gCaptain – Maritime and Offshore News

By Sam Whelan in Singapore (The Loadstar) – Typhoons and other adverse weather events are playing havoc with carrier schedules, presenting a “major

Singaporean shipbuilder Keppel Offshore & Marine has kicked off development of its first autonomous vessel: a harbor tug to be operated by Keppel Smit

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has launched the first commercially available K-band maritime radar to help increase safety in busy ports. By detecting far

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) — As the West considers the threat posed by China’s naval ambitions, there is a natural tendency to place

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI/LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the United States had made “a vicious

By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Prices for Australian heavy-sweet crude grades are rising as traders snap up cargoes for blending ahead of new

By Clare Roth ZEEBRUGGE, Belgium, April 9 (Reuters) – Uncertainty over Britain’s departure from the European Union is worse than the prospect of a

A rapid scan of the environmental DNA in ballast water can show whether ships are following rules meant to prevent the spread of invasive species and disease.

The U.S. Coast Guard is praising three men for their emergency preparedness after their 32-foot fishing boat sank approximately 90 miles west of Naples,

Authorities estimate that up to 100,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil was released from the containership Dublin Express during its transit along the East Coast to

By Bill Lehane (Bloomberg) — Global oil demand is about to get a boost from a rule that’s supposed to help the environment. The world’s refineries

Fewer incidents of piracy and armed robbery at sea were reported in the first three months of 2019, but risk of kidnappings continue to pose a threat to ship

HOUSTON, April 8 (Reuters) – Ships were moving inbound and outbound on Monday morning through an area of the Houston Ship Channel that had been

By Olga Tanas, Dina Khrennikova and Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Almost 1,500 miles from Moscow, the tiny port of Sabetta nestles in a desolate

By Michael Carr – They were lost. Lost in the open ocean off Antarctica. Two miles to their starboard should be the Ross Ice Shelf, a 200 ft. high

Since launch gCaptain has proudly honored all students, teachers, and military, including Coast Guard and Military Sealift Command crew members, with a

Oslo-based Yara Marine Technologies says it has installed an inline hybrid scrubber system on board an ultra-large containership in what is believed to be the

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – MacAndrews has become the latest iconic shipping name to be consigned to the history books. CMA CGM has lost no time in

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä says it has successfully tested what it says is the world’s first ‘targetless’ dynamic positioning (DP) laser sensor

Maritime authorities in New Zealand have brought charges against the captain of a Panama-flagged bulk carrier for allowing his crew to work at height without

By Jack Wittels and Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) — Summer is coming to Europe and that can only mean one thing. It must be time to send the

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — America’s biggest natural gas exporter is ready to sign long-term agreements with buyers in China, the world’s top

By Jeff Mason and David Lawder WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday a trade deal with China was getting very

SINGAPORE, April 4 (Reuters) – China Marine Bunker (PetroChina) Co Ltd, known as Chimbusco, has agreed a one-year supply deal with a COSCO Shipping Corp

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) – The United Nations’ shipping agency is working on tougher measures to clamp down on rogue