Rob Almeida

Valiant Petroleum announced today that it had entered into a contract to secure a firm rig slot on the Stena Carron drillship to drill the Handcross prospect

Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has officially charged Greece-based Daina Shipping for the the “discharge of harmful substances from ships” in the

Yea right… Yuri van der Sluis interviews social media expert Scott Stratten at the B2B Marketing Forum in Amsterdam, on 20 March 2012. The interview was

The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) accepted delivery of an Anchor Handling, Towing & Supply (AHTS) vessel MV SCI Kundan on 3 April 2012.  

Total’s interview with William Andrew Cardno, the Offshore Installation Manager (OIM) of the Elgin Platform.  He describes the evacuation of the

Hamworthy Oil & Gas Systems has secured a contract to supply its innovative LNG regasification technology for the third Hoegh LNG Floating Storage and

The Royal Navy’s newest Type 45 destroyer, HMS Dauntless, departed on her maiden deployment to the south Atlantic where she and her crew will maintain a

Very few films really portray what it looks and feels like to work in the offshore industry, but Maersk clearly put some effort into this and did an amazing

This might be the most substantial infographic we’ve ever seen from the shipping industry, and it gives an interesting top-down look at what a global

Vale expects that their massive ore carriers, the Valemax VLOCs, will soon get permission to enter Chinese ports to offload their cargos. It should happen

STX OSV announced today that it had secured new contracts for the construction of two Multifunctional Deep Water Anchor Handling / Offshore Service vessels for

We reported on the Polarcus Amani’s delivery yesterday, however a video was just released by shipbuilder ULSTEIN that shows this remarkable new ship

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard is on a roll with a just-announced newbuild order for eight, 38,000 m³ LPG-carriers from Belgium-based shipping company EXMAR.  The

The latest high tech arctic seismic vessel, Polarcus Amani, was delivered today by Polarcus Limited (OAX: PLCS).  This ship is seventh 3D seismic vessel to

MILAN – Saipem announced today they had signed $700 million in new offshore engineering and construction contracts offshore Brazil and Saudi Arabia. In

Statoil has awarded Sevan Marine a study of the potential application of a Sevan FPSO for Statoil’s Skrugard / Havis development in the Norwegian Barents

UPDATE: We are saddened to report that the injured crewmember, the boat’s chief engineer, died in a Toronto hospital Wednesday morning.  The man, along

Remember in Star Trek 4 when they had to transport humpback whales through in time in an spaceship/aquarium by slingshotting around the sun? Well, nearly a

It’s been almost 6.5 years since I resigned my commission in the US Navy where I served 2 tours at sea on board west coast-based warships followed by an

Amid the hustle and bustle of this year’s Connecticut Maritime Association Conference in Stamford, Connecticut last week, I met with the very modest and