By Brian Beckcom As I write, reports indicate that at least 100 people are confirmed dead in the latest foreign maritime disaster, the South Korean ferry

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) – Scientists are monitoring an iceberg roughly six times the size of Manhattan – one of the largest

At the end of 2013, the Hong Kong-flagged chemical tanker Maritime Maisie was t-boned by the car carrier Gravity Highway which was on sea trials from Hyundai

By Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah and Keith Wallis KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE, April 23 (Reuters) – Armed pirates raided an oil tanker off the coast of Malaysia and

Time to make room for 2014 inventory… If it has a gCaptain logo on it, it’s 40 percent off in the gCaptain store. Get yourself some gCaptain swag

MORRO BAY, CA (April 23, 2014)- A new website, TheTeakRail.com, created by a professional mariner and an accomplished executive chef and restaurant owner, is

This week marks the 41st episode of gCaptain Radio sponsored by Six Maritime. gCaptain Radio is a weekly talk show discussion with gCaptain founder John

Marine Technology Development, the ship design and development arm of Keppel Offshore & Marine has won an order today to design a 5,000 dwt subsea

Reef Subsea, the 2010 joint venture between Norwegian private equity investment firm HitecVision and GC Rieber Shipping is set to be reorganized. In a deal

MOSCOW, April 23 (Reuters) – The Yamal LNG project in Russia’s Arctic has chosen Russian Sovcomflot, Japan’s Mitsui OSK and Canada’s

CMM (Compagnie Maritime Monégasque S.A.M.), the Monaco-based offshore supply vessel owner, accepted delivery last week of their first Damen-designed and

South Africa’s  Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has awarded IHC Merwede the contract for the design, construction and delivery of a

General Dynamics’ American Overseas Marine (AMSEA) business unit won a major contract extension today from the U.S. Navy to continue to operate and

Nakilat, the Qatari LNG shipping firm, announced today the closing of $807.4 million in refinancing allowing the firm to add three new LNG carriers to Maran

This task can seem like climbing a mountain. Consider the real purposes of the resume. There are two. The best purpose is as a “leave behind.” You have

The super ice-class (Arc6) double- hulled tanker Mikhail Ulyanov arrived last week at the Prirazlomnaye arctic production platform to take on a 70,000 ton

Here’s a video showing the CMA CGM Marco Polo as it is towed into the port of Hamburg at night. With 16,020 TEU capacity, the MV CMA CGM Marco

[SPONSORED] While in Tokyo at Sea Japan the other week, I met up with Peter Broadhurst, Vice President at Inmarsat Maritime who was introducing a new service

A day after dry bulk shipper Genco Shipping announced filing for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) continues to fall further. At 930

By Megha Rajagopalan QINGDAO, China, April 22 (Reuters) – Countries embroiled in territorial rows in the East and South China Seas agreed on Tuesday to