Rob Almeida

Today @RoyalCaribbean confirms 3rd Quantum-class ship to be built at Meyer Werft Shipyard. — Royal Caribbean Public Relations (@RoyalCaribPR) May 30,

Athens-based containership owner/charterer, Costamare Inc. (NYSE:CMRE) announced today a new joint venture with investment advisor firm, York Capital

Vancouver-based Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK), has turned over the keys to the Cidade de Itajai FPSO in a $204 million deal struck today with their daughter

EMAS AMC, the subsea services division of EMAS, announced today that its pipelay vessel, the Lewek Centurion has been contracted by Cecon in the North Sea

Farstad has just accepted delivery of the platform supply vessel Far Starling (STX PSV08 CD), recently built at Vard Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam. A long-term

Jurong Shipyard announced they have received a USD $596 million contract from Noble Corporation to build an ultra-high specification jack-up rig with option

Singapore-based LPG shipper, Epic Pantheon International Gas Shipping Ltd. has contracted Sasaki Shipyard to build two 5,000cbm fully-pressurised LPG carriers.

The “keel laying”of Dana Petroleum’s new $400 million floating, storage, production and offloading vessel (FPSO) has commenced today, but

Damage on the Royal Caribbean ship Grandeur of the Seas is pictured as the ship is docked in Freeport, Bahamas on Sunday, 27 May 2013. A fire broke out

Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE:SFL) announced late last week their plans to build four 8,700 TEU container vessels at a major shipyard in Korea.

Swiss power and automation group ABB has announced a $12 million order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for a newly designed deepwater pipe

Golden Ocean Group Ltd has announced an agreement to buy two ice class Panamax vessel resales built at Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engineering Company.

“We do believe that both product and crude markets have turned the corner,” noted Nikolas P. Tsakos, President & Chief Executive Officer of

Sevan Marine ASA signed an agreement today to sell the semi-completed Sevan hulls number 4 and 5 to Singapore-based Logitel Offshore, a newly formed company

Oslo-based ship investment company, SinOceanic Shipping ASA, has entered into a contract with Jinhai Heavy Industries to build ten, 8,800 TEU state-of-the art

Ocean Rig CEO George Economou commented in his Q1 2013 earnings report yesterday that the “outlook for the UDW (Ultra-Deepwater) drilling industry is

“Virginia is well positioned to be a national leader in offshore energy exploration,” noted Virginia Senator Tim Kaine in a press statement

COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard announced the delivery of a pair of bulk carriers, the 82k DWT DL Acacia for South Korea’s Daelim Shipping and the 57k

Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (NYSE:TOO) announced an agreement with Statoil to provide a floating storage and offtake (FSO) unit for the Gina Krog oil and

Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) and Total announced a landmark partnership agreement with Total E&P Congo today representing QPI’s first