Mike Schuler

Mike Schuler is the Managing Editor of gCaptain, where he has led editorial operations since June 2008. He oversees daily news coverage on global shipping, maritime security, offshore energy, and industry policy, and has built a reputation for delivering timely and insightful maritime news—often breaking key stories that influence industry discussions. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus on Financial Management from The Catholic University of America, and a certificate in Data Analytics and Visualization from the University of Arizona. Before joining gCaptain, he held positions at Intrawest Hospitality Management and Union Beer Distributors. His expertise spans supply chain and logistics, energy policy, global trade dynamics, and maritime security. Mike's reporting is known for its clarity, accuracy, and ability to explain complex maritime topics to broad audiences.


Thursday, June 4, 2026
TOTE's LNG-powered Isla Bella underway
Shipping

Alternative-Fuel Ship Orders Slow as Owners Hedge Fuel Bets

Orders for alternative-fuelled vessels continued in May but remain well below last year’s pace, highlighting a more cautious and diversified approach to

June 4, 2026
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A Port State Control inspection in Nine Mile Anchorage
Shipping

Coast Guard Unveils New Digital Mariner Credentialing Platform Amid Massive Backlog

The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing to launch a new digital credentialing platform aimed at overhauling how mariners apply for and receive Merchant Mariner

June 4, 2026
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Oil tanker HELGA is moored at one of Iraq's southern offshore oil terminals near Basra
Shipping

Trafigura Warns World’s Largest Energy Crisis Is Far From Over

Commodity trading giant Trafigura says the conflict in the Middle East has already removed more than 1.1 billion barrels of oil from global markets and warned

June 4, 2026
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RFA Lyme Bay sails from Gibraltar escorted by a tugboat during a previous deployment, with calm water and blue skies surrounding the Bay-class support ship.
Shipping

Royal Navy Deploys New Mine-Hunting Drone as 15-Nation Hormuz Coalition Takes Shape

The Royal Navy has deployed a new underwater mine disposal system aboard RFA Lyme Bay as Britain and France finalize plans for a multinational operation to

June 4, 2026
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Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Artist's rendering of Delfin LNG's floating LNG export facility and LNG carrier operating offshore in the Gulf of America, with support vessels alongside the floating liquefaction platform.
Shipping

Delfin Approves $5 Billion Floating LNG Export Project Off Louisiana Coast

Backed by BlackRock’s GIP, MOL and Vitol, the Louisiana offshore project would become America’s first floating LNG export facility and the

June 3, 2026
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File Photo: A U.S. Navy officer standing watch aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton observes an oil tanker pass while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations.
Shipping

Maritime Action Plan Takes Center Stage as Congress Reviews MARAD, FMC Budgets

The Trump administration’s push to rebuild America’s maritime industry moved back into the spotlight Wednesday as lawmakers reviewed fiscal year

June 3, 2026
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Aerial view of the liquefied CO? carrier Northern Pioneer sailing at sea. The blue-hulled vessel features a deck-mounted cargo system and rotor sail technology and is part of the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage transport fleet.
Shipping

Northern Lights Expands Carbon Shipping Fleet with New CO2 Carrier

Northern Lights has awarded a long-term time charter contract for a new 12,000-cubic-meter liquefied CO? carrier to a consortium of Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen

June 3, 2026
Total Views: 477

Tuesday, June 2, 2026
bow of dry bulk ship
Shipping

Diana Rips Genco Board After Third Rejection, Urges Shareholders to Vote for Change

The takeover battle between two of the dry bulk shipping sector’s biggest names intensified Tuesday after Diana Shipping publicly blasted Genco Shipping

June 2, 2026
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Infrared aerial image released by CENTCOM showing the bow and forward deck of the tanker M/T Lexie at night. The image includes targeting markers and "UNCLASSIFIED" text, and was released following a U.S. strike that disabled the vessel during blockade enforcement operations.
Shipping

U.S. Forces Disable Sanctioned Tanker Bound for Iran as Blockade Enforcement Continues

U.S. forces disabled a sanctioned oil tanker attempting to reach an Iranian port on Tuesday, marking the sixth commercial vessel interdicted since Washington

June 2, 2026
Total Views: 2159

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's FY2027 budget request for the Department of State, on Capitol Hill in Washington
Shipping

Rubio Tells Congress: No Iran Sanctions Relief for Reopening Strait of Hormuz

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's negotiating team has not offered Iran sanctions relief in exchange for

June 2, 2026
Total Views: 891

Photo shows the installation of the first offshore wind turbine at South Fork Wind
Offshore

New York Sues Trump Administration Over $795 Million Offshore Wind Buyout Deal

New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul have launched a legal challenge against the Trump administration’s controversial

June 2, 2026
Total Views: 1210

Crew members aboard a research vessel recover ocean monitoring equipment from the sea using a large stern A-frame crane. The operation takes place in open ocean under cloudy skies as personnel in safety gear work around buoys, winches, and scientific instruments on the vessel's aft deck.
Shipping

U.S. Begins Dismantling Major Ocean Observation Network

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has begun a major downsizing of one of the world’s largest ocean observing networks, announcing plans to

June 2, 2026
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Personnel on a boat work to extinguish a fire on the Sariska V vessel in the Persian Gulf after MSC, the world's largest shipping group, said the vessel was struck by two projectiles in Iraq's Umm Qasr port, in this screengrab from a handout video released June 2, 2026.
Shipping

MSC Confirms Containership Was Hit Twice by Projectiles Off Iraq

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) says its containership MSC Sariska V was struck by two projectiles while departing Iraq’s Port of Umm Qasr

June 2, 2026
Total Views: 2070

Monday, June 1, 2026
A rendering of Davie Defense's “American Icebreaker Factory," a planned $1 billion transformation of the historic Gulf Copper shipyard in Galveston, Texas
Shipbuilding

Davie Breaks Ground on $1 Billion Texas Shipyard Expansion for Coast Guard Icebreakers

Davie Defense officially broke ground Monday on a massive modernization of Gulf Copper’s shipyard facilities in Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas, marking the

June 1, 2026
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Screenshot from a circulating video showing hull damage above the waterline on the starboard side of the containership MSC Sariska V while underway in the Arabian Gulf.
Shipping

MSC Containership Damaged in Apparent Attack Off Iraq

A Panama-flagged containership has been damaged in what appears to be the third reported attack off Iraq since the outbreak of the U.S.-Iran conflict in late

June 1, 2026
Total Views: 5770

Aerial view of a heavy loaded crude oil tanker traveling over open ocean during sunset time
Shipping

Shipping Industry Says Hormuz Peace Deal Alone Won’t Bring Ships Back

Executives warn that freedom of navigation requires more than a ceasefire as confidence remains shattered after months of conflict Shipping executives gathered

June 1, 2026
Total Views: 3059

blue lng carrier at sea
Shipping

LNG Fleet Faces Compliance Divide as EU Carbon Costs Threaten Older Carrier Economics

A growing split is emerging within the global LNG carrier fleet as tightening European emissions regulations begin reshaping vessel economics, according to a

June 1, 2026
Total Views: 686

The MT Grinch pictured following its seizure by French forces in the Mediterranean Sea, January 22, 2026
Shipping

France Intercepts Another Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker as Macron Expands Sanctions Crackdown

French naval forces have intercepted and boarded another tanker linked to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, extending a maritime enforcement campaign that has

June 1, 2026
Total Views: 748

Sunday, May 31, 2026
EUNAVFOR Operation ATALANTA photo of the Hellas Aphrodite liberation in the Indian Ocean
Shipping

U.S. Forces Disable Commercial Vessel, Showing Iran Blockade Still Active Despite Peace Talks

U.S. forces disabled a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday after its crew allegedly ignored repeated warnings and continued toward an Iranian

May 31, 2026
Total Views: 1368

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz
Shipping

Oman Warns of Suspected Floating Mine in Hormuz, Reinforcing Shipping Industry Fears

Oman’s Maritime Security Centre (MSC) on Saturday issued a navigation warning after a floating object suspected to be a naval mine was sighted within Omani

May 31, 2026
Total Views: 976