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, July 17, 2014
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Shipbuilding

Samsung Heavy Industries Wins Major LNG Carrier Order

Samsung Heavy Industries announced today in an exchange filing the winning of a 6-ship LNG carrier newbuild order for a total consideration of KRW 740.7

July 17, 2014
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
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Grounding Incidents

Moon Saves the Day After Coal Carrier Runs Aground Off Canada [IMAGES]

Shortly after 10 p.m. on Monday, July 14th, the Prince Rupert Port Authority reports the 228-meter, 81,887 ton dwt bulk carrier Amakusa Island had run aground

July 16, 2014
Total Views: 77

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News

LR Chosen to Class Canada’s New LNG-Powered Ferries

Following an RFP last December, BC Ferries awarded Gdansk-based shipyard Remontowa Shipbuilding a $165 million contract earlier this month to build three

July 16, 2014
Total Views: 54

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Grounding Incidents

200-Foot Casino Boat High and Dry After Wrong Turn on Maiden Voyage

Latest: USCG Rescues 118 From Stranded Casino Ship – Photos Update: All passengers have been transferred off the vessel according the U.S. Coast Guard

July 16, 2014
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Finance

Amid Oceanographia Fraud Scandal, Grupo Pegaso Partners with POSH in Mexico

PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd (POSH), Asia’s largest operator of offshore supply vessels announced today that Mexican conglomerate Grupo Pegaso

July 16, 2014
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
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News

Windsor Petroleum Files for Ch. 11 Protection

Windsor Petroleum Transport Corp (WPT), a Bermuda-based company that falls underneath International Tankers Corp and is 82.5 percent owned by Frontline Tankers

July 15, 2014
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Monday, July 14, 2014
ClassNK Acquires Helm Operations
Engineering News

ClassNK Acquires Helm Operations

“When I was in eighth grade, I read a book on programming computers using BASIC, but I still hadn’t even seen a computer by the time I had finished

July 14, 2014
Total Views: 55

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Defense

U.S. Marine Corps Designs Crazy-Ass Amphibious Tank

When U.S. Marine Corps steps outside of the box, things tend to get interesting, and indeed they have. During RIMPAC 2014, a biannual joint military exercise

July 14, 2014
Total Views: 304

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Engineering News

ExxonMobil’s Antwerp Refinery Is Producing a Whole New Type of Bunker Fuel

“It used to be refinery feedstock, but now it’s being used as a finished product,” commented Iain White, Field Marketing Manager for

July 14, 2014
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Incidents

With Insufficient Horsepower, the Northwest Passage Proves Unpassable

For the solo-sailor aboard the 36-foot steel-hulled sailing yacht Altan Girl, the Northwest Passage and the rumors of ice-free summers appears to have been

July 14, 2014
Total Views: 77

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News

LPG Tanker Attacked Off Trinidad, Captain Shot and Beaten Unconscious

Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Transport reports in an emailed statement the LPG tanker Virgo Gas was attacked on 10 July  29 June in the vicinity

July 14, 2014
Total Views: 90

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News

COSCO Continues Scrapping Program

COSCO announced today that since the end of May, eight of the company’s ships have been scrapped as part of a fleet restructuring plan announced last

July 14, 2014
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Friday, July 11, 2014
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Offshore

Hat Trick for Transocean Arctic Offshore Norway, More Drilling Planned

Transocean Arctic, a harsh environment semi-submersible on contract to VNG Norge AS via Rig Management Norway has discovered more oil while drilling on the

July 11, 2014
Total Views: 61

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News

Ship Looted, Crew Taken Hostage in Somalia

After experiencing technical difficulties 120 nautical miles north-east of Mogadishu near the village of Meyraley, a Kenyan-flagged merchant vessel became

July 11, 2014
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News

China COSCO Places 10-Ship Bulk Carrier Order

China Shipbuilding Trading and Chengxi Shipyard received an order today from Prosperity Investment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China COSCO for eight new

July 11, 2014
Total Views: 71

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Incidents

CSAV Boxship Loses Containers in Typhoon [IMAGES]

The following images were sent to us from an anonymous source showing containers allegedly hanging off the side of the containership CSAV Traiguen as a result

July 11, 2014
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
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Finance

EIB to Support Fjord Line Fleet Expansion

Norwegian ferry operator Fjord Line announced this week the receipt of a EUR 124 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the growth

July 10, 2014
Total Views: 162

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News

Maersk Flips Four More to Euronav While Exiting Crude Sector

Frustrated with unprofitability, Maersk Tankers announced today they are buying their six remaining bareboat chartered crude tankers and immediately

July 10, 2014
Total Views: 57

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News

Transocean Spitsbergen Gets Go Ahead to Spud-In North of Norway

The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority has granted the Statoil-contracted semi-submersible Transocean Spitsbergen the approval to begin drilling at

July 10, 2014
Total Views: 132

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News

EMAS Marine and EOC Limited Combine Forces

Ezra Holdings Limited today, announced plans to consolidate its Offshore Support Services division – EMAS Marine, into its associated company, EOC

July 10, 2014
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