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gCaptain is the world's most-read maritime and offshore news website, founded in 2007 by Captain John Konrad, a USCG-licensed Master Mariner who spent a decade commanding tankers and drillships worldwide. Our editorial team combines professional maritime credentials with journalism experience. Staff members include licensed deck officers, marine engineers, and reporters who have covered shipping, offshore energy, and naval affairs for major publications. gCaptain is a credentialed member of the Pentagon Press Corps, with direct access to Department of Defense briefings on naval operations and maritime security. We maintain working relationships with major shipping lines, classification societies, port authorities, and maritime regulatory bodies including the U.S. Coast Guard, International Maritime Organization, and flag state administrations. Our reporting standards prioritize primary sources: official documents, regulatory filings, court records, and on-the-record interviews with industry executives and government officials. We maintain a public corrections policy and update stories when new information emerges. Our editorial standards require verification of claims before publication. Since 2007, gCaptain has broken major stories including early coverage of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the collapse of Hanjin Shipping, the Ever Given Suez Canal grounding, and ongoing coverage of sanctions evasion by shadow fleet tankers. Our analysis has been cited by the New York Times, BBC, NPR, and submitted as evidence in Congressional hearings. For press inquiries, contact our editorial team. For advertising and partnerships, contact our business team.


Monday, February 20, 2017
Milestone: First LNG Bunkering in Australia
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Milestone: First LNG Bunkering in Australia

Australia’s EVOL LNG is claiming the first LNG bunkering operation in Australia with the successful Truck-to-Ship refueling of the platform supply Siem

February 20, 2017
Total Views: 117

WATCH: North Sea Platform and Accommodation Rig Take HUGE Wave
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WATCH: North Sea Platform and Accommodation Rig Take HUGE Wave

Video shot aboard the Judy platform in the North Sea shows giant 50-foot waves hitting the platform and adjacent accommodation rig CSCL Rival back in January.

February 20, 2017
Total Views: 710

Friday, February 17, 2017
Watch: Heavy Surf Sea Trials with Safehaven Marine’s ‘Thunder Child’
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Watch: Heavy Surf Sea Trials with Safehaven Marine’s ‘Thunder Child’

Here’s a look at the heavy surf sea trials of Safehaven Marine’s new XSV 17 craft during several days of recent storms to hit

February 17, 2017
Total Views: 314

Coast Guard: 1,100 Gallons of Diesel Spilled from ‘Samson Mariner’ in Alaska
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Coast Guard: 1,100 Gallons of Diesel Spilled from ‘Samson Mariner’ in Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard and other federal and local agencies are continuing to respond to the tugboat Samson Mariner that ran aground and spilled fuel while

February 17, 2017
Total Views: 156

Thursday, February 16, 2017
Norwegian Cruise Lines Places 3.2 Billion Euro Ship Order at Fincantieri
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Norwegian Cruise Lines Places 3.2 Billion Euro Ship Order at Fincantieri

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has placed an order for four new next-generation cruise ships at Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the NCL brand. The order

February 16, 2017
Total Views: 122

Wednesday, February 15, 2017
USMMA Cadet using a sextant for celestial navigation
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Sea Year to Resume at Merchant Marine Academy

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy announced that it will resume Sea Year training for Midshipmen on three commercial carriers beginning in March 2017. The USMMA

February 15, 2017
Total Views: 202

Friday, February 10, 2017
Wärtsilä joins Seabin Project in the battle against ocean plastics
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Wärtsilä joins Seabin Project in the battle against ocean plastics

The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with the Seabin Project to join their global pilot programme, which addresses the worldwide

February 10, 2017
Total Views: 135

Tuesday, February 7, 2017
NTSB: Risky ‘Downstreaming’ Caused Fatal Tugboat Accident on Swollen River Near Houston
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NTSB: Risky ‘Downstreaming’ Caused Fatal Tugboat Accident on Swollen River Near Houston

A relief captain’s ill-advised decision to perform a ‘downstreaming’ maneuver in high water conditions resulted in the capsizing and sinking of

February 7, 2017
Total Views: 604

MT Sea Emperor Crew Unpaid, Without Warm Clothing Off UK
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MT Sea Emperor Crew Unpaid, Without Warm Clothing Off UK

Seafarers on board a ship held at Fawley Port in the UK were found to be without warm clothing for days and their wages unpaid for three months, according

February 7, 2017
Total Views: 213

Monday, February 6, 2017
he aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) transits the Strait of Bab Al Mendeb
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U.S. Navy Decommissions USS Enterprise, the World’s First Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier

The U.S. Navy has decommissioned the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN 65), during a ceremony held in the ship’s

February 6, 2017
Total Views: 3122

Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd Enter Slot Purchase Agreement
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Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd Enter Slot Purchase Agreement

Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd have announced slot purchase agreement for Hamburg Süd’s volumes on the East-West trades to be shipped on vessels in the 2M

February 6, 2017
Total Views: 176

Panama Canal Sets Monthly Tonnage Record
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Panama Canal Sets Monthly Tonnage Record

The Panama Canal set a new monthly tonnage record in January 2017 with 36.1 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS) and 1,260 ships transiting through both the

February 6, 2017
Total Views: 137

Friday, February 3, 2017
Masters Fined for River Humber Collision Caused by ‘Catalogue of Failures’
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Masters Fined for River Humber Collision Caused by ‘Catalogue of Failures’

A UK judge has handed down steep fines to the experienced Masters of two vessels that collided in thick fog on Humber estuary in Northern England in May 2016

February 3, 2017
Total Views: 209

Fatal Accidents Prompt Pakistan to Ban Scrapping of LPG and Oil Tankers at Gadani Shipbreaking Yard
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Fatal Accidents Prompt Pakistan to Ban Scrapping of LPG and Oil Tankers at Gadani Shipbreaking Yard

Officials in Pakistan have halted the scrapping of oil and LPG tankers at the Gadani Shipbreaking Yard, one of the largest demolition yards in South Asia,

February 3, 2017
Total Views: 230

DNV GL, Singapore MPA Agree to Promote R&D in Autonomous Systems and Intelligent Shipping
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DNV GL, Singapore MPA Agree to Promote R&D in Autonomous Systems and Intelligent Shipping

International classification society DNV GL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore to promote R&D and

February 3, 2017
Total Views: 60

Hyundai Heavy Industries Produces 5,000th Propeller
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Hyundai Heavy Industries Produces 5,000th Propeller

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries says it has manufactured its 5,000th ship propeller at its Ulsan factory. The milestone propeller measures

February 3, 2017
Total Views: 196

Damen Shiprepair Sets Up Shop in Dutch Caribbean
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Damen Shiprepair Sets Up Shop in Dutch Caribbean

Dutch shipbuilding group Damen has officially taken over the management of the former Curaçao Droogdok Maatschappij, a shiprepair yard strategically located

February 3, 2017
Total Views: 102

Thursday, February 2, 2017
vlcc supertanker
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BIMCO: Record High Crude Oil Tanker Deliveries Add Instant Freight Rate Pressure

January 2017 already accounts for 22% of the crude oil tankers previous year’s total deliveries, due to tremendous VLCC delivery growth. (BIMCO) –

February 2, 2017
Total Views: 389

Wednesday, February 1, 2017
cargo ship
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Trump’s Immigration Ban and Its Implications for the Maritime Industry

President Trump’s Executive Order on immigration and travel to the United States has immediate implications for ships calling at U.S. ports, particularly

February 1, 2017
Total Views: 81

Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Bath Iron Works Lays Keel for U.S. Navy’s Third and Final Zumwalt Destroyer
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Bath Iron Works Lays Keel for U.S. Navy’s Third and Final Zumwalt Destroyer

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine has laid the keel of the third and final ship in the U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class of high-tech and

January 31, 2017
Total Views: 345