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


Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Ships Face Fuel Delays at China’s Zhoushan on Supply Squeeze
Shipping

Ships Face Fuel Delays at China’s Zhoushan on Supply Squeeze

Ships are being forced to wait significantly longer to refuel at China’s top bunkering hub of Zhoushan, where the fallout from the US-Iran war has

September 30, 2026
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Two tankers with Saudi oil exit Red Sea over weekend, data shows
News

Three More Tanker Attacks Surface in Delayed Hormuz Reports

Three more attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz have surfaced through delayed reports from UK Maritime Trade Operations, adding to growing uncertainty

September 30, 2026
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Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Cheniere's sabine pass commissioning cargo is loading on an LNG tanker, marking the start of US LNG exports
News

Cheniere Signs 22-Year LNG Supply Deal With Petrobras

Cheniere Energy has signed a 22-year agreement to supply Brazil’s Petrobras with U.S. liquefied natural gas, adding another long-term customer as the company

September 29, 2026
Total Views: 739

ssia-origin fuel tanker bound for Cuba anchored in Venezuelan waters
Shipping

Russian Crude Exports Boom Blunted by Kremlin’s Diesel Sales Ban

Russia shipped the most crude in a month-and-a-half, while a jump in prices propelled the value of those cargoes close to the highest since the start of the

September 29, 2026
Total Views: 934

Aerial view of a heavy loaded crude oil tanker traveling over open ocean during sunset time
Shipping

Old Hulls, New Money: Why the VLCC Market Has Stopped Counting Years

For most of shipping history, the valuation equation has been straightforward. A ship leaves the yard, begins ageing and progressively loses value. New steel

September 29, 2026
Total Views: 1609

Tangier Maersk at the Port of Mobile
News

Maersk Expands Fuel Options With First U.S. Ethanol Bunkering

A.P. Moller-Maersk has bunkered one of its dual-fuel containerships with 100% U.S.-produced corn ethanol, marking what the company says is the first

September 29, 2026
Total Views: 618

Oil tanker Al Shaffiah sails at the sea near the Omani coast, as seen from Musandam
News

Fog of War Deepens in Hormuz as Ship Attacks Go Unreported for Days

The maritime picture in the Strait of Hormuz is becoming harder to verify, with another delayed report of a vessel strike raising questions over how much of

September 29, 2026
Total Views: 1713

First cargo departs LNG Canada in Kitimat, June 30, 2025
News

LNG Canada Greenlights Phase 2, Doubling Export Capacity

The partners behind LNG Canada have approved a major expansion of the British Columbia export terminal, clearing the way to double its production capacity to

September 29, 2026
Total Views: 518

Split image showing a Hapag-Lloyd container ship loaded with multicolored containers (top) and a ZIM LNG-powered container vessel at sea (bottom), illustrating Hapag-Lloyd’s planned acquisition of ZIM
Shipping

Hapag-Lloyd Urges Israel to Review Improved Offer for Shipping Services Company ZIM

Hapag-Lloyd HLAG.DE on Tuesday urged Israeli authorities to review improved terms in the company's $4.2 billion bid for ZIM

September 29, 2026
Total Views: 543

Monday, September 28, 2026
Cargo ship Sofrana Surville rescues sailors from a life raft after their yacht struck a whale north of Norfolk Island.
News

CMA CGM Ship Rescues Four After Yacht Strikes Whale in South Pacific

Four sailors have been rescued from a life raft in the South Pacific after their yacht struck a whale and began taking on water about 250 nautical miles north

September 28, 2026
Total Views: 2628

An aerial view of a containership in the Panama Canal's neopanamax locks
News

Panama Canal Adds Transit Capacity as Rainfall Brings Relief

The Panama Canal is easing restrictions on vessel draft and daily transits after improved rainfall and water-saving measures helped stabilize conditions in the

September 28, 2026
Total Views: 2706

LNG carrier in dense fog
Shipping

Europe Draws More LNG as Hormuz Crisis Tightens Global Market

European imports of liquefied natural gas are rising ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter, as prolonged disruptions to flows through the Strait of Hormuz

September 28, 2026
Total Views: 1091

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam
News

NBC News: Eight Marines Injured in Previously Undisclosed Iranian Attack in Hormuz

Eight U.S. Marines were injured when an Iranian cruise missile struck a vessel they were operating aboard in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month, according

September 28, 2026
Total Views: 3160

A drone picture shows the banks of the river Rhine during a period of low water level in Cologne, Germany
Shipping

Rhine Drops Below Shipping Threshold as Freight Costs Rise

Water levels in the Rhine River plummeted to record lows over the weekend, threatening transport on a key shipping corridor for energy and industrial

September 28, 2026
Total Views: 2123

Saturday, September 26, 2026
An inland vessel passes a river bed that is almost dry due to low water levels of the Waal River in Nijmegen, Netherlands August 7, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
Shipping

Low Rhine Levels Force Companies To Adapt To New Normal

By Eva Brendel and Marilen Martin Sep 26, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The halls of the Development Center for Ship Technology and Transport Systems in

September 26, 2026
Total Views: 2728

View shows a civilian cargo vessel damaged by a Russian missile strike in the Black Sea
Shipping

Russia Can Restart 80% Of Black Sea Grain Export If Attacks Stop

By Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Russia could quickly restart up to 80% of its grain terminal capacity in the Black Sea and Sea of

September 26, 2026
Total Views: 1228

Friday, September 25, 2026
ARC Freedom, a U.S.-flagged large car and truck carrier, docked alongside a terminal after reflagging.
Defense

ARC Freedom Expands U.S.-Flag Fleet With New Sealift Capacity

American Roll-On/Roll-Off Carrier Group has added the ARC Freedom to its U.S.-flag fleet, bringing another large vehicle carrier into the Maritime Security

September 25, 2026
Total Views: 2369

U.S. forces board the stateless tanker Tifani (IMO: 9273337) without incident inside the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility.
Featured

Seized Iranian Oil Tankers Head Toward U.S. With $600 Million Cargo

Two of the Iran-linked oil supertankers interdicted by American naval forces early in the war are just weeks away from reaching the US, where authorities have

September 25, 2026
Total Views: 9361

A satellite image of side-by-side ships at sea, off the coast of Sohar
News

Gulf of Oman Ship-to-ship Oil Transfers Reach Limit as Saudi Exports Surge

Ship-to-ship transfers in the Gulf of Oman for Middle Eastern oil from inside the Strait of Hormuz have reached their limits after Saudi Arabia diverted

September 25, 2026
Total Views: 3052

Fishing vessel Argos Georgia underway before its fatal sinking near the Falkland Islands in July 2024.
Commercial Fishing

Hatch Failure Triggered Deadly Fishing Vessel Sinking That Killed 13, MAIB Finds

A line-hauling hatch that opened unexpectedly in heavy seas triggered the flooding and eventual sinking of the fishing vessel Argos Georgia off the

September 25, 2026
Total Views: 2683