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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Wednesday, June 17, 2020
anti-piracy defense
Piracy

U.S. Warns of Piracy Risk in Southern Gulf of Mexico

MEXICO CITY, June 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Wednesday issued a warning about the threat posed by pirates to boats and oil installations in

June 17, 2020
Total Views: 301

crude oil tankers
Shipping News

Union Backs Seafarers’ Right to Stop Work Despite Risk to Global Trade

The International Transport Workers’ Federation said it will now support ship crews’ rights to stop working, even if that comes at the cost of disrupting

June 17, 2020
Total Views: 96

bulk carrier sunset
Shipping News

Capesizes Lead Baltic Dry Index’s Record Daily Surge

June 17 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index recorded its biggest ever daily percentage jump on Wednesday, propelled by surging

June 17, 2020
Total Views: 94

jones act vessel
Shipping News

U.S. Federal Maritime Commission Launches Investigation Into Canadian Ballast Water Regulations

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has formally launched its into claims that Canada’s pending ballast water regulations will unfairly hurt

June 17, 2020
Total Views: 80

Pope Francis Pays Tribute to Seafarers Stuck at Sea
Shipping News

Pope Francis Pays Tribute to Seafarers Stuck at Sea

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, June 17 (Reuters) – Pope Francis paid tribute on Wednesday to hundreds of thousands of seafarers stuck on ships due to

June 17, 2020
Total Views: 156

maersk ship
Shipping

Maersk Reports Better-Than-Expected Second Quarter Results

COPENHAGEN, June 17 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk , the world’s top container shipping firm, said on Wednesday that market demand was developing

June 17, 2020
Total Views: 67

Tuesday, June 16, 2020
msc ship in port
Shipping

MSC to Roll-Out Carbon Offsetting Option for Customers

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – MSC is set to roll-out a customer carbon offsetting programme it has been trialling since last year. Since early

June 16, 2020
Total Views: 100

As Ports Slowly Open, Ships Look to Replace Exhausted Seafarers
Shipping News

As Ports Slowly Open, Ships Look to Replace Exhausted Seafarers

(Bloomberg) — Ravi Nagar hasn’t seen his wife and 3-year-old son in eight months. That’s because he was stuck on a tanker shuttling between the

June 16, 2020
Total Views: 76

bow of a dry bulk carrier at anchor
Shipping News

Baltic Dry Index Tops 1,000 for First Time in Six Months

June 16 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index rose to more than a six-month high on Tuesday, boosted by stronger demand for

June 16, 2020
Total Views: 76

cargo ship
Shipping

Weary Sailors Pose Risk to World Merchant Fleet -IMO Secretary-General

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of weary seafarers stuck on ships for many months and unable to go home due to the

June 16, 2020
Total Views: 85

Monday, June 15, 2020
seafarer
Interesting

ITF Tells Seafarers to Stop Work as Crew Change Deadline Passes

The International Maritime Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has taken the unprecedented step of telling the world’s seafarers to stop working if their

June 15, 2020
Total Views: 743

USS Fitzgerald departure
Defense

USS Fitzgerald Leaves Shipyard 3 Years After Fatal Collision

The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald has left a Mississippi shipyard to return to service nearly three year’s after its its fatal

June 15, 2020
Total Views: 186

shipping containers
Shipping News

EU Challenges China’s Trade Expansion With Landmark Tariff

By Jonathan Stearns (Bloomberg) –The European Union fired a warning shot at China over its global trade ambitions with an unprecedented tariff decision

June 15, 2020
Total Views: 122

UK Coastguard Locates Wreckage of U.S. Fighter Plane in North Sea, Pilot Found Dead
Accidents

UK Coastguard Locates Wreckage of U.S. Fighter Plane in North Sea, Pilot Found Dead

LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) – British coastguards have located the wreckage of a U.S. fighter plane that crashed into the North Sea on Monday and the pilot

June 15, 2020
Total Views: 177

tanker at sea
Shipping News

Greek Ship Managers Shun Venezuela Trade as U.S. Sanctions Bite

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) – Three Greece-based shipping firms said they have halted trade with Venezuela after the United States imposed

June 15, 2020
Total Views: 87

Sunday, June 14, 2020
Stranded at Sea in The Time of Corona
Shipping News

Stranded at Sea in The Time of Corona

By Laura Millan Lombrana, Laura Hurst and Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — Spanish fisherman Josu Bilbao boarded a Qatar Airways flight headed for the

June 14, 2020
Total Views: 98

Friday, June 12, 2020
The fire on board the M/V Hoegh Xiamen, a 600-foot vehicle carrier, at Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, June 12, 2020
Interesting

Fire Out on Hoegh Xiamen in Jacksonville

The major fire on board the Hoegh Xiamen has burned out after smoldering for more than a week at a dock Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the

June 12, 2020
Total Views: 298

Podcast: Blue Economy Podcast with gCaptain’s John Konrad
Shipping News

Podcast: Blue Economy Podcast with gCaptain’s John Konrad

In this podcast gCaptain’s very own John Konrad sits down with David Hirschman of the Blue Economy Podcast to discuss some of the projects he has going

June 12, 2020
Total Views: 165

Video: VLOC Stellar Banner Scuttled Off Brazil
Interesting

Video: VLOC Stellar Banner Scuttled Off Brazil

Salvors working the Stellar Banner wreck off the coast of the Brazil have scuttled the vessel more than three months after she ran aground loaded with iron

June 12, 2020
Total Views: 7647

seafarer
Shipping News

U.N. Chief Calls for Key Worker Designation for Seafarers

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) – U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called on all countries on Friday to designate seafarers and other marine

June 12, 2020
Total Views: 71