News

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy is planning to exit the cruise ship-making business, German business daily Handelsblatt reported, citing several ship

Polar bears now have more than melting ice to worry about. Russian state-owned optical technology company Shvabe Holding has created a ship-mounted laser

Otto Marine Limited announced today they have appointed UOB Kay Hian Holdings Limited to advise on strategic options that will enable them to develop the

Debt holders in A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S are looking on as the world’s biggest shipping company uses its excess cash to enrich shareholders in a strategy

The California Maritime Academy has confirmed no reports of injuries or significant damage after a 6.0 earthquake shook the Bay Area just north of the Vallejo

Two lorry drivers were charged on Saturday by British police investigating the death of an Afghan man who was among 35 suspected stowaways found in a shipping

As a reader of gCaptain we want to make sure you are the first to know that the gCaptain Job Board  has just recently upgraded to allow you to import your

A company in Germany has unveiled a new type of environmentally friendly liquified ethylene carrier that it says is fundamentally different from conventional

A group of monkeys found themselves taking an unexpected trip to Europe after boarding a Maersk ship in

The Dolwin Beta high voltage AC/DC power converter platform arrived yesterday afternoon in Haugesund, Norway. A collaboration between Aibel AS and ABB, Dolwin

After 9 years, the shareholders of Polynesian Shipping Line (PSL) have sold their business to Neptune Pacific Line Ltd. “When looking at the trade today

Designed by Finnish naval architecture firm Foreship BlueTech Ltd, the Bluetech 42 is a new eco-friendly handysize bulk carrier that features a 15 percent

The ex-USS Saratoga (CV 60) on Thursday set off on its final voyage from Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island to the port of Brownsville, Texas where the ship

Port Metro Vancouver, Canada's largest port, said on Thursday it has approved a new facility to transfer coal from trains onto barges at Fraser Surrey Docks, a

Some new video today showing a Norwegian ferry crashing into a dock after reportedly losing power as it made its

Since Sunday, Statoil’s Troll C floating process and accommodation platform has been shut down after an inspection revealed corrosion damage to a pipe

Mexico’s takeover of Oceanografia SA is proving anything but a rescue for the oil services

The International Maritime Bureau is warning that the global shipping and supply chain could become the 'next playground for hackers' and is calling on the

A "significant" amount of produce out at sea needs to be returned to its original senders after Russia imposed a ban on food imports from Western countries, a

Gazprom Neft announced today has made a summer shipment of oil from Novoportovskoye, its new crude oil terminal on the southeast coast of the Yamal Peninsula