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


Friday, January 6, 2023
China’s COVID Woes Puts Supply Chain’s Return to Normal on Pause
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China’s COVID Woes Puts Supply Chain’s Return to Normal on Pause

By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Declining world supply chain pressures are being challenged by new disruptions in China tied to

January 6, 2023
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bulk carrier ballast water
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Baltic Dry Index Posts Worst Week in More Than a Year

Jan 6 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index edged down on Friday to post its biggest weekly loss since Dec. 17, 2021,

January 6, 2023
Total Views: 803

Thursday, January 5, 2023
A general view shows the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio, that ran aground on a reef,
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Mauritian Government’s Burying of Wakashio Grounding Report Angers Islanders

The government of Mauritius is being accused of resorting to “totalitarianism” over its decision not to publish its investigation report into the

January 5, 2023
Total Views: 3427

colonial pipeline tanks
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Colonial Shuts Key Fuel Line to New York Harbor After Spill

By Sheela Tobben and Chunzi Xu (Bloomberg) — Colonial Pipeline Co. halted operations on a critical conduit that supplies fuel to the US Northeast, the

January 5, 2023
Total Views: 2258

Study Shows How Viking Age Left Mark on Scandinavians’ Genetics
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Study Shows How Viking Age Left Mark on Scandinavians’ Genetics

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) – The Viking age, spanning the 8th to 11th centuries AD, left a lasting mark on the genetics of

January 5, 2023
Total Views: 4361

Evergreen Agrees to Pay for ‘Ever Forward’ Grounding’s Impact on Chesapeake Bay Oysters
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Evergreen Agrees to Pay for ‘Ever Forward’ Grounding’s Impact on Chesapeake Bay Oysters

The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved a wetlands license that requires the owner of the container ship Ever Forward containership to pay nearly

January 5, 2023
Total Views: 2432

RoRo vessel whale fluke.Credit: John Calambokidis/Cascadia Reseach Via NOAA
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New Protections for Endangered Whales Along the California Coast Coming this Summer

Global shipping regulator the UN International Maritime Organization has adopted a U.S. proposal to increase protections for endangered whales from deadly ship

January 5, 2023
Total Views: 1234

Aerial top view of a ship at sea
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Methanol Makes Inroads as Alternative Fuel for Shipping in 2022, DNV Says

A total of 275 ships powered by alternative fuels were ordered in 2022, led by LNG and methanol in a distant second, according to a DNV analysis. LNG newbuilds

January 5, 2023
Total Views: 1450

Oil tanker on Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas. REUTERS/Issac Urrutia
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Chevron Plans to Export Venezuelan Oil Faces Dredging Snafu

By Mircely Guanipa and Marianna Parraga HOUSTON/MARACAY, Venezuela (Reuters) – A shipping channel snafu is slowing Chevron Corp’s efforts to

January 5, 2023
Total Views: 2827

Freeport LNG Ship Terminal Texas
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U.S. Poised to Retake Crown as World’s Top LNG Exporter

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuters) – The United States is on track to become the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG)

January 5, 2023
Total Views: 2223

Wednesday, January 4, 2023
dry bulk vessel
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Baltic Dry Index Falls Further After Record Drop

The Baltic Dry Index fell further today after yesterday’s biggest daily percentage drop since 1984. Jan 4 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s

January 4, 2023
Total Views: 1624

Aerial top view of a containership at port. Stock Photo: Shutterstock/Avigator Fortuner
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Supply Chains Undergoing Digital Transformation ‘Golden Age’

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — When the pandemic arrived in the leafy lakeside town of Holland, Michigan, office-furniture company Haworth Inc. needed

January 4, 2023
Total Views: 1224

Ukraine Sees Speedier Inspections as Key to Black Sea Grain Deal
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Ukraine Sees Speedier Inspections as Key to Black Sea Grain Deal

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s efforts to increase exports under the Black Sea grain deal with Russia are currently

January 4, 2023
Total Views: 622

Tuesday, January 3, 2023
China Oil tanker at PDVSA's Jose Antonio Anzoategui industrial complex
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Chevron to Send First Venezuelan Crude Cargo to Mississippi Refinery Under U.S. License

HOUSTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) – U.S. oil producer Chevron Corp plans to export this month its first cargo of Venezuelan crude to its

January 3, 2023
Total Views: 3012

evergreen shipping container
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FMC Ruling Could Prove Crucial for ‘Unfair’ Detention and Demurrage Fee Complaints

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – A US Federal Maritime Commission small claims officer’s (SCO) decision to uphold trucker TCW Inc’s complaint

January 3, 2023
Total Views: 1824

bulk carrier at sea
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Baltic Dry Index Rings in 2023 Logging Worst Day in Decades

Jan 3 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index on Tuesday posted its worst decline on record, pressured by

January 3, 2023
Total Views: 4210

Monday, January 2, 2023
US Navy humanitarian food aid ship
Shipping

A Deep Dive Into Shipping And Famine

This editorial dives deep into the devastating effects of shipping on global starvation. Uncover how the marine transportation of fertilizer and food is

January 2, 2023
Total Views: 4076

Sunday, January 1, 2023
Chevron Sending Two Oil Tankers To Venezuela Under U.S. Approval
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Chevron Sending Two Oil Tankers To Venezuela Under U.S. Approval

By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, (Reuters) – U.S. oil company Chevron Corp CVX.N is sending two oil tankers to Venezuela, one of which will load the

January 1, 2023
Total Views: 3808

Saturday, December 31, 2022
Indonesia Will Export Less Palm Oil To Keep Supplies At Home
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Indonesia Will Export Less Palm Oil To Keep Supplies At Home

By Eko Listiyorini (Bloomberg) –Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil producer, is set to export less of the commodity overseas as it tightens a

December 31, 2022
Total Views: 1961

Friday, December 30, 2022
Salties And Lakers, Shipping On The Great Lakes
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Salties And Lakers, Shipping On The Great Lakes

By Kevin Albertson (Thomas Miller) A normal lake is knowable. A Great Lake can hold all of the mysteries of an ocean, and then some. Quite true for the

December 30, 2022
Total Views: 10435