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.


Monday, December 20, 2021
Inmarsat Gives a Gift of Free Connectivity To Seafarers Worldwide This Holiday Season
Press Releases

Inmarsat Gives a Gift of Free Connectivity To Seafarers Worldwide This Holiday Season

Press Release – Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, is giving free connectivity to maritime crews around the globe

December 20, 2021
Total Views: 862

WinGD expands engine technology investment with Global Test Centre
Press Releases

WinGD expands engine technology investment with Global Test Centre

Press Release – Swiss based marine engine technology developer WinGD continues to invest in its R&D testing infrastructure with the opening of a new

December 20, 2021
Total Views: 355

Thursday, December 16, 2021
Shipping Groups Launch Seafarer Quarantine Network as Omicron Spread Threatens Border Restrictions
Shipping

Shipping Groups Launch Seafarer Quarantine Network as Omicron Spread Threatens Border Restrictions

Leading shipping groups representing shipowners, seafarers’ unions, and maritime employers have partnered up to establish their own international network of

December 16, 2021
Total Views: 2799

ABB’s Azipod® propulsion factory in Shanghai marks 10-year anniversary
Press Releases

ABB’s Azipod® propulsion factory in Shanghai marks 10-year anniversary

Over the course of a decade, ABB’s Azipod® propulsion factory in Shanghai, China, has successfully delivered 170 units with a total output of 500 MW 

December 16, 2021
Total Views: 574

Inmarsat Orchestra hits first milestone in space with new Leo satellite
Press Releases

Inmarsat Orchestra hits first milestone in space with new Leo satellite

Press Release – Inmarsat ORCHESTRA, the future network for global mobility and government communications, achieved its first milestone in space today

December 16, 2021
Total Views: 374

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
NTSB: Diesel Generator Engine Failure Leads to Fire Aboard Offshore Supply Vessel
Accidents

NTSB: Diesel Generator Engine Failure Leads to Fire Aboard Offshore Supply Vessel

The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday published a Marine Accident Brief on its investigation into a diesel generator engine failure and fire on

December 15, 2021
Total Views: 5896

Lubmarine White Paper Offers Shipping Operators the Latest Insights To Effective Marine Lubrication
Press Releases

Lubmarine White Paper Offers Shipping Operators the Latest Insights To Effective Marine Lubrication

A new white paper – “Adapting to Life in the Post IMO2020  Landscape” – is published today by marine lubricant specialist, Lubmarine, providing

December 15, 2021
Total Views: 561

Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Robert Allan Ltd., Svitzer and Sanmar Shipyards announce a New Tug Design Project
Press Releases

Robert Allan Ltd., Svitzer and Sanmar Shipyards announce a New Tug Design Project

Press Release – Canadian Naval Architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd. is pleased to announce a tug design agreement with global towage operator Svitzer.

December 14, 2021
Total Views: 1257

HOLLAND arrives at General Dynamic Electric Boat
Press Releases

HOLLAND arrives at General Dynamic Electric Boat

Press Release – On Monday, December 13th, 2021, Bollinger  Shipyards delivered the HOLLAND, a 400ft x 100ft ocean transport barge to Electric Boat’s

December 14, 2021
Total Views: 1257

OneOcean’s Regs4ships ensures regulatory compliance for Uni-Tankers
Press Releases

OneOcean’s Regs4ships ensures regulatory compliance for Uni-Tankers

Press Release – Denmark-based Uni-Tankers has selected OneOcean’s Regs4ships regulatory database as the most effective means for ensuring continuous,

December 14, 2021
Total Views: 231

Hempel announces new Executive Group Management leading simpler, customer-focused organisation to double revenue by 2025
Press Releases

Hempel announces new Executive Group Management leading simpler, customer-focused organisation to double revenue by 2025

Press Release – Today, Hempel announces a new Executive Group Management to lead its growth journey to double Hempel by 2025. In a new company structure,

December 14, 2021
Total Views: 277

ClassNK grants Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions to U-MING’s “Fleet Safety Management(FSM) System”
Press Releases

ClassNK grants Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions to U-MING’s “Fleet Safety Management(FSM) System”

Press Release – Leading Classification Society ClassNK has granted its Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions to U-MING Marine Transport

December 14, 2021
Total Views: 126

Monday, December 13, 2021
Damen’s legendary ASD 2312 Tug is now available at simulator centres globally and in the Cloud following an agreement with FORCE Technology
Press Releases

Damen’s legendary ASD 2312 Tug is now available at simulator centres globally and in the Cloud following an agreement with FORCE Technology

Press Release – Damen’s ASD 2312 Tug is now available at simulator centres globally, as well as in the SimFlex Cloud, following an agreement with

December 13, 2021
Total Views: 352

Optimarin sees ‘commercial rationale’ to bring forward BWT retrofits
Press Releases

Optimarin sees ‘commercial rationale’ to bring forward BWT retrofits

Press Release – Many shipowners are making hay while the sun shines as high charter rates in some market segments have fuelled revenue – but they

December 13, 2021
Total Views: 222

Saturday, December 11, 2021
Buttigieg Pushes IMO To Address Sexual Assault At Sea
Shipping News

Buttigieg Pushes IMO To Address Sexual Assault At Sea

Last Monday, December 6, the U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg addressed the assembly of the International Maritime Organization, IMO, in London. He

December 11, 2021
Total Views: 1888

Thursday, December 9, 2021
Chevron Shipping LNG Carrier
Environment

Chevron Shipping Joins Sea Cargo Charter

Chevron Shipping Company has joined the Sea Cargo Charter, a big corporate lobby group led by a senior Cargill executive that is tasked with “improved

December 9, 2021
Total Views: 2011

GTMaritime launches Cloud Bridge, cloud storage integration for GTReplicate
Press Releases

GTMaritime launches Cloud Bridge, cloud storage integration for GTReplicate

Press Release – Users of the GTReplicate data replication solution for ships can now make use

December 9, 2021
Total Views: 113

Electric Future for Auckland
Press Releases

Electric Future for Auckland

Press Release – Incat Crowther is pleased to announce a contract to design an Incat Crowther 32 electric ferry for Fullers360 of Auckland, New Zealand.

December 9, 2021
Total Views: 543

WinGD outlines simple steps to decarbonize deep-sea shipping
Press Releases

WinGD outlines simple steps to decarbonize deep-sea shipping

Press Release – Swiss based marine engine technology developer WinGD has published a new white paper outlining the steps it believes will enable deep-sea

December 9, 2021
Total Views: 374

ABB to enable smooth sailing for a 100-meter-plus superyacht
Press Releases

ABB to enable smooth sailing for a 100-meter-plus superyacht

The new Abeking & Rasmussen built superyacht will benefit from ABB’s fully integrated power and propulsion system to optimize comfort while reducing

December 9, 2021
Total Views: 867