Shipping

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


Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Shipping

Exporters Take Unusual Steps to Ease Shipping Container Shortage

By Ann Koh and Rajesh Kumar Singh (Bloomberg) — Some of the world’s biggest exporters in Asia are intervening to alleviate a shipping container

March 10, 2021
Total Views: 3761

Shipping

Maersk is Said to Weigh Sale of $1 Billion Reefer Container Unit

By Vinicy Chan, Christian Wienberg and Aaron Kirchfeld (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is considering a sale of its refrigerated container business

March 10, 2021
Total Views: 11348

Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Accidents

Maersk Essen Discharging Cargo in Los Angeles

Nearly two months after losing hundreds of containers overboard in the Pacific Ocean, the Maersk-operated containership Maersk Essen is finally discharging its

March 9, 2021
Total Views: 4277

Shipping

Former Mariner is Latest to Plead Guilty in Coast Guard Test-Fixing Scheme

A former mariner has pleaded guilty to charges related to her role in a scheme to take bribes to fix U.S. Coast Guard mariner credentialing test scores. U.S

March 9, 2021
Total Views: 5641

Oil Tanker Bridge
Shipping

Supertankers Losing Almost $7,000 a Day Amid OPEC Cuts

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Times are getting tougher by the day for oil tanker owners. With too many vessels to haul fuel, losses for supertankers on

March 9, 2021
Total Views: 3061

Ports

2M Snubs Congested West Coast Ports

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – To improve schedule reliability, 2M partners Maersk and MSC are to avoid congested US west coast ports with two

March 9, 2021
Total Views: 2624

Shipping

Greece Delivers Food to Livestock Ship Stuck at Sea for Months

ATHENS, March 9 (Reuters) – Greece will deliver 50 tons of animal feed to the Togo-flagged ElBeik, which has been stuck at sea for nearly three months in

March 9, 2021
Total Views: 6486

Monday, March 8, 2021
Shipping

Three Ships Carrying U.S. Ethanol Headed to China -Sources

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK, March 8 (Reuters) – Three ships carrying ethanol were heading to China from the U.S. Gulf Coast, three trade sources told

March 8, 2021
Total Views: 8120

Shipping

Seaspan Continues Newbuild Buying Spree

Seaspan Corporation is continuing its newbuilding spree with an order for six 15,000 TEU containerships. With the order, Seaspan has now announced 31 newbuild

March 8, 2021
Total Views: 2707

Shipbuilding

Has the Time Come to Rethink Shipping and Ship Design?

By Captain Laura Kovary – Almost every global supply chain has been affected during the Covid-19 pandemic with high demand for some products, delays

March 8, 2021
Total Views: 10072

Environment

Stena Bulk Unveils Innovative Modular Bulk Carrier Design

Tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has become the latest to unveil a radical new ship design that the company says challenges conventional thinking around

March 8, 2021
Total Views: 12043

Shipping

Steel Cut on Second National Security Multi-Mission Vessel at Philly Shipyard

Philly Shipyard has started construction of the second National Security Multi-Mission Vessel. A brief steel cutting ceremony was held at the yard earlier this

March 8, 2021
Total Views: 2357

Sunday, March 7, 2021
Shipping

Tankers Carrying European Gasoline Diverted to Texas to Ease Supply Crunch

By Jeffrey Bair (Bloomberg) — Five gasoline tankers that were enroute to the U.S. East Coast diverted to the Port of Houston to help ease a supply

March 7, 2021
Total Views: 4474

Friday, March 5, 2021
Shipping

Dredging the Coast is Making Flooding Worse, New Study Shows

By Leslie Kaufman (Bloomberg) — Climate change is the main culprit behind nuisance flooding, but human alterations to coastal areas that deepen

March 5, 2021
Total Views: 3665

Shipping

HM Coastguard Locates Life Raft from Missing Fishing Vessel ‘Nicola Faith’

The HM Coastguard has recovered a life raft that has been confirmed to be from the missing fishing vessel Nicola Faith. The raft was found off the coast of

March 5, 2021
Total Views: 4859

Environment

Eastern Pacific Shipping Seeks to Retrofit Tankers to Methanol and Ammonia Fuel

Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping has kicked off plans for a partnership to develop methanol and ammonia as alternative marine fuels to help reduce

March 5, 2021
Total Views: 3164

Ports

U.S. Trade Gap Widens to Near Record as Imports Surge

By Eric Martin (Bloomberg) — The U.S. trade deficit widened to the third-biggest on record in January as imports surged to the highest since mid-2019.

March 5, 2021
Total Views: 1503

Shipping

Bulk Carrier Busted for Dumping Garbage at Great Barrier Reef

Australia has fined the chief officer and operator of a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier for dumping garbage into the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. An

March 5, 2021
Total Views: 8837

Shipping

LNG Shipping Market Primed for Growth After Scramble for Supply

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) – Liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships are set to receive an earnings boost from restocking demand after colder

March 5, 2021
Total Views: 1359

Thursday, March 4, 2021
Tsunami Alerts Issued in Pacific After 8.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes New Zealand
Shipping

Tsunami Alerts Issued in Pacific After 8.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes New Zealand

Update: Authorities have canceled tsunami warnings as the threat has passed. By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) – Thousands of New Zealanders

March 4, 2021
Total Views: 3863