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


Thursday, April 4, 2024
Ship Recycling Plunges to Lowest Level in Decades
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Ship Recycling Plunges to Lowest Level in Decades

Ship recycling has plummeted to its lowest point in two decades as ships are kept in operation longer due to a combination of market shocks, strong demand, and

April 4, 2024
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Baltimore Key Bridge: Container Lines Reroute While Automotives Appear Hardest Hit

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – MSC, Maersk and Zim are the three carriers most exposed to the supply chain disruption stemming from the collapsed

April 4, 2024
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A general view shows the Great Belt bridge over the Great Belt Strait near Korsor, Denmark, April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Little
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Faulty Missile Launcher Closes Busy Danish Sea Lane

COPENHAGEN, April 4 (Reuters) – An activated but faulty missile launcher on a Danish navy vessel triggered a closure of airspace and shipping traffic

April 4, 2024
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Houthi stand on beach after ship attack
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U.S. Sanctions Ships Linked to Iran’s Military Network

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has taken action against Oceanlink Maritime DMCC as part of an effort to disrupt

April 4, 2024
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
A Yemeni Coast Guard boat sails near the Galaxy Leader commercial ship, seized by Yemen's Houthis last month, off the coast of al-Salif, Yemen, December 5, 2023.
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U.S. Could Revoke Houthi Terrorist Label if Group Halts Attacks on Ships

By Sam Dagher (Bloomberg) — The US said it would consider revoking its recent designation of Yemen’s Houthis as terrorists if the Iran-backed

April 3, 2024
Total Views: 2877

The Open Arms, a rescue vessel owned by a Spanish NGO arrives at the port of Larnaca after pausing the mission of delivering humanitarian aid for Gaza, following the killing of seven aid workers in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, in Larnaca, Cyprus, April 3, 2024. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
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Gaza Aid Ships Return to Cyprus After NGO Worker Deaths

LARNACA, Cyprus April 3 (Reuters) – A sea convoy of undelivered food for Gaza returned to Cyprus on Wednesday after the killing of aid workers

April 3, 2024
Total Views: 1269

UKMTO incident alert overlaid on an image of ships
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Vessel Reports ‘Electronic Interference’ Incident in Persian Gulf

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) office reported an “electronic interference” incident involving a merchant ship in the Persian

April 3, 2024
Total Views: 3249

Containership berthed at the Port of Los Angeles.Photo courtesy Port of Los Angeles.
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Inbound Container Growth Pushing U.S. Ports to Their Limits, Shipping Veteran Says

(Bloomberg) — The biggest US ports are stretching capacity limits and need to expand to handle anticipated growth in inbound shipping, according to

April 3, 2024
Total Views: 1681

tanker underway at sea from the bridge
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U.S. Petroleum Product Exports Hit Record in 2023

2023 proved to be a remarkable year for U.S. petroleum product exports, with propane leading the surge. The United States hit a new high in petroleum product

April 3, 2024
Total Views: 709

A Wallenius Wilhelmsen vessel in port
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Expects Up to $10 Million Hit from Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Roll-on/roll-off shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen has forecasted a financial impact ranging between $5 to $10 million due to the collapse of

April 3, 2024
Total Views: 6278

Tuesday, April 2, 2024
ship pilot ladder
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Australia Fines Ship Master and Company Over Serious Pilot Ladder Accident

Australia has successfully prosecuted a ship’s master and shipping company, Hong Kong-based Fu Ye Shipping, following a serious accident involving a ship’s

April 2, 2024
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Top: Susan K after the contact. Bottom: Susan K tow arrangement and cargoes, with outlines indicating barges damaged or sunk in the casualty. Credit: NTSB
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Captain’s Complacency Led to Bridge Strike on Mississippi River

An accident involving a towing vessel striking the Natchez-Vidalia Bridge on the Mississippi River last year has been attributed to the complacency of a

April 2, 2024
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Christophe de margerie
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Russia’s Sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 Suspends Gas Liquefaction, Sources Say

By Marwa Rashad and Vladimir Soldatkin LONDON/MOSCOW, April 2 (Reuters) – Novatek, Russia’s largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), has

April 2, 2024
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Hunter Star arriving at the Belokamenka shipyard with module TMS-005 on 31 March 2024. (Source: Belokamenka Yard)
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Heavy-Lift Vessel Delivers Sanctioned LNG Technology to Russian Arctic

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Following a nearly three-month voyage Chinese heavy lift vessel Hunter Star delivered the final liquefaction module for

April 2, 2024
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Russian Oil Tankers. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/File Photo
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Russia’s Seaborne Crude Exports Surge to the Highest This Year

(Bloomberg) — Russia’s seaborne crude exports jumped in the final week of March to the highest so far this year, even as average shipments in

April 2, 2024
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Monday, April 1, 2024
USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) rolls out of Austal USA's facility, February 25, 2015. Photo: Austal USA
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Austal Rejects Takeover Proposal from Hanwha Ocean

By Scott Murdoch and Shivangi Lahiri April 2 (Reuters) – Australian shipbuilder Austal said on Tuesday it had rejected an A$1.02 billion ($661.9

April 1, 2024
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A Coast Guard Station Milford Haven 29-foot Response Boat-Small boat crew assesses the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, March 29, 2024. U.S. Coast Guard Photo
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Temporary Channel Opens Baltimore Harbor to Smaller Vessels

By Daniel Trotta April 1 (Reuters) – The Port of Baltimore opened a temporary channel on Monday, freeing some tugs and barges that had been trapped

April 1, 2024
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A tanker transits the Panama Canal Locks
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Navigating Uncertainty: El Niño, La Niña, and the Panama Canal Drought

By Rick Shema, CCM There has been much discussion regarding disruptions in maritime shipping through the  Panama Canal primarily due to the drought

April 1, 2024
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maersk ship docking at port of oakland
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California Lawmakers Urge Delay in New Marine Vessel Retrofitting Rule

A group of California lawmakers led by Representative Michelle Steel has written a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom asking him to postpone the enforcement of a

April 1, 2024
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Sunday, March 31, 2024
Crew members check the deck of the Russian oil cargo Pure Point, carrying crude oil, anchored at a port in Karachi, Pakistan June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo
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Russian Oil Arrives In Cuba After Year-Long Hiatus

By Marc Frank HAVANA, March 31 (Reuters) – Cuban state-run media said at the weekend that 90,000 metric tons of Russian oil had arrived in the cash and

March 31, 2024
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