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


Monday, May 26, 2014
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News

North Atlantic Drilling Receives Major Equity Investment from Rosneft

Seadrill has announced today a historic cooperation agreement that will result in a significant equity investment by Russian oil supermajor Rosneft into North

May 26, 2014
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Friday, May 23, 2014
Fredriksen Bets on Spot Market and Chinese Ore Demand
News

Fredriksen Bets on Spot Market and Chinese Ore Demand

A weak dry bulk spot market has provided John Fredriksen’s dry bulk shipping firm, Golden Ocean Group (GOGL) with a small, yet diminishing profit so far

May 23, 2014
Total Views: 18

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Engineering News

CAT to Outfit New Remolcadores Marracoi ASD Tug

Global tug and salvage operator Remolcadores Marracoi SL (REMARSL) chose a full Caterpillar Marine power and propulsion package for a new 55 ton bollard

May 23, 2014
Total Views: 170

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News

US Crude Exports – Four Important Considerations

1) US refiners are slowing down? Not exactly. In a Reuters report today, Valero was quoted in late April as saying, “it had reduced operations at two

May 23, 2014
Total Views: 35

Thursday, May 22, 2014
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Shipping News

US Coast Guard Recruits 11,400 TEU Containership for Emergency Tow Drill – PHOTOS

As bigger and bigger containerships are now calling on U.S. ports, the U.S. Coast Guard, along with the San Francisco Bar Pilots, local tug workgroup members

May 22, 2014
Total Views: 54

MSC Cruises Places 1.4 Billion Euro Order at Fincantieri
Engineering News

MSC Cruises Places 1.4 Billion Euro Order at Fincantieri

  MSC Cruises has placed a landmark order at Fincantieri today to build two new state-of-the-art cruise ships at a price of 700 million euro each, plus

May 22, 2014
Total Views: 57

Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Prince of Wales Aircraft Carrier
Defense

British Navy Secretly Building 2000 Foot-Long Aircraft Carrier

The following images leaked by the Royal Navy on their Facebook page show the bow section of the Prince of Wales aircraft carrier currently under construction.

May 21, 2014
Total Views: 297

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News

Hercules Wins Charter from Maersk, Orders New F&G Jack-Up

On the back of winning a new 5+2 year charter from Maersk Oil and Gas, Hercules Offshore has placed an order today with Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong

May 21, 2014
Total Views: 129

Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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Incidents

Man Crushed to Death on Board RoRo at Australian Port Facility

Anthony Attard, a member of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and employee of Toll Group, Australia’s largest transport company, was crushed to death

May 20, 2014
Total Views: 70

U.S. Coast Guard Resumes High Seas Search for Missing Sailors
Shipping News

U.S. Coast Guard Resumes High Seas Search for Missing Sailors

The U.S. Coast Guard has resumed its search for four sailors that disappeared in the North Atlantic Ocean last Friday after activating two of their emergency

May 20, 2014
Total Views: 20

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Incidents

Shipyard Personnel Freed with Fire Axe as $10M Motor Yacht Capsizes at Launch [IMAGES]

Update 2: Video Surfaces of Yacht Launch Fail Update: Time-lapse Shows Anacortes Yacht Salvage The 85-foot expedition style motor yacht Bäden took two and a

May 20, 2014
Total Views: 173

WATCH: Ship Runs Directly Into Steep Shoreline For No Apparent Reason
Incidents

WATCH: Ship Runs Directly Into Steep Shoreline For No Apparent Reason

Well, whatever they were trying to do here didn’t work, but it was a good effort. According to Norwegian press, the ship was carrying sand (which

May 20, 2014
Total Views: 99

Monday, May 19, 2014
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Multimedia

View from Above: Donjon’s Chesapeake 1000 Crane Barge

Meow Man brings us an evening fly-by of Donjon Marine’s Chesapeake 1000 crane barge. The 1972-built barge has a lifting capacity of 1,000 short tons at

May 19, 2014
Total Views: 383

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Defense

San Francisco’s Navigational Aids Go Digital

Prominent navigational aids on the approach to and within San Francisco Bay have now been inputted for the first time into the electronic aid to navigation

May 19, 2014
Total Views: 417

Kleven Launches Latest Eidesvik Construction Vessel
News

Kleven Launches Latest Eidesvik Construction Vessel

Kleven Shipyard’s build number 365, a SALT 301 OCV-design, was launched on 11 May 2014. The ship was designed by Salt Ship Design and mostly built in

May 19, 2014
Total Views: 29

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News

14 Years of New Charter Contracts for Havila’s PSVs

Havila Shipping ASA announced today 14 years worth of new charter contracts or extensions have been awarded to their offshore vessels. Maersk Oil awarded the

May 19, 2014
Total Views: 58

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News

Otto Marine Completes Acquisition of Go Marine Group

Singapore-based Otto Marine announced today they have purchased the remaining 10 percent block of shares of Perth-based offshore services provider, Go Marine

May 19, 2014
Total Views: 180

Sunday, May 18, 2014
Maersk Containership Finds Overturned Hull, Yet No Sign of Missing Sailors
Incidents

Maersk Containership Finds Overturned Hull, Yet No Sign of Missing Sailors

While on a transatlantic sailboat delivery from Antigua to the UK, the crew on board the Beneteau 40.7 Cheeki Rafiki activated two of their EPIRBS (satellite

May 18, 2014
Total Views: 73

World’s Last Wooden-Hulled Whaling Ship Gets Underway After 73 Year Hiatus
Multimedia

World’s Last Wooden-Hulled Whaling Ship Gets Underway After 73 Year Hiatus

The world’s last remaining wooden-hulled whaling ship, Charles W. Morgan got underway this weekend after spending the past 73 years up the Mystic River

May 18, 2014
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Friday, May 16, 2014
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Incidents

Saga Sapphire Cruise Ship Suffers Fire

Saga Cruises spokesperson Paul Green note in a phone call that their cruise ship Saga Sapphire is currently at anchor off western Scotland after an electrical

May 16, 2014
Total Views: 85