, 2004, former President Bush signed the National Security Presidential Directive NSPD-41 that stated: It is critical that the United States

Image by Ghene Snowdon TOKYO (Dow Jones)–Looking to expand its presence in the renewable energy field, Marubeni Corp. (8002.TO) said Friday it has

HIGH PRIORITY ALERT FROM MORAN SHIPPING Please urgently be advised that the U.S. Coast Guard CAPTAIN OF THE PORT has set Hurricane Condition X RAY for the Port

PIRACY ADVISORY The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) assesses Somali pirates will resume a high level of operations when the southwest monsoon subsides in

The chemical tanker Fairchem Bogey was hijacked from the Omani port of Salalah on 20 August in a brazen attack by Somali pirates and is now anchored off the

Port of Salalah, Oman, (c) Robert Almeida Until recently, pirates have roamed around the open oceans looking for their next target, however they took a bold

[youtube width=”600″ height=”506″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO073dcrcy4 Go figure… I can’t imagine the decision to

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) released their Marine Casualty Report yesterday morning, going into great detail the circumstances leading to last

Image courtesy Frontline SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Asia’s crude tanker market may stay depressed by heavy supply as September booking begins, but

Rambler 100 skipper George David is interviewed this morning following the dramatic capsize of his yacht and successful rescue of his crew.

  Photo: Daniel Forster/Rolex Rambler 100, holder of the transatlantic record and one of the favorites to win this year’s Fastnet Race, capsized

Royal Marine Commandos board a merchant ship which had been attacked in the Red Sea. (ROYAL NAVY) In the fading light of an August afternoon, the specialist

A few years ago I had the opportunity to deliver a newly-built drillship from Durban, South Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.   As a former Navy ship driver,

This is absolutely spectacular, you must see this… [vimeo width=”550″ height=”330″]http://vimeo.com/24456787[/vimeo] Ever wonder