Thursday marked the official end of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, which spans from June 1 to November each year. The 2017 season produced 17 named storms

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Argentina has given up on rescuing 44 crew members on a submarine that disappeared 15 days ago, though it will continue

Danish shipping giant Maersk says it has completed its acquisition of German rival Hamburg Süd in a deal valued at approximately $4 billion. The close of the

By Ron Bousso LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Female employees of Royal Dutch Shell in Britain earned on average 22 percent less than male colleagues, the oil

By Serene Cheong (Bloomberg) — U.S. crude may owe supply from Mexico for helping it capture a share of the world’s biggest oil market this

Dutch shipbuilding group Damen has received class approval for the world’s first 3D printed ship propellor. The propeller, known as the WAAMpeller, was

Netherlands-based offshore company SBM Offshore and its U.S. subsidiary SBM Offshore USA have reached an agreement to pay a criminal penalty of $238 million to

TOKYO, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Japan’s coast guard on Thursday boarded a North Korean fishing boat near a Japanese island where the crew said they had

By Manisha Jha (Bloomberg) — A Ukrainian shipping company will start accepting payment in bitcoin — an early sign that the cryptocurrency could be

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – A 23% increase in containers lifted allowed Cosco to steal the top spot from Maersk Line in the third quarter. The

Say Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas at sea with gCaptain’s newest item… YoHoHo Merry Christmas Shirt

By Anna Hirtenstein (Bloomberg) — Cie. Maritime Belge SA has built the first commercial ship that runs on hydrogen and produces zero pollution,

By Tom Metcalf and Devon Pendleton (Bloomberg) — A shopping spree by two billionaires is shaking up a shipping industry still recovering from

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Eni US could begin work on oil exploration in federal waters off Alaska as soon as next month after the

Nov 29 (Reuters) – British shipping services provider Clarkson Plc on Wednesday said it was the victim of a cyber security hack and warned that the

Four new Neo-Panamax cranes arrived into the Port of Savannah in Georgia last week as the nation’s largest single container facility continues to expand

US-based Foss Maritime and Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the construction of at least ten next-generation ship

It’s that time of year when the world falls in love and every song you hear seems to say “Merry Christmas”… it’s also time for gCaptain to publish

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to provide the liquified natural gas systems for a new ocean-going LNG bunkering barge for the U.S.

The departure of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) from Japan has been delayed after the destroyer was damaged by the