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


Wednesday, November 23, 2022
smoke pollution coming from a container ship
Shipping

CII at the IMO: All Eyes on Shipping’s New Carbon Intensity Index

By Barry Parker (gCaptain) – With the upcoming International Maritime Organization (IMO) environmental committee meeting now a scant three weeks away, a

November 23, 2022
Total Views: 1536

Maersk ‘Test Case’ Could Shift Container Shipping’s Balance of Power
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Maersk ‘Test Case’ Could Shift Container Shipping’s Balance of Power

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – Since the pandemic began, complaints of carrier misdeeds have circulated across the industry and around the globe. In

November 23, 2022
Total Views: 8731

Hapag-Lloyd Container-ship BOSTON EXPRESS
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Shipping’s Attempt to Hire More Women Runs Into a Male-Dominated Culture

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — People often want to take photos of Taalke Middents on the container vessels she helps helm through ports and passages

November 23, 2022
Total Views: 4260

Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Banana Supply Headache Fuels Russia-Latin America Shipping Talks
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Banana Supply Headache Fuels Russia-Latin America Shipping Talks

MOSCOW, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Fesco FESH.MM, one of Russia’s largest transportation companies, said on Tuesday it was in

November 22, 2022
Total Views: 2721

tanker in storm
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Soaring Tanker Rates Pile Pressure on Crude Markets

By Sherry Su, Sharon Cho, Bill Lehane and Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg) — Soaring shipping costs are piling pressure onto physical oil markets that are

November 22, 2022
Total Views: 1382

Putin Touts Russia’s ‘Arctic power’ with Launch of Nuclear Icebreakers
Shipbuilding

Putin Touts Russia’s ‘Arctic power’ with Launch of Nuclear Icebreakers

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov 22 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday touted Russia’s Arctic power at a flag-raising ceremony and

November 22, 2022
Total Views: 2636

Monday, November 21, 2022
tanker
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Drone-Fired Rocket Hits Offshore Oil Terminal in Yemen

ADEN, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis attacked al-Dhabba oil terminal in Hadhramaut province on Monday, the group and Yemen’s

November 21, 2022
Total Views: 7863

De-Risking Environmental Impacts in Latin America with Marine Assurance
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De-Risking Environmental Impacts in Latin America with Marine Assurance

Shipping’s ongoing evolution of improving its safety, security, health, environmental and operational performance makes this a defining time for the

November 21, 2022
Total Views: 261

Peter Georgiopoulos
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Peter Georgiopoulos, ‘An Inspiration to Many’, Looks to the Future

By Barry Parker (gCaptain) Marine Money’s “Ship Finance Forum” in New York attracted a superb roster of speakers, informing a spirited group of attendees

November 21, 2022
Total Views: 2406

Oil Tanker Bridge
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Russia’s War Rewires Global Crude Trade

By Elina Ganatra (Bloomberg) — Oil tanker tycoons are enjoying a surge in revenue as the sanctions triggered by Russia’s war are redrawing the global

November 21, 2022
Total Views: 2964

JERA to Study Large-Scale Ammonia Fuel Transportation with NYK and MOL
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JERA to Study Large-Scale Ammonia Fuel Transportation with NYK and MOL

Japanese power company JERA Co. has entered into memorandums of understanding with shipping companies NYK and MOL on the large-volume transportation of ammonia

November 21, 2022
Total Views: 852

Divided U.S. Rail Unions Raise Specter of Strike
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Divided U.S. Rail Unions Raise Specter of Strike

By David Shepardson and Lisa Baertlein WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES, Nov 21 (Reuters) – The two largest U.S. rail unions representing

November 21, 2022
Total Views: 1707

Friday, November 18, 2022
Maersk Line, Limited Settles Sexual Assault and Harassment Lawsuit with ‘Midshipman X’
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Maersk Line, Limited Settles Sexual Assault and Harassment Lawsuit with ‘Midshipman X’

A.P. Moller-Maersk subsidiary Maersk Line, Limited has reached a settlement with Hope Hicks, the former U.S. Merchant Marine Academy midshipman at the center

November 18, 2022
Total Views: 2773

ningbo port congestion
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Carriers in ‘Panic Mode’ as China Bookings Plummet

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are said to be in “panic mode” as bookings from China to North Europe and the US west coast tank,

November 18, 2022
Total Views: 26467

Britain Says Drone Circles Ship in Gulf of Oman
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Britain Says Drone Circles Ship in Gulf of Oman

DUBAI, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Britain’s maritime agency said a drone circled a ship in the Gulf of Oman on Friday, three days after an Iranian-made

November 18, 2022
Total Views: 1499

Thursday, November 17, 2022
an overhead view of port of los angeles docks
Ports

October Imports at Port of Los Angeles Plunge to Lowest Level Since 2009

Imports through the Port of Los Angeles crashed by nearly a third in October to the lowest monthly level in more than a decade. Cargo volumes at the Port

November 17, 2022
Total Views: 1375

A cargo ship is moored in the Port of Long Beach while cranes retrieve cargo containers from the ship
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Holiday Retail Sales Off to a Strong Start in U.S.

Retail sales grew again in October as consumers set aside concerns about inflation and got a jump start on the holiday season, according to the National Retail

November 17, 2022
Total Views: 555

Svitzer Ordered to Scrap Harbor Tug Worker Lockout in Australia
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Svitzer Ordered to Scrap Harbor Tug Worker Lockout in Australia

Australia’s Fair Work Commission has ruled that Svitzer Australia, a subsidiary of Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, must scrap its plans for a

November 17, 2022
Total Views: 3504

Oil tanker British Heritage sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Black Sea, in Istanbul
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Turkey Adds Teeth to Russia Sanctions With Tanker-Insurance Rule

By Alex Longley, Ugur Yilmaz and Ercan Ersoy (Bloomberg) — Turkey warned the world’s oil shippers they will need to prove they’re insured to cross

November 17, 2022
Total Views: 3323

Black Sea Grain Export Deal Extended
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Black Sea Grain Export Deal Extended

By Michelle Nichols Nov 17 (Reuters) – A deal aimed at easing global food shortages by facilitating Ukraine’s

November 17, 2022
Total Views: 672