gCaptain – Maritime and Offshore News

While the oceans remain vast, largely uninhabited domains, space is slowly but surely becoming more and more congested with satellites hurtling around at tens

Since the commissioning of China’s first aircraft carrier, gCaptain’s inbox has been flooded with questions about what it means for the U.S.,

(Bloomberg) — Billionaire Eike Batista is struggling to reach his goal of luring $40 billion to an industrial port complex in Rio de Janeiro state after

LONDON–Some Iranian tankers have been detected with a Tanzanian identification even though the East African nation has denied flagging them, as Tehran

Since she was delivered from the shipyard in 1999, Eidesvik’s multi-purpose support vessel, Subsea Viking, has been on continual contract with global

(Bloomberg) — The refusal of three BP Plc executives’ to testify about the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster should be held against the company at a

Update: The U.S Navy submarine and Aegis cruiser that collided off the East Coast of the United States on 13 October arrived safely in port on the 14th. USS

Amsterdam – The Dutch Rijnland District Water Control Board, responsible for flood defenses in an area surrounding Amsterdam, tendered a contract today

Scottish Enterprise (SSE), a public body of the Scottish Government dedicated to economic development and innovation, is investing up to £4.3 ($7 USD) million

The M/V Windlifter concept vessel is a Dynamically Positioned single lift offshore wind turbine installation vessel not limited by waterdepth. With an X-BOW®

Dusseldorf – German consumers are paying millions of euros to link the national power grid to windmills in the North Sea that haven’t yet been

(Bloomberg) — China Shipping Development Co. and China Cosco Holdings Co., the nation’s biggest operators of dry- bulk ships, both rose the most

Wärtsilä announced today that they have won an order to supply their recently introduced Wärtsilä X72 2-stroke main engines for six new vessels to

Damen Shipyards announced today that they have signed a contract with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) for 14 Damen ASD Tugs. The series consist of two types, with 9

While in Hamburg last month for the SMM Expo, I met up with Steinar Gundersen, the CEO of ECDIS-provider MARIS, and Bhupesh Gandi, MARIS’ Asia

Any of you scurvy dogs missing an eye?  A beachcomber in Pompano Beach, Florida may have found it.  Doesn’t look human though. Any guesses where it

(Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, the world’s largest container line, said it will remove 19 ships from Asia- Europe trade lanes in a bid to

Like wrangling a wild horse at sea, the RNLI shows off a few tools in their rescue toolbox by capturing a runaway fishing boat. Ok, so maybe it’s not

Ten days after a devastating maritime accident killed 39 people in Hong Kong, the city’s marine department said it has stepped up safety checks of

(Bloomberg) — Mitt Romney’s pledge to build 15 Navy vessels a year, up from about nine a year now planned, is a goal that will probably be

The largest port in Europe, the Port of Rotterdam, and the largest port in Scandinavia, the Port of Gothenburg, have entered a new alliance in an effort to

International Shipholding Corporation (NYSE: ISH) announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a 100% ownership of U.S. United Ocean

The Captain of the Maltese-flagged M/V Wilson Avonmouth is lucky to have avoided going aground near Helsingor, Denmark after passing out at the helm, and

Pirates in the Indian Ocean have been quiet for a while now, and EU Naval Force is looking to keep it that way. Yesterday the EUNAVFOR counter-piracy

With a population of 84 million, Egypt has the largest population of all of the Arab nations, and in 2011 reported a GDP $232 billion.  The country is also