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.
The U.S. Coast Guard reports that two tank barges allided with a Mississippi River railroad overpass on Sunday, spilling an unknown quantity of light crude oil
An Iranian security team proves once again that the best defense against pirate attack, is a well-armed security team in this undated video. 9 Somali pirates
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OKPO, KOREA – On 15 January at 1435 local time, a shipyard worker was killed and 3 others slightly injured by a massive piece of steel that fell off
TOKYO – The American Bureau of Shipping announced today they have been granted authorization by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Maurice Brand, Managing Director and Joint Chief Executive Director of Magnolia LNG announced today a $2.2 billion project
The US Navy reports this morning that all 79 crew members have been transferred from the stricken USS Guardian (MCM-5) while 7th Fleet salvors works to try and
Friday Update: Crew removed as salvors get to work. *Update: The above image was sent to us last night by a confidential source Original story: While at a
SINGAPORE – The new year has started off well for Sembawang Shipyard. In the first two weeks of January, the Singapore-based yard carried out
WASHINGTON, DC – After 4 challenging years managing the natural resources of the United States, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced his
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) announced today the signing of a newbuild contract with Vancouver-based Seaspan Corp. for five 14,000 TEU containerships,
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In a $1.3 billion speculative venture, Frigstad Deepwater Ltd placed an order last week with CIMC Raffles for two, 7th generation ultra deepwater Frigstad
BW Maritime and Samsung Heavy Industries signed a ship-building contract on Friday for BW’s first Liquefied Natural Gas Floating Storage Regasification
Deep water drilling firm Transocean (NYSE:RIG) reported this evening that billionaire investor Carl Icahn has notified them that he is seeking approval to
Today marks the 1-year anniversary of the Costa Concordia tragedy which claimed 32 lives off Giglio on 13 January 2012. The following are images depicting the
STX OSV announced on Friday that New Orleans-based offshore supply vessel operator Tidewater Inc. acquired contracts for three platform supply vessels which
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