gCaptain – Maritime and Offshore News

Image: Helix’s HRFS diagram courtesy Helix (click image to enlarge) HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–The Helix Well Containment Group will nearly double the

On Tuesday, March 29, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) issued several refinements to deepwater drilling rules and

A major maritime employer group has recognized the outstanding safety record of the Foss Maritime workers who tie up and release ships at Puget Sound ports.

A Chinese warship has completed its first escort of a World Food Program shipment along the pirate-infested coast of Somalia in another milestone for the

Image credit: Flickr user JAXPORT NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Shares of Horizon Lines Inc. (HRZ) plunged as much as 48% Tuesday after the company said it

USS Frank Cable (AS 40) sailors trained Military Sealift Command (MSC) civilian mariners (CIVMARS) on weapons handling and transfer procedures for the first

It’s been said that it’s easier to get $1 from a million people than one million dollars from one person. At least that’s the idea behind

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–The Obama administration would be required to hold new offshore lease sales and to issue drilling permits within a set time frame

BP PLC (BP) said Tuesday that a company laptop containing the personal information of thousands of people who filed claims with the oil giant related to the

gCaptain has looked at the phenomena of drug trafficking submarine’s before (Link) but a new photo documentary from Time magazine shows these tiny

The company that trademarked the less-than-lethal pepper spray “Mace” has announced that it will be joining the international fight against

There have been no shortage of video coming from Tsunami ravaged Japan and just a few days ago gCaptain highlighted the five worst. But gCaptain and the news

A report requested by President Obama and released today by the Department of the Interior shows that more than two-thirds of offshore leases in the Gulf of

Sources tell Bloomberg News that federal prosecutors may pursue “Seaman’s Manslaughter” charges against BP managers for their role in last

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) has issued a memo to assist offshore operators with drilling permit applications. 

Zero lost time incidents and the record four month early delivery of the Alpha Star, a DSS 38 ultra deepwater semisubmersible rig, to Brazil’s Queiroz

Hyundai Heavy Industries recently unveiled the world’s first remote monitoring and controlling smart ship system, allowing operators to remotely control

PHOTO: T-AKE 1, USNS Lewis and Clark, under construction at General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, CA courtesy NASSCO According to a company issued

PHOTO: This HPTIV can operate in year around weather conditions with an operational water depth range of 4.5 to 50 m – courtesy Wärtsilä With the

Just in from European Naval Forces Somalia (EUNAVFOR), an update from this morning’s ONI Advisory: At approximately 0900Z on 28 March, the Crude

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management reported on Friday that they had approved a deepwater drilling permit for Norwegian oil company Statoil.  This is the

A merchant ship was fired upon and hijacked by pirates from two skiffs on 28 March at 0600Z approximately 191 NM southeast of Salalah, Oman at 15:36N

A U.S. district judge Friday granted a request by BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) for additional testing of the critical safety device that failed to stop oil from gushing

(Dow Jones) Jefferies says Chevron’s (CVX) sublet of a Transocean (RIG) ultra-deep-water drillship from Indian energy giant Reliance and plans to bring

According to German online newspaper, Handelsblatt, Oaktree Capital, the US-based investment firm owning a 49.5 percent stake in Beluga, has sent documents to