gulf of mexico

Ship Fires

Deepwater Horizon Explosion – Breaking News

Latest News Read more in the gCaptain forum thread Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon is on fire BREAKING NEWS: We’ll update as more information comes

Oil Spill

Mega-Borg Tanker Oil Spill – Galveston, Gulf Of Mexico

On June 8, 1990 at approximately 2330, while the Italian tank vessel Fraqmura was lightering the Norwegian tank vessel Mega Borg, an explosion occurred in the

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Interesting Ship of The Week – BW Pioneer

This week’s interesting ship is the BW Pioneer, which Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard) has just announced is on track to be delivered BW Pioneer

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Photos of the Week – Workboats in the Gulf of Mexico

The above photo is from Flickr user whink27‘s photostream.  Click on the image for some more really great pictures of various workoats in the GOM from

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Oil Rig Resort – Reusing Decommissioned Oil Rigs in Gulf of Mexico

While this may or may not fit your idea of the perfect luxurious destination hotel, you have to admit, the concept is an interesting one.  In fact, the

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Incident Photo of the Week – Pemex Oil Rig Disaster

Cargo Law brings us photos of the deadliest Gulf of Mexico offshore accident in the last 43 years; last week’s Collision of the Usumacinta MODU and the