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


Thursday, May 16, 2024
A red LNG carrier in the Suez Canal. Photo: Shutterstock/Alvaro Ardisana
Shipping

Red Sea Disruption Is Splitting Global LNG Trade in Regions

(Bloomberg) — It’s been four months since a liquefied natural gas tanker has passed through the narrow strait at the southern end of the Red Sea

May 16, 2024
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Photo: Ivan Cholakov / Shutterstock.com
Shipping

Carnival Corporation, Seaspan Equip Entire Fleets with Starlink Internet

Carnival Corporation, the world’s leading cruise company, has announced the successful installation of SpaceX’s Starlink high-speed internet

May 15, 2024
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Pelican Island bridge allision 1
Shipping

Reports of Pollution After Barge Hits Bridge in Galveston, Texas

A barge strike on Galveston Island’s Pelican Island Bridge on the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway has led to the closure of the waterway and reports of

May 15, 2024
Total Views: 3199

Hapag-Lloyd Raises Lower End of Outlook on Strong Shipping Demand
Shipping

Hapag-Lloyd Raises Lower End of Outlook on Strong Shipping Demand

FRANKFURT, May 15 (Reuters) – German container firm Hapag-Lloyd on Wednesday raised the lower end of its 2024 outlook amid rising demand and freight

May 15, 2024
Total Views: 1228

Stock image of a cyber attack graphic
Shipping

China-Linked Hackers Targeted Commercial Shipping Companies: Report

A China-linked cyber espionage group known as Mustang Panda has allegedly introduced malware to gain remote access to computer systems belonging to commercial

May 15, 2024
Total Views: 1481

HMS Diamond shoots down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen. Photo courtesy UK Royal Navy
Shipping

Yemen’s Houthis say They Targeted US Warship and Vessel ‘Destiny’ in Red Sea

DUBAI, May 15 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis said on Wednesday that they had targeted a U.S. warship and a vessel called “Destiny” in

May 15, 2024
Total Views: 3220

Tuesday, May 14, 2024
A cargo ship is moored in the Port of Long Beach while cranes retrieve cargo containers from the ship
Ports

Biden Administration to Impose Tariffs on Chinese Ship-to-Shore Cranes Amid Security Concerns

President Biden has announced plans to impose 25% tariffs on Chinese-manufactured ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and other strategic sectors in a move to curtail

May 14, 2024
Total Views: 1209

port of antwerp
Shipping

Cocaine Superhighway Brings Drugs and Violence to Europe

By Max Ramsay, Lyubov Pronina and Cagan Koc (Bloomberg) — On a chilly night in March, harbor police at Belgium’s Antwerp port nabbed three youths

May 14, 2024
Total Views: 2482

an overhead view of port of los angeles docks
Shipping

New U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Imports Could Spike Supply Chain Costs

U.S. President Joe Biden has announced new tariffs on Chinese imports, a move that could further disrupt global supply chains and increase costs. These

May 14, 2024
Total Views: 2217

ningbo port congestion
Shipping

Biden Hikes U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Imports, Including STS Cranes, Electric Cars

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a bundle of steep tariff increases on an array of

May 14, 2024
Total Views: 1107

Monday, May 13, 2024
Explosives are detonated to free the container ship Dali, after it was trapped following its collision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. May 13, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Shipping

WATCH: Baltimore Key Bridge Blasted Off M/V Dali

May 13 (Reuters) – U.S. crews in Baltimore set off controlled explosions on Monday to allow them to remove a portion of the collapsed Francis Scott

May 13, 2024
Total Views: 8638

anoramic view city of Vancouver with the container port terminal and freight station with trains, oil-cars, tank-cars
Shipping

Alberta Urges Trudeau to Head Off Port and Rail Strikes

OTTAWA, May 13 (Reuters) – The western oil- and grain-producing province of Alberta on Monday urged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to

May 13, 2024
Total Views: 1004

EUNAVFOR forces apprehend suspected Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden
Piracy

Suspected Somali Pirates Taken to Seychelles for Prosecution

An EU warship is transferring six suspected pirates to the Seychelles for possible prosecution following a an incident in the Gulf of Aden that has now be

May 13, 2024
Total Views: 4352

The Christophe de Margerie, an ice-class tanker fitted out to transport liquefied natural gas, is docked at the Yamal LNG facility in Arctic port of Sabetta, Yamalo-Nenets district, Russia March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Olesya Astakhova/File Photo
Offshore

What EU Sanctions on Russian LNG Would Mean for Global Gas

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Ewa Krukowska (Bloomberg) — Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe and its allies have looked for ways to

May 13, 2024
Total Views: 1180

Port of Chabahar, Iran
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India Inks 10-year Deal to Operate Iran’s Chabahar Port

NEW DELHI, May 13 (Reuters) – India signed a 10-year contract with Iran on Monday to develop and operate the Iranian port of Chabahar, the Narendra

May 13, 2024
Total Views: 889

Saturday, May 11, 2024
Livestock carrier Al Kuwait at Freemantle Port
Shipping

Australia To Ban Live Sheep Exports By Sea From May 2028

By Emily Cadman May 11, 2024 (Bloomberg) —Australia will ban the live export of sheep by sea from May 2028, and help those impacted by the decision

May 11, 2024
Total Views: 1573

Friday, May 10, 2024
The Indian Navy rescues the MV RUEN in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia, March 16, 2024. Photo courtesy Indian Navy
Piracy

EU Naval Forces Capture Six Suspected Pirates in the Gulf of Aden

A product tanker was targeted by a suspected pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden on Friday, leading to the apprehension of six individuals by the European Union

May 10, 2024
Total Views: 2500

Stock photo shows an oil tanker at a terminal
Shipping

Biden Urged to Halt Oil Exports After Terminal Approved

By Ari Natter (Bloomberg) — Climate activists who successfully pushed President Joe Biden to halt new US liquefied natural gas exports are setting their

May 10, 2024
Total Views: 2365

Heavy lift vessel Wei Xiao Tian Shi. (Source: Jiangsu Fanzhou Shipping Company)
Shipping

Chinese Heavy Lift Vessel Carrying New Arctic LNG 2 Modules to Russia Despite Sanctions

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Just days after the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned four heavy lift vessels for carrying LNG technology to

May 10, 2024
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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Diligence's (WMEC 616) small boat crew approaches the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and motor vessel Dali in the aftermath of the bridge's collapse, March 26, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland. U.S. Coast Guard Photo
Shipping

Another Stuck Ship Departs Baltimore

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, May 10 (Reuters) – A coal ship stranded at the Port of Baltimore set sail for Singapore this week as crews work to

May 10, 2024
Total Views: 9908