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.


Friday, August 30, 2013
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News

EXMAR to Deliver Canadian Floating Gas Liquefaction and Storage Unit

EXMAR announced today the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) to provide a Floating Liquefaction & Storage Unit (FLSU) to serve the BC LNG Project in

August 30, 2013
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LeTourneau Technologies Super 116E jackup drilling rig lamprell
Engineering News

Lamprell Shares Soar on Latest Super 116E-Class Jack-Up Order

United Arab Emirates-based rig builder Lamprell (LSE:LAM) announced today that an undisclosed drilling contractor has exercised a newbuild option for an

August 30, 2013
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
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Engineering News

First Look: Port of Long Beach’s Powerful New Fireboat

Currently taking shape at Foss Maritime’s shipyard in Seattle are the Port of Long Beach’s new Robert Allan-designed fireboats. Once delivered in

August 29, 2013
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HYDROPTÈRE ROCKET
Engineering News

Stupidly Fast

Alain Thébault, founder of the l’Hydroptère project which currently owns the world speed sailing record after recording an average speed of 50.17

August 29, 2013
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News

Maersk Kampala Containership on Fire Near the Suez [UPDATE]

Update: 30 August Maersk Lines’s containership, Maersk Kampala is still on fire this morning according to a statement on Maersk Line’s website. The

August 29, 2013
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DSME
News

Daewoo Shipbuilding Wins $421.5 Million Order for New Containerships

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) announced today they have won an order for three containerships rumored to be 18,000

August 29, 2013
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Defense

LCS 4 Completes U.S. Navy Acceptance Trials

Austal Shipbuilding announced today that their second Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, the Coronado (LCS 4) successfully completed Acceptance Trials

August 29, 2013
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News

DOF Subsea Awarded Installation Contract Offshore New Zealand

DOF Subsea has announced today the award of a NOK 150 million subsea installation contract offshore New Zealand from Austrian energy firm OMV. Located 50

August 29, 2013
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
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News

Filipino Sailor Killed on Board J.J. Ugland Bulk Carrier, MV Favorita

This past Saturday a Filipino sailor on board the J.J. Ugland-owned bulk carrier MV Favorita was killed while cleaning one of the vessels cargo holds.

August 28, 2013
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subtech mv smart salvage
Marine Salvage

SPOTD: Subtech Continues Fuel Removal from MV Smart [8 Photos]

Durban-based salvage company Subtech released the following photos of the salvage operation they are currently conducting off Richards Bay, South Africa

August 28, 2013
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
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News

Thialf Installs World’s Highest-Voltage Offshore Converter Station

Thialf, the world’s largest crane vessel was recently put to work in the North Sea by Swiss power and automation group, ABB, to install the world’s

August 27, 2013
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mv smart jenney freese
Marine Salvage

Salvors Make Progress Pumping Heavy Fuel Oil from MV Smart

eNCA News posted an update today on the ongoing salvage of the MV Smart and the potential environmental impact of the cargo of coal that is open to the

August 27, 2013
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News

Swire Pacific Sees 71 Percent Jump in Profits

Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) reported very positive results in their mid-year financial report today. The Hong Kong-listed offshore supply vessel operator

August 27, 2013
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Monday, August 26, 2013
suez canal
News

If Egyptian Unrest Closes the Suez

Over 17,000 ships carried 928 million tons of cargo and almost 38 million TEUs through the Suez Canal in 2012.  This man-made waterway is a critical artery in

August 26, 2013
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Salvors Begin Pumping Heavy Fuel Oil from MV Smart
Marine Salvage

Salvors Begin Pumping Heavy Fuel Oil from MV Smart

Salvors working just outside the channel at Richards Bay, South Africa have finally begun the process of pumping 1700 tons of heavy fuel from the wreck of the

August 26, 2013
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Friday, August 23, 2013
M/V Smart Salvage Delayed as Heavy Duty Pumps Are Brought In
Marine Salvage

M/V Smart Salvage Delayed as Heavy Duty Pumps Are Brought In

eNCA News reports from South Africa on the on-going salvage effort involving the MV Smart, a capesize bulk carrier filled with coal which broke apart outside

August 23, 2013
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technip deep blue
News

Technip Wins Ultra-Deepwater Installation Contract at Stones

On May 8th, Shell announced their plans to develop the Stones field located approximately 200 miles south of New Orleans in Walker Ridge.  This 100%-owned

August 23, 2013
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sevan drilling
News

Seadrill’s Bid for Sevan Marine Falls Short

After spending NOK 461 million for a 50.1 percent majority stake in deepwater drilling contractor Sevan Drilling, Seadrill was required by the Norwegian

August 23, 2013
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MV Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller
Multimedia

MV Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Arrives in the Port of Gdansk, Aerial View

A close-up of the bow of the ship shows a particular feature of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller’s design. The naval architects extended the beam of the

August 23, 2013
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
lpg carrier
News

Frontline 2012 to Join Avance Gas Holding in LPG Shipping Consolidation

Frontline 2012 signed a heads of agreement (HOA) today with Stolt-Nielsen Limited (Oslo Børs: SNI) whereby Frontline 2012 will become a shareholder in

August 22, 2013
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