Reuters

Reuters is a global news organization providing reporting on business, geopolitics, energy, trade, regulation, and financial markets. gCaptain publishes select Reuters coverage under a syndication license for maritime and offshore audiences. Reuters stories on gCaptain are clearly labeled and may be edited for house style, formatting, and headline clarity without changing the underlying reporting.


Sunday, May 23, 2021
Ever Given Suez Canal
Accidents

Lawyers for Ever Given Shipowner Say Suez Canal Was at Fault in Grounding

CAIRO, May 22 (Reuters) – The owner of a container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March says the canal authority was at fault over its grounding as

May 23, 2021
Total Views: 16082

Friday, May 21, 2021
Grain ship in argentina
Shipping

Argentina’s Key Grains Port Snarled After Strike over Vaccine Access

By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES, May 21 (Reuters) – Argentina’s main grains port of Rosario was snarled on Friday in the aftermath of a 48-hour

May 21, 2021
Total Views: 1814

Thursday, May 20, 2021
container ship underway at sea
Environment

IEA: Maritime Shipping to Fall Short of Net Zero by 2050

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) – The maritime shipping industry will fall short of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions

May 20, 2021
Total Views: 960

uss curtis wilbur
Defense

China Claims it Expelled a U.S. Navy Warship From its Waters in South China Sea

BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) – China said on Thursday an American warship had illegally entered its territorial waters in the South China Sea and was

May 20, 2021
Total Views: 4298

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
U.S. Waives Sanctions on Nord Stream 2 Company and CEO
Offshore

U.S. Waives Sanctions on Nord Stream 2 Company and CEO

By Timothy Gardner, Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) – The Biden administration waived sanctions on the company behind

May 19, 2021
Total Views: 2909

drillship
Offshore

IEA Says Climate Goals Out of Reach with Continued Investment in Fossil Fuels

By Nina Chestney LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) – Investors should not fund new oil, gas and coal supply projects if the world wants to reach net zero

May 19, 2021
Total Views: 1224

oil refinery
Environment

MOL to Step up Hydrogen and Ammonia Business

TOKYO, May 19 (Reuters) – Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) said on Wednesday it will accelerate efforts to build a global

May 19, 2021
Total Views: 1156

Tuesday, May 18, 2021
The Costa Luminosa cruise ship prepares to moor at the port of the island of Corfu. REUTERS/Adonis Skordilis
Cruise Ships

First Cruise Ship Returns to Corfu After COVID-19

CORFU, Greece, May 18 (Reuters) – The Greek island of Corfu welcomed its first cruise ship of the new season on Tuesday, hoping much awaited tourists

May 18, 2021
Total Views: 2722

P305 search and rescue
Accidents

Scores Missing from Barge as Cyclone Pummels Indian Coast

By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India, May 18 (Reuters) – The Indian Navy mounted a massive air and sea rescue mission on Tuesday for 79 oil workers

May 18, 2021
Total Views: 2370

nuclear icebreaker convoy
Shipping

Secretary of State Blinken Criticizes Russia’s ‘Unlawful Maritime Claims’ in the Arctic

By Humeyra Pamuk and Nikolaj Skydsgaard REYKJAVIK, May 18 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday criticized Russia’s

May 18, 2021
Total Views: 1849

RCL Quantum of the Seas cruise ship moored in Singapore
Cruise Ships

Royal Caribbean Cancels All Israel Cruises

by Dan Williams (Reuters) – Cruise operator Royal Caribbean is canceling a new line that had been scheduled to run from Israel to Greece and Cyprus from

May 18, 2021
Total Views: 2689

Monday, May 17, 2021
Chinese vessels at Whitsun Reef, South China Sea
Defense

Philippines’ Duterte Issues Gag Order on Cabinet Over South China Sea Spat

MANILA, May 17 (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte barred his cabinet from talking about the South China Sea in public on Monday after weeks

May 17, 2021
Total Views: 2189

Cruise Ship Decommissioning
Environment

EU Tightens Ship Recycling Rules Again

By Kate Abnett (Reuters) – The European Union on Monday said it would toughen its rules on ship recycling and decommissioning offshore oil and gas sites,

May 17, 2021
Total Views: 15470

Sunday, May 16, 2021
ever given aerial
Shipping

Suez Canal Begins Dredging Wider Southern Section

CAIRO, May 15 (Reuters) – The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has started dredging work to extend a second lane that allows for two-way traffic in a southern

May 16, 2021
Total Views: 3761

Friday, May 14, 2021
citgo
Shipping

Citgo Revealed as Recipient of Second Jones Act Waiver

By Laura Sanicola and Susan Heavey NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) – The Biden administration granted oil refiner Citgo Petroleum a Jones Act

May 14, 2021
Total Views: 3483

gas shortage
Shipping

U.S. Capital Running Out of Gas, Even as Colonial Pipeline Recovers

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) – The U.S. capital was running out of gasoline on Friday, even as the country’s largest fuel pipeline

May 14, 2021
Total Views: 2841

Wednesday, May 12, 2021
OSG ATB
Shipping

U.S. Fuel Supply Response Slowed by Mothballed Oil Tankers

By Jonathan Saul, Devika Krishna Kumar and Laura Sanicola LONDON/NEW YORK, May 12 (Reuters) – Efforts to get fuel supplies to areas in the United States

May 12, 2021
Total Views: 5033

Gasoline tanker at terminal. Photo Shutterstock
Shipping News

Biden Administration Ready to Review Jones Act Waiver Requests

by Doina Chiacu (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has completed its assessment of what ships are

May 12, 2021
Total Views: 1466

SUISO-FRONTIER-hydrogen-tanker
Environment

Can Hydrogen Replace LNG? Race Is On To Pioneer The Shipping Of Hydrogen

By Jonathan Saul (Reuters) – Hydrogen is touted as an inevitable green fuel of the future. Tell that to the people who’ll have to ship it across

May 12, 2021
Total Views: 7929

Tuesday, May 11, 2021
maersk ship
Shipping

Pandemic Propels Makeover at Shipping Giant Maersk

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, May 11 (Reuters) – Maersk is accelerating its plan to transform itself from a container shipping giant

May 11, 2021
Total Views: 7631