The Panama Canal has set a new annual record for the total amount of tonnage that passed through the waterway over the course a fiscal year, recording a total

The LNG-fueled Aframax tanker Lomonosov Prospect has successfully completed its first commercial voyage along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) to deliver a cargo

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Sluggish growth, combined with the delivery of more ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) in the past month, has widened

By Yuddy Cahya and Cindy Silviana JAKARTA, Oct 31 (Reuters) – Indonesian search and rescue workers believe an underwater “pinging” sound

A roll-on/roll-off ferry crashed into a gantry crane while docking at the port of Barcelona on Wednesday, causing the crane to collapse and sparking a large

  Update: If you missed the Live Webinar it’s not too late. You can watch now On Demand The maritime industry has always been concerned with safety.

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Higher OPEC oil production and longer voyages are propelling shipowners back to good times. Just a month ago,

Military personnel with the EU Naval Forces have destroyed a whaler that was used by Somali pirates to attack a Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier earlier this

By Elisha Bala-Gbogbo (Bloomberg) — When it comes to the future of its oil industry, Nigeria is looking miles out to sea. By early next year,

By Rich Madden – Last year, I was inbound to a port-that-will-remain-nameless, with the local pilot at the conn.  As we maneuvered up a winding

By Jarrett Renshaw and Collin Eaton NEW YORK/HOUSTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – A high-stakes competition is emerging among energy exporters proposing

By Sabrina Valle (Bloomberg) — Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro is staring at an oil windfall. After a decade of stagnant production, Brazil’s

By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Russia’s only aircraft carrier was damaged while undergoing repairs in the north of the country after

We recently had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Chief Mate Ally Cedeno, founder of the influential and inspiring organization Women Offshore. In

By Liam Denning (Bloomberg Opinion) — Despite efforts by the Trump administration to turn it, a supertanker is bearing down on drivers, oil majors, and

The 332-foot megayacht Attessa IV was involved in a collision with a 65-foot sport fishing vessel off the coast of Southern California near the U.S.-Mexico

In today’s episode of The REAL gCaptain podcast Captain John Konrad reflects on a topic that frustrates, saddens and sometimes angers him… the state of

By Alex Lawler and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – According to Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih, no one has any idea how much oil Iran

Private equity firm The Carlyle Group announced Monday it has signed an exclusive agreement with the Port of Corpus Christi to develop a major crude oil export

WARSAW/ABUJA, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Pirates boarded a container ship off the coast of Nigeria, seizing 11 crew including eight from Poland, the