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.


Thursday, September 24, 2026
OOCL Portugal container ship transiting the Suez Canal in Egypt.
News

Container Rates Edge Lower Ahead of Golden Week as Suez Traffic Returns

The Drewry World Container Index edged lower this week as falling Asia-Europe rates outweighed firmer pricing on the Transpacific, with carriers preparing

September 24, 2026
Total Views: 1681

Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21) conduct helicopter operations with an MH60-Jayhawk helicopter air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, while underway in the Gulf of Alaska
Defense

Coast Guard Awards $315 Million Kodiak Pier Contract to Support Arctic Fleet Expansion

The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a $315 million contract to Tutor Perini Corp. to build a new fuel pier and major cutter mooring at Base Kodiak, Alaska, as

September 23, 2026
Total Views: 1833

containership
News

Container Shipping Faces 2027 Pressure as Huge Orderbook Hits the Water

The container shipping market is still benefiting from geopolitical disruption and longer sailing distances in 2026, but a rapidly expanding fleet could turn

September 23, 2026
Total Views: 1382

US President Donald Trump addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2026
News

Trump Takes Aim at Shipping’s Net-Zero Plan at UN

President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to renew his attack on the International Maritime Organization’s

September 23, 2026
Total Views: 1892

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam
News

Seafarer Killed in Hormuz Attack as Trump Pushes Iran Deal at UN

An Indian seafarer has been killed after the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged bulk carrier Cape Dao was attacked and abandoned near the Strait of Hormuz,

September 23, 2026
Total Views: 2337

Tuesday, September 22, 2026
smoke pollution coming from a container ship
News

IMO Uncertainty Puts Shipping’s 2030 Fuel Target at Risk

Shipping is running out of time to meet a key 2030 target for zero-emission fuels, even as methanol infrastructure and alternative-fuel vessel capacity

September 22, 2026
Total Views: 1043

Photo shows the installation of the first offshore wind turbine at South Fork Wind
Offshore

New York Leads Lawsuits Challenging $1.4 Billion Offshore Wind Buyouts

New York is leading a coalition of states in two new lawsuits challenging Trump administration agreements that would cancel offshore wind leases and redirect

September 22, 2026
Total Views: 2020

US President Donald Trump addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2026
Shipping

Trump Calls for Iran’s Economic Isolation at UN as Tehran Offers Hormuz Reopening

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for complete economic isolation of Iran, showing no intention to resume talks at the UN General Assembly but saying

September 22, 2026
Total Views: 1031

Monday, September 21, 2026
Gasoline tanker at terminal. Photo Shutterstock
News

More Jones Act Waiver Voyages Went Unreported Than Previously Known

The number of foreign-vessel voyages missing from federal Jones Act waiver records appears to be larger than previously known, with new analysis identifying at

September 21, 2026
Total Views: 1831

oil tanker
News

Trafigura Launches Volare Shipping With $500 Million Oslo Listing Plan

Commodity trading giant Trafigura is launching a new tanker company with plans to raise about $500 million and list the business in Oslo, opening its growing

September 21, 2026
Total Views: 889

Workers carry a rope line to fasten a decommissioned ship at the Alang shipyard in Gujarat, India
Featured

EU Ship Recycling Fight Escalates Over Indian Beaching Yards

A fight over whether Indian shipbreaking yards using the controversial beaching method should qualify under European environmental rules is widening, with

September 21, 2026
Total Views: 75480

Port Gladstone
Featured

Capesize Bulker Remains Aground Off Australia After Refloating Attempts Fail

Australian authorities have launched an investigation after the 182,066-dwt bulk carrier Cape Falcon ran aground off the Port of Gladstone,

September 21, 2026
Total Views: 8096

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam
News

Two More Tankers Hit in Strait of Hormuz as Attacks Mount

Two more tankers have been struck while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, with two seafarers injured, extending a string of attacks against commercial shipping

September 21, 2026
Total Views: 2025

Friday, September 18, 2026
General cargo ship on the horizon at sunset
News

AI Error Nearly Triggered U.S. Intercept of Chinese Ship, CNN Reports

A false intelligence report produced with the help of artificial intelligence nearly led the U.S. military to intercept and board a Chinese ship in the Middle

September 18, 2026
Total Views: 3526

Two tankers with Saudi oil exit Red Sea over weekend, data shows
News

Three Tanker Attacks Hit Hormuz as Saudi Oil Is Forced Back Toward Strait

A new burst of attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz is hitting just as Saudi Arabia is being forced to send more oil back through the

September 18, 2026
Total Views: 1473

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam
News

U.S. Sanctions Crypto Exchange Tied to Iran’s Hormuz Transit Payments

The United States has sanctioned an Iranian cryptocurrency exchange that Treasury says was used to move payments collected from ships transiting the Strait of

September 18, 2026
Total Views: 704

Thursday, September 17, 2026
The Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20), a polar-class ice breaker, transits Southeast Alaskan waters Nov. 24, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard Photo
Defense

USCGC Healy’s Breakdown Exposes America’s Thin Arctic Icebreaker Fleet

The U.S. Coast Guard’s decision to end icebreaker Healy’s planned high-latitude mission has left the service leaning more heavily on its newest

September 17, 2026
Total Views: 1936

IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez speaks during a meeting at the International Maritime Organization in London.
News

IMO Sounds Alarm as Attacks on Merchant Ships Spread Across Global Trade Routes

The head of the International Maritime Organization is calling on governments to stop attacks on merchant shipping as conflicts increasingly spill into some of

September 17, 2026
Total Views: 887

Handysize gas tanker
News

Foreign Tanker Voyages Went Unreported Under Jones Act Waiver, Bloomberg Finds

Foreign-flagged tankers moved more than $40 million worth of petroleum products between U.S. ports without appearing in the federal government’s public Jones

September 17, 2026
Total Views: 2014

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
MV dali after alliding with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore
News

From Dali to Titan, NTSB Finds the Same Safety Problems Repeating

The Dali bridge collapse, the implosion of the Titan submersible and the deadly fire aboard the Grande Costa D’Avorio are among 49 marine casualties

September 16, 2026
Total Views: 2666