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On October 29, 2012, the 3-masted wooden tall ship Bounty, a 1960's-built replica of the 18th century Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty, foundered and sank in

Two American seafarers are currently being held against their will somewhere in Nigeria tonight, kidnapped from the Edison Chouest-owned supply vessel

The Kiel Canal in Germany remained closed Tuesday after a Monday morning ship collision left one vessel in danger of sinking and leaking diesel into the busy

How many of you absolutely abhor being told what to do? For those of you who ever served under an overbearing ship captain, or boss, it might have been

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Crude oil tanker earnings on the major Middle East route were firmer on Tuesday helped by recent healthy

Dorian LPG Ltd., a pure-play LPG shipping company based in Stamford, Connecticut has entered into an agreement with Scorpio Tankers (NYSE: STNG) to acquire

A reminder to always sleep with one eye

A collision between a cargo ship and a LPG carrier early Monday morning has closed Germany's Kiel Canal, leaving the cargo ship heavily listing and leaking

A strong storm battered Britain and the Netherlands on Monday, killing three people, cutting power and forcing hundreds of plane and train cancellations as it

This week mark's the 1 Year Anniversary of "Superstorm Sandy" and to commemorate we'll be taking a look back at some our best coverage from the historic

By JAD MOUAWAD, New York Times One of the largest cruise ships in 1985 was the 46,000-ton Carnival Holiday. Ten years ago, the biggest, the Queen Mary 2, was

The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that Coast Guard crews and offshore supply vessels are searching for a crewmember reported missing from a platform 55 miles

Oct 28 (Reuters) – Qatargas and other producers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) will continue to make project decisions based on long-term demand and

By Kristen Hays and Terry Wade CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The Gulf of Mexico, stung by the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history in

Viking Supply Ships announced today 4 new charter contracts for their anchor handlers, “Loke Viking”, “Magne Viking”, “Brage

This week marks the 19th episode of gCaptain Radio sponsored by Six Maritime. gCaptain Radio is a weekly talk show discussion with gCaptain founder John

A report from tech media website CNET has revealed that a mystery barge seen near San Francisco Bay's Treasure Island could be a floating data center being

gCaptain sources note that the primary driver of piracy offshore Nigeria is the fuel theft trade, however as we reported last week, hiring local workers is

In speaking with sources in Nigeria this week, one thing that has become abundantly clear… the business of fuel theft is the primary driver of piracy in

There’s been a bit of talk recently about the security vulnerabilities when it comes to hacking the Automatic Identification System (AIS), a system

In protest against the Indian government’s detainment of 33 sailors from the AdvanFort-chartered maritime security vessel Seaman Guard OHIO, the Sierra

Very little information is available about the circumstances surrounding the capture of the two Americans from the platform supply vessel, C-Retriever on

“Things are definitely getting more intense here,” remarked one of our sources working offshore Nigeria this afternoon. A security boat manned with

As first reported by gCaptain on Wednesday… ABUJA/WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Pirates attacked an oil supply vessel off the Nigerian coast and

By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW, Oct 24 (Reuters) – For Peter Willcox, captain of a Greenpeace icebreaker seized by Russia, the worst thing about weeks in jail