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


Wednesday, January 18, 2023
The CMA CGM Marco Polo container ship passes under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, to enter New York Harbor. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Cascading Tonnage Threatens Smaller Box Ships

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are busy cascading bigger ships on to secondary trades in order to absorb some of their surplus tonnage

January 18, 2023
Total Views: 1789

Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Russia Boosts Baltic Oil Exports
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Russia Boosts Baltic Oil Exports

by Jason Neely (Reuters) Europe’s ban on seaborne Russian oil imports from Dec. 5 has prompted Moscow to divert its crude flows to Asia and failed to

January 17, 2023
Total Views: 2710

FILE PHOTO: Norwegian-born shipping tycoon John Fredriksen speaks in Oslo, Norway, June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
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Fredriksen Increases Stake in Euronav in Wake of Frontline’s Terminated Takeover Bid

Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen has increased his stake in Belgian tanker company Euronav in wake of Frontline terminating its combination agreement with

January 17, 2023
Total Views: 1136

Monday, January 16, 2023
Russia’s Seaborne Oil Exports Surge Despite Sanctions
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Russia’s Seaborne Oil Exports Surge Despite Sanctions

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) Russia’s seaborne crude exports soared last week to the highest level since April, suggesting that the country has —

January 16, 2023
Total Views: 3543

Stock image of a cyber attack graphic
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DNV Confirms Ransomware Attack Impacting 1,000 Ships

Classification society DNV is confirming that a recent ransomware cyber attack on its fleet management software has impacted around 1,000 ships. The cyber

January 16, 2023
Total Views: 3586

CMA-CGM Montoir bunkering with biofuel in Singapore, July 29, 2022.
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2022 Top Bunkering Firm Data Released

By Jeslyn Lerh (Reuters) Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services rose one spot to become the top marine fuel supplier at world’s largest bunkering hub

January 16, 2023
Total Views: 1825

Sunday, January 15, 2023
Oil tanker at sea involved in sanctions evasion scheme transporting Iranian and Venezuelan crude
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Iranian Oil Exports End 2022 At A High, Despite No Nuclear Deal

By Alex Lawler, Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Chen Aizhu LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Iranian oil exports hit new highs in the last two months of 2022 and

January 15, 2023
Total Views: 990

Saturday, January 14, 2023
Oil tanker Kerala, chartered by Chevron, is loaded in the Bajo Grande oil terminal at Maracaibo Lake, in the municipality of San Francisco, Venezuela, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Isaac Urrutia
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Chevron Expands Venezuelan Crude Sales To Other Oil Refiners

By Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg) –Chevron Corp. sold a cargo of Venezuelan oil to another US refiner in the first such transaction

January 14, 2023
Total Views: 1491

Friday, January 13, 2023
MARAD Seeks Public Comment on the Decommissioning and Disposition of NS Savannah, the World’s First Nuclear-Powered Ship
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MARAD Seeks Public Comment on the Decommissioning and Disposition of NS Savannah, the World’s First Nuclear-Powered Ship

The U.S. maritime Administration is seeking public comment on a draft plan to decommission the NS Savannah, the world’s first nuclear powered merchant

January 13, 2023
Total Views: 15057

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Singapore Bunker Fuel Sales Down 4.3%in 2022

By Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Sales of marine fuel in Singapore, including sales of liquefied natural gas and biofuels, fell

January 13, 2023
Total Views: 672

TOTE Marks ‘Fueling Milestone’ with North America’s First LNG Bunkering Barge
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TOTE Marks ‘Fueling Milestone’ with North America’s First LNG Bunkering Barge

U.S.-based shipping company TOTE Services is announcing a significant milestone with the 300th fueling operation by its LNG bunker barge Clean Jacksonville at

January 13, 2023
Total Views: 1867

Cyprus Floats Automatic Ship Tonnage Tax Renewal to Buffer EU Shipping Sector
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Cyprus Floats Automatic Ship Tonnage Tax Renewal to Buffer EU Shipping Sector

By Michele Kambas NICOSIA, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Cyprus has suggested automatic renewals of tonnage tax systems as one of a series of measures to

January 13, 2023
Total Views: 656

Oil tanker on the horizon at sunset
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Russia Using Chinese Supertankers to Ship Oil to Asia

By Nidhi Verma and Chen Aizhu NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE, Jan 13 (Reuters) – At least four Chinese-owned supertankers are shipping Russian

January 13, 2023
Total Views: 3740

An aerial view shows an SCF tanker at the crude oil terminal Kozmino on the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia August 12, 2022
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Russia is Increasingly Using its Own Tankers to Beat EU Sanctions

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Sweeping European sanctions on the purchase and transportation of Russian oil have prompted the country to transport more

January 13, 2023
Total Views: 1541

Maersk ship entering the Port of Rotterdam
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Ocean Carriers Hoping for Post-CNY Demand Surge

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers do not expect consumer demand in North Europe to recover until at least March, when they hope container

January 13, 2023
Total Views: 908

A cargo ship is moored in the Port of Long Beach while cranes retrieve cargo containers from the ship
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Reshoring U.S. Supply Chain Will be Limited by Costs

By Kevin Varley (Bloomberg) — A mass exodus out of East Asia seems unlikely for US manufacturers in 2023, with any decision to diversify supply chains

January 13, 2023
Total Views: 1126

Thursday, January 12, 2023
Judge Gavel
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Virginia Man Used Front Shipping Companies to Conceal Iranian Shipments

A 72-year-old Virginia man has pleaded guilty to two conspiracies to do business in Iran without obtaining the necessary licenses or permissions in violation

January 12, 2023
Total Views: 5228

Judge Gavel
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Port of Long Beach Dockworkers in Hot Water Over Fraudulent Health Plan Billing Scheme

A dockworker at the Port of Long Beach has pleaded guilty to fraudulently billing his union’s health care plan for sexual services. Defendant Cameron

January 12, 2023
Total Views: 3501

ship pilot ladder
Accidents

UK Ship Pilot Dies in Pilot Transfer Accident

A UK ship pilot has died following an accident during pilot transfer in northern England’s Humber estuary. The accident took place January 8, 2023 while

January 12, 2023
Total Views: 35828

Judge Rules Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Crowley Can Move Forward
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Judge Rules Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Crowley Can Move Forward

A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a sex trafficking and forced labor lawsuit against Jacksonville-based Crowley can proceed. The judge also granted

January 12, 2023
Total Views: 6225