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


Thursday, November 14, 2024
French frigate escort. Photo: EUNAVFOR
Shipping

CMA CGM Bends to Customer Pressure, Re-Routes INDAMEX Service Back Around Cape

Pressure from customers has apparently caused French mainline operator CMA CGM to u-turn on plans to operate its INDAMEX (Indian Subcontinent-US East Coast)

November 14, 2024
Total Views: 887

Hapag-Lloyd's newbuild containership Manila Express
Shipping

Hapag-Lloyd Lifts 2024 Forecast Despite Red Sea Risks

Hapag-Lloyd’s performance in the first nine months of 2024 has dipped compared to last year, driven by lower freight rates and increased transport costs from

November 14, 2024
Total Views: 336

Wednesday, November 13, 2024
The heavy ice breaker USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) breaks ice approaching McMurdo Station
Defense

U.S., Canada, and Finland Look to Boost Arctic Icebreaker Production with Landmark Agreement

The United States, Canada, and Finland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaboratively develop and produce world-class Arctic and polar

November 13, 2024
Total Views: 6415

As Hong Kong Convention Looms, BIMCO Unites Industry for Safer Ship Recycling
Shipping

As Hong Kong Convention Looms, BIMCO Unites Industry for Safer Ship Recycling

BIMCO, a leading shipping industry association, has launched a Ship Recycling Alliance to accelerate the implementation of safe and environmentally sound

November 13, 2024
Total Views: 799

The tug Bu Tinah has set a Guinness World Record for the world's most-powerful electric tug
Shipping

Electric Tug Achieves Guinness World Record

Damen Shipyards Group and SAFEEN Group, a division of AD Ports Group’s Maritime & Shipping Cluster, have set a new Guinness World Records title for

November 13, 2024
Total Views: 2154

ILA picketers wearing orange safety shirts and carrying ILA signs with port cranes in the background
Ports

Dockworkers Dig In: ILA Breaks Off Talks with USMX, Threatening January Port Chaos

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has halted talks with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) over disputes about port automation,

November 13, 2024
Total Views: 3075

Re-Appearing Dark Fleet Vessel Underlines Zombie Ship Challenge
Shipping

Re-Appearing Dark Fleet Vessel Underlines Zombie Ship Challenge

After a dark-fleet ship exploded off the coast of Malaysia in May last year, its scorched wreck was sent to an Indonesian scrapyard. Then, last month, its

November 13, 2024
Total Views: 2500

Inside Amazon and IKEA’s Push for Green Fuels in Shipping
Shipping

Inside Amazon and IKEA’s Push for Green Fuels in Shipping

Amazon.com and IKEA, in alliance with about three dozen other companies that depend on ocean freight, will invite shipping firms for the first time to bid

November 13, 2024
Total Views: 980

Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Aurora Class car carrier
Shipping

COP29 Spotlight: Höegh Autoliners and Fortescue Lead Call to Fast-Track Green Ammonia Fuel Adoption in Shipping

Norwegian shipping giant Höegh Autoliners and Australian green technology group Fortescue joined forces at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, to urge global

November 12, 2024
Total Views: 940

Aerial of a containership underway
Ports

China Dominates U.S. Import Surge as Ports Feel the Heat

In a clear indication of the U.S. economy’s ongoing strength, October’s container imports reached 2,494,635 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs),

November 12, 2024
Total Views: 1100

Hunter Star arriving at the Belokamenka shipyard with module TMS-005 on 31 March 2024. (Source: Belokamenka Yard)
Featured

Final Chinese Module Arrives at Russian Arctic LNG 2 Plant, As U.S. Snoozes on Sanctions Action

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – China has successfully completed a two-month-long shipping operation to deliver a 650 MW power plant to the Russian Arctic. The

November 12, 2024
Total Views: 29578

Monday, November 11, 2024
COP29: Countries Endorse Global Carbon Market Framework
Environment

COP29: Countries Endorse Global Carbon Market Framework

By Virginia Furness and Kate Abnett BAKU, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Countries at the two-week COP29 climate summit gave the go-ahead on

November 11, 2024
Total Views: 901

FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage following early results from the 2024 U.S. presidential election in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida
Shipping

How China’s Port Diplomacy is Redrawing South America’s Trade Routes

By Marco Aquino and Eduardo Baptista LIMA/BEIJING, Nov 11 (Reuters) – In South American copper giant Peru, the incoming Donald Trump White House will

November 11, 2024
Total Views: 2557

msc ship in port
Shipping

MSC’s Africa Global Logistics Sees $43 Million Spend in Namibia

(Bloomberg) — MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA’s Africa logistics unit will invest as much as €40 million ($43 million) in Namibia by 2030 to

November 11, 2024
Total Views: 1397

Wallenius Wilhelmsen illustration of a Shaper Class car carrier. Image courtesy Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Shipping

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Doubles Down on Record-Breaking RoRo Fleet 

Oslo-based roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen has exercised options for two additional 11,700 CEU Shaper class pure care and truck

November 11, 2024
Total Views: 1200

Aerial view of a container terminal
Shipping

Triple Threat: U.S. Importers Brace for Tariffs, Strikes, and Rate Spikes This Lunar New Year

Logistics Will Navigate a Three Front Storm This Lunar New Year  By Lori Ann LaRocco (gCaptain) – U.S. companies importing their Spring season products

November 11, 2024
Total Views: 2258

Saturday, November 9, 2024
The LNG carrier Ineos Insight arrives in the U.K. with the first cargo of American shale gas in Sept. 2016. Photo: Ineos
Shipping

EU’s Von der Leyen Suggests US LNG Could Replace Russian Supply

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Katharina Rosskopf Nov 8, 2024 (Bloomberg) —European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has an idea for reducing

November 9, 2024
Total Views: 2255

Aerial view of a ship drydock in South Korea
Shipping

Asia Investors Chasing Trump Bets Zero In on Trade War Winners

By Abhishek Vishnoi and Georgina McKay (Bloomberg) – Investors across Asia have ramped up bets on potential winners from Donald Trump’s imminent return to

November 9, 2024
Total Views: 1389

2000th transit expanded panama canal
Shipping

Panama Canal Could Double the Number of Containers Transiting, Says Chief

By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – The Panama Canal Authority could double in coming years the number of containers that move through the

November 9, 2024
Total Views: 1968

Friday, November 8, 2024
The LNG-powered containership, the CMA CGM, on the river Elbe near the city of Hamburg, Germany, February 14, 2021. Photo: FrankHH / Shutterstock.com
Shipping

CMA CGM’s Stellar Q3: Revenue Soars Amid Red Sea Rerouting and Market Resurgence

French shipping giant CMA CGM has posted impressive third-quarter results for 2024, reporting $15.8 billion in revenue—a notable 38.5% increase from Q3

November 8, 2024
Total Views: 1380