Rob Almeida

The deadly mudslide that destroyed a residential area northeast of Seattle on March 22, 2014 killed 34 people, including maritime industry veteran Steve

Crowley Maritime Corp has is expanding their operations into the international ship management sector today following an announcement that it has acquired

The sheer expanse of the world’s oceans is beyond the realm of comprehension for most.  Only those have crossed oceans from a sea-level perspective, or

950 miles northwest of Perth, Australia, the U.S. Navy’s towed pinger locator (TPL) may have found the tell-tale pings of the black box from MH370.

I met up with the folks at Rolls-Royce the other week at their service center in Galveston, Texas for a quick update on their operations. With more and more

Surrounded by rolling cornfields, Sidney, Illinois is a sleepy midwestern town with a population hovering just above 1,000. Captain Wren Thomas III grew up on

Simon Møkster Shipping placed an order today with Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondan for a new Rolls-Royce designed UT 776 W wave piercing offshore supply

Update, via Marine Atlantic: “With ice-breaking assistance from the MV Atlantic Vision currently en route to Port aux Basques, the MV Blue Puttees is

MV Baltika, a 7.5 MW icebreaker built to Russian Register of Shipping Class by OAO Shipyard Yantar and Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, has just completed sea

AdvanFort, the US-based maritime security firm owned by Palestinian businessman Samir Farajallah and run by his son Ahmed, withdrew today from the Security

Euroseas, the Athens-based owner/operator of dry bulk and container vessels placed a newbuild order today for two 82,000 dwt Kamsarmax bulk carriers

Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, announced today the signing of a 20-year sale and purchase agreement with Spanish utility

Seadrill announced today they have signed USD $319 million in contracts for five of their jack-up rigs. The following is a breakdown of the contract details:

Following the signing of an MOU last month, the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group is formally looking to expand discussions with China Shipping (Group) on the

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER AND COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE

The following video shows the specific course changes leading to the collision this morning between the Baltic Breeze car carrier and the fishing vessel Mar de

At approximately  0100 UTC this morning, the car carrier Baltic Breeze collided with the fishing vessel, “Mar de Marin” approximately 1.5

In the wake of Bumi Armada’s recent announcement surrounding a new FPSO for ENI, rival FPSO services provider BW Offshore announced today a similar

Drilling in deepwater is a fairly complicated for a number of reasons. 1) You’re floating in the ocean while maintaining exact position over the well

If everyone could predict the future, winning or losing a race would result in the same emotional response, risk would be non-existent and the correct path