FMC Tightens Grip on Carriers as Wan Hai Settles Claim
By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – Regulators in the US are slowly tightening their grip on the ocean shipping and inland supply chain market amid
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.
By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – Regulators in the US are slowly tightening their grip on the ocean shipping and inland supply chain market amid
Offshore wind developer Ørsted and North America’s Building and Trade Unions (NABTU) have agreed to a “historic” national project labor
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has found “no significant impact” in its environmental review
The negotiating committees representing Longshore workers from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 4 union and management from the
U.S.-based Hornblower Group has received an $8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to design, construct and operate a first-of-its-kind
The three global ocean carrier alliances and each of their member companies will now be required to provide pricing and capacity information to the Federal
Angeliki Frangou’s Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE: NMM) has agreed to purchase four newbuild 115,000 dwt LR2 tankers. The vessels are being acquired for
Maritime freight software firm Veson Nautical on Wednesday announced its acquisition of Q88, an information management and software platform for the maritime
DEME Offshore US, part of Belgium-based DEME Group, has announced a long-term partnership with Dutch company Barge Master to develop the motion compensation
A.P. Moller – Maersk, owner of the world’s number two shipping line, reported its best earnings quarter ever in Q1 2022 as strong rates more than
Chevron will join Talos Energy and Carbonvert in developing the Bayou Bend CCS offshore carbon capture and sequestration project in the Gulf of Mexico off the
Classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) for the design of a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV)
Leading roll-on/roll-off shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen is reporting a strong start to 2022 driven by performance in its shipping segment. The company
The U.S. Air Force has demonstrated a lethal new weapon that could provide a low-cost and more widely-available alternative to sinking ships than with
The effort to “Save The Sullivans” at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park will transition to the next phase response as the USS The
A Filipino seafarer is facing up to life in U.S. jail for fatally stabbing his supervisor on board an MSC containership en route from Shanghai to Los Angeles.
By Marc Jones LONDON, May 3 (Reuters) – Global supply chain problems look to set to worsen, a new report published on Tuesday said, as
By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — Employers at West Coast ports at the center of the U.S. supply-chain crisis released a study extolling the benefits
A consortium between Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD) and Netherlands-based Van Oord has been awarded a contract for the
Japanese shipping company NYK has announced its first long-term time charters with China’s state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC,
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