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


Monday, June 3, 2024
Shipping

Methanol-Fueled Vessels Surge as Demand for Alternative Fuels Grows

The demand for alternative fueled vessels is showing substantial growth. In May 2024 alone, 33 new orders for alternative-fueled vessels were placed, with

June 3, 2024
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Ports

Maersk Announces Delays and Blank Voyages Due to Severe Port Congestion

Shipping giant Maersk announced on Monday significant delays in vessel schedules due to severe terminal congestion in Mediterranean and Asian ports. The

June 3, 2024
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Shipping

Swirling Global Uncertainties Make It a Great Time to Be a Greek Shipowner

(Bloomberg) — Sandwiched between the world’s great global powers in a time of deepening global tensions, Greek shipowners are still finding a way to

June 3, 2024
Total Views: 764

Sunday, June 2, 2024
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Ships Diverted From Red Sea Send Ripple Effects Across The Globe

By Brendan Murray Jun 2, 2024 (Bloomberg) –Never has it been so cheap to inflict a world of economic pain. That stark point was underscored last

June 2, 2024
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Friday, May 31, 2024
Shipping

Royal Fleet Auxiliary Officers to Begin Industrial Action Over Pay Dispute

Officers at the UK’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) are initiating planned industrial action on Saturday, June 1, following a dispute on compensation. The

May 31, 2024
Total Views: 1395

Shipping

Red Sea Diversions, Tariff Risks Send Ocean Shipping Soaring

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, May 31 (Reuters) – Spiking ocean shipping rates, vessel backups at seaports and empty container

May 31, 2024
Total Views: 2292

Shipping

Singapore Reopens Defunct Container Terminals to Tackle Vessel Bunching

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Authorities battling congestion in Singapore port have reopened shuttered terminals to alleviate the mounting

May 31, 2024
Total Views: 2430

Thursday, May 30, 2024
Shipping

Panama Canal Increases Maximum Draft Ahead of Schedule

The Panama Canal Authority announced Thursday an increase in the maximum authorized draft of the Panama Canal’s Neopanamax locks to 45 feet, bringing it

May 30, 2024
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Shipping

OPEC+ Working on Complex Deal to Extend Production Cuts into 2025, Sources Say

By Dmitry Zhdannikov, Alex Lawler and Maha El Dahan LONDON, May 30 (Reuters) – OPEC+ is working on a complex deal to be agreed at its meeting

May 30, 2024
Total Views: 523

Defense

TikTok Influencer Sheds Light on Merchant Marine Life

Vanessa Mongiovi, a TikTok influencer with nearly 50,000 followers, is leveraging her platform to demystify life as a merchant mariner. A civil service mariner

May 30, 2024
Total Views: 3851

Shipping

Unexpected Global Warming Spike Due to Abrupt Reduction in Shipping Emissions, Study Finds

A new study has highlighted an unexpected consequence of reduced shipping emissions: a sudden and significant increase in global warming. Human activities have

May 30, 2024
Total Views: 4506

Shipping

Shippers Brace for Asia-Europe Blanked Sailings as Rates Rise

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – It was just over a month ago that forwarders began to realise significant disruption was on the way for the

May 30, 2024
Total Views: 1477

Shipping

Aid for Gaza Still Leaving Cyprus by Sea While U.S. Military Pier Fixed

NICOSIA, May 30 (Reuters) – Humanitarian aid for Gaza is continuing to leave Cyprus by sea and will be held in floating storage off the coast of

May 30, 2024
Total Views: 647

Shipping

Urgent Call to End Seafarer Abandonment Crisis

Stella Maris, the world’s largest ship visiting charity and the official maritime charity of the Catholic Church, has issued an urgent call to action to

May 30, 2024
Total Views: 751

Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Shipbuilding

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Orders Four More ‘Shaper Class’ PCTCs

Oslo-based roll-on/roll-off shipping company, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, has placed orders for four more “Shaper class” vessels. With these new

May 29, 2024
Total Views: 2398

Ukrainian coast guard patrols the "grain corridor" in the Black Sea. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Shipping

War Risk Insurance Challenges in the Wake of Russia-Ukraine War

The Chairman of the Association of Average Adjusters, Burkhard Fischer, highlighted the on-going complexities faced by the maritime industry during the

May 29, 2024
Total Views: 1008

Shipping

The $10,000 Shipping Container Looms in Latest Trade Strains

Companies transporting goods from Asia face costs of as much $10,000 for an urgent full-size shipping container over the next month — about double current

May 29, 2024
Total Views: 5310

Shipping

IMO Members Adopt Resolution Condemning Attacks in Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations agency that oversees global shipping, has called for an immediate end to attacks on ships and

May 29, 2024
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Damage to the M/V Laax. Photo courtesy French Forces
Shipping

Houthis Claim Attacks on Six Ships in Red, Arabian, and Mediterranean Seas

By Nayera Abdallah, Clauda Tanios and Jonathan Saul DUBAI/LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) –  Yemen’s Houthis launched attacks on six ships in three

May 29, 2024
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Shipping

Johns Hopkins Engineers Launch Urgent Assessment of U.S. Bridges

In light of the March 26 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, engineers from Johns Hopkins University have launched an assessment of bridges

May 29, 2024
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