Rob Almeida

Following the successful installation of the FSRU Independence off Lithuania and the signing of two new long-term contracts offshore Colombia and Egypt on

For the Transocean Spitsbergen and the Songa Trym, 2014 will end mid-November. Due to overcapacity in Statoil’s rig portfolio, the company has decided

The VLCC Al Kout was delivered last week by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) as part of a series of vessels constructed for the

“There’s some likelihood we’ll lose a builder,” commented Admiral Jonathan Greenert, the U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations

Sodebo, a 31 meter carbon fiber offshore racing trimaran collided with a cargo ship in the English Channel at 23:30 last night, less than 24 hours from

MAN Diesel & Turbo reports today they have received an order from United European Car Carriers (UECC) to supply dual-fuel ME-GI 2-stroke engines for the

If you happen to notice a contact on your radar screen with speed leader stretching clear across your screen, it may not be an anomaly, but rather a

South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) announced today in an exchange filing it has won a newbuild order for two LNG carriers

The U.S. Coast Guard reported on Saturday a pair of Puerto Rico-based doctors were transported aboard the 680-foot Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Agapi S via

Unifor, Canada’s largest union has extended the strike deadline imposed to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) this week meaning the

Lowering manifolds, trees, subsea processing equipment, and other items to the sea floor is pretty standard stuff in the subsea installation business, but what

Hess, along with their joint venture partners Union Oil (Chevron), Statoil and Nexen, all of which have a 25 percent working interest, have reached a final

On a delivery last week from Newport to Charleston, the Hodgdon Yachts-built 100-foot carbon raceboat Comanche had her first opportunity to really stretch her

Since arriving at Damen’s shiprepair yard in Rotterdam on 20 October, work has been in progress around the clock on the 2010-built, 293 meter-long cruise

For the past 70 to 80 days, a meander of the North Atlantic gyre has put offshore drilling on hold for many deepwater drilling rigs within the Green Canyon,

Mooring lines holding the Salamis Lines-owned RoRo Alios parted last Friday during an unexpected wind storm setting loose the 170 meter ship to her own

After losing 13 product tankers to Oaktree Capital Management earlier this year, Danish shipowner Torm has entered into an agreement with its 40+ lenders and

Ship launching using rubber inflatables, or commonly known as airbags, is a very popular vessel launching method, particularly in Asia. Besides, many

Watch what happens when a dog gets up in the grill of a sea lion 10 times his size. Reminds me of what almost happened when a lap dog

More than $7 billion has been invested into the search for diamonds since 2000 according to De Beers Group. Much of that has been focused in places such as