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


Friday, November 12, 2021
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Transpacific Freight Rates Come Off the Boil as Carriers Ease Premium Fees

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are offering significant discounts on Asia exports to the US and Europe as the traditional slack season

November 12, 2021
Total Views: 988

Former Billionaire Behind Nicaraguan Canal Project Resurfaces After Election
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Former Billionaire Behind Nicaraguan Canal Project Resurfaces After Election

By Blake Schmidt (Bloomberg) — Wang Jing, the Chinese ex-billionaire behind Nicaragua’s ambitious interoceanic canal

November 12, 2021
Total Views: 6357

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Baltic Index Records First Weekly Gain in Five as Capesizes Strengthen

Nov 12 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index eased on Friday, but posted its first weekly rise in five weeks, helped by

November 12, 2021
Total Views: 877

Bulk Carrier Spewing Toxic Fumes Moved Offshore in South Africa
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Bulk Carrier Spewing Toxic Fumes Moved Offshore in South Africa

A bulk carrier carrying a chemical cargo has been given the boot from South Africa’s Port of Durban after it began spewing toxic fumes during cargo

November 12, 2021
Total Views: 5701

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Shooting the Messenger? Shipping Carries the Can as Investors Shun Coal

By Jonathan Saul and Simon Jessop LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Shipping companies that transport the world’s coal are in the crosshairs of

November 12, 2021
Total Views: 1390

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IMO to Establish International Day for Women in Maritime

The UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) will establish an International Day for Women in Maritime, a move some say has been a long time coming. The

November 12, 2021
Total Views: 1659

Thursday, November 11, 2021
FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind container cranes at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 14, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo
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West Coast Ports Association Says Biden Vaccine Mandate Could Worsen Supply Chain Crisis

By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — The head of the organization representing companies in labor relations at the U.S.’s largest ports is worried that

November 11, 2021
Total Views: 1149

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Clydebank Declaration Envisions Green Shipping Routes for Containers, Iron Ore

By Christopher Jasper (Bloomberg) — Shipping routes for the transport of iron ore from Australia to Japan and containerized goods from East Asia to

November 11, 2021
Total Views: 1176

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Decarbonizing Shipping By Starting Small: Green Corridors and The Clydebank Declaration

How will shipping decarbonize; what’s the path? That’s the $2 Trillion – $4 Trillion question, depending which set of prognosticators that you are

November 11, 2021
Total Views: 940

USMMA Midshipmen Respond to Congress Members Calling for Sea Year Suspension:  Read Their Letter to Committee Leaders
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USMMA Midshipmen Respond to Congress Members Calling for Sea Year Suspension: Read Their Letter to Committee Leaders

Last month, allegations by U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Midshipman X of being sexually assaulted on a commercial ship during her Sea Year training were posted

November 11, 2021
Total Views: 4472

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Congestion at Port of Rotterdam Seen Lasting Through 2022

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Congestion and bottlenecks in moving container traffic through the Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s

November 11, 2021
Total Views: 1304

Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Bulk Carrier Crew Rescues Commercial Fishermen Off Monterey After Vessel Catches Fire
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Bulk Carrier Crew Rescues Commercial Fishermen Off Monterey After Vessel Catches Fire

The crew of a Reederei Nord bulk carrier came to the rescue of seven commercial fishermen after their vessel caught fire approximately 350 miles west of

November 10, 2021
Total Views: 2268

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Democrats Press Biden to Consider Reinstating Crude Oil Export Ban

By Ari Natter (Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden faces growing pressure from fellow Democrats to address rising gasoline prices by taking steps that

November 10, 2021
Total Views: 1576

HMM containership in port
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HMM Posts Record Quarterly Profit

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – South Korean ocean carrier HMM has wiped out two-thirds of the losses it incurred in the past five years with a

November 10, 2021
Total Views: 650

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Biden to Visit Baltimore With Promise to Unclog Ports

By Jarrett Renshaw and Andrea Shalal Nov 10 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will visit the Port of Baltimore on Wednesday to tout billions of

November 10, 2021
Total Views: 481

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Countries Launch Plan for Net-Zero Shipping Lanes at COP26

By Jonathan Saul and Elizabeth Piper GLASGOW, Nov 10 (Reuters) – A coalition of 19 countries including Britain and the United States on Wednesday agreed

November 10, 2021
Total Views: 888

Tuesday, November 9, 2021
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CMA CGM and ENGIE Forge Long-Term Partnership On Decarbonized Marine Fuel

French shipping giant CMA CGM has announced a long-term strategic partnership with French utility company ENGIE to help develop decarbonized fuel for shipping.

November 9, 2021
Total Views: 1391

Kremlin Blames Global Supply Crunch as Russia’s Far East Faces Shortages
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Kremlin Blames Global Supply Crunch as Russia’s Far East Faces Shortages

By Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW, Nov 9 (Reuters) – Russia’s far east is grappling with a shortage of some essential goods due to logjams at its ports

November 9, 2021
Total Views: 1811

Auto Transport Company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Reports Record Quarterly Earnings
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Auto Transport Company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Reports Record Quarterly Earnings

Norwegian roll-on/roll-off shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen has reported third quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization

November 9, 2021
Total Views: 1023

Biden’s Commerce Chief Says Supply Chain Hurdles to Last Well Into 2022
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Biden’s Commerce Chief Says Supply Chain Hurdles to Last Well Into 2022

By Eric Martin (Bloomberg) — U.S. supply chains will take “some number of months” to normalize next year, and vaccine mandates for companies will

November 9, 2021
Total Views: 823