October 2025 — Maritime HR pros, Guice Offshore is hiring a full-time Maritime Recruiter in our Lafayatte, Louisiana office!  Maritime recruiting is a specialized area due to the industry’s complex regulatory landscape, unique combination of skills required, global operations, and challenging work environments. Unlike generic hiring, it demands a deep understanding of these intricacies to...Read More

During early October 2025, the Alabama Port Authority celebrated the completion of the Mobile Harbor Modernization Project, marking the achievement of a 50-foot channel depth that officially makes the Port of Mobile the deepest container terminal in the Gulf of America. Since the 50 ft depth was achieved on October 3, 2025, the Port has...Read More

Guice Offshore (GO) is proud to have our multi-purpose vessel Voyager chosen by WorkBoat magazine as one of the “10 Significant Boats of 2025.” The award recognizes outstanding commercial vessels, not only for their design and ship-building excellence, but for what they represent, such as critical maritime sector service and expansion into new markets like...Read More

The U.S. Coast Guard is issuing a request for information (RFI) to collect information, ideas, and recommendations related to vessels that perform operations and would be required inspection under multiple subchapters in title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), commonly referred to as multi-service vessels (MSVs). Comments must be received by the Coast...Read More

Click HERE to access the GLUBS sound library. Using hydrophones to eavesdrop on a reef off the coast of Goa, India, researchers have helped advance a new low-cost way to monitor changes in the world’s murky marine environments. Reporting their results in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA), the scientists recorded the...Read More

Progress continues to be made on the World’s Largest Artificial Reef, the SS United States.  Last month (August 2025), crews in Mobile, Alabama, removed the massive 65-foot forward smoke stack from the vessel.  The stack will be preserved in a secure location for future use in the SS United States Conservancy’s land-based museum. The aft...Read More

Above:  A welder from Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, LLC, welds the initials of the Surveyor’s sponsor, Tracey L. Brennan, onto a steel plate that will be incorporated into the ship, in keeping with maritime tradition, at a keel-laying event for the new ship on August 14, 2025, in Houma, Louisiana.  Also, a rendering of what the...Read More

Pictured Above:  Fugro’s Blue Essence uncrewed surface vehicle retrieves the Fugro Blue Volta electric remotely operated vehicle in the North Sea on March 3, 2022. NOAA and Fugro are partnering to develop and use uncrewed systems for ocean exploration to enhance the efficiency and reach of NOAA’s mission to explore the deep ocean.  (Image credit: Courtesy of...Read More

Note: Because of severe weather, the ROV dives scheduled for Sept. 16–17 have been postponed.  The team plans to resume dives and livestreams on Thursday, Sept. 18. The ship-to-shore hosted event (link below) on Wednesday will proceed as scheduled. For additional info, photos and updates, click HERE. Hudson Canyon, the largest deep-sea canyon off the...Read More

NASA is inviting the public to join the agency’s Artemis II test flight as four astronauts venture around the Moon and back to test systems and hardware needed for deep space exploration. As part of the agency’s “Send Your Name with Artemis II” effort, anyone can claim their spot by signing up before Jan. 21, 2026....Read More