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 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
The Maersk Line containership Safmarine Meru was towed to port Friday after firefighters spent five days extinguishing a fire resulting from a collision
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
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
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
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
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
Offshore and specialized shipbuilder VARD has secured a $300 million to design and build “module carriers” as the company continues to look past
Holding company Genting Hong Kong has announced plans to build two 201,000 gross ton cruise ships as part of a 10-ship order at its newly acquired shipyards in
French container shipping company has pulled the 18,000 TEU CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin from the trans-pacific market, officially ending – or at least
General Dynamics NASSCO has launched and christened the MT Garden State, the third of five ECO Class tankers to join the Jones Act fleet. Once delivered, the
The third LNG-powered offshore supply vessel to hit the Gulf of Mexico was delivered Tuesday in Port Fourchon, Louisiana and is now ready to enter service in
Rolls-Royce has won the tender to design and equip the UK’s new $300 million polar research vessel RRS Boaty McBoatface RRS Sir David Attenborough, said
Maersk Line is working with Chinese authorities on a plan to tow the fire-scorched Safmarine Meru to port following Sunday morning’s collision off
A major collision over the weekend involving two containerships off Ningbo, China caused severe damage to both ships and fire on board one of them. No serious
An abandoned oil tanker has mysteriously washed ashore in Liberia leaving officials scratching their heads as to how it got there and what exactly happened to
A Colombian man has been rescued after spending a remarkable two months stranded at sea aboard a disabled 23-foot skiff. The 29-year-old man arrived in
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a $100,000 fine to a Washington man who last year intentionally pointed a laser into the wheelhouse of a Washington State Ferry
Some major damage at Suez Canal Container Terminal in Egypt’s Port Said overnight after a containership apparently crashed into a gantry crane as it was
Last month, SpaceX made history when it landed its reusable Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship in the middle of the Atlantic for the first time. Today, the
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