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Yesterday, the New York Times published an outstanding piece of journalism – A Speck in the Sea by Paul Tough. In it, Tough tells the story of John

Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea on Thursday unsuccessfully boarded an LPG tanker off Gabon marking the first piracy-related incident of 2014

An inspection of a 1.5 meter crack discovered in the main deck and outer hull of the MSC Monterey has shed light (and good news) on just what went wrong and

A Chinese icebreaker which has spent the last 10 days assisting a Russian expedition ship stuck in ice off Antarctica is now itself stuck in the ice,

Canada’s Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Halifax coordinated the rescue yesterday of an injured 23 year old crewmember from the 49.5 meter Ocean

Spain's government is pushing for talks to settle a dispute over $1.6 billion in cost overruns for expanding of the Panama Canal, a project led by Spanish

New IMO regulations call for major and mandatory improvements to safeguard lives during lifeboat drills and during real-life emergencies at sea. For more than

The Italian navy rescued more than 1,000 migrants in the 24 hours to Friday from boats trying to reach Europe, authorities said, as an immigration crisis that

The president of Panama said on Thursday he would go to Spain and Italy to put pressure on companies to honor contracts to expand his country's canal after the

A small town banker accused of stealing millions of dollars from investors before faking his own death was also on the hook for a hefty search and rescue bill

With 1,097 reviews, Captain John Trimmer's book on "How to Avoid Huge Ships" could very well be the most highly-reviewed maritime industry book on

A number of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from

A helicopter from a nearby Chinese icebreaker has successfully rescued all 52 passengers from a Russian expedition vessel beset by ice since Christmas Eve. The

A group led by Sacyr SA threatened to abandon expansion of the Panama Canal if waterway managers don’t meet a cost overrun amounting to about half the

"Like CO2, plastic pollution in the ocean is everyone's problem," says Bjørn Haugland, DNV-GL's Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer. "And like CO2,

Floating production contractor BW Offshore announced today they have exercised a USD $83.4 million option to acquire the 320,000 dwt very large crude carrier

Repsol SA completed the sale of liquefied natural gas assets to Royal Dutch Shell Plc as the biggest Spanish oil company strengthens its balance

Belgian crude oil shipping group Euronav is expected to buy 15 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) from Denmark's Maersk Tankers, a unit of A.P. Moller-Maersk,

A planned helicopter rescue of 52 passengers on a Russian ship stranded in Antarctic ice since Christmas Eve was delayed on Thursday due to unfavourable sea

Mitsubishi Corp., Japan’s biggest trading company, and Mitsui & Co. withdrew from an agreement to buy liquefied natural gas from Woodside Petroleum

About 10 hours before the stroke of midnight on 31 December, Taiwan shipbuilding firm CSBC closed out the year with a $50 million order from Singapore-based

Happy New Year folks! As many of you noticed, we launched the all-new gCaptain store just before Christmas in cooperation with

When the leaders of Mexico and China met last summer, there was much talk of the need to deepen trade between their nations. Down on Mexico's Pacific coast, a

Ports in Australia's resource-rich Pilbara region were returning to normal and loading vessels on Wednesday after suspending shipments and evacuating staff

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