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.


Thursday, January 28, 2021
Wärtsilä wins major order to provide 36 dual-fuel engines for six new LNG carrier vessels
Press Releases

Wärtsilä wins major order to provide 36 dual-fuel engines for six new LNG carrier vessels

Press Release – The technology group Wärtsilä will supply the dual-fuel engines for six new 172,500 cbm LNG carrier vessels being built to serve the

January 28, 2021
Total Views: 541

Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Tidewater accelerates digitalisation strategy with Fleet Xpress
Press Releases

Tidewater accelerates digitalisation strategy with Fleet Xpress

Press Release – Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has secured a fleet-wide agreement with offshore support vessel

January 27, 2021
Total Views: 522

ClassNK updates “Guidelines for Remote Surveys”
Press Releases

ClassNK updates “Guidelines for Remote Surveys”

Press Release – Leading Classification Society ClassNK has released “Guidelines for Remote Surveys Ver. 2.0” including a class notation requirement

January 27, 2021
Total Views: 303

Optimarin follows strong 2020 with fight for Norway’s Smartest Business title
Press Releases

Optimarin follows strong 2020 with fight for Norway’s Smartest Business title

Press Release – Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin is fighting for the title of Norway’s Smartest Business, capping a year that has

January 27, 2021
Total Views: 172

Monday, January 25, 2021
Over 300 Entities Sign Declaration to Help Resolve the Crew Change Crisis at Sea
Shipping

Over 300 Entities Sign Declaration to Help Resolve the Crew Change Crisis at Sea

More than 300 companies and organizations from around the world are throwing their support behind efforts to resolve the ongoing crew change crisis by signing

January 25, 2021
Total Views: 5294

David Evans Uses Sea Machines’ Autonomy Systemto Survey Galveston Bay for NOAA
Press Releases

David Evans Uses Sea Machines’ Autonomy Systemto Survey Galveston Bay for NOAA

DEA Marine Services, a division of David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA), in Vancouver, Wash., is leveraging a Sea Machines

January 25, 2021
Total Views: 1094

KONGSBERG technology will secure green footprint of new next-generation Wind Turbine Installation Unit
Press Releases

KONGSBERG technology will secure green footprint of new next-generation Wind Turbine Installation Unit

Press Release – Kongsberg Maritime (KM) technology is at the centre of an ambitious new project to build a next-generation Wind Turbine Installation Unit

January 25, 2021
Total Views: 594

METIS and Hivecell agree to lead maritime digitalization from the edge
Press Releases

METIS and Hivecell agree to lead maritime digitalization from the edge

Press Release – Maritime data analytics specialist METIS Cyberspace Technology has completed proof of concept trials to confirm that edge computing from

January 25, 2021
Total Views: 204

Wärtsilä participating in EU-funded project to decarbonise long-distance shipping
Press Releases

Wärtsilä participating in EU-funded project to decarbonise long-distance shipping

Press Release – The technology group Wärtsilä, as part of a consortium led by the University of Vaasa in Finland, will play a major role in an

January 25, 2021
Total Views: 425

compass
Environment

NOAA Needs Help Predicting The New Magnetic North

NOAA is offering $30,000 in prizes to citizens who can help them better forecast changes in Earth’s magnetic field. The efficient transfer of energy from

January 25, 2021
Total Views: 4848

Thursday, January 21, 2021
Inmarsat passes 10,000 vessel Fleet Xpress installation milestone as data demand accelerates maritime digitalisation
Press Releases

Inmarsat passes 10,000 vessel Fleet Xpress installation milestone as data demand accelerates maritime digitalisation

With ship data consumption doubling during 2020, Inmarsat launches new ‘Fleet Data Academy’ with partners and shipowners to understand full benefits of

January 21, 2021
Total Views: 505

Wednesday, January 20, 2021
40-teu-msc-container-lift
NOAA

U.S. Finalizes 2025 Blue Economy Strategy

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) yesterday released its Blue Economy Strategic Plan for 2021-2025, laying out a roadmap for new

January 20, 2021
Total Views: 1297

Monday, January 18, 2021
FarSounder Launches On-line Training
Press Releases

FarSounder Launches On-line Training

Press Release – FarSounder is proud to announce the launch of their on-line training platform. The team has put in countless hours gathering the content

January 18, 2021
Total Views: 421

Battle stations for boat-handling systems
Press Releases

Battle stations for boat-handling systems

Press Release – The reliability of davits used to launch rapid-response craft from a naval vessel can mean the difference between success and failure of

January 18, 2021
Total Views: 1524

Maritime industry players join forces to realize the decarbonization potential of solid oxide fuel cells
Press Releases

Maritime industry players join forces to realize the decarbonization potential of solid oxide fuel cells

Press Release – Alfa Laval, DTU Energy, Haldor Topsoe, Svitzer and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping are entering into a joint

January 18, 2021
Total Views: 779

ABB Azipod® electric propulsion makes bulk carrier debut in Oldendorff ship delivery
Press Releases

ABB Azipod® electric propulsion makes bulk carrier debut in Oldendorff ship delivery

Press Release – China’s Chengxi Shipyard hands over the first of twin self-unloading transshipment newbuilds after both owner and builder highlight

January 18, 2021
Total Views: 1072

Friday, January 15, 2021
Svitzer North Delivered
Press Releases

Svitzer North Delivered

Press Release – Svitzer, Australia recently took the delivery of the Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAstar 3000-W series ASD tug, Svitzer North, from ASL

January 15, 2021
Total Views: 634

Maritime Administrator-mark-buzby
Shipping

Buzby Resigns as U.S. Maritime Administrator

Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby has resigned from his post as U.S. Maritime Administrator following last week’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. “I no longer

January 15, 2021
Total Views: 11775

Port of Los Angeles Reports Fourth-Busiest Year on Record in 2020
Ports

Port of Los Angeles Reports Fourth-Busiest Year on Record in 2020

The Port of Los Angeles reported its fourth best year on record in 2020 as a late-year surge of pandemic-induced consumer spending helped boost volumes to near

January 15, 2021
Total Views: 1108

Thursday, January 14, 2021
KVH Partners with Kilo Marine for KVH Watch Maritime IoT Solution
Press Releases

KVH Partners with Kilo Marine for KVH Watch Maritime IoT Solution

Marine technical services provider Kilo Marine will offer KVH Watch connectivity to monitor and troubleshoot vessel equipment in real time KVH Industries,

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 172