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The following is the agenda for the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee’s (MSC) 89th session to be held from May 11 to May 20 at the

USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) approaches the Japanese-owned commercial oil tanker M/V Guanabara. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anna

Last week at OTC in Houston, Ulstein Group introduced the ‘Northern Light’ drilling derrick, a new integrated derrick solution based on existing

Welcome to the inaugural edition of “In Case You Missed It…”, a new series posted every Friday that highlights the weeks top 10 news items on

As a new third mate I was always frustrated by those who demanded I memorize things and it was my belief that a good officer never guesses an answer

The Department of Defense announced today that the departments of the Navy and Army signed a Memorandum of Agreement May 2 transferring all five of the

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Weekly Maritime Crime and Piracy Summary (source: Office of Naval Intelligence) CARIBBEAN SEA: A RoRo was robbed 2 May 2011 at 0740 UTC while anchored

On April 20th 2011, the one year anniversary of the BP rig explosion, gCaptain was honored to conduct video interviews with many survivors of the Deepwater

Wartsila has won a contract to design a new LNG powered Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) for the Norwegian operator Rem Offshore.  The vessel will be built at the

Germanischer Lloyd, Fassmer, USMMA & Wilhelmsen hosted a party at this week’s Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. The party was well attended

Amver Blog has just posted episode 3 of the Quarterdeck, the monthly Amver podcast featuring Benjamin Strong and Admiral Jim Watson. In this latest episode

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has recently intensified its efforts to help shipyards, ship owners, suppliers and recycling facilities in Asia to comply with the

Alert! Issue No.26, via The Nautical Institute You cannot produce a safety management system on the cheap, nor expect people to snap to attention and follow

gCaptain CMO Rob Almeida and I have been walking the halls of the, truly massive, Offshore Technology Conference in Houston this week. While 90% of the booths

Subsea 7 announced today announced that it has completed the design and build of the first commercially available Autonomous Inspection Vehicle (AIV), a

Does size really matter? Ijmuiden, The Netherlands-based ship design firm, has been contracted to design a new compact but powerful AHT offshore support vessel

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Timothy A. Hazel/Released) By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (NNS) —

MEDITERRANEAN SEA – Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn delivered vital fuel and supplies to Canadian navy ship HMCS

© Stéphane Saissi PARIS—French air-crash investigators said they found and retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from an Air France jetliner that

HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- A group of coastal-state governors has formed a coalition to press the federal government to speed its permitting of offshore oil

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard has delivered to American Shipping Company the shipyard’s twelfth Veteran Class MT-46 product tanker. The 46,000 dwt vessel,

Class society ABS announces the release of its enhanced Guide for the Classification of Drilling Systems which provides a comprehensive approach to classing

Horizon Lines Inc. (HRZ) received a break on some of its expenses from former parent company CSX Corp. (CSX), which agreed to reduce Horizon’s charter

DALIAN, China (Dow Jones)–STX Group, a South Korean conglomerate, will catch up with its bigger rivals in offshore facility orders from the second