gCaptain – Maritime and Offshore News

by Lisa Barrington (Reuters) – One of two oil tankers crippled in attacks in the Gulf of Oman last week that Washington and Riyadh have blamed on Iran is

by Alex Longley and Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) –Oil tanker owners face spiraling insurance costs to load cargoes from the world’s largest crude-export

Some new video today from on board the Elbe No. 5 shows the moments just prior to the historic schooner’s collision with a containership on the Elbe

By Ghaida Ghantous and Rania El Gamal DUBAI, June 14 (Reuters) – The United States and its allies may need to to start escorting commercial vessels to

By Sal R. Mercogliano – The June 13, 2019 attacks on MV Front Altair and MV Kokuka Courageous, following the assault on four tankers at the anchorage of

By Junko Fujita TOKYO, June 14 (Reuters) – Two “flying objects” damaged a Japanese tanker owned by Kokuka Sangyo Co in an attack on Thursday

The U.S. Central Command released video Friday which it says proves that Iran was behind two tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday.  CENTCOM also

Now I’m not sure what this guy’s business was for being there, but to quote the great 1994 class Dumb and Dumber, “talk about being in the

By Liam Denning (Bloomberg Opinion) –News of more mysterious tanker attacks, this time in the Gulf of Oman, had their predictable effect on (otherwise

By Lisa Barrington and Phil Stewart DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) – Two oil tankers were attacked on Thursday and left adrift in the Gulf of Oman,

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Next week Marine Money is launching a maritime startup accelerator program in New York City. But what is an accelerator, and

By Lisa Barrington and Rania El Gamal DUBAI, June 13 (Reuters) – Two oil tankers were attacked and left adrift on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, driving

By Shadia Nasralla LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) – Oil prices jumped more than 4% on Thursday after a suspected attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman

The U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet reported this morning that it was aware of the reported attack on shipping vessels in the Gulf of Oman, with U.S. Naval Forces in

LOS ANGELES, June 12 (Reuters) – The Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex – the No. 1 hub for U.S. ocean trade with China – processed 6.3%

By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) –Here’s another reason for Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to seal a swift trade deal: it could put the U.S.

French shipping giant CMA CGM will have taken delivery of 20 LNG-fueled containerships by 2022 as the world’s fourth largest carrier seeks to cut its carbon

Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson has named Captain Wendy Williams as Master of Virgin Voyages’ first vessel, Scarlet Lady, set to debut in spring

By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST, June 12 (Reuters) – The captain of a cruise liner was released on bail on Wednesday, two weeks after his vessel was involved in

LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) – Cargill reduced CO2 emissions from its chartered shipping fleet by 350,000 tonnes last year as part of efforts to scale back

By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) –Australia started the last in a $200 billion wave of natural gas mega-projects, setting it on course to become

A.P. Moller – Maersk has reached deal with the Russian Ministry of Transport to launch its blockchain-based TradeLens platform in Russia. The agreement,

OSLO, June 11 (Reuters) – Finland’s 110 million-euro ($124.5 million) Manga liquefied natural gas import terminal has fully opened after a

The long-awaited first shipment of liquefied natural gas has sailed from Shell’s massive Prelude FLNG facility that is now permanently moored off the

By Eric Roston (Bloomberg) — Forecasters are expecting this year’s North Atlantic hurricane season to be roughly average, with about 14 named storms