Rob Almeida

The Rowan XL III is busy at work today drilling the relief well at South Timbalier 220 and we are hearing through our network that the relief well being

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced they have levied fines against three maritime shipping firms for failing to switch from heavy fuel oil to

Maersk Drilling created this video last year as a recruitment and marketing tool. Normally we’re not super interested in posting promo videos, but I have

The world’s first Modular Capture Vessel (MCV) was delivered today from Drydocks World to Singapore-based AET. Named Eagle Texas, the vessel was

Diana Containerships Inc. (Nasdaq:DCIX) has signed two Memoranda of Agreement to purchase from an unaffiliated third party two Post-Panamax container vessels,

Ulstein announced today that the Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipments Co., Ltd. (aka ROC yard) located in Jiangsu Province, China, has been

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: NNA) announced today they have acquired the 2003-built VLCC Nave Celeste for purchase price of $35.4 million.

Amateur photographer Penny Foyn from South Africa sent us this image yesterday of the grounded bulk carrier Kiani Satu taken with her Olympus OM-D E-M5.

China Ocean Shipbuilding Industry Group Ltd warned shareholders and prospective investors today: Based on the preliminary review of the unaudited management

According to Turkish media, two workers from the Izmir Ship Recycling Co. in Turkey were killed, and nine others injured while working to dismantle the MS

An anonymous gCaptain contributor sent us images of the heavy lift semi-submersible Saipem 7000 lifting the 11,500 ton accommodation block atop the

A 50/50 joint venture between DOF Subsea and Technip has just won a USD $3.4 billion contract from Petrobras for the construction and operation of four new

Oil leaking from the bulk carrier Kiani Satu, which ran aground in heavy weather on Thursday has forced South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs, in

Five more lawsuits have been filed this week against Signal International LLC, accusing the shipbuilder and its network of recruiters and labor brokers of

SeaBird Exploration’s 2D Long Offset Seismic Vessel, Northern Explorer has just been awarded a 150 day, USD $10.5 million contract in the Mediterranean

In an exchange filing today, China COSCO announced their plans to scrap 13 ships, consisting of 4 container vessels totaling 11,207 TEU and 9 bulk carriers of

Chief Engineer Ioannis Prokakis and 2nd Engineer Antonios Boumpoutelos, both Greek citizens, along with their employer, Diana Shipping Services S.A., were

IHC Merwede announced today over €1 billion in new orders have just been received for the design, engineering and construction of six, 550-ton pipelay

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard (APSI) and Crowley Corporation have announced today a partnership to build four Jones Act-compliant, 50,000 dwt, 330,000-barrel

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. announced today that their Type-0 heavy lift vessel, the Dockwise Vanguard has just finished a contract supporting the repair