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New technology solutions set on improving ship efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions appear in the inbox of gCaptain editors every week but many of

Monthly Incidents by Region – MARCH 8–14 INDIAN OCEAN–EAST AFRICA DEM.REP.CONGO: Refrigerated Cargo Ship boarded on 124 March while anchored

Speaking at a counter-piracy event hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce earlier this week in Washington, D.C., Assistant Secretary of State for Political and

LONDON (Dow Jones)–BP PLC (BP) said Thursday it is conducting an internal investigation into allegations of bribery at its tanker chartering division,

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–Brazil’s offshore oil industry could tap $1.1 billion in funding for research and development in 2012 to meet the

As offshore drilling operations reaching into deeper water, further from shore, the duration of helicopter flights also increases along with the risk that the

Brazilian oil regulators will not allow U.S. oil major Chevron to resume offshore drilling because the company has not proved that the risk of accidents has

One of the frustrations of planning voyages to new ports is obtaining charts. To reduce costs and also to avoid having to correct old charts, shipping

Police from the Indian state of Kerala on Monday arrested Gordon Charles Pereira, captain of the Singapore-flagged bulk-carrier M/V Prabhu Daya that was

Do you have access to gCaptain both on land and at sea? If you answered no then space communications consulting firm Euroconsult has good news. On Friday,

Monthly Incidents by Region WEST AFRICA NIGERIA: Chemical tanker underway approached on 7 March while underway near position 04:12 N – 006:54 E,

Tanker operators are bracing themselves for headwinds from U.S. and European Union trade sanctions imposed on Iranian oil, adding to the many challenges the

Italian-based shipping company Giuseppe Bottiglieri Shipping Company S.P.A., owner and operator of the M/V Bottiglieri Challenger, and Vito La Forgia, the

Fugro Geoteam, the marine seismic data acquisition arm Fugro, has been awarded contracts with four major international oil companies for 3D and 4D seismic

Nato officials have confirmed that the chemical tanker M/V Royal Grace has been hijacked by Somali pirates off the coast of Oman. Reports first surfaced Friday

The 48-year-old captain of a Greek-flagged refuelling tanker has died after his ship sank off the west coast of Athens on Monday, according to a Reuters report

The Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) says it has completed its Gulf of Mexico expansion program, known as Deep Blue, and is now fully prepared to

BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) has agreed to a no-cap settlement with thousands of individuals and businesses affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster, but the oil giant

Monthly Piracy Incidents by Region – FEB 23-29 West Africa NIGERIA: Refrigerated cargo ship boarded on 28 February while anchored at position 04:12 N

The search is on for an unidentified merchant ship that collided with an Indian fishing trawler off the coast of Kerala, India, leaving 2 fisherman dead and 3