Offshore Events

A few months back we brought you photos of the world’s largest crane being built, today we show you it in action. It is the world’s first fixed

Wired Magazine has released a fun online game based on a recent article titled “Cutthroat Capitalism” which explores piracy off the coast of

This week gCaptain was excited to learn of a new organization that looks to provide leadership to the international community of mariners that specialize in

It’s been a bad week for lifeboats, once termed ‘the Pinto of the seas’. Over at Maritime Accident Casebook three incidents during drills and

This weeks interesting ship of the week was just more appropriately name ‘Ship of the Year’ at Nor-Shipping 2009 in Oslo Norway.  It is the Far

Photo by orcaz The BBC brings us the latest update on Japan’s might drillship the M/V Chikyu. They tell us: For a while during its design, Asahiko Taira

M/V SEACOR CHEETAH is a 170 ft. class Catamaran passenger/cargo vessel with the capacity to carry 150 passengers at a top speed in excess of 40 knots.  It is

We have seen a host of Maritime reality shows come on air in the past year. Some, like Deadliest Catch, have done really well while others, America’s

In our country’s race to become more energy independent, offshore wind farms have taken a back seat to the offshore drilling debate that is currently

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The shipping industry is currently the most profitable segment of the market with exploratory driling heading the way. The woldfleet of drillships alone will

Stena drilling has announced plans to build an ice capable drillship. Rigzone tells us: Stena Drilling is delighted to confirm its order for a new drillship at

(Originally published June 2007) The title of one story in this week’s MarEx Newsletter proclaims “Maritime Academy Graduation Heralds the

At times commercial interests and biological research align with stunning results. Today we look at projects underway that utilize technology employed by the

OTEC, or ocean thermal energy conversion, is an energy technology that converts solar radiation to electric power. OTEC systems use the ocean’s natural

gCaptain received the above photo via our gCaptain Tip Line. Here is the official news on the incident from PEMEX; MEXICO:  PEMEX confirmed that a fire

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

In “Refrences to Joseph Keefe”>another excellent article, Maritime Executive‘s managing editor Joseph Keefe is dead on with his assessment

This photograph was taken last year in a U.S. port… but what is it? UPDATE: The answer can be found within the pages of the excellent website from The