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.


Thursday, May 9, 2013
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News

Aker Arctic’s ARC100HD – A Powerful, and Unusual Icebreaker

At first glance, very little about this new icebreaker looks right.  The port side shares almost nothing in common with the starboard side and even the bridge

May 9, 2013
Total Views: 382

Monday, May 6, 2013
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News

“The Sky is the Limit” for Harvey Gulf, 14 Vessels to Be Added to Fleet

Harvy Gulf International Marine has signed fleet expansion deals totaling $540 million.

May 6, 2013
Total Views: 109

Friday, May 3, 2013
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EMAS AMC Awarded $75 Million Subsea EPC Contract at Smørbukk South Extension

Offshore contractor EMAS AMC announced this week that it has been awarded a USD $75 million contract from Statoil to provide subsea engineering, procurement

May 3, 2013
Total Views: 43

Thursday, May 2, 2013
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News

SEACOR Orders Pair of VLGCs from Hyundai Heavy

After a $10.9 million loss in the first quarter this year, SEACOR Holdings’ (NYSE:CKH) Executive Chairman of the Board, Charles Fabrikant was justifiably

May 2, 2013
Total Views: 37

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News

1 Year-Old VLCC Bought for $74 Million, Heads Back to Yard for Conversion

In 2010, Teekay and their JV partner paid just under $100 million to order a newbuild VLCC, but since then quite a bit has changed in the crude tanker

May 2, 2013
Total Views: 280

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News

GDF Suez Charters China’s First Floating Storage and Regas Unit

In October 2011, GDF SUEZ and CNOOC signed a cooperation agreement to work on a China-based LNG Floating Storage Regasification Unit project.  The basis of

May 2, 2013
Total Views: 82

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Finance

April Showers Bring More Tankers for Navios

“I am pleased with our results,” commented Angeliki Frangou, Chairman and CEO of Navios Acquisition on her company’s first quarter

May 2, 2013
Total Views: 88

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News

Saudi Arabian Shipper Expands Fleet with Latest Delivery from Hyundai Mipo

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) announced yesterday that it has accepted delivery of the Bahri Hofuf, a 26,000 DWT general cargo ship

May 2, 2013
Total Views: 61

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
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News

US Gas Exports Mean More LNG Carriers for Nakilat [INTERVIEW]

In 2004, Qatar was expanding their production trains of liquefied natural gas and founded Nakilat, the critical transportation link in Qatar’s global LNG

May 1, 2013
Total Views: 141

Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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US Energy Independence is Naive and Overly Simplistic Says Saudi Oil Minister

At the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) this morning, His Excellency Ali I. Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for the

April 30, 2013
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Monday, April 29, 2013
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News

Mozambique Could Drive the Need for 35 More LNG Carriers

Japanese companies sent a huge contingent to LNG 17 the other week, which makes sense considering they are, and will likely remain the world’s biggest

April 29, 2013
Total Views: 91

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Interesting

USMMA Superintendent Dodges gCaptain’s Questions, Alumni Engage Congress

For anyone who witnessed last week’s ridiculous public back-and-forth between the US Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and the

April 29, 2013
Total Views: 126

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News

CSCL to Build Five 18,000 TEU Containerships

In a stock exchange announcement over the weekend, China Shipping Container Lines has expressed their intentions to build five, 18,000 TEU containerships. The

April 29, 2013
Total Views: 84

Sunday, April 28, 2013
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News

Sinopec, China Shipping, MOL Joint Venture Orders $1.5 Billion in New LNG Carriers

In a stock exchange filing today, 6 Hong Kong-based investment holding companies jointly owned by Sinopec Kantons, China Shipping Development, and Mitsui

April 28, 2013
Total Views: 94

Friday, April 26, 2013
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Blog

Giant Head Found in the Hudson River

And in other news on this Friday evening, a giant head was found floating in the Hudson

April 26, 2013
Total Views: 31

Thursday, April 25, 2013
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Interview with Kathleen Eisbrenner, CEO of Next Decade and Founder of Excelerate Energy

In the business of liquefied natural gas (LNG), there are few people on this planet who are moving bigger pieces of the puzzle around than LNG-entrepreneur

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 216

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News

German Containership Hansa Marburg Attacked Off Equatorial Guinea

The 23,416 dwt container ship “HANSA MARBURG” was attacked by criminal gangs about 130 nautical miles southwest of the Port of

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 132

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Engineering News

Sembcorp Marine Secures £7 Million Contract at Nexen’s Golden Eagle Project

Sembmarine SLP Limited (SLP), a subsidiary of Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine announced that it has secured a contract worth approximately £7 million to

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 42

Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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News

Sungdong Shipyard Delivers LR1 Product Tanker to Navios

Piraeus-based tanker owner, Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: NNA) announced the delivery today of the Nave Atropos, a 74,695 dwt LR1 product

April 24, 2013
Total Views: 99

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Finance

Restructuring Complete, Company Stable…Torm CFO Resigns

In early 2012, Torm was carrying $1.9 billion of debt while lacking means to repay this debt.  A Chapter 11 filing and the painful process of restructuring

April 24, 2013
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