gCaptain – Maritime and Offshore News

By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s military started a new round of war games near Taiwan on Monday, saying it was a

By Bruce Kimbrell (Policy Op-Ed) Inspired by his vision for a “New, Bold Maritime Statecraft,” Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro

By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Taiwan reported a Chinese aircraft carrier group sailing to the island’s south on

LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Port and logistics firm DP World is going ahead with a 1 billion pound ($1.3 billion) investment in its London

Sunday Update: The Pan Viva remains at anchor and stable. The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies remained in contact with the vessel overnight. Weather on

Port Tampa Bay, a critical energy gateway supplying nearly half of Florida’s fuel, has resumed vessel operations following the impact of Hurricane

The fire aboard the German-flagged oil and chemical tanker Annika has been extinguished, authorities confirmed on Saturday. The vessel caught fire in

In the wake of Hurricane Milton, videos of tornadoes and waterspouts flooded social media. We have to ask: Which is more dangerous? by Astrid Werkmeister

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Picture this: A hulking warship bobbing in the Pacific, its missile silos as empty as a politician’s promises.

Princess Cruises’ newest flagship, Sun Princess, was set to make its highly anticipated U.S. debut on October 9 at Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, after a

The Biden Administration has taken a significant step in ocean conservation by designating 4,543 square miles of California’s central coast as the

A fire broke out on the German-flagged oil and chemical tanker Annika in the Baltic Sea on Friday. The 73-meter-long vessel, carrying approximately 640 tons of

The United States has intensified its sanctions on Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical sectors, targeting a network of illicit shipping facilitators and

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Arctic shipping continues to have a breakout year setting new records for transit traffic and container ship voyages. As of

Global nonprofit shark research organization OCEARCH has embarked on a multi-year project to study and protect the critically endangered Mediterranean white

Norwegian cruise ship company Hurtigruten has released updated plans for its groundbreaking Sea Zero project, a zero-emission cruise ship scheduled to debut in

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has released updated projections for global trade growth, painting a picture of cautious optimism tempered by ongoing

(Bloomberg) — Authorities in China have started to ask some overseas shipowners to report on their carbon emissions, highlighting greater scrutiny of the

As Hurricane Milton struck Florida’s Gulf Coast, the state’s petroleum supply chain faced significant challenges. The Category 3 hurricane prompted

The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) has arrived in the Philippines this week to support disaster relief efforts following Typhoon Krathon. Typhoon