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


Wednesday, February 16, 2022
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Europe Remains Top Destination for U.S. LNG For Third Month

By Marcy de Luna HOUSTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Europe’s call for U.S. liquefied natural gas continues to run hot in February and is poised

February 16, 2022
Total Views: 572

Shipping

CNN Investigation: Culture of fear at Merchant Marine Academy silences students

CNN on Wednesday published an investigative report Wednesday alleging that a “culture of fear” at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA)

February 16, 2022
Total Views: 3734

Shipping

NOAA Predicts Sea Levels Could Rise By Up to a Foot by 2050

The United States could see sea levels rise by as much as a foot by 2050, according to a new report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

February 16, 2022
Total Views: 1305

Shipping

Russia Ready to Re-Route Energy Flows If Hit By New Sanctions

By Darya Korsunskaya and Katya Golubkova MOSCOW, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Russia would be ready to re-route supplies to other markets should new

February 16, 2022
Total Views: 2366

Tuesday, February 15, 2022
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Passing the Reins: Next-Generation Nominated to Lead Maerk’s Board

Robert Maersk Uggla, the grandson of A.P. Moller-Maersk founder Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, has been nominated as the Chair of the Board. Uggla will replace

February 15, 2022
Total Views: 2569

Shipping

London Marine Insurers Add Russian, Ukrainian Waters to High Risk List

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Feb 15 (Reuters) – London’s marine insurance market on Tuesday added the Ukrainian and Russian waters around the Black

February 15, 2022
Total Views: 1469

Shipping

Container Bull Market Helps HMM Wipe Out Years of Losses

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – South Korean flagship carrier HMM has reported a $4.4bn net profit for 2021, compared with just $100m the year before,

February 15, 2022
Total Views: 1020

Shipping

Search and Rescue Underway After Spanish Trawler Sinks Off Newfoundland

Update: Three survivors and six bodies have now recovered, according to Salvamento Marítimo. A major search and rescue operation is underway after a fishing

February 15, 2022
Total Views: 3656

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Work Underway to Widen Suez Canal

By Patrick Werr NORTH OF SUEZ, Egypt, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Egypt is working to improve the Suez Canal by making an additional 10 kilometers accessible to

February 15, 2022
Total Views: 5537

Shipping

Biden Team Sees Limited Ability to Press China On Trade After ‘Phase-One’ Failure

By Jenny Leonard (Bloomberg) — The U.S. is continuing conversations with China despite Beijing’s failures to abide by a trade agreement reached

February 15, 2022
Total Views: 1405

Monday, February 14, 2022
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Product Tanker Prospects: Divergent Views and Unanswered Questions

When listed companies host investor conference calls, the best information usually comes out from the seemingly perfunctory “Q and A” sessions- when equity

February 14, 2022
Total Views: 1768

Offshore

A New Onassis? Italy’s Sea Captain Swoops On Reborn Alitalia

By Jonathan Saul, Elisa Anzolin and Francesca Landini LONDON/MILAN, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Sixty-five years after Aristotle Onassis founded Greece’s

February 14, 2022
Total Views: 5963

Defense

Ukraine Crisis: Wall Street Should Forget Putin And Start Counting Ships

by John Konrad (gCaptain) On Friday, President Biden warned that Russia could attack Ukraine “any day now” and “the United States together with

February 14, 2022
Total Views: 9491

Shipbuilding

Former Oil Spill Response Vessel Delivered to Sandy Hook Pilots After Conversion

A former oil spill response vessel (OSRV) has been converted to a pilot station vessel and redelivered to the New York & New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots

February 14, 2022
Total Views: 5264

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WTO Says Demand Shock Behind Trade Bottlenecks Should Ease in Months

BRUSSELS, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Global trade bottlenecks are more the result of demand spikes than supply chain snags, with pressure likely to ease in the

February 14, 2022
Total Views: 1204

Saturday, February 12, 2022
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U.S. Exporting Every Molecule of LNG Possible

By Sergio Chapa, Feb 12, 2022 (Bloomberg) –Tankers are docked or loading at all seven U.S. liquefied natural gas export terminals for the first time,

February 12, 2022
Total Views: 16134

Friday, February 11, 2022
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Russian Maritime Drills Not Affecting Ukrainian Exports, Traders Say

KYIV, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Russia’s naval exercises in the Black and Azov Seas and the closure of traditional shipping routes have so far

February 11, 2022
Total Views: 1072

Shipping

Softening Spot Rates Could Mean End for Ad-Hoc Carriers

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Maersk said this week it anticipated container spot rates would fall back in the second half of the year, justifying

February 11, 2022
Total Views: 1485

Shipping

Italy Set to Approve Start of Process to Sell Airline ITA to MSC

By Alberto Brambilla, Daniele Lepido and Chiara Albanese (Bloomberg) — Italy’s government is set to approve the start of the process to sell ITA

February 11, 2022
Total Views: 1451

Shipping

CMA CGM to Stop Carrying Plastic Waste on Its Ships

French shipping group CMA CGM will stop transporting plastic waste aboard its ships beginning June 1 to help curb ocean pollution. CMA CGM said it currently

February 11, 2022
Total Views: 2426