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, December 14, 2021
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: 232

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: 278

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: 227

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: 1891

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: 2012

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: 114

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: 545

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: 375

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: 868

Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Wärtsilä partners with Microsoft to strengthen their Edge platform and industrialise Marine IoT
Press Releases

Wärtsilä partners with Microsoft to strengthen their Edge platform and industrialise Marine IoT

Wärtsilä Voyage, in partnership with Microsoft, aims to reinforce the synergies within its end-to-end digital services portfolio and bring all its current

December 8, 2021
Total Views: 488

Wärtsilä thrusters to provide optimal propulsion performance for new Wind Turbine Installation Vessel
Press Releases

Wärtsilä thrusters to provide optimal propulsion performance for new Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

Press Release – The technology group Wärtsilä will supply the seven thrusters required for a new Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) being built at

December 8, 2021
Total Views: 834

SCHOTTEL propulsion systems for first fully electric U.S. tugboat eWolf
Press Releases

SCHOTTEL propulsion systems for first fully electric U.S. tugboat eWolf

Press Release – Crowley’s new 25-metre-vessel eWolf, the first all-electric tug to be built and operated in the United States, will be equipped with

December 8, 2021
Total Views: 459

Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Waymon L Boyd Dredge Fire
Accidents

NTSB Determines Probable Cause of Fatal Pipeline Strike and Fire Aboard Dredger in Texas; 10 Safety Recommendations Issued

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a virtual public board meeting on Tuesday to consider the draft final report on the explosion and fire

December 7, 2021
Total Views: 2438

Today We Remember Pearl Harbor – 80 Years Ago Today
Defense

Today We Remember Pearl Harbor – 80 Years Ago Today

It's been 71 years since Japan attacked the U.S. military base at Pearl Harbor, the single catastrophic event that launched the United States into World War

December 7, 2021
Total Views: 1943

ABS grants Alfa Laval the marine industry’s first approval in principle (AIP) for firing boilers with methanol
Press Releases

ABS grants Alfa Laval the marine industry’s first approval in principle (AIP) for firing boilers with methanol

Maritime classification society the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted Alfa Laval the first marine approval for operating boilers on methanol. Alfa

December 7, 2021
Total Views: 270

Monday, December 6, 2021
Liberia and the Peoples Republic of China Sign Maritime MOU
Press Releases

Liberia and the Peoples Republic of China Sign Maritime MOU

The Liberian Maritime Authority, and the Maritime Safety Administration of the Peoples Republic of China have signed a Memorandum of Understanding together in

December 6, 2021
Total Views: 404

Inchcape Shipping Services partners with Horizon Air Freight to ease Americas deliveries
Press Releases

Inchcape Shipping Services partners with Horizon Air Freight to ease Americas deliveries

Press Release – Inchcape Shipping Services and Horizon Air Freight have jointly announced a new partnership that will streamline Inchcape’s last-mile

December 6, 2021
Total Views: 249