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gCaptain’s full coverage of the maritime shipping industry, including containerships, tankers, dry bulk, LNG, breakbulk and more.


Monday, March 10, 2025
Update: Tanker Collision Off UK Coast Sparks Fire, Oil Spill Concerns; One Missing
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Update: Tanker Collision Off UK Coast Sparks Fire, Oil Spill Concerns; One Missing

The US-flagged Stena Immaculate, carrying 220,000 barrels of Jet-A1 fuel, had at least one of its cargo tanks ruptured after it was struck by a containership

March 10, 2025
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Tugboats help tow the Greek-registered MT Sounion, which was attacked by Yemen's Houthi militants last year in the Red Sea
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Photos: MT Sounion Transits Suez Canal Six Months After Houthi Attack

The Greek-registered MT Sounion oil tanker has successfully completed its transit through Egypt’s Suez Canal following a complex salvage operation in the

March 10, 2025
Total Views: 1696

Burning Fuel Tanker ‘Stena Immaculate’ is Chartered to US Navy’s Military Sealift Command
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Burning Fuel Tanker ‘Stena Immaculate’ is Chartered to US Navy’s Military Sealift Command

A tanker carrying jet fuel for the U.S. military was hit by a container ship off northeast England on Monday, with the collision igniting a blaze on both

March 10, 2025
Total Views: 1632

TSP in the Spotlight: Stena Immaculate Incident and the Strategic Importance of the Tanker Security Program
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TSP in the Spotlight: Stena Immaculate Incident and the Strategic Importance of the Tanker Security Program

The U.S.-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate, a participant in the Maritime Administration’s Tanker Security Program (TSP), was struck by the containership

March 10, 2025
Total Views: 1983

FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship full of containers is seen at the port of Oakland as trade tensions escalate over U.S. tariffs, in Oakland, California
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U.S. Container Imports Set for Summer Decline as New Chinese Vessel Fees Threaten Supply Chain

Major U.S. container ports are bracing for significant volume shifts in 2025, with imports expected to remain strong through spring before experiencing their

March 10, 2025
Total Views: 1408

aerial of an offshore wind turbine
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Trump’s Offshore Wind Review to Consider Status of Projects

The Trump administration’s ongoing review of offshore wind projects will feature different treatment for projects actively under development versus those

March 10, 2025
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Sunday, March 9, 2025
Venezuela oil tanker loading
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Venezuela Condemns U.S. Chevron Ban, Cites Impact On Oil Exports And Trade

March 8 (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday that scheduled flights to bring home Venezuelan migrants from the U.S. had

March 9, 2025
Total Views: 366

Tanker EVENTIN adrift in the Baltic Sea
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US Vetoes G-7 Shadow Fleet Task Force Plan, Signals More Change

By Donato Paolo Mancini, Samy Adghirni and Laura Dhillon Kane Mar 8, 2025 (Bloomberg) –The US has rejected a Canadian proposal to establish a task

March 9, 2025
Total Views: 438

Saturday, March 8, 2025
Indonesia seizes Iranian flagged tanker suspected of illegal oil transshipment in Indonesia's North Natuna Sea. Picture released July 11, 2023. Indonesia's Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) / Handout via REUTERS
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Sanctions Are Tangling, Not Stopping, China’s Iran Oil Trade

By Serene Cheong Mar 8, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Successive rounds of sanctions on companies and tankers said to be aiding Tehran are finally slowing the

March 8, 2025
Total Views: 207

Friday, March 7, 2025
Vessels transit through the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City. REUTERS/Roberto Cisneros
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Panama Maritime Authority to Review CK Hutchison-BlackRock Port Deal

The Panama Maritime Authority, which oversees shipping and port infrastructure in the country, will request all legal and financial documents from a key

March 7, 2025
Total Views: 249

U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Rodolphe Saade, CEO pof CMA CGM Group, speaks in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 6, 2025
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CMA CGM Considering Building Containerships in U.S., CEO Says

CMA CGM is in talks with shipyards about the possibility of having medium-sized container vessels built in the United States, the French shipping group's CEO

March 7, 2025
Total Views: 307

Sunlight fades on a powerful Hurricane Helene, September 26, 2024. Photo credit: CIRA
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U.S. National Hurricane Center Delivered Its Most Accurate Forecasts Ever in 2024

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) achieved unprecedented accuracy in hurricane track forecasting during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, according to a

March 7, 2025
Total Views: 202

Aerial view of a container terminal
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Asia-Europe Container Spot Rates Find a Floor—For Now

This week’s FAK rate hikes introduced by carriers on the Asia-Europe trades managed to arrest 13 weeks of successive spot freight rate

March 7, 2025
Total Views: 112

Stock photo of an oil tanker moored at sea
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Trump Trade Wars, Sanctions Grip Already-Tight Heavy Oil Market

US President Donald Trump’s trade wars and sanctions are tightening the market for heavy crude, boosting prices for the sludgy oil and raising costs for the

March 7, 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Rodolphe Saade, CEO pof CMA CGM Group, speaks in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 6, 2025
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Trump Hails $20 Billion Investment by Shipping Firm CMA CGM

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said French-based shipping firm CMA CGM would invest $20 billion in the United States to build out shipping logistics

March 7, 2025
Total Views: 162

Russian Oil Tankers. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/File Photo
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Mystery Mines: State Actor Likely Targeting Tankers Calling at Russian Oil Ports, Ambrey Warns

A state actor has been systematically targeting merchant vessels calling at Russian oil export facilities with naval mines since December 2024, according to a

March 7, 2025
Total Views: 150

Thursday, March 6, 2025
U.S. Mulling Plan to Intercept Iranian Tankers at Sea as Exports Surge
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U.S. Mulling Plan to Intercept Iranian Tankers at Sea as Exports Surge

President Donald Trump's administration is considering a plan to stop and inspect Iranian oil tankers at sea under an international accord aimed at countering

March 6, 2025
Total Views: 127

El Coquí arrives in Puerto Rico
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House Committee Leaders Slam EU’s TikTok Campaign to Undermine Jones Act

Bipartisan leaders of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee have confronted the European Union over its attempts to influence U.S.

March 6, 2025
Total Views: 147

U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Rodolphe Saade, CEO pof CMA CGM Group, speaks in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 6, 2025
Shipbuilding

CMA CGM Announces Massive $20 Billion Investment in U.S. Maritime Industry

French shipping giant CMA CGM Group has unveiled a landmark $20 billion investment plan to strengthen America’s maritime transportation, logistics, and

March 6, 2025
Total Views: 316

Port Of Hong Kong aerial photo
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Shipping Firms Pull Back from Hong Kong to Skirt US-China Risks

Some shipping companies are discreetly moving operations out of Hong Kong and taking vessels off its flag registry. Others are making contingency plans to do

March 6, 2025
Total Views: 138