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


Wednesday, August 24, 2022
tanker underway at sea from the bridge
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U.S. to Continue Record Crude Exports in 2023 as Energy Crisis Deepens

By Sheela Tobben and Devika Krishna Kumar (Bloomberg) — US crude sales overseas are set to hit fresh records through next year as American oil

August 24, 2022
Total Views: 2066

two tankers conduct ship-to-ship transfer
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Sanctions-Hit Russia Sending Fuel Oil to Asia Using Ship-to-Ship Transfers

MOSCOW, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Under pressure from Western sanctions, Russia is exporting more fuel oil to Asia and using ship-to-ship transfers to

August 24, 2022
Total Views: 2807

Foss Tug Fitted with Autonomous System Receives ABS Approval in Principle
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Foss Tug Fitted with Autonomous System Receives ABS Approval in Principle

International classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has verified the design of a Foss harbor tug outfitted with an autonomous self-piloting

August 24, 2022
Total Views: 2033

Yang Ming containership
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FMC Approves Yang Ming Service Contract Complaint Settlement with Shipper

By Maia Kemp-Welch (The Loadstar) – The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has approved the decision to settle a complaint against Yang Ming by Achim

August 24, 2022
Total Views: 1032

Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Canada and Germany Ink Transatlantic Green Hydrogen Pact
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Canada and Germany Ink Transatlantic Green Hydrogen Pact

By Brian Platt and Michael Nienaber (Bloomberg) — Canada intends to start shipping green hydrogen produced by wind farms to Germany by 2025, the first

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 1822

Study Confirms Jones Act Benefits for Puerto Rico
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Study Confirms Jones Act Benefits for Puerto Rico

The Jones Act can be a devisive topic, especially for those living in places like Puerto Rico and Hawaii who rely on ships for just about everything. For Jones

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 5022

Bulk Carrier Struck Offshore Platform Missing from NOAA Navigation Charts, NTSB Finds
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Bulk Carrier Struck Offshore Platform Missing from NOAA Navigation Charts, NTSB Finds

A bulk carrier’s striking of an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast Louisiana last year can be chalked up to poor bridge resource

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 23713

Höegh Autoliners Picks Up Used Car Carrier At A Killer Discount
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Höegh Autoliners Picks Up Used Car Carrier At A Killer Discount

Norwegian Ro/Ro shipping company Höegh Autoliners has announced the purchase of the M/V Höegh Tracer for a below-market rate via the exercising of an option

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 6285

Seized Russian Superyacht Auctioned Off in Gibraltar
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Seized Russian Superyacht Auctioned Off in Gibraltar

By Joan Faus and Graham Keeley MADRID, Aug 23 (Reuters) – A $75-million superyacht linked to a sanctioned Russian steel billionaire was

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 6014

Insurers Cover Grain Ship from Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports
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Insurers Cover Grain Ship from Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports

By Noor Zainab Hussain Aug 23 (Reuters) – Broker Marsh and Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot said on Tuesday they have provided coverage for a

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 711

Felixstowe Port Strike Could Drag On as Workers Demand 10% Pay Increase
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Felixstowe Port Strike Could Drag On as Workers Demand 10% Pay Increase

By Eamon Akil Farhat, Caroline Hepker and Stephen Carroll (Bloomberg) — Strikes at the UK’s largest container ship port could extend beyond the eight

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 1139

Monday, August 22, 2022
AFIF Hapag-Lloyd
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Hapag-Lloyd Kicks Off Fleet Upgrades with New Fuel Efficient Propellers

Hapag-Lloyd is kicking off its fleet upgrade program that will see more than 150 of its ships upgraded with more fuel efficient technology over the next 5

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 4702

Tug Performs Autonomous Collision Avoidance in Port of Singapore
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Tug Performs Autonomous Collision Avoidance in Port of Singapore

A harbor tug has become the first vessel to be verified for autonomous collision avoidance in the Port of Singapore as the shipping industry’s push

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 2454

New York Draws Rare Jones Act Cargoes as Fuel Stocks Drop
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New York Draws Rare Jones Act Cargoes as Fuel Stocks Drop

By Chunzi Xu (Bloomberg) — New York gasoline inventories are so low that suppliers are resorting to expensive US vessels to move fuel into the region

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 7227

Aerial view of a container ship
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New NYSHEX Data Tool Promises Greater Visibility Into Container Slot Availability

By Ira Breskin, The New York Shipping Exchange now offers performance-monitoring software.  NYSHEX’s first commercial software product, introduced earlier

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 485

A Sea Of Shipping Containers
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Plan to Improve German Rail Transport Could Worsen Congestion

BERLIN, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Germany is set to make rail transport for power plants and refineries a priority this week to ensure supply, even

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 1059

Saturday, August 20, 2022
Two More Grain Ships Leave Ukraine
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Two More Grain Ships Leave Ukraine

ANKARA/KYIV, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Two more ships carrying grain have left Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said

August 20, 2022
Total Views: 1623

Mozambique To Export First LNG As Global Natural-Gas Prices Soar
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Mozambique To Export First LNG As Global Natural-Gas Prices Soar

By Matthew Hill and Sergio Chapa (Bloomberg) –Mozambique is poised to ship its first cargo of liquefied natural gas overseas, joining the ranks of

August 20, 2022
Total Views: 2439

Friday, August 19, 2022
mississippi river shipping
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Mississippi River Ship Channel Deepened

The Big River just got a whole lot bigger. Well, technically deeper. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has marked the completion of the first two phases

August 19, 2022
Total Views: 6470

bulk carrier at sea
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Baltic Dry Index Falls to Lowest Level Since 2020

Aug 19 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index declined to its lowest level since December 2020 on Friday, pressured

August 19, 2022
Total Views: 1268