gCaptain – Maritime and Offshore News

Fred Olsen Energy subsidiary Dolphin Drilling announced today that their semi-submersible drilling rig, Borgland Dolphin, has been awarded a contract extension

(Bloomberg) — The number of gasoline cargoes booked on tankers for shipment to the U.S. will expand in the next two weeks, according to a Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) — Canada is pulling ahead of the U.S. in the contest to be the first exporter of liquefied natural gas from the North American shale bonanza

(Bloomberg) — Frontline Ltd., the oil-tanker operator led by shipping billionaire John Fredriksen, said it’s rejecting some cargoes after a rout in

WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Tuesday that a second U.S. guided-missile destroyer had taken position in the western Pacific on a

A U.S. warship conducting counter-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean with the NATO Task Force assisted in the rescue of 21 Turkish crewmembers of a

(Bloomberg) — Record U.S. exports of liquefied petroleum gas are spurring StealthGas Inc. to redeploy tankers as far as 13,500 miles to take advantage of

By Chen Aizhu BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) – A Chinese tanker loaded crude in Iran in March, according to shipping data and an industry official, the first

By Joyce Lee SEOUL, April 2 (Reuters) – South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co Ltd is seeking a corporate restructuring agreement from

(Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest U.S. oil company, plans to develop a floating liquefied natural gas project to develop the Scarborough field

BP presented their 2030 Energy Outlook at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently in Washington, DC.  “The Outlook describes

Golden Ocean Group announced today that it has concluded two newbuilding contracts for 60,000 dwt Supramax bulk carriers with Japan Marine United

A 16,909 DWT oil product tanker has struck the Sarah Mildfred Long bridge on the Piscataqua River, the river that forms the border between southern Maine and

In 2013, instant access to the billions of active users on the World Wide Web is just not good enough. That’s why, over the last couple of months, the

By Ari Rabinovitch ASHDOD, Israel, April 1 (Reuters) – Israel’s huge new offshore gas resource offers its enemies an obvious target and gives its

Heaps of new jobs posted on gCaptain over the past few days… get ’em while they’re hot folks… Ships Operations Officer – Chief

Check out this footage of a ro/ro passenger ferry Mediterranean mooring to a dock in heavy seas at the Greek island of Kimolos on March 25, 2013. Long video

By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelby Sanders SULU SEA, The Philippines (March 30, 2013) – U.S. Navy and contracted salvage personnel embarked

WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) – Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. on Friday won a $2.6 billion contract to refuel and overhaul the USS Abraham Lincoln,

By Adam Voiland, Science Writer at NASA Earth Observatory The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this view

By Yuji Okada and Chou Hui Hong March 29 (Bloomberg) — Japan, the biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas, plans to list the world’s first futures

HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) announced today their settlement with Marisco

Tugboat drivers have all the fun it seems. Video by Nick

SEOUL, March 29 (Reuters) – An initial round of bidding to acquire a controlling stake in South Korean bulk shipper STX Pan Ocean Co failed to attract

(Bloomberg) — Japanese shipbuilders may post losses next fiscal year as the yen’s weakening fails to mitigate the impact of a global supply glut