gCaptain – Maritime and Offshore News

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–Employees of Transocean Ltd. (RIG), the company that owned the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded last April, are refusing to

The Office of Naval Intelligence has just issued an advisory warning mariners of an attack on a merchant vessel.  According to the statement, a merchant ship

Image (c) Lisa Haug CAMERON, LA – The Dredge Bayport, operated by Manson Gulf, LLC, was dredging in the Calcissieu Ship Channel on 30 March when they

Global Maritime Crime and Piracy Summary (source: Office of Naval Intelligence): ARABIAN SEA: A product tanker was robbed 25 Mar at 2215 UTC while anchored

According to a report from the Associated Press, Transocean is planning a memorial at the site of the Deepwater Horizon explosion next month for relatives of

Check out this of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) launching a Tomahawk missiles in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn in

Erik Milito, API’s upstream director, this week called on the administration to abandon its policies “to defer, delay and deny access to domestic

CO2 Emissions in grams/tonne km Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) this week released a series of metrics highlighting its environmental activities for the

While officially headquartered in Zug, Switzerland for tax purposes, Transocean (NYSE: RIG), the world’s largest deepwater drilling contractor, runs the

U.S. regulators said Wednesday oil company Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSB, RDSA.LN, RDSB.LN) has received approval to drill a new well in the deep-water

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.