gCaptain – Maritime and Offshore News

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

You'd have to be hiding under a rock to not know that internet has exploded with reports that a Russian ghost ship infested with cannibal rats is heading

"Traders can make about $5 million profit on each U.S. propane cargo shipped overseas" - Philipps

Vigor Fab, the fabrication and newbuild arm of Vigor Industrial, has been awarded a contract by Tidewater Barge Lines of Vancouver, Washington, to construct

China Oilfield Services Ltd. announced today plans to invest upwards of USD $1.3 billion into the building of 26 new vessels for their offshore fleet. This

Britain has launched its 28th tender for oil and gas licenses, opening up new offshore areas to drilling for fossil fuels that generate important tax revenue

Update: 24 January – We’ve received rumors of a second pirated tanker offshore Angola however, those rumors are unsubstantiated.  We spoke with

High-tech cranes, bigger ships, cleaner skies and more jobs were among the key topics discussed today by Al Moro, Acting Executive Director of the City of

Cia. Sud Americana de Vapores SA fell the most in more than two years after the Chilean shipping company reached an agreement to combine operations with

Need to spend most of your day working in windy and miserably wet weather? The Helly Hansen Highliner jacket may not feel like a Brooks Brothers suit when you

The London P&I Club says the lifting of an iron ore ban in India, together with the recent total loss of two ships, has put the spotlight once again

Italian oil service company Saipem has bid for the job of scrapping the hulk of the Costa Concordia cruise liner, which capsized off the Tuscany coast more

The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday released some new photos along with an update on the 500-foot MV Rich Forest abandoned and taking on water in the Pacific

Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) — China Petrochemical Corp., Asia’s biggest refiner, made a “strategic breakthrough” in shale gas exploration in southwest

2014 looks to be a year of physical growth for crude tanker owner DHT Holdings. At the end of last year, DHT placed an order at Hyundai Heavy Industries

A joint venture between Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation and the Finnish branch of shipbuilding group STX Arctech Helsinki Shipyard  has won a

Qatar Shipping, a wholly owned subsidiary of Milaha announced today the securing of a 12 year, US $425 million fixed-term ship financing facility with a

Israeli shipping company Zim has reached an agreement in principle with most of its creditors covering $1.82 billion in debt, in a deal that will see parent

Gulf Coast Shipyard Group has launched the first of six dual-fuel offshore supply vessels for Harvey Gulf International Marine at their facility in Gulfport,

Noble Corporation’s (NYSE: NE) 4th quarter and 2013 earnings release today revealed the offshore drilling contractor earned $783 million,

Cia. Sud Americana de Vapores SA, controlled by Chile’s billionaire Luksic family, signed an agreement with Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd AG to combine operations

European utilities paying more to burn coal this winter is a sign of progress in Colombia, according to Alejandro Arias, whose environmental activism is