Rob Almeida

Singapore-based offshore contractor EMAS AMC, a subsidiary of Ezra Holdings, has been awarded major new contracts around the world resulting in an increased

Maersk Drilling has announced that its jack-up rig the Maersk Convincer has had its contract extended by Petronas for an additional one year period at an

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK) entered into a newbuilding agreement today with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding to build a pair of 180,000 DWT

In a stock exchange filing this afternoon, Hercules Offshore announced their offer to acquire all the remaining shares of jack-up drilling firm Discovery

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) reached a significant milestone today by registering over 200 million gross tons, corresponding to approximately 12,000

The MOL Comfort saga has come to an end. According to an emailed report by the Indian Coast Guard, the burned out wreck parted her tow line and disappeared

COSCO Zhoushan Shipyard Co. has announced today a contract to build four 111,000 dwt tankers for an undisclosed a European ship owner as well as a contract to

It’s official folks, if you had cargo on the MOL Comfort, it’s either sitting underneath 4,000 meters of seawater, or it’s been burned to a

Images just sent to us via an anonymous gCaptain contributor showing damage to the RHL Fidelitas containership after she allegedly collided with a bulk

UPDATE (10 JUL): MOL Comfort Fore Section has Sunk The Indian Coast Guard has departed the scene today of the burned-out derelict of the once elegant

Update: A statement from Talos Energy late Tuesday said that during operations yesterday to permanently plug and abandon their non-producing Ship Shoal 225 B-2

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has announced that their wholly-owned, and recently acquired subsidiary, Dockwise, has been awarded USD $175 million

UPDATE (10 JUL): MOL Comfort Fore Section has Sunk In a chat with the Indian Coast Guard this morning, they note that the the fire on board the fore section

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) reports today that the a fire has broken out on the rear end of the fore part of the vessel at around 0030UTC (0930 JST) on July

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: NNA) has announced the Nave Equinox, a 2007-built, 50,922 dwt MR2 Ice Class 1A product tanker was delivered

While in Houston earlier this year, I caught up with Leon Adegeest, a Dutch entrepreneur who, along with his team, developed a particularly useful software

While attempting to leave port on Saturday, the bulk carrier Cyprus Cement encountered some sort of propulsion issue and ends up tearing through a Norwegian

China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) announced today that their subsidiary, Shanhaiguan Shipbuilding received an order for 2 new jack-up rigs with an

Japanese classification society ClassNK issued a statement today on the ongoing investigation into what might have gone wrong with the ill-fated containership,

China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has announced the launch of China’s first dual fuel harbor tug, the CNOOC 521,  from their Huangpu Shipyard.