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Nakilat has announced the securing of a USD $669 million loan facility with QNB Group today which the Qatari LNG shipper says they will use to refinance

After a year “impacted by the continued uncertainty in the global economy,” Wärtsilä CEO Björn Rosengren has announced today the company will

Do not adjust your screen resolution, this interesting new ship is actually a compact accommodation vessel recently delivered to the Brazilian company

Salvage crews in South Africa have kicked off the third phase of salvage operations to remove what's left of the MV Smart shipwreck in Richards

The National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) is poised to carry crude oil to Asian buyers in its own vessels as sanctions ease following the implementation of

The U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that the M/V Cape Ray (T-AKR 9679) was deployed from Portsmouth, Virginia on Monday for its mission to the

ExxonMobil Corp.’s push to export U.S. oil overseas is facing a new obstacle: falling gasoline

Captain Marcos Papadopoulos, a 50-year maritime industry veteran and CEO of Greek shipping firm, Marine Managers Ltd. expressed nothing but absolute

COSCO Holdings announced today the placing of a newbuild order with Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, for five, 9,400 TEU containerships. The

Yara International ASA, one of the world’s largest specialty chemical and fertilizer companies, placed an order today with South Korean shipbuilder

While at the Surface Navy Association’s (SNA) 26th National Symposium in Washington, DC the other week, I met Don Roussinos, President of Rolls-Royce Naval

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? In this video, Christine Klimkowski, an instructor at the Pacific Maritime Institute in Seattle, breaks

On 13 November 2013, the 26k gross ton ferry Ostend Spirit (previously Pride of Calais) went out with a prolonged blast of the ship’s whistle as she

Rolls-Royce and Norwegian ship owner Island Offshore have announced today a rather unique new vessel design they’ve been quietly working on, the UT 777.

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — The reported hijacking of Greek oil tanker Kerala off the Angolan coast earlier this month was fabricated by the crew and the

In an emailed statement to gCaptain, Nigerian militant group, MEND claimed responsibility for an attack on a Joint Task Force (JTF) patrol boat on Saturday

Dynacom Tankers has announced today that communications with their missing tanker, MT Kerala has been re-established and all crew are safe and accounted for.

Emaar Economic City, a big Saudi real estate firm, has started operations at the country's first privately owned port and will more than triple investment in

Here's a rundown of current job listings featured on the gCaptain Job Board for the week ending January 24,

North Atlantic Drilling Ltd., a pure-play harsh environment offshore drilling specialist, has announced today the commencement of their initial public offering