Rob Almeida

Rob Almeida is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a B.S. in Naval Architecture. He served 6.5 years as a Surface Warfare Officer, earning his qualification aboard USS Paul F. Foster (DD 964) during a Persian Gulf deployment in 2001 and later serving as Training Officer on USS Antietam (CG 54). After leaving the Navy, he entered Transocean's Accelerated Operations Management Program, working as roustabout, floorhand, dynamic positioning operator, derrickhand, and assistant driller on sixth-generation deepwater drillships. He served as gCaptain's Partner and Chief Marketing Officer from 2010 to 2015.


Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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News

Farstad Wins New Contracts Offshore Brasil

Farstad announced the winning of three new contracts today worth a total of NOK 150 million for operations offshore Brazil. The contracts consist of: Shell

September 17, 2013
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Monday, September 16, 2013
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News

SPOTD: Perini Navi Launches the Grace E Superyacht

Perini Navi’s latest beauty, the 73 meter Azipod-powered Grace E was launched today from their Picchiotti shipyard in La Spezia.  She shares the same

September 16, 2013
Total Views: 107

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Defense

12 Dead Inside Washington Navy Yard

UPDATE: 14:30 EST – D.C. Metro Police Chief Cathy Lanier has confirmed 12 fatalities, the U.S. Navy reports. D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier addressed a

September 16, 2013
Total Views: 37

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Engineering News

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard to Build Liquefied Ethylene Gas Carriers

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard announced today the winning of a KRW 198 million order to build 5 Liquefied Ethylene Gas carriers from an undisclosed European shipowner.

September 16, 2013
Total Views: 46

Thursday, September 12, 2013
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Capital Product Partners Makes $195 Million Containership Acquisition

Capital Product Partners L.P. (NASDAQ: CPLP) announced today the acquisition of three newly-built 5,023 TEU containerships from Capital Maritime & Trading

September 12, 2013
Total Views: 41

CIMC and MSC Sign Finance Lease Deal for Pair of New Containerships

CIMC and MSC Sign Finance Lease Deal for Pair of New Containerships

China International Marine Containers Group (CIMC) announced today a new build order for two 8,800 TEU container vessels with associated 204 month charter

September 12, 2013
Total Views: 98

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News

Stena Bulk and Hyundai Glovis to Collaborate in Arctic Shipping

Stena Bulk and South Korean Hyundai Glovis, the Hyundai group’s shipping arm, have announced a plan to work together on a long term shipping strategy

September 12, 2013
Total Views: 146

Wednesday, September 11, 2013
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News

Pacific Radiance Group Orders Pair of Ulstein X-Bows

Ulstein announced today that Singapore-based OSV operator, Pacific Radiance Group, has ordered the building of two platform supply vessels of their PX121

September 11, 2013
Total Views: 239

Sunday, September 8, 2013
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Incidents

MV Gold Star Becomes Epic Cannabis Campfire Off Malta

The Tanzanian-registered cargo ship MV Gold Star, loaded with an estimated 30 tons of cannabis, caught fire on Friday 6 September while in international waters

September 8, 2013
Total Views: 277

Friday, September 6, 2013
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Engineering News

Caterpillar Finalizes Acquisition of Berg Propulsion

Caterpillar Marine has announced the acquisition of Johan Walter Berg AB has successfully closed. The merger deal between CAT and Berg was announced on July

September 6, 2013
Total Views: 200

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News

GasLog to Acquire LNG Carrier from STX Pan Ocean, More to Follow Says CEO

GasLog (NYSE: GLOG) announced further expansion of their shipping fleet today in the form of an additional LNG carrier from Singapore-based STX Pan Ocean.

September 6, 2013
Total Views: 94

Wednesday, September 4, 2013
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News

DNV-GL Merger: Deal Closure Could Happen This Month

Oslo-based classification society DNV reports they are very close to completing their merger with Hamburg-based Germanischer Lloyd (GL), a deal announced in

September 4, 2013
Total Views: 47

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News

Ridgebury Tankers to Acquire 4 MRs from Yasa Shipping

In a conversation with Ridgebury Tankers CEO Robert Burke this afternoon, he confirmed that his company has agreed to acquire four MR tankers from Yasa

September 4, 2013
Total Views: 110

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News

Maersk Kampala Fire is Out

Maersk Line reports this morning that the fire on board the Maersk Kampala has finally been put out by the onboard fire-fighting teams with support from

September 4, 2013
Total Views: 48

Tuesday, September 3, 2013
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News

Hyundai Mipo Shares Rise on $103 Million Containership Newbuild Order

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard announced today they have been awarded a 113,200,000,000 KRW (USD $103 million) newbuild order for new containerships from an undisclosed

September 3, 2013
Total Views: 30

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News

Golden Ocean Enters Into Bulk Carrier Joint Venture

Golden Ocean Group Limited announced today the acquisition of a 50 percent stake in a 2010 Korean-built 181,000 dwt Capesize bulk carrier and one 2010

September 3, 2013
Total Views: 53

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News

Skandi Bergen Sold

DOF Subsea Rederi AS, an entity in the DOF Subsea Group, announced today the sale of their 120 meter subsea construction and ROV vessel, Skandi Bergen, to an

September 3, 2013
Total Views: 185

Monday, September 2, 2013
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News

SPOTD: Hansa Heavy Lift Delivers 1,306 Metric Ton Reactor

In the above photo, the P2-Class vessel HHL Lagos lifts a 1306 metric ton reactor at Porto Marghera, Italy. This piece of cargo, along with three other

September 2, 2013
Total Views: 74

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News

Samsung Heavy Wins Major Newbuild Orders, Settles Dispute with FLEX LNG

In an exchange filing today, Samsung Heavy Industries announced the winning of contracts to build a new drillship and two LNG carriers for a total

September 2, 2013
Total Views: 72

Sunday, September 1, 2013
maersk kampala fire
Incidents

Maersk Kampala Crew Continues to Battle Blaze, Six Containers Still on Fire

It’s been three days since a fire broke out on board the containership Maersk Kampala just south of the Suez Canal and the crew on board has yet to

September 1, 2013
Total Views: 60