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


Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Ane Maersk arrives at the Port of Hamburg on maiden voyage.
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Maersk Advances Fleet Renewal with Massive Dual-Fuel Vessel Orders

Maersk is advancing its fleet renewal program by ordering and chartering 800,000 TEU of dual-fuel containerships as it seeks to keep its “competitive

August 7, 2024
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Höegh Aurora. Photo courtesy Höegh Autoliners
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Hoegh Autoliners’ First Aurora Class PCTC Sets Sail

Höegh Autoliners has launched the first Aurora Class pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), Höegh Aurora, at China Merchants Heavy Industry’s yard in Jiangsu,

August 6, 2024
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Port of Virginia Expands Rail Yard, Boosting Capacity By 31%

The Port of Virginia’s newly expanded central rail yard is now fully operational, significantly enhancing the port’s rail capacity to handle 2

August 6, 2024
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Expeditors Second-Quarter Profit Falls as Red Sea Tensions Weigh

Aug 6 (Reuters) – Logistics provider Expeditors International of Washington reported a lower second-quarter profit on Tuesday, after weak demand

August 6, 2024
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A drone view of three berths able to load vessels with oil is seen after their construction at Westridge Marine Terminal, the terminus of the Canadian government-owned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Crude Oil Exports Help Canada Swing to Surprise Trade Surplus in June

OTTAWA, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Canada recorded a surprise trade surplus of C$638 million ($461 million) in June, data showed on Tuesday, mainly led by a

August 6, 2024
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World’s Biggest Car Shipper Warns Charter Rates Will Come Down

(Bloomberg) — High global charter shipping rates buoyed by record exports of electric vehicles from China may not last, the head of the world’s larger

August 6, 2024
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Monday, August 5, 2024
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Filipino Seafarers from Seized MSC Aries Return Home

The three remaining Filipino seafarers from the Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries, which was seized by Iranian authorities in April while transiting the Strait of

August 5, 2024
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Panama Canal Authority Increases Capacity as Water Levels Return

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has increased the number of daily transits and maximum draft of the expanded neopanamax locks, bringing the waterway one step

August 5, 2024
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Potential Coast-Wide Port Strike Inches Closer

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has scheduled Wage Scale Committee Meetings for earlier next month in New Jersey to review demands to

August 5, 2024
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MOL Secures Class Approval for World’s First Wind-Assisted LNG Carrier Design

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has achieved a significant milestone by receiving approval in principle (AiP) from classification society ClassNK for the

August 5, 2024
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A Gas Carrier Faking Its Location Helps Russia Avoid Sanctions

(Bloomberg) — A liquefied natural gas tanker that’s docked at a sanctioned Russian gas facility has no known insurer, is managed by a little known

August 5, 2024
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Philippines Working on Release of Galaxy Leader Crew After Some Hospitalized with Malaria

The Philippines’ Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has reported ongoing efforts to secure the release of 17 Filipino crew members of the MV Galaxy Leader,

August 5, 2024
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Flex LNG CEO Kalleklev: Russia is Putting Together LNG ‘Shadow Fleet’ and Will Find Buyers

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – The first loading of liquefied natural gas aboard a “dark vessel” at Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 confirms months of

August 5, 2024
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Sunday, August 4, 2024
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Yemen’s Houthis Say They Targeted MV Groton In The Gulf of Aden

CAIRO, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Sunday that it targeted MV Groton vessel in the Gulf of Aden and also

August 4, 2024
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Saturday, August 3, 2024
Smoke rises from Marlin Luanda, merchant vessel, at the location given as Gulf of Aden.
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UKMTO Confirms Missile Strike On Vessel Near Yemen’s Aden

By Enas Alashray and Adam Makary CAIRO, Aug 3 (Reuters) – A merchant vessel was hit by a missile 125 nautical miles east of Yemen‘s port of

August 3, 2024
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Friday, August 2, 2024
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Venezuela: Oil Exports Continue After Election But Shipping Delays Mount

By Marianna Parraga (Reuters) – Venezuela’s oil production and exports were working normally on Thursday following last

August 2, 2024
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Chevron Exits California After Policy Disputes With Democrat Leaders

By Kevin Crowley (Bloomberg) Chevron Corp. is relocating headquarters to Houston from California after repeatedly warning that the Golden State’s regulatory

August 2, 2024
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Thursday, August 1, 2024
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Japan Seeks Extradition of Anti-Whaling Captain Paul Watson

COPENHAGEN, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Japan is seeking the extradition of a U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling activist, who has been held in

August 1, 2024
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A Maersk containership berthed at the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia.
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Maersk Sees Red Sea Disruption Lasting Through 2024

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — The global transport disruptions caused by the conflict in the Red Sea will last longer than expected and won’t be

August 1, 2024
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Crowley's articulated tug-barge (ATB) Pacific Reliance. Photo courtesy Crowley
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Crowley and SEACOR Launch Jones Act Tanker Company Fairwater Holdings

Crowley and SEACOR Holdings, through its subsidiary Seabulk Tankers, have successfully launched Fairwater Holdings, a new U.S. company combining the tanker

August 1, 2024
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