gCaptain – Maritime and Offshore News

Ben Moll sends us the following image he took while conducting cargo operations between BHP Billiton’s tensioned-leg platform (TLP) Shenzi and the

April 28 (Bloomberg) — Iron ore futures in China, the biggest buyer of the steel-making commodity, fell the most in more than a month after a report that

By Karolin Schaps LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) – British energy company BG Group said it would review its assets after Chief Executive Chris Finlayson quit

What is the real purpose of a job interview anyway? In my view it is to make a personal connection with the potential boss that will result in continuing

A fire aboard the Volcan de Taburiente, a RoPax ferry owned by Spanish operator, Naviera Armas forced the vessel to return to port on Friday according. The

By Narae Kim SEOUL, April 27 (Reuters) – South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation on Sunday over the government response to

Breaking news: The powerful pumps on board the New York City Fire Department’s Robert Allan Ltd-designed fire boat, Fire Fighter II are coming in handy

By Kyungji Cho April 27 (Bloomberg) — All 15 crew members involved in navigating a South Korean ferry that sank are in custody, the Associated Press

By Colin McClelland and Manuel Soque April 25 (Bloomberg) — Angola’s main port installed new cranes and provided more training to reduce its cargo

A former executive of Parker ITR Srl pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to rig bids for marine hose and was sentenced to two years in prison, the U.S.

In 1936, Cunard White Star Line Limited’s chairman Sir Percy Bates was granted an audience with King George V to inquire about a sensitive matter, to get the

DUBAI, April 24 (Reuters) – Dubai-owned port operator DP World is in talks with lenders to triple the size of an existing $1 billion loan, as well as

The UK government announced plans today for the building of a new £200 million polar research vessel for the NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) and

Songa Offshore announced today they have sold the semisubmersible drilling rigs Songa Mercur and Songa Venus to Singapore-based Opus Offshore Group.  The

By George Obulutsa NAIROBI, April 25 (Reuters) – An Australian warship patrolling the Indian Ocean has seized more than a tonne of heroin worth A$289

For a sign of success for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic stimulus policies look no further than Japan’s once-stricken shipbuilding

By Michael Hirtzer April 24 (Reuters) – U.S. exporters last week shipped the most corn in at least 24 years, government data showed on Thursday, despite

CCTV America spoke with gCaptain’s Rob Almeida on the sinking of the South Korean ferry, Sewol. In his interview he shares his thoughts on the fateful

Knightsbridge Tankers and Frontline 2012 announced today the two companies had reached an agreement to combine Frontline 2012’s remaining fleet 25

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, the world's second-largest cruise operator, said its quarterly profit fell by two-thirds as costs rose and passengers spent less

Worldwide piracy incidents have fallen to their lowest level in seven years, but don’t go raising any victory flags just

Following up on an announcement last August, China COSCO has been busy this year selling their ships for scrap as part of their company’s restructuring

Captain Serge Prakhov from the Terasea Eagle, a 2013-built, 203 ton bollard pull tugboat operating in the Java Sea, sends us the following image today: His

Scafi, the Italian shipping group has ordered their 15th Damen tug today as part of their continual fleet renewal program. Damen notes that although this is

By Tara Patel April 24 (Bloomberg) — Technip SA, Europe’s largest oilfield-services provider by market value, rose to the highest level in almost six