Editorial

by Suzanne OConnell (Wesleyan University) My favorite place in the world isn’t a fixed location. It’s the JOIDES Resolution, an internationally funded

by Valerie Thomas (Georgia Institute of Technology) The United States is producing more oil and natural gas today than ever before, and far more than any other

By Mary McMillan California is a vital contributor to America’s status as a leading maritime nation, and the California State Assembly deserves much credit

By Jennifer Carpenter The United States must renew its commitment to a strong, reliable American maritime capability to confront emerging threats. China’s

By Captain Rahul Khanna The tragic collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the US after it was hit by the container ship Dali made headlines

by William Cahill (The Boyd Institute) American seapower is under attack. Not just by Iran backed Houthi rebels that have blocked US-flag ships in the Red Sea,

by Mariam Farida (The Conversation) Days after a drone attack killed three US soldiers at a military outpost in Jordan – an attack blamed on a shadowy

Immigration and inflation are not the only significant issues in this election. There is also the matter of energy and environmental policies and how decisions

by Mahad Darar (TheConversation) The U.S.- and U.K.-led strikes on the rebel Houthi group in Yemen represent a dramatic new turn in the Middle East conflict

China is not the only potentially adversarial maritime power that is flexing its muscles in the Indo-Pacific region. Russia is a cause for concern, too. Alexey

by Murray Scown, Lund University and Frances Eleanor Dunn, Utrecht University (TheConversation) Perilously situated between rising sea levels and pressures

This essay by the President of the MM&P union addresses gCaptain’s editorial about the current aversion of US maritime unions towards strikes for

Scaling up the availability of low and zero-emission fuels will be challenging. While the long term destination is clear, in the medium term the industry will

By Luke McNamara, Principal Analyst – Mandiant, Google Cloud  The recent cyberattack on the Port of Nagoya has once again highlighted both the

A Canadian cement carrier ran aground on Sunday morning just after 5:30 a.m. EST, east of Cornwall, Ontario, causing a two-day stoppage of ship traffic on the

Glenn Murphy, Chairman, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers on why an internationally recognised, professional qualification in broking can ramp up career

By Jennifer Carpenter California’s maritime sector is essential to America’s role in the global economy and to the supply chain. Yet, a mandate from the

by Joaquin Sapien (ProPublica) In July 2016, warships from more than two dozen nations gathered off the coasts of Hawaii and Southern California to join the

by Kevin Hamilton (University of Hawaii) In 2021, an expedition off the icy northern Greenland coast spotted what appeared to be a previously uncharted island.

NOAA-Today, following input from tribal nations, state and federal agencies, Indigenous communities, and the public, NOAA released a proposal to designate a