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


Friday, January 21, 2022
New Zealand Navy Ship Arrives in Tonga Carrying Fresh Water
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New Zealand Navy Ship Arrives in Tonga Carrying Fresh Water

By Praveen Menon, Kirsty Needham and Tom Westbrook WELLINGTON/SYDNEY, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Life-saving water supplies from a New

January 21, 2022
Total Views: 4239

No Joke: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Stars Buy Decommissioned Staten Island Ferry
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No Joke: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Stars Buy Decommissioned Staten Island Ferry

All jokes aside… “Saturday Night Live” stars Pete Davidson and Colin Jost have apparently been revealed as the buyers of a decommissioned Staten

January 21, 2022
Total Views: 28879

CMA CGM and TotalEnergies Launch Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering in Marseille
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CMA CGM and TotalEnergies Launch Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering in Marseille

France-based CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have launched the first ship-to-containership bunkering service in France’s Port of Marseille. The new service

January 21, 2022
Total Views: 1696

Asia-US West Coast Spot Rates Spike Ahead of Chinese New Year
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Asia-US West Coast Spot Rates Spike Ahead of Chinese New Year

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Container spot rates from Asia to the US west coast spiked this week, ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday on 1

January 21, 2022
Total Views: 1201

Oil Tanker Bridge
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ABS Withdraws Certification for Two Oil Tankers Over Iran Sanctions

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Two tankers have had their environmental and safety classification withdrawn by a U.S. company that provides

January 21, 2022
Total Views: 2442

Thursday, January 20, 2022
Smiles Up In the Great Lakes as Soo Locks Upgrade Gets Full Funding
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Smiles Up In the Great Lakes as Soo Locks Upgrade Gets Full Funding

There were smiles all around in the Great Lakes this week- especially around the Soo Locks in northern Michigan. These locks link Lake Superior, where

January 20, 2022
Total Views: 4017

Tsunami Induced Oil Spill in Peru Declared Environmental Emergency
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Tsunami Induced Oil Spill in Peru Declared Environmental Emergency

By Marco Aquino LIMA, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Castillo declared an environmental emergency on Thursday as clean-up teams struggled to

January 20, 2022
Total Views: 2999

NYK and Knutsen Group Launch Liquefied CO2 Shipping Company
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NYK and Knutsen Group Launch Liquefied CO2 Shipping Company

Japan’s NYK and Norwegian shipping company Knutsen Group have announced plans to launch joint venture liquified CO2 shipping and storage company. The

January 20, 2022
Total Views: 1662

cosco containership
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China’s COSCO Pays Huge Bonuses 30 Times Worker’s Salary Amid Container Shipping Boom

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Asian shipping companies are offering mega bonuses to employees amid a boom in freight rates, with China’s state-owned

January 20, 2022
Total Views: 18070

Suiso Frontier hydrogen ship
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World’s First Hydrogen Tanker to Ship Maiden Cargo from Australia to Japan

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE, Jan 21 (Reuters) – A Japanese-Australian venture producing hydrogen from brown coal is set to ship its maiden cargo on the

January 20, 2022
Total Views: 3561

Maersk Line, Limited Tanker Makes Nighttime Rescue in Aegean Sea
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Maersk Line, Limited Tanker Makes Nighttime Rescue in Aegean Sea

The crew of a Maersk Line, Limited tanker conducted a nighttime rescue of a mariner who was in the water for 24 hours after his vessel capsized in the

January 20, 2022
Total Views: 5567

yantian port
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Ship Arrivals to China’s Yantian Port Delayed by a Week

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Containers are stacking up at the already backed-up Shenzhen port in China as congestion in the U.S. and Europe ripples

January 20, 2022
Total Views: 1523

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
lng carrier
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China’s Sinopec Issues Tender for Up to 45 LNG Cargoes

SINGAPORE, Jan 19 (Reuters) – China’s Sinopec Corp has issued a tender to sell up to 45 cargoes of liquefied natural gas for 2022 deliveries, in a

January 19, 2022
Total Views: 2325

Stage Set for 2022: Wall Street Shipping Analysts Very Bullish On Box Sector
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Stage Set for 2022: Wall Street Shipping Analysts Very Bullish On Box Sector

Equity analysts covering maritime companies can offer detailed analytics into individual company historical performance and future prospects, but can also

January 19, 2022
Total Views: 1464

Wärtsilä to Power Seven Arctic Shuttle Tankers Under Construction in Korea
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Wärtsilä to Power Seven Arctic Shuttle Tankers Under Construction in Korea

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to supply the main and harbor engines for a series of seven new Arctic shuttle tankers under construction

January 19, 2022
Total Views: 2318

Port of Long Beach Sets Annual Cargo Record in 2021
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Port of Long Beach Sets Annual Cargo Record in 2021

Port of Long Beach reported its busiest year ever in 2021 on increased consumer spending, but congestion weighs as December volumes fall for a fourth

January 19, 2022
Total Views: 2055

Biden Administration Allocates $14 Billion to Improve U.S. Ports and Waterways
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Biden Administration Allocates $14 Billion to Improve U.S. Ports and Waterways

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to invest $14 Billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other appropriations to strengthen United States’ ports and

January 19, 2022
Total Views: 1448

LNG carrier in open sea during daytime
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European Energy Crisis Prompts LNG Carrier’s U-Turn Back Through Panama Canal

By Sergio Chapa (Bloomberg) — Getting LNG to gas-starved Europe is so profitable that one tanker carrying the fuel made a U-turn in the Pacific Ocean,

January 19, 2022
Total Views: 3761

Tuesday, January 18, 2022
zim containership
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ZIM Charters More LNG-Powered Newbuild Containerships

Israeli containership operator ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE: ZIM) has announced new eight-year charter agreements for three 7,000 TEU containerships

January 18, 2022
Total Views: 1948

Japan Tests Autonomous Navigation Using Large Ferry
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Japan Tests Autonomous Navigation Using Large Ferry

Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced the completion of what it claims is the world’s first full autonomous navigation

January 18, 2022
Total Views: 5222