Mike Schuler

Mike Schuler is the Managing Editor of gCaptain, where he oversees daily news coverage on global shipping, maritime security, offshore energy, and industry policy. He is a key contributor to gCaptain’s editorial content, frequently writing about major maritime incidents, regulatory changes, and geopolitical developments affecting the shipping industry. Schuler has built a reputation for delivering timely and insightful maritime news, often breaking key stories that influence industry discussions. His reporting is recognized for its clarity, accuracy, and ability to distill complex maritime issues for a broad audience. You can reach him at [email protected] or follow him on X at @MikeSchuler.


Monday, May 23, 2016
Video: The Craziest Boat Launch You Will Ever See
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Video: The Craziest Boat Launch You Will Ever See

Uhhh, was that supposed to happen like that? Seriously, was that planned? Kind of seems like that it was. I don’t know under what circumstance anyone

May 23, 2016
Total Views: 73

Friday, May 20, 2016
The U.S. Navy Has Taken Delivery of Its Most Advanced Destroyer Ever
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The U.S. Navy Has Taken Delivery of Its Most Advanced Destroyer Ever

The Navy on Friday accepted delivery of the future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the Navy’s next-generation multi-mission surface destroyers.

May 20, 2016
Total Views: 2397

Thursday, May 19, 2016
Ship Photos of the Day – ALP’s Long Haul Towing Vessel ALP Striker
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Ship Photos of the Day – ALP’s Long Haul Towing Vessel ALP Striker

The first of four 300 ton bollard pull, ultra-long distance towing and anchor handling vessels for ALP Maritime Service has been named at the Niigata

May 19, 2016
Total Views: 431

Panama Canal drought
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Draft Limits Set for Expanded Panama Canal Locks

The Panama Canal Authority has published the initial draft restrictions for neopanamax vessels ahead of next month’s opening of the expanded Panama Canal

May 19, 2016
Total Views: 44

Tanker Carrying Vegatable Oil Aground Off Uruguay
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Tanker Carrying Vegatable Oil Aground Off Uruguay

A response is underway after a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker ran aground Tuesday off the coast of Uruguay near the resort city of Punta del

May 19, 2016
Total Views: 36

VIDEO: The Spectactular Salvage Operation to Save the Modern Express
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VIDEO: The Spectactular Salvage Operation to Save the Modern Express

In this video, SMIT Salvage tells the story of the amazing race to save the Modern Express, a 164-meter-long Roll-on/Roll-off vessel which earlier this

May 19, 2016
Total Views: 2635

Wednesday, May 18, 2016
New Video Shows U.S. Navy Destroyer’s Aggressive Encounter With Russian Fighter Jets in Baltic Sea
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New Video Shows U.S. Navy Destroyer’s Aggressive Encounter With Russian Fighter Jets in Baltic Sea

Some new video released by the U.S. Navy gives a better look at when two Russian fighter jets made multiple low-altitude passes by the USS Donald Cook in

May 18, 2016
Total Views: 108

Armed Security Team Thwarts Pirate Attack in Gulf of Aden
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Armed Security Team Thwarts Pirate Attack in Gulf of Aden

Another attempted boarding of a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden shows that pirates are still active in the region, at least off the coast of Yemen. The

May 18, 2016
Total Views: 236

Owner of Mystery Oil Tanker Comes Forward, Sheds Some Light on Abandoned Ship
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Owner of Mystery Oil Tanker Comes Forward, Sheds Some Light on Abandoned Ship

Authorities in Liberia have located the Nigerian owner of the mystery ghost ship that washed up without explanation along Liberia’s coast earlier this

May 18, 2016
Total Views: 426

Tuesday, May 17, 2016
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Report Sounds Alarm On Future Officer Shortage

Looking into a career at sea? Your help is need now more than ever. That’s according to a new report by BIMCO and the International Chamber of Shipping,

May 17, 2016
Total Views: 127

Ship Photos of the Day – World’s Largest Cruise Ship Pulls Into Southampton
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Ship Photos of the Day – World’s Largest Cruise Ship Pulls Into Southampton

The world’s largest cruise ship pulled into the Port of Southampton on Tuesday ahead of its maiden cruise later this month.  The Harmony of the Seas

May 17, 2016
Total Views: 148

Monday, May 16, 2016
Solo-Sailor Loses Record Transatlantic Bid After Boat Sinks Just Hours Into Journey
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Solo-Sailor Loses Record Transatlantic Bid After Boat Sinks Just Hours Into Journey

A solo sailor attempting to break a transatlantic record with his 21-foot sailboat had to be rescued by the Coast Guard just hours into his journey on Sunday.

May 16, 2016
Total Views: 127

Cruise Ship Passenger Safety In Focus After Woman Falls Overboard from Carnival Liberty
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Cruise Ship Passenger Safety In Focus After Woman Falls Overboard from Carnival Liberty

Cruise ship passenger safety in once again in focus following a man overboard incident on a Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico. Samantha Broberg, 33,

May 16, 2016
Total Views: 177

Response Continues to Offshore Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico; Skimming Operations Concluded
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Response Continues to Offshore Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico; Skimming Operations Concluded

The U.S. Coast Guard and Shell are continuing their response to the release of some 88,200 gallons of crude oil from a subsea flow line into the Gulf of

May 16, 2016
Total Views: 53

Friday, May 13, 2016
Fire-Damaged Safmarine Meru Reaches Port in China
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Fire-Damaged Safmarine Meru Reaches Port in China

The Maersk Line containership Safmarine Meru was towed to port Friday after firefighters spent five days extinguishing a fire resulting from a collision

May 13, 2016
Total Views: 319

Maersk Sending First Two Vessels to Alang Under New Ship Recycling Plan
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Maersk Sending First Two Vessels to Alang Under New Ship Recycling Plan

Maersk Line is sending its first two end-of-life vessels to Alang, India to be scrapped under a new company plan aimed at developing more responsible

May 13, 2016
Total Views: 99

VARD in Another Deal to Build Expedition Cruise Ships
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VARD in Another Deal to Build Expedition Cruise Ships

Norwegian shipbuilding group VARD has signed a Letter of Intent for the design and construction of two expedition cruise ships, its second such deal in as

May 13, 2016
Total Views: 50

Shell Pipeline Leaks 88,000 Gallons of Oil in Gulf of Mexico
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Shell Pipeline Leaks 88,000 Gallons of Oil in Gulf of Mexico

The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a crude oil spill reportedly discharged from a Shell subsea well-head flow line, approximately 90 miles south of

May 13, 2016
Total Views: 123

Thursday, May 12, 2016
Ship Photos of the Day – World’s First LNG-Powered Icebreaker ‘Polaris’
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Ship Photos of the Day – World’s First LNG-Powered Icebreaker ‘Polaris’

The world’s first LNG-powered icebreaker left the Arctech Helsinki Shipyard in Finland on its first set of sea trials last month to test the

May 12, 2016
Total Views: 163

Another Ship Grounded in Suez Canal
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Another Ship Grounded in Suez Canal

A crude oil tanker spent a short time aground in the Suez Canal on Wednesday, marking the third such incident this year for the waterway. Shipping agency GAC

May 12, 2016
Total Views: 112