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.
The Biden Administration has announced a set of actions to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing that the White House says is significantly
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U.S.-based telecommunications company SubCom has been awarded a $600 million contract to build a more than 10,500-mile fiber optic subsea cable connecting
Swedish shipping consultancy Wallenius Marine has teamed up with naval architecture firm KNUD E. HANSEN to design the world’s first wind-powered
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U.S. shipping company Matson Navigation has signed an agreement with MAN Energy Solutions to retrofit the main engine on board the 2018-built containership
Commodities trading house Gunvor SA has reportedly requested a Jones Act waiver asking for permission to deliver 13 million gallons of blended gasoline to the
A subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) delivered the new world’s largest containership this week in Shanghai. The vessel, named Ever
The Biden Administration has teamed up with eleven East Coast governors to launch a new Federal-State Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership aimed at
U.S.-based Crowley and ESVAGT, headquartered in Esbjerg, Denmark, have signed additional joint venture agreements that will further strengthen their commitment
The board of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has appointed Emanuele Grimaldi, President and Managing Director of Grimaldi Euromed SpA, as Chairman
The EU Parliament has voted in favour of including shipping in its carbon market, adding pressure for the industry to accelerate its decarbonization. The EU
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has received two shipbuilding orders valued at approximately $3 billion (3.9 trillion won) to build fourteen
Singapore-based Vallianz Holdings has initiated a project to develop a first-of-its-kind hybrid battery-powered heavy transport vessel (HTV) to serve the
Libra Group subsidiary acquires Jones Act shipyard St. Johns Ship Building, seeing the need for Jones Act-compliant vessels to support the nascent U.S.
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has revealed an order to supply the hybrid battery-powered propulsion systems for three new roll-on/roll-off passenger
The number of shipping containers lost at sea has risen significantly during the pandemic thanks to an “unusually high” number of incidents
Weakened hardware and an improperly secured lifeboat sling caused the accidental release of a bulk carrier’s free-fall lifeboat during a drill that left
The Great Lakes Seaway Partnership (GLSP) on Tuesday announced its tonnage report for shipping through the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System during the
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