gCaptain – Maritime and Offshore News

By Alberto Nardelli, Jenny Leonard and Natalia Drozdiak (Bloomberg) — The US has warned its allies that Russia is targeting cargo shipping companies as

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Undeterred by tough sea ice conditions in the East Siberian and Chukchi Sea, Russia has dispatched a conventional LNG carrier

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain OpEd) The US Navy’s top Admiral has just unveiled her new “warfighting navy” plan, and it’s a doozy.

STOCKTON, CA – The advertisement was easily overlooked—a dilapidated cruise ship for sale on Craigslist in 2008. But for Chris Willson, a tech

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, Sept 18 (Reuters) – A threatened Oct. 1 strike by dockworkers at ports on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf

by Tom Orlik (Bloomberg) Who Loses in Trump’s Endless Trade War? In 2016, Donald Trump campaigned for the US presidency on a promise to beat China.

The Port of Los Angeles experienced its busiest non-pandemic month ever in August 2024, handling 960,597 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), a 16% increase

California’s maritime industry is calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign Assembly Bill 1122 into law, citing crucial safety and operational benefits

Japan-based shipping group Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and compatriot Oono Development have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Contrary to popular belief, Maersk is not the world’s largest shipping company, nor is Delta the world’s largest airline.

The German government and the state of Lower Saxony have taken action to secure the future of MEYER WERFT, the renowned shipbuilder in Papenburg. As part of

The U.S. Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit on Wednesday against the owner and operator of the containership that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge

(Bloomberg) — A further slump in weekly average oil prices more than offset a small increase in flows from Russian ports, intensifying pressure

The U.S. Navy took delivery of its newest Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship, the future USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7), named after the Korean war hero. The

Dry bulk ship recycling has plummeted to its second-lowest level in 16 years, with only 45 ships recycled so far in 2024, according to BIMCO, the world’s

The global shipping industry is expected to achieve a more balanced supply and demand environment as it enters the fourth quarter of 2024, according to

A coalition of 177 trade associations has appealed to President Biden for immediate intervention in stalled labor negotiations between the International

Ever wondered how cruise lines supersize their ships? In 2008, the cruise ship Balmoral underwent a significant transformation at Hamburg’s Blohm + Voss

In an increasingly polarized political climate, Oxfam has turned its attention to a fat target in the fight against carbon emissions: the ultra-wealthy. The

Toronto-based Woodland Biofuels has unveiled plans for a groundbreaking $1.35 billion investment at the Port of South Louisiana. The project aims to establish

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced a substantial offshore wind energy lease sale set for October 29, 2024. The sale will cover eight areas off

By Lisa Baertlein and David Shepardson LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden does not intend to invoke a federal law to

The Greek-registered oil tanker MT SOUNION has been successfully towed to a safe area in the Red Sea, marking a crucial step in a complex salvage operation.

In this gripping 60 Minutes segment, tensions in the South China Sea reach a boiling point as China and the Philippines clash over territorial claims. The

The Cargo Integrity Group (CIG), an industry collective dedicated to improving safety in the global supply chain, is sounding the alarm on a critical gap in