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.


Friday, April 16, 2021
Two RAmbler 1200-SX Line-boats for Targe Towing
Press Releases

Two RAmbler 1200-SX Line-boats for Targe Towing

Two RAmbler 1200-SX line-boats are on their way to Leith, Scotland, near Edinburgh. The line-boats were built by Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey for Targe Towing

April 16, 2021
Total Views: 1002

Thursday, April 15, 2021
Forbes Ranks ABS Group as One of the Best
Press Releases

Forbes Ranks ABS Group as One of the Best

Press Release – ABS Group of Companies, Inc. (ABS Group) has been named one of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2021 by Forbes and Statista.

April 15, 2021
Total Views: 707

Hempel protects the ground-breaking O2 tidal energy turbine
Press Releases

Hempel protects the ground-breaking O2 tidal energy turbine

World-leading coatings supplier Hempel has provided coatings to protect the Orbital O2 tidal energy turbine – the world’s most powerful tidal turbine.

April 15, 2021
Total Views: 1016

Ecochlor Launches EcoOne™- A Revolutionary New Filterless BWMS
Press Releases

Ecochlor Launches EcoOne™- A Revolutionary New Filterless BWMS

Press Release – Ecochlor is excited to announce the launch of EcoOne™, a revolutionary new ballast water management system (BWMS).  “By eliminating

April 15, 2021
Total Views: 295

Incat Crowther’s Partnership with Azam Builds on Confidence
Press Releases

Incat Crowther’s Partnership with Azam Builds on Confidence

Press Release – Incat Crowther is pleased to announce a contract to design a 53m Catamaran Passenger Ferry for Azam Marine of Tanzania, Africa, to be

April 15, 2021
Total Views: 763

Wärtsilä caps record-breaking year with scrubber order at Japan Marine United shipyard
Press Releases

Wärtsilä caps record-breaking year with scrubber order at Japan Marine United shipyard

Press Release – The technology group Wärtsilä managed a record-breaking amount of scrubber deliveries in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. It

April 15, 2021
Total Views: 258

Wednesday, April 14, 2021
port of los angeles
Ports

‘Madness’ at the Port of Los Angeles as Cargo Surge Breaks March and Year-to-Date Records

The Port of Los Angeles processed 957,599 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) last month for a 113% leap compared to March 2020 when global trade slowed to a

April 14, 2021
Total Views: 7944

The motor vessel Triton becomes the largest ship to transit the Expanded Panama Canal
Shipping

Panama Canal Postpones Planned Transit Booking Fee Hike

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will postpone its planned price hike on transit booking fees which were due to come into effect tomorrow. The ACP made the

April 14, 2021
Total Views: 6786

Inmarsat and OneOcean partner to deliver pioneering digital solutions for navigation and compliance
Press Releases

Inmarsat and OneOcean partner to deliver pioneering digital solutions for navigation and compliance

Press Release – Inmarsat, the world-leading mobile satellite communications provider, and OneOcean, the global leader in compliance and navigation

April 14, 2021
Total Views: 277

ONE is added to ISO9001 certification registry of ClassNK
Press Releases

ONE is added to ISO9001 certification registry of ClassNK

Press Release – ClassNK has registered Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE) to its registry of ISO9001(Quality Management System/QMS):2015

April 14, 2021
Total Views: 147

Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Metegrity and ABS Consulting Join Forces to Drive Value for Petroleum and Chemical Manufacturing Operations
Press Releases

Metegrity and ABS Consulting Join Forces to Drive Value for Petroleum and Chemical Manufacturing Operations

Press Release – Metegrity, an asset integrity management software solutions company, and ABSG Consulting Inc. (ABS Consulting), a worldwide operational

April 13, 2021
Total Views: 247

Wärtsilä’s next-level predictive maintenance service can lead to fleet-wide implementation by Japanese shipping group
Press Releases

Wärtsilä’s next-level predictive maintenance service can lead to fleet-wide implementation by Japanese shipping group

Press Release – The technology group Wärtsilä has signed an Optimised Maintenance agreement with the Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha

April 13, 2021
Total Views: 364

Optimarin surfs retrofit wave with orders for over 100 units so far in 2021
Press Releases

Optimarin surfs retrofit wave with orders for over 100 units so far in 2021

Press Release – Optimarin has announced its best ever start to a year, with the ballast water treatment specialist signing a series of fleet contracts,

April 13, 2021
Total Views: 184

Monday, April 12, 2021
ABB sets course for sustainable river transport with ten all-electric Lisbon ferries
Press Releases

ABB sets course for sustainable river transport with ten all-electric Lisbon ferries

Press Release – ABB secures landmark contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán to supply all-electric power solution for fast 40-meter urban

April 12, 2021
Total Views: 574

port of los angeles and long beach
Video

gCaptain Weekly – Episode 1

In this first episode of gCaptain Weekly, John Konrad and Sal Mercogliano discuss some of the top maritime stories of the

April 12, 2021
Total Views: 3084

Saturday, April 10, 2021
Wärtsilä collaborating with Finnish Border Guard in testing of Bio LNG fuel for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Press Releases

Wärtsilä collaborating with Finnish Border Guard in testing of Bio LNG fuel for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Press Release – The technology group Wärtsilä is cooperating with the Finnish Border Guard in the testing of Bio LNG as fuel for a Coastguard patrol

April 10, 2021
Total Views: 427

Helm Operations, ShipTracks Launch New Harbor Automation Tools
Press Releases

Helm Operations, ShipTracks Launch New Harbor Automation Tools

First-of-its-kind integration helps harbor operators automatically capture 100% of towage work and revenue in port.  Leading marine operations software

April 10, 2021
Total Views: 470

Thursday, April 8, 2021
With the latest generation engines designed for use with renewable fuels, how will lube oil manufacturers adapt?
Press Releases

With the latest generation engines designed for use with renewable fuels, how will lube oil manufacturers adapt?

Jean-Philippe Roman, Project Manager at Total Lubmarine, shares his insight and explains how the energy major is ahead of the curve with its recently

April 8, 2021
Total Views: 892

Nor-Shipping gathers hydrogen leaders to map out fuel of the future at Ocean Now
Press Releases

Nor-Shipping gathers hydrogen leaders to map out fuel of the future at Ocean Now

Press Release – Nor-Shipping’s newly announced Ocean Now initiative aims to set the stage for maritime’s energy transition with the announcement of a

April 8, 2021
Total Views: 455

World’s first hydrogen cargo vessel set for Paris debut
Press Releases

World’s first hydrogen cargo vessel set for Paris debut

Press Release – The European innovation project Flagships will deploy the world’s first commercial cargo transport vessel operating on hydrogen,

April 8, 2021
Total Views: 1037