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In speaking with sources in Nigeria this week, one thing that has become abundantly clear… the business of fuel theft is the primary driver of piracy in

Lloyd’s Register provides LNG as Fuel training course to support understanding of the realities of using LNG as marine bunkers. Next three courses are in

There’s been a bit of talk recently about the security vulnerabilities when it comes to hacking the Automatic Identification System (AIS), a system

In protest against the Indian government’s detainment of 33 sailors from the AdvanFort-chartered maritime security vessel Seaman Guard OHIO, the Sierra

Very little information is available about the circumstances surrounding the capture of the two Americans from the platform supply vessel, C-Retriever on

“Things are definitely getting more intense here,” remarked one of our sources working offshore Nigeria this afternoon. A security boat manned with

By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW, Oct 24 (Reuters) – For Peter Willcox, captain of a Greenpeace icebreaker seized by Russia, the worst thing about weeks in jail

Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) — Total SA, Europe’s second most valuable energy company, will lead a $1.2 billion project to produce natural gas off the coast

HELSINKI, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Power plant and ship engine manufacturer Wartsila posted a stronger than expected rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, one

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has decided today to reclassify the crimes which have been charged against the “Arctic 30”

SAO PAULO, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Brazil’s largest trader of sugar and ethanol declared force majeure to third party exporters of sugar with contracts

gCaptain contributor Vladimir Tonic sent us this image today of Maersk Triple-E containership number four, the Marie Maersk which has since departed the

By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA, Kenya, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Four Somali pirates were sentenced to seven years each in prison on Wednesday by a Kenyan court that

Oct 23 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which gauges the cost of shipping commodities such as iron ore, cement, grain,

Here are the latest 25 of 310 jobs currently posted on the gCaptain Job Board as of 23 October 2013. If you are an employer and interested in using gCaptain

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Shares in Westports Holdings Bhd, Malaysia’s busiest port operator, fell towards to their IPO price of 2.50

Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has been contracted today by Dutch shipowner, Rederij Groen (NL) to build a pair of 35-meter

Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) — Confronted by Tea Party Republicans who question every dollar the U.S. government spends, Michael Toohey is turning to the most

Oct 22 (Reuters) – American Petroleum Tankers Partners LP, controlled by Blackstone Group LP, filed with U.S. regulators to raise up to $172.5 million in

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway visited the world-class arctic technology facilities at Aker Arctic in Helsinki, Finland this afternoon as part of a two-day trip