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.


Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Panama Canal Expansion Timeline Still In Doubt After Crack
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Panama Canal Expansion Timeline Still In Doubt After Crack

The Panama Canal Authority this week addressed the recently-developed crack in one of the new lock chambers making up the expanded Panama Canal, raising new

September 8, 2015
Total Views: 157

On-board Footage Shows Speedboat Hit Marker Buoy at 150 MPH
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On-board Footage Shows Speedboat Hit Marker Buoy at 150 MPH

These guys are seriously lucky to be alive after this. The footage was filmed last week as powerboat racer Stuart Hayim was attempting to set a speed record

September 8, 2015
Total Views: 1871

WATCH: Crazy Hail Storm Pounds Small Fishing Boat Near Naples
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WATCH: Crazy Hail Storm Pounds Small Fishing Boat Near Naples

Video filmed in the Gulf of Naples, Italy over the weekend of a small fishing boat stuck offshore in a dangerous hail storm, but these guys seem to just

September 8, 2015
Total Views: 86

Friday, September 4, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – Shell’s Arctic Fleet
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Ship Photos of the Day – Shell’s Arctic Fleet

Shell Alaska has deployed a wide range of vessels in support of its 2015 exploratory drilling at the Burger Prospect in the Chukchi Sea off the northwest coast

September 4, 2015
Total Views: 202

WATCH: Containership NYK Hyperion Calls at DCT Gdansk in HD
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WATCH: Containership NYK Hyperion Calls at DCT Gdansk in HD

The 13,000 TEU NYK Hyperion calls at Poland’s Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk (DCT Gdansk), marking the fourth ship to call at the port under the G6

September 4, 2015
Total Views: 38

CMA CGM Bourgainville
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French Flag’s Largest Ship Enters Service

French shipping company CMA CGM has put into service the 400-meter-long CMA CGM Bourgainville, the world’s largest containership sailing under the French

September 4, 2015
Total Views: 67

Slurry Oil Spill on Mississippi River Could Be 250,000 Gallons
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Slurry Oil Spill on Mississippi River Could Be 250,000 Gallons

The U.S. Coast Guard says that up to 250,000 gallons of clarified slurry oil could have spilled following a towboat collision on the Mississippi River near

September 4, 2015
Total Views: 39

Thursday, September 3, 2015
More Than 90% of Australian Seafaring Jobs At Risk Under Cabotage Reform Plan, Research Shows
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More Than 90% of Australian Seafaring Jobs At Risk Under Cabotage Reform Plan, Research Shows

  More than 90% of Australian seafarers working in the domestic trade will lose their jobs under the Abbott government’s plan to reform

September 3, 2015
Total Views: 100

MOL Testing New Containership ‘Windshield’
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MOL Testing New Containership ‘Windshield’

  Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has started testing a new containership ‘windshield’ technology that it hopes will help cut wind resistance,

September 3, 2015
Total Views: 215

WATCH: Drone Addicts Video from SAIL Amsterdam Maritime Festival
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WATCH: Drone Addicts Video from SAIL Amsterdam Maritime Festival

Netherlands-based Drone Addicts was at the Port of Amsterdam in August to capture the parade of ships kicking off SAIL 2015, a once-every-five-years maritime

September 3, 2015
Total Views: 476

AIDA Cruises New Flagship Delayed Again at MHI
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AIDA Cruises New Flagship Delayed Again at MHI

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries says that the delivery of a next-generation cruise ship for AIDA Cruises scheduled for September will be delayed by

September 3, 2015
Total Views: 148

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
WATCH: Float-Over Topside Installation Using Dynamic Positioning
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WATCH: Float-Over Topside Installation Using Dynamic Positioning

This video shows the float-over installation of a 15,748 ton topside on an offshore facility off Malaysia using dynamic positioning and the Dockwise-managed

September 2, 2015
Total Views: 614

Ship Photos of the Day – SS COLUMBIA Tow
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Ship Photos of the Day – SS COLUMBIA Tow

The Great Lakes Towing Company was contracted by The SS Columbia Project to tow the 113-year-old “Boblo Boat” SS COLUMBIA from Toledo, Ohio to Buffalo, New

September 2, 2015
Total Views: 126

Petrobras Cancels Vantage Drillship Contract Citing Breaches
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Petrobras Cancels Vantage Drillship Contract Citing Breaches

  Houston-based Vantage Drilling says it has been notified by Petrobras terminating it’s contract for the Titanium Explorer drillship. The 8-year

September 2, 2015
Total Views: 155

Tuesday, September 1, 2015
NASA Satellites Capture Three Hurricanes Marching Across Pacific
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NASA Satellites Capture Three Hurricanes Marching Across Pacific

NASA satellites this week captured images of three simultaneous hurricanes over the Pacific Over near Hawaii, the first time in recorded history that three

September 1, 2015
Total Views: 62

the largest found in a decade in the region. Illustration: Maersk Oil.
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Sembcorp Bags Even Bigger Culzean Field Contract

  Another huge contract handed out today by Maersk Oil one day after the company and its partners won UK approval for the multi-billion development of the

September 1, 2015
Total Views: 97

More Bosphorus Trouble: Vessels Collide Near Northern Entrance – INCIDENT PHOTOS
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More Bosphorus Trouble: Vessels Collide Near Northern Entrance – INCIDENT PHOTOS

Another incident to report today involving ships in or near Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait. Turkish maritime authorities have confirmed that the tanker Paros

September 1, 2015
Total Views: 198

Monday, August 31, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – Building the Marlins, The World’s First LNG Containerships
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Ship Photos of the Day – Building the Marlins, The World’s First LNG Containerships

The second of two Marlin-class containerships was launched over the weekend at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego where the vessels are being

August 31, 2015
Total Views: 199

Orkim Harmony Pirate Mastermind Caught
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Orkim Harmony Pirate Mastermind Caught

The suspected mastermind behind the hijacking of an Orkim product tanker earlier this year off Malaysia has been arrested outside Indonesia’s capital

August 31, 2015
Total Views: 332

Amazing 4K Time-Lapse Onboard Maersk Containership
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Amazing 4K Time-Lapse Onboard Maersk Containership

Amazing video shows cargo operations onboard the containership Maersk Gunhilde during a voyage from Ho-Chi Minh, Vitenam to Ningbo, China in September

August 31, 2015
Total Views: 91