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


Monday, October 19, 2026
Soho Square, a crude oil tanker, is at anchor in the Galveston Bay
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Jones Act Waiver Faces New Scrutiny Over Foreign Crews, Taxes

Congressional scrutiny of the Trump administration’s Jones Act waiver is growing, with Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) demanding answers about whether

October 19, 2026
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The liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Nikolay Yevgenov at the Montoir-de-Bretagne LNG Terminal. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
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Russian Oil Exports by Arctic Route Jump Amid World Freight Crisis

Russia's oil exports through its Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2026 have already exceeded last year's by nearly 50%, with some 20 million barrels shipped to

October 19, 2026
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Guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) enforces the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports against M/T Stream after it attempted to sail to an Iranian port,
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Iran’s Main Oil Terminals Remain Empty as US Blockade Bites

Iran’s main oil-loading terminals have remained empty for weeks, adding to signs that a US naval blockade of the country is throttling Tehran’s

October 19, 2026
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Polymetallic nodules pictured on the sea floor
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U.S. Sets First Deep-Sea Mining Lease Sale for November

The Trump administration has scheduled the first offshore mineral lease sale in U.S. history, opening more than 31 million acres of seabed near American Samoa

October 19, 2026
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Sunday, October 18, 2026
Bulk carrier Aroyat arrives to the sea port of Chornomorsk. Photo REUTERS/Stringer
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Ukraine Talks with Turkey, India, Egypt Over Grain Corridor

By Daryna Krasnolutska, Volodymyr Verbianyi and Olesia Safronova Oct 18, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Ukraine is in talks with Turkey, Egypt and India on the

October 18, 2026
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Saturday, October 17, 2026
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas
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Iran’s Guards Say Two Tankers Hit Mines In Strait Of Hormuz

DUBAI, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy said on Saturday that two oil tankers had caught fire after hitting naval mines

October 17, 2026
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Crew missing after drone sinks ship in Bulgaria's Black Sea
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Baltic Block Of Russian Grain May Open Black Sea, Latvia Says

By Milda Seputyte and Aaron Eglitis Oct 16, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Europe should block the transit of Russian grain through Baltic ports as that may

October 17, 2026
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Friday, October 16, 2026
Airbus RoRo vessel Spirit of Toulouse docked in Shanghai with six towering white Norsepower rotor sails installed along its deck.
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Wind-Assisted Shipping Gains Ground as Airbus RoRo Adds Rotor Sails

French shipowner LD Armateurs has completed the installation of six towering rotor sails aboard Spirit of Toulouse, a new roll-on/roll-off vessel being built

October 16, 2026
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Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas
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Fog of War Deepens in Hormuz as UKMTO Says Most Ship Attacks Go Unreported

Conflicting traffic figures and competing claims of control are making it increasingly difficult to establish what’s happening in the Strait of Hormuz,

October 16, 2026
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Aerial photo of an oil tanker at anchor. Stock Photo: Nickeo23/Shutterstock
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International Seaways Adds to VLCC Fleet with $370 Million Bruton Deal

Deal adds four modern crude tankers as International Seaways reports sharply higher spot earnings entering the fourth quarter. International Seaways has agreed

October 16, 2026
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A OOCL containership docks at the Port of Long Beach
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Southern California Ports Shatter Cargo Records as Imports Surge

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach both set all-time monthly cargo records in September, handling a combined 2.04 million twenty-foot equivalent units

October 16, 2026
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Protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, rally on the first Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan, to show continued support to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen
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Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia Defy Difference in Military Power

The Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia are demonstrating the limits of the kingdom’s military prowess — despite defense spending that far outstrips that of its

October 16, 2026
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Aerial view of a heavy loaded crude oil tanker traveling over open ocean during sunset time
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Supertanker Rates Fall from Record Highs

The cost ?of shipping oil on the largest tankers fell this week from record highs as demand eased following a wave of attacks on vessels in the Middle East

October 16, 2026
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A COSCO ship at the port of long beach
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Lawmakers Seek to Strip COSCO Ships of U.S. Port Inspection Privileges Over Espionage Claims

Three senior House Republicans are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to revoke special inspection privileges granted to vessels operated by

October 16, 2026
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Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
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IEA Moves to Accelerate Oil Reserve Releases as Hormuz Crisis Drags On

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has agreed to accelerate the release of approximately 100 million barrels of emergency oil stocks, including more than 20

October 16, 2026
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Thursday, October 15, 2026
ontainer ship listing heavily in the water with thick black smoke pouring from its superstructure as a tugboat operates alongside.
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U.S. Claims Control of Hormuz as Ship Attacks Hit New High

U.S. Central Command says the United States and its regional partners control the Strait of Hormuz, citing more than 40 commercial ships moving through the

October 15, 2026
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FILE PHOTO: Tankers sail in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates
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Oil Shipping Costs Spike, Lifting Prices from Pump to Grocery

When the oil supertanker Esteem Explorer sails from the United States to Japan in late November, loaded with about 2 million barrels of crude, the journey

October 15, 2026
Total Views: 965

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz
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Ship Fuel Market Fragments as Middle East Conflict Hits Trade

Shipowners are facing an increasingly fragmented fuel market as disruptions triggered by the Middle East conflict raise concerns about the availability and

October 15, 2026
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Aerial view of the tanker Smyrtos underway at sea, flanked at a distance by a Royal Navy warship and a helicopter following a UK enforcement operation in the English Channel.
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UK Tightens Russian Oil Sanctions as U.S. Weighs Relief

Britain has expanded its sanctions against Russia’s oil industry, targeting two more energy companies, a dozen shadow-fleet tankers and financial

October 15, 2026
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U.S. military helicopter crew monitors the sanctioned oil tanker Bertha in the Indian Ocean during a maritime interdiction and boarding operation targeting shadow fleet oil shipments.
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Trump Weighs Lifting Shadow Fleet Sanctions as Tanker Rates Soar

By Timothy Gardner and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is considering easing sanctions on so-called shadow fleet

October 15, 2026
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