gCaptain

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.


Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Positive trend in ship safety is now broken, says DNV President
News

Positive trend in ship safety is now broken, says DNV President

Photo: DNV President Tor E. Svensen © DNV/Nina Rangøy, Nina Rangoy “Year on year improvements in ship safety is now turning into a negative trend.

April 19, 2011
Total Views: 28

Wärtsilä to supply propulsion package for Type 0 Super Vessel
Engineering News

Wärtsilä to supply propulsion package for Type 0 Super Vessel

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply a total propulsion package for Dockwise’s new “Type 0” semi-submersible heavy lift

April 19, 2011
Total Views: 100

Macondo Ties Not Hampering Halliburton Gulf Return
News

Macondo Ties Not Hampering Halliburton Gulf Return

Halliburton (HAL), which provided services to BP on its doomed Macondo well, hasn’t had any trouble getting back to work in the Gulf of Mexico’s

April 19, 2011
Total Views: 60

New ship for Military Sealift Command Launched – USNS William McLean
News

New ship for Military Sealift Command Launched – USNS William McLean

Photo by Sarah E. Burford, Military Sealift Command Pacific USNS William McLean, the newest ship in the U.S. Navy’s Lewis and Clark-class of dry

April 19, 2011
Total Views: 134

Monday, April 18, 2011
MWCC Capping Stack – New Containment Device Is Ready For Deepwater Spills
Offshore

MWCC Capping Stack – New Containment Device Is Ready For Deepwater Spills

The high-tech marvel that’s enabling oil companies to return to the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico sits in a sun-baked industrial lot in the outskirts

April 18, 2011
Total Views: 244

Bollinger Shipyards recieves prestigious safety award
Engineering News

Bollinger Shipyards recieves prestigious safety award

The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) has awarded the 2010 “Award for Excellence in Safety” to the Gulf Coast’s Bollinger Shipyards.  

April 18, 2011
Total Views: 99

Shell US President Expects To Drill In Alaska’s Arctic In 2012
News

Shell US President Expects To Drill In Alaska’s Arctic In 2012

Image: Arctic sea ice credit NOAA HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSB) expects to start drilling in Alaska’s Arctic waters in the

April 18, 2011
Total Views: 27

Sunday, April 17, 2011
BIMCO President: ‘Blow Your Horns’ to help fight piracy
News

BIMCO President: ‘Blow Your Horns’ to help fight piracy

BIMCO President Robert Lorenz-Meyer address’ the importance of international governments cooperation in helping combat piracy on the high seas at the

April 17, 2011
Total Views: 63

Saturday, April 16, 2011
SBM Offshore Gets Letter Of Intent For FPSO From Eni
News

SBM Offshore Gets Letter Of Intent For FPSO From Eni

AMSTERDAM -(Dow Jones)- SBM Offshore NV (SBMO.AE) said Friday that on behalf of its Joint Venture companies with Sonangol it has received a Letter of Intent

April 16, 2011
Total Views: 100

Friday, April 15, 2011
Maersk Tankers buys 3 VLCCs
News

Maersk Tankers buys 3 VLCCs

Maersk Tankers has inked a deal with Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd of India for the purchase of 3 newbuild VLCCs with delivery expected for the first half

April 15, 2011
Total Views: 44

Washington leaders offer little good news for maritime interests
News

Washington leaders offer little good news for maritime interests

Photo: Left to Right, Robert J. Whitney; Jr.- ABS, Jeffrey Lantz, USCG; Jeanne Grasso, President of WISTA USA and partner at Blank Rome LLP; Stacey H.

April 15, 2011
Total Views: 75

Incident Photo – Two killed as vessels collide in Kiel Canal
Blog

Incident Photo – Two killed as vessels collide in Kiel Canal

The Journal of Commerce has this report of a tragic collision between two vessels transiting Germany’s Kiel Canal in dense fog. Two seamen were knocked

April 15, 2011
Total Views: 161

I’m on a Boat! – Merchant Marine version
Blog

I’m on a Boat! – Merchant Marine version

Here’s what happens when the crew of an LNG ship gets a bit stir crazy after being out at sea for months at a time.  If you’re at work,

April 15, 2011
Total Views: 169

Thursday, April 14, 2011
Captain of ‘M/V Mel Oliver’ sentenced to 3 years probation for 2008 collision
News

Captain of ‘M/V Mel Oliver’ sentenced to 3 years probation for 2008 collision

Video: July 23 ’08 – 600′ tanker TINTOMARA collides with one barge tow pushed by tug MEL OLIVER, spilling over 400,000 gallons no. 6 fuel oil

April 14, 2011
Total Views: 1268

M/V Beluga Nomination released, condition of crew unknown
News

M/V Beluga Nomination released, condition of crew unknown

According to a report issued by EU NAVFOR task force, pirates released the M/V Beluga Nomination Wednesday, April 13. The vessel was pirated on January 22

April 14, 2011
Total Views: 108

Incident Photos – Pemex’s Flotel Jupiter platform partially sinks in Gulf of Mexico
News

Incident Photos – Pemex’s Flotel Jupiter platform partially sinks in Gulf of Mexico

Partial collapse of the platform Flotel Jupiter – April 12, 2011 Name: JUPITER 1 Flag: Mexico Rig Type: semi-submersible platform IMO No.: 8757283 Owner

April 14, 2011
Total Views: 686

Weekly Maritime Crime and Piracy Update: Week of 7 April 2011
Incidents

Weekly Maritime Crime and Piracy Update: Week of 7 April 2011

Worldwide Maritime Crime and Piracy Summary (source: ONI) GULF OF GUINEA: A chemical tanker was boarded 13 April at 1239 UTC while at anchor in position 05:16N

April 14, 2011
Total Views: 67

Hopper dredge loses Z-drive in Calcasieu Channel
Incidents

Hopper dredge loses Z-drive in Calcasieu Channel

Just weeks after one of their dredgers struck a subsea production pipeline in Calcasieu Channel, Manson Construction Company sustained another setback

April 14, 2011
Total Views: 105

Wednesday, April 13, 2011
US Interior Secretary Says Impressed With Offshore Oil Industry Safety
News

US Interior Secretary Says Impressed With Offshore Oil Industry Safety

OFFSHORE GULF OF MEXICO (Dow Jones)–During a trip to a floating drilling rig in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said

April 13, 2011
Total Views: 66

Another record year for American Bureau of Shipping
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Another record year for American Bureau of Shipping

(New York, NY) Class society ABS Chairman, Robert D. Somerville, reported another record performance in fleet size during 2010 at Tuesday’s annual

April 13, 2011
Total Views: 138