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


Monday, October 21, 2024
msc containership
Ports

MSC Snaps Up Brazilian Shipping Powerhouse in a $765M Deal

SAO PAULO/BENGALURU, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Investment holding company Ocean Wilsons OCN.L has agreed to sell its 56.47% stake in Brazilian unit Wilson

October 21, 2024
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Shipping

Belgium Quietly Resumes Controversial Russian LNG Transfers as 2025 Ban Looms

(Bloomberg) — Belgium is resuming transshipments of Russian liquefied natural gas destined for Asia after a summer lull — a practice that’s been used

October 21, 2024
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FILE PHOTO: Container vessel Maersk Hangzhou sails in the Wielingen channel, Westerschelde, Netherlands, July 15, 2018. Rene van Quekelberghe/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Shipping

Cape of Good Profits: Maersk Sees Red Sea Chaos and Soaring Demand Pushing Earnings Even Higher

A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S (Maersk) has raised its full-year financial guidance for 2024, marking the fourth upward revision this year as strong demand and

October 21, 2024
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Sunday, October 20, 2024
A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew arrives on scene during a search and rescue case off the coast of La Push, Washington, October 18, 2024
Featured

Harrowing Tug Rescue Nearly Ends in Disaster Off Washington’s Coast

A dramatic rescue unfolded off the coast of La Push, Washington, on Friday as the Coast Guard and commercial tug crews raced against time to save the 130-foot

October 20, 2024
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Friday, October 18, 2024
Surveillance footage from the October 2, 2024, break-in and robbery.
Shipping

Caught on Camera: Teen Surrenders After Burglary Aboard Iconic SS United States

A 17-year-old has reportedly surrendered to Philadelphia authorities in connection with a burglary aboard the historic SS United States, a once-proud ocean

October 18, 2024
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lng ship bunkering in fog
Featured

Mysterious Dubai Firm Takes Control of Russian LNG Ships in Apparent Effort to Skirt Sanctions

(Bloomberg) — A newly established company in Dubai has taken over three liquefied natural gas tankers, in what appears to be Russia’s latest effort to

October 18, 2024
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Aerial top view of a containership underway
Shipping

No End in Sight: New Ships Won’t Stop Freight Rates From Climbing in 2025

By Charlie Bartlett (The Loadstar) – Some three million TEU of new tonnage arriving next year will most likely be “more than offset” by further

October 18, 2024
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Greek Dockworkers Block Ammunition Shipment to Israel in Anti-War Protest
Shipping

Greek Dockworkers Block Ammunition Shipment to Israel in Anti-War Protest

ATHENS, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Dozens of members of a Greek dockworkers’ union have blocked the loading of a container of ammunition destined for

October 18, 2024
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FILE PHOTO: Container vessel Maersk Hangzhou sails in the Wielingen channel, Westerschelde, Netherlands, July 15, 2018. Rene van Quekelberghe/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Shipping

Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk Confident in Gemini’s Ambitious 90% Reliability Target

The heads of the new Gemini Cooperation—Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd, and Kenni Skotte, Vice President and Head of Ocean Network Product at

October 18, 2024
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Thursday, October 17, 2024
Sounion oil tanker on fire in Red Sea. EUNAVFOR ASPIDES/Handout via REUTERS
Shipping

U.S. Sanctions Additional Ships and Captains in Iranian Oil Smuggling Network Linked to Houthi Attacks

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed additional sanctions on 18 entities, individuals, and vessels

October 17, 2024
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The Pan Viva, a 738-foot cargo vessel, beset by weather 2.3 miles northeast of Unalaska, Oct. 12, 2024.
Shipping

Coast Guard Says ‘Swift Action’ Helped Avert Disaster in Alaska

The 738-foot cargo vessel Pan Viva safely departed Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on Monday night, bound for Kalama, Washington, after narrowly avoiding a potential

October 17, 2024
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Wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the M/V Dali cargo ship, May 9, 2024, U.S. Navy Photo
Ports

Baltimore’s Coal Exports Roar Back to Life After Bridge Collapse

Coal exports from the Port of Baltimore have made a remarkable recovery following a complete halt in shipments earlier this year due to the collapse of the

October 17, 2024
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sibir in ice
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Chinese Vessels Without Ice Class Violate Arctic Safety Rules, Struggling Through Ice To Deliver Sanctioned Cargo

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – In an attempt to deliver a power plant to a Russian Arctic LNG project before winter two Chinese heavy lift vessels are inching

October 17, 2024
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FILE PHOTO: Shutterstock/Vallehr
Shipping

Global Energy System Faces Urgent Challenges Amid Rising Geopolitical Risks, Says IEA

The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2024 sheds light on critical vulnerabilities in today’s global energy system,

October 17, 2024
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Aerial of Liquified Natural Gas LNG carrier moored to a small gas terminal
Shipping

LNG Tanker Glut is Softening Blow for Consumers Facing High Gas Prices

(Bloomberg) — Ships that carry liquefied natural gas are being built faster than new supplies of the fuel can come to market, helping to lower transport

October 17, 2024
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An aerial view shows an SCF tanker at the crude oil terminal Kozmino on the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia August 12, 2022
Featured

UK Tightens the Noose on Russia’s Shadow Fleet with Sweeping Sanctions

In a major escalation of its sanctions against Russia’s covert seaborne oil exports, the United Kingdom today announced its most significant package to date

October 17, 2024
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The former Fremantle Highway is loaded on the BOKA Vanguard in the Port of Rotterdam.
Accidents

Fire-Damaged Fremantle Highway Hitches a Ride to Asia

Dutch marine services company Boskalis has embarked on the final phase of a 15-month saga involving the car carrier formerly known as Fremantle Highway. The

October 17, 2024
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
The Prosperity FPSO at Payara, Guyana’s third offshore oil development on the Stabroek Block. Photo courtesy ExxonMobil
Offshore

Guyana Moves to Diversify Offshore Energy Production as Oil Exports Leap

Guyana has taken a significant step in expanding its offshore oil and gas production, with energy giants TotalEnergies, Qatar Energy, Petronas, Cybele Energy,

October 16, 2024
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NYPD boat
Shipping

Tragedy on the Hudson: Negligent Captain Pleads Guilty in Fatal Charter Boat Capsizing

Richard Cruz, the owner and captain of the ill-fated vessel Stimulus Money, has pleaded guilty to charges of misconduct and neglect resulting in the

October 16, 2024
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The LNG-powered containership, the CMA CGM, on the river Elbe near the city of Hamburg, Germany, February 14, 2021. Photo: FrankHH / Shutterstock.com
Environment

LNG Marks Return as Container Shipping’s Favorite Alternative Fuel

LNG-powered vessels have taken center stage in 2024, overshadowing methanol as the preferred alternative fuel choice for green shipping. This trend, reported

October 16, 2024
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