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


Wednesday, December 29, 2021
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Euroseas Announces New Containership Charters at More Than Twice the Rate of Existing Contracts

Greek containership operator Euroseas has announced its latest head-turning charters for two of its ships at “more than twice” the rate their

December 29, 2021
Total Views: 2831

ever given aground
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gCaptain’s Top Posts of 2021

With 2021 coming to a close, here’s a list of gCaptain’s most-viewed stories of the year: 10. Maersk Containership Broken Down in the Pacific Ocean

December 29, 2021
Total Views: 1975

Tuesday, December 28, 2021
San Pedro Ports Delay Container Dwell Fee For Seventh Week
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San Pedro Ports Delay Container Dwell Fee For Seventh Week

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are once again postponing the implementation of the new “container dwell fees,” marking a seventh week in a

December 28, 2021
Total Views: 1306

Inmarsat Launches ‘World’s Most Sophisticated Communications Satellite’
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Inmarsat Launches ‘World’s Most Sophisticated Communications Satellite’

Global satellite communications company Inmarsat has launched its first next-generation satellite, known as the I-6. Billed as the most sophisticated

December 28, 2021
Total Views: 2786

Soeren Skou, CEO Maersk
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Maersk’s Acquisition of LF Logistics a ‘Significant Milestone’

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Maersk’s proposed $3.6bn acquisition of Hong Kong-based LF Logistics represents a “significant milestone” in its

December 28, 2021
Total Views: 2569

blue lng carrier at sea
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Another LNG Cargo Diverted from China to Europe Mid Voyage

By Ann Koh and Sergio Chapa (Bloomberg) — Traders may have diverted another cargo of liquefied natural gas to Europe instead of China amid the

December 28, 2021
Total Views: 10517

Trucks At Port Of LA
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More Supply Chain Chaos Expected as Omicron Forces Transport Workers to Quit

By K. Oanh Ha and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — From seafarers refusing to get back on ships to truck drivers whose concern over Covid-related border closures

December 28, 2021
Total Views: 3136

Monday, December 27, 2021
port of rotterdam
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EU Weighs Sweeping New Powers to Maintain Supplies During Crises

By Jorge Valero (Bloomberg) — The European Union is weighing a broad set of new powers, including possible export controls, that would give it the

December 27, 2021
Total Views: 1521

Pressure From ‘Student Voice’ Website Not Enough to Budge Cal Maritime 
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Pressure From ‘Student Voice’ Website Not Enough to Budge Cal Maritime 

While the site has ignited a number of public controversies and administrative backpedaling, the school’s admin says the new uniform and grooming standards

December 27, 2021
Total Views: 3509

TS Golden bear
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EXCLUSIVE: Cal Maritime Commandant Suspended After Speaking Out Against Sexual, Racial Harassment 

Students, faculty say the academy has history of ignoring cadet safety and wellness concerns By David Lewis After a student’s racially and sexually

December 27, 2021
Total Views: 12215

Wakashio Captain, Chief Mate Sentenced Over Mauritius Shipwreck
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Wakashio Captain, Chief Mate Sentenced Over Mauritius Shipwreck

The former Captain and Chief Mate of the MV Wakashio have been sentenced to 20 months in prison over the 2020 shipwreck, amounting to time served. By Kamlesh

December 27, 2021
Total Views: 2574

The Supply Chain Story: A Year-End View
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The Supply Chain Story: A Year-End View

By Barry Barker Anecdotally, in the last weeks of 2021, the supply chain problems, encompassing a huge swath of issues, may be getting better. Containers seem

December 27, 2021
Total Views: 1295

Russia’s Yamal-Europe Gas Pipeline Stuck in Reverse: Explainer
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Russia’s Yamal-Europe Gas Pipeline Stuck in Reverse: Explainer

MOSCOW, Dec 27 (Reuters) – The Yamal-Europe pipeline, which normally transports Russian gas into Europe, has shifted into reverse over the last week,

December 27, 2021
Total Views: 4669

Thursday, December 23, 2021
blue lng carrier at sea
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More LNG Cargoes Head to Europe to Ease Energy Crisis

By Sergio Chapa (Bloomberg) — The number of tankers crossing the Atlantic with U.S. liquefied natural gas that declared Western European ports as their

December 23, 2021
Total Views: 3776

port of los angeles and long beach
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The Loadstar: A Year of Covid Variants and Milking the Freight Rate Cash Cow

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Starting the year in lockdown and ending the year in lockdown, it all seems like a scene from the Bill Murray classic

December 23, 2021
Total Views: 1230

Tug with LNG tanker
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European Gas Plunges 20% as Rally Lures U.S. LNG Cargoes

By Isis Almeida and Elena Mazneva (Bloomberg) — European natural gas prices plunged more than 20% on Thursday as this year’s stellar rally attracted a

December 23, 2021
Total Views: 2957

Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Port of Long Beach Receives $52 Million MARAD Grant for Rail Project
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Port of Long Beach Receives $52 Million MARAD Grant for Rail Project

The Port of Long Beach has been awarded a $52.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration to help fund

December 22, 2021
Total Views: 1818

Biden Takes Victory Lap, Declaring Holiday Supply Chain Crisis Averted
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Biden Takes Victory Lap, Declaring Holiday Supply Chain Crisis Averted

By Mario Parker and Josh Wingrove (Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden said that his administration, together with labor unions and companies, succeeded in

December 22, 2021
Total Views: 1333

Wakashio’s Captain, Chief Mate Plead Guilty Over Grounding
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Wakashio’s Captain, Chief Mate Plead Guilty Over Grounding

By Vel Moonien in Mauritius The time of reckoning has come in the Wakashio shipwreck. Seventeen months after the MV Wakashio grounded on the reefs of Pointe

December 22, 2021
Total Views: 13209

File Photo shows a bulk ship with containership in background
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Container Shortage Sparks Experiment to Ship Coffee In Bulk

By Archie Hunter and Tatiana Freitas (Bloomberg) — In the coffee trading world, a ship steaming across the Atlantic Ocean is garnering a lot of

December 22, 2021
Total Views: 7689