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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.


Thursday, September 1, 2022
Preventing Risk of Battery Fires in Shipping
Accidents

Preventing Risk of Battery Fires in Shipping

As more and more electric vehicles (EVs) and battery-powered electronic devices are being transported by ships, highly inflammable lithium-ion batteries are

September 1, 2022
Total Views: 5917

Time For Terminal Operators To Digitise
Press Releases

Time For Terminal Operators To Digitise

Shipowners and terminal operators need to digitise the entire liquid bulk loading and unloading process if they are to meet their environmental and vessel OpEx

September 1, 2022
Total Views: 100

Thursday, August 25, 2022
Damen delivers a Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 650 in just 44 days
Press Releases

Damen delivers a Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 650 in just 44 days

Damen has delivered a CSD650 to HAC Cranes for an end user in Kuwait. The stationary dredger, named GD4000, was mobilized from stock and outfitted, inspected

August 25, 2022
Total Views: 1365

Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Alastair Marsh appointed to the Wallem Group Board of Directors
Press Releases

Alastair Marsh appointed to the Wallem Group Board of Directors

Wallem Group has appointed Alastair Marsh to its Board of Directors. Alastair joins with over 15 years of experience in the maritime industry and over 30 years

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 464

ClassNK issues Approval in Principle (AiP) for Large Liquefied CO2 (LCO2) Carrier developed by MOL
Press Releases

ClassNK issues Approval in Principle (AiP) for Large Liquefied CO2 (LCO2) Carrier developed by MOL

ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for design of a large-scale liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) carrier developed through Research and Development

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 509

Boksa Marine Design becomes employee partnership of marine engineers
Press Releases

Boksa Marine Design becomes employee partnership of marine engineers

Boksa Marine Design (BMD) is now an employee-owned naval architecture and marine  engineering partnership. On August 1, BMD President Nick Boksa, P.E.

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 856

Monday, August 22, 2022
<strong>Ecochlor Launches</strong> <strong>“EcoOne® Container Unit” for Offshore Market </strong>
Press Releases

Ecochlor Launches “EcoOne® Container Unit” for Offshore Market 

Ecochlor is pleased to launch a containerized version of the EcoOne® filterless ballast water management system (BWMS). The EcoOne® Container

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 1012

ABB and Keppel O&M verify next level of vessel autonomy with collision avoidance trials
Press Releases

ABB and Keppel O&M verify next level of vessel autonomy with collision avoidance trials

Digital technologies from ABB have enabled the harbor tug Maju 510 to become the first vessel in the world to receive Autonomous and Remote-Control Navigation

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 208

Accelleron turbochargers adopted by Japan Engine Corporation for use in the latest UE Engines
Press Releases

Accelleron turbochargers adopted by Japan Engine Corporation for use in the latest UE Engines

Accelleron, the new face of ABB Turbocharging, and Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG), the global engine licenser, have signed a technical agreement that

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 313

Thursday, August 18, 2022
Berg Propulsion turns on the power with tug order breakthrough in Türkiye
Press Releases

Berg Propulsion turns on the power with tug order breakthrough in Türkiye

Berg Propulsion has secured its first new tug order in Türkiye since the opening of Berg Propulsion Eurasia in April 2022 – the entity which has been

August 18, 2022
Total Views: 674

Wednesday, August 17, 2022
UKHO appoints Marion Leslie as Non-Executive Chair
Press Releases

UKHO appoints Marion Leslie as Non-Executive Chair

Business leader has been confirmed in the role after holding the post on an interim basis for one year  The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has today confirmed

August 17, 2022
Total Views: 783

Tuesday, August 16, 2022
A.P. Moller – Maersk to adopt VIKING’s HydroPen™ container firefighting system
Press Releases

A.P. Moller – Maersk to adopt VIKING’s HydroPen™ container firefighting system

Shipping major to equip fleet with HydroPen™ firefighting system, following supply agreement with VIKING Life-Saving Equipment.One of the world’s leading

August 16, 2022
Total Views: 1291

Monday, August 15, 2022
Alfa Laval FCM Methanol chosen as the fuel supply system for six methanol-fuelled container vessels
Press Releases

Alfa Laval FCM Methanol chosen as the fuel supply system for six methanol-fuelled container vessels

Alfa Laval technology is playing a leading role in the marine industry’s transition to carbon-neutral green methanol. In this year’s largest methanol order

August 15, 2022
Total Views: 622

Friday, August 12, 2022
Climeon to Launch HeatPower 300 Marine at SMM Hamburg
Press Releases

Climeon to Launch HeatPower 300 Marine at SMM Hamburg

Climeon AB will officially launch its new waste heat recovery product, HeatPower 300 Marine, at SMM Hamburg, September 6-9, 2022. Optimized for the

August 12, 2022
Total Views: 372

OKEE Maritime to Enhance Environmental Performance with StormGeo’s CII Solution
Press Releases

OKEE Maritime to Enhance Environmental Performance with StormGeo’s CII Solution

German shipowner OKEE Maritime, which manages a fleet of ten container vessels in regional feeder services worldwide, adopts StormGeo’s digitalization tools

August 12, 2022
Total Views: 244

Helm Operations Celebrates Customer Success at Helm Conference 2022
Press Releases

Helm Operations Celebrates Customer Success at Helm Conference 2022

Helm Operations’ annual user conference returns this September, offering customers the opportunity to meet with industry experts and discover the full

August 12, 2022
Total Views: 330

Monday, August 1, 2022
seafarer on deck with a mask
Shipping

Rising Optimism Lifts Seafarers’ Happiness Levels

Seafarer happiness levels are recovering after reaching a record low last quarter as optimism returns, according to the Seafarers Happiness Index report

August 1, 2022
Total Views: 1039

Saturday, July 30, 2022
Coast Guard Responds To Oil Discharge From Tanker on Mississippi
Oil Spill

Coast Guard Responds To Oil Discharge From Tanker on Mississippi

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is responding to a discharge of oil from a tanker ship Friday on the Lower Mississippi River near Kenner, La.  Coast Guard

July 30, 2022
Total Views: 8631

Thursday, July 28, 2022
UAE Navy boats next to Al Marzoqah Saudi Arabia tanker are seen off the Port of Fujairah
Ports

Ships Bypass Fujairah For Cheap Iraq Bunker Fuel

Some Middle Eastern exporters are bypassing Fujairah, the region’s main bunkering hub, to avoid excessive port delays. Cargo ships departing Kuwait,

July 28, 2022
Total Views: 3112

Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Most sophisticated commercial communications satellite ever reaches geostationary orbit, begins on-orbit testing
Press Releases

Most sophisticated commercial communications satellite ever reaches geostationary orbit, begins on-orbit testing

I-6 F1, the most sophisticated commercial communications satellite ever launched, has reached geostationary orbit and begun on-orbit testing, Inmarsat, the

July 26, 2022
Total Views: 2017