Rob Almeida

NASDAQ-listed Star Bulk Carriers Corp (SBLK) is looking at a pretty dismal future.  Their quarterly numbers they released today weren’t too bad

Sembcorp Marine’s 7th Brazilian drillship newbuild order has just been secured at a contract value of US$806.4 million. Ordered by Sete

Wärtsilä announced today they have been contracted to supply an integrated engineering solution to an LNG-powered Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) newbuild

Scotland-based Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd announced today they have placed a £8.9 million order with Damen Shipyards for three more Damen Twin Axe

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) announced today that it has developed an independent liquefied natural gas storage tank model named the Lobe-Bundle Tank. This

The “Ob River” is an ice classed LNG carrier with four membrane-type tanks, with holding capacity of 147.5 thousand cubic meters or 66.4 thousand

Rolls-Royce and Italian ferry operator, Lauro Shipping, have teamed up to design an innovative new gas-powered class of ferry based on the award-winning

Founded in 1870 in Hoboken, New Jersey, the Stevens Institute of Technology has earned a worldwide reputation for academic excellence in the field of naval

The driver of a tractor trailer aboard the MV Alborán, a car ferry operating between Algeciras, Spain and Ceuta, Morocco, is definitely lucky to be alive,

Maersk made some comments recently that indicated they may be moving away from the shipping business, however Group CEO Nils Anderson makes it 100% clear in

Either that or these guys are just very well-dressed, and very tiny shipyard workers.

Maersk’s movement away from the shipping business continued ahead today with the sale of their entire Handygas tanker fleet to Navigator Gas.

International Shipholding Corporation (NYSE: ISH) announced last week that in light of current market conditions, it has decided not to proceed with its

The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) announced late last week that BP and Shell were the successful bidders for exploration licenses

Prosafe finalized a US$295.2 million contract today with Jurong Shipyard to build the second unit of a new generation harsh-environment accommodation

Sometimes things don’t happen according to plan, and when you’re operating a big ship in a narrow channel such as the Panama Canal, a ship’s

Songa Offshore officially announced the sale of the ultra deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig Songa Eclipse to Seadrill for a net price of USD $590

The newly reported engineer on board the Bounty, Chris Barksdale, discusses the Captain’s fateful announcement which took place before they left port in

In a spectacular example of lifting gear failure, this 132 ton EMD GT46C-ACe locomotive was dropped while being transferred from the ship to the pier. The

The Emma Maersk and her E-class of sister containerships have had their day in the sun, but there’s now an even bigger kid on the block named Marco Polo