Malte Humpert

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – As part of a sweeping sanctions package announced on Friday the U.S. State Department targets around one percent of the global

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia’s shadow fleet operation continues to expand and now includes the first apparent ship-to-ship transfer of liquefied

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – The U.S. Department of State announced broad sanctions against Russia’s burgeoning LNG shadow fleet. LNG carriers had begun

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – The bad news for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter program keeps on coming. A new Congressional Budget Office

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) China continues to push ahead with the rapid expansion of its Arctic-capable fleet. For the first time it has dispatched three

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia continues its game of Arctic hide and seek attempting to dispatch LNG carriers undetected to its sanctioned Arctic

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – U.S. Coast Guard presence in the Arctic has taken another hit. Icebreaker USCGC Healy suffered an engineering compartment

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – A week after calling at Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project, liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Pioneer has

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – The first loading of liquefied natural gas aboard a “dark vessel” at Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 confirms months of

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer Novatek appears to have loaded the first cargo from its sanctioned Arctic

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Two Chinese container ships have set course for the Arctic. The vessels intend to use Russia’s Northern Sea Route as a

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia isn’t taking any chances during the launch of its new flagship LNG project. Following ongoing Ukrainian operations

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russian LNG producer Novatek appears set to dispatch the next production line of its Arctic LNG 2 plant this week. 

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – U.S. sanctions have proven successful in suspending production at Arctic LNG 2 and delaying the expansion of the project,

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – This year’s Arctic summer shipping season is off to a busy start. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) Carrier Eduard Toll

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – The U.S. intends to create an Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE) with Canada and Finland to overcome challenges of

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – The U.S. sanctions regime continues to curtail Russia’s flagship LNG project.  Days after Chinese company Wison New

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – After a three-month odyssey aboard Chinese heavy lift vessel Wei Xiao Tian Shi, two Russia-bound LNG modules are headed

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia continues to push forward with the rapid renewal and expansion of its icebreaker fleet. In addition to commissioning

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Signs of a Russian effort to ready an Arctic LNG “dark fleet” continue to mount.  An increasing number of