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Maersk Bets on Flexibility With Order for Eight Dual-Fuel Containerships Maersk orders eight 18,600-TEU dual-fuel containerships for 2029-2030 delivery, choosing operational flexibility over megaship scale despite recording its (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

U.S. Seizes Shadow Fleet Tanker Aquila II in Indian Ocean After 10,000-Mile Pursuit U.S. forces have seized the sanctioned crude oil tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel more than 10,000 miles from the Caribbean, (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

EU Targets Georgian and Indonesian Ports Handling Russian Oil The EU proposes unprecedented sanctions targeting ports in Georgia and Indonesia that handle Russian oil, marking the first time the bloc has sanctioned (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Stowaway Smuggler Caught in San Juan Harbor With Nearly 800 Pounds of Cocaine Coast Guard and CBP arrested a stowaway smuggler and seized 789 pounds of cocaine worth over $5 million after a crew aboard the tug Signet Thunder discovered (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Falling Tanker Rates Lift U.S. Crude Exports Falling tanker rates are improving the export outlook for US crude, and prices for light sweet barrels, in particular, are getting a (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Suez Canal Traffic Stalls at 60% Below Normal Despite 100 Days Without Houthi Attacks More than three months have passed since the last Houthi attack on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, yet the Suez Canal remains well below capacity. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind Files Lawsuit Over Trump Suspension, Citing Billions at Risk Sunrise Wind LLC has filed a complaint and motion for a preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., challenging the Trump (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Offshore Go to gcaptain

Canadian Icebreaker Design Picked for U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Security Cutters Seaspan’s production-ready icebreaker design will be built in Finland and Louisiana as Washington races to counter Russian and Chinese activity in the High (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

U.S. Captures Russian-Flagged Tanker Linked to Venezuela as Trump Widens Oil Push The United States is attempting to seize a Venezuela-linked oil tanker after a more than two-week-long pursuit across the Atlantic, two U.S. officials told (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Incidents Go to gcaptain

Chevron Sends 11 Tankers to Venezuela as U.S. Enforces Oil Blockade By Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg) — A small fleet of ships booked by Chevron Corp. is sailing to Venezuela as the company emerges as the only exporter of the (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Nordic Alliance Confronts Trump’s Greenland Ambitions as Arctic Security Tensions Escalate Five Nordic nations have issued a unified rebuke to renewed American territorial ambitions in the Arctic, asserting that decisions about Greenland rest solely (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Trump Says Venezuela Will Turn Over 30–50 Million Barrels of Oil to the U.S. President Donald Trump announced late Tuesday that Venezuela’s interim authorities have agreed to hand over between 30 and 50 million barrels of sanctioned (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

The Great Escape? U.S. Reportedly Weighing High-Seas Seizure of Fugitive Tanker For more than two weeks, the oil tanker formerly known as Bella 1 has been on the run. Now, as the vessel — hastily re-registered in Russia and (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

DiBella Sworn In As Federal Maritime Commissioner Laura DiBella, Florida’s first female Secretary of Commerce, was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission, marking the (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Russia Leans on Lone Ice-Class LNG Carrier to Keep Sanctioned Arctic Project Alive Russia has used a single icebreaker ship to continue exporting liquefied natural gas from a US-sanctioned project in the Arctic through the winter, (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Caribbean Shipping Confronts New Era of Risk After U.S. Raid in Venezuela Over a weekend that will reshape the southern Caribbean for years to come, commercial shipping in the region entered uncharted waters.  Paul Morgan (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Fatal South China Sea Collision: Fatigue and Disabled Alarms Behind Deadly Tanker Crash A catastrophic collision between two tankers in the South China Sea in 2024 has revealed a troubling chain of failures involving crew fatigue, disabled safety (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Accidents Go to gcaptain

White House Shifts Deepwater Port Licensing to MARAD in Bid to Accelerate Energy Exports The Trump administration is revamping how offshore oil and gas export terminals are approved, handing control of the deepwater port licensing process from the (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Latvia Finds No Link Between Ship and Baltic Cable Breach, Probe Goes On OSLO, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Latvian police have found no evidence linking a ship docked in the port of Liepaja to damage to an underwater (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Venezuela’s PDVSA Asks Some Joint Ventures To Cut Back Oil Output By Marianna Parraga Jan 4 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA is asking some joint ventures to cut back crude production amid an (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Energy Go to gcaptain

Shadow Fleet Tanker ‘Qendil’ Runs Aground in Turkey Following Ukrainian Drone Strike The Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker Qendil ran aground off Turkey’s Bozcaada island on Sunday while transiting from Alia?a to Yalova, (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Featured Go to gcaptain

Finland Says Ship Dragged Anchor for ‘Tens of Kilometers’ Before Baltic Sea Cable Break Finnish investigators probing last week’s disruption to a key telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland say they have found clear signs that a ship’s (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Latvia Police Board Vessel After Baltic Sea Telecom Cable Breach By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS, Jan 4 (Reuters) – An underseatelecoms cable was damaged in the Baltic Sea on Friday and Latvian investigators on Sunday (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Timeline Of Suspected Underwater Sabotage In Baltic Sea Jan 2 (Reuters) – The Baltic Sea region is on high alert after a string of power cable, telecom link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Venezuela’s Oil Exports Paralyzed Amid Political Turmoil Jan 3 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s oil exports, which had fallen to a minimum amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s announced blockade of all (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Trump Sees US Oil Producers Spending Billions In Venezuela By Kevin Crowley, Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Lucia Kassai Jan 3, 2026 (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump said US oil companies will spend billions of (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Energy Go to gcaptain

Maduro Arrested Aboard USS Iwo Jima, Bound For Trial In New York by Andrew Cawthorne (Reuters) The U.S. attacked Venezuela and deposed its long-serving autocratic President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday, (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Navy Go to gcaptain

Ships With Russian Oil Signal India’s Reliance Plant As Destination (Bloomberg) –At least three tankers carrying Russian crude are indicating Reliance Industries Ltd.’s plant on India’s west coast as their next (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Second Shadow Tanker Off Venezuela Reflags to Russia, Testing U.S. Seizure Policy The oil tanker Hyperion has reflagged to the Russian registry in what analysts say is a calculated move to shield the vessel from potential U.S. seizure, (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Equinor Files Lawsuit to Save Empire Wind Project From Second Trump Suspension Empire Offshore Wind LLC filed a civil suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday, challenging the Department of the Interior’s (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Offshore Go to gcaptain

Paint Job Politics: How One Tanker Turned a Sanctions Chase Into a US-Russia Showdown A rusting oil tanker and a can of paint have just sparked the most surreal maritime standoff of the decade. Paul Morgan (gCaptain) – For nearly two (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Baltic Shadow Games: Finland Detains Cargo Ship in Suspected Hybrid Attack Finnish commandos seize cargo ship Fitburg after suspected sabotage of Baltic data cable — then uncover a hidden cargo of sanctioned Russian (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Russia Asks U.S. to Halt Pursuit of Tanker After Crew Claims Russian Flag, NY Times Reports Russia has formally requested that the United States cease its pursuit of an oil tanker fleeing Coast Guard vessels in the Atlantic Ocean, according to the New (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

U.S. Shatters LNG Export Record, Becomes First Nation to Top 100 Million Tons The U.S. in 2025 became the first country to export more than 100 million metric tons (mmt) of liquefied natural gas in a single year, powered by the startup (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Finland Seizes Ship Over Suspected Damage to Baltic Sea Cable Finnish authorities boarded and seized a cargo vessel called Fitburg on Wednesday, after it was suspected of having damaged underwater cables in the Baltic (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

China Winds Down Largest-Ever Maritime War Games Near Taiwan Taiwan remained on high alert on Wednesday after China staged massive military drills around the island the previous day, keeping its emergency maritime (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Russia and Ukraine Trade Strikes on Black Sea Ports Russia and Ukraine struck each other’s Black Sea ports overnight, damaging infrastructure including an oil (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Year in Review: The Maritime Stories That Defined 2025 When historians chronicle 2025, they won’t remember it as the year shipping got more efficient or cleaner. They’ll remember it as the year the (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

India’s $5.4 Billion Shipbuilding Gambit Takes Aim at China—and Rattles the West India just threw down $5.4 billion to crash the global shipbuilding party. For Western yards already struggling against Asian dominance, it’s another wake-up (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Russia Attacks Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports and Civilian Ships, Kyiv Says Russia launched waves of drones to attack port infrastructure and civilian ships in Ukraine’s Odesa region on Tuesday, Ukrainian navy and government (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Global 2025 LNG Exports Saw Biggest Jump in Three Years Global exports of liquefied natural gas in 2025 likely saw the biggest jump in three years, as new supply came online in North (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Venezuela’s Shadow Fleet Tests Trump Blockade with Tanker Arrivals  At least two oil tankers have made their way to Venezuela in recent days and others are navigating towards the country, a sign of state-run PDVSA’s effort to (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Australian Cruise Ship Detained in Papua New Guinea Following Reef Grounding The Australian-flagged cruise ship Coral Adventurer remains aground off the coast of Papua New Guinea after running into a reef early Saturday (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Accidents Go to gcaptain

Officials Silent After Trump Teases Possible U.S. Strike in Venezuela Officials in Washington and Caracas remained silent on Monday about President Donald Trump’s vague comments on a radio show last week about an apparent U.S. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Coast Guard Awards Landmark Arctic Security Cutter Contracts in U.S.-Finland Partnership The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the award of two contracts to build up to six Arctic Security Cutter icebreakers in a joint U.S.-Finland production (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Trump Claims U.S. Hit Venezuelan Drug Dock in First Known Land Attack President Donald Trump said the US struck a facility inside Venezuela, in what would be a significant escalation in its campaign against alleged drug (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Arctic Shipping Lane Sees Surge in ‘Shadow Fleet’ Traffic, Totaling 100 Sanctioned Vessels Russia’s Arctic shipping lanes have become a corridor for the global shadow fleet of sanctioned oil and LNG tankers, raising safety, environmental, and (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Crop Trader Sucden Shuts Cocoa Buying Center In Ivory Coast Port By Baudelaire Mieu Dec 24, 2025 (Bloomberg) –French crop trader Sucres et Denrées SA, a major cocoa buyer, has closed its operations in Ivory (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

After Trump Strike On Terrorists, Nigeria Says Open To More By Ruth Olurounbi and Eric Martin Dec 26, 2025 (Bloomberg) –After the US warned that more strikes may follow its surprise Christmas Day attack on (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

China Launches Military Drills Around Taiwan Amid Tensions With Japan BEIJING, Dec 29 (Reuters) – China’s military moved army, naval, air force and rocket force units around Taiwan on Monday for its “Just (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Container Shipping Rates Extend Gains as Year-End Demand Surges Global container shipping rates climbed 1% this week to $2,213 per 40-foot container, marking the fourth consecutive weekly increase as carriers capitalized on (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Billions in Limbo: Offshore Wind Industry Reels as Trump Administration Halts Major Projects The Trump administration’s abrupt decision this week to suspend construction on five major offshore wind projects has sent shockwaves through the energy (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Offshore Go to gcaptain

Global Trade Braces for the Hangover After Trump’s Tariff Year The global trading system, which is finishing up one of its most transformational years of the past century, heads into another facing more challenges to (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

‘Scrapped’ Tanker Rises From the Dead: Inside Venezuela’s Expanding Zombie Fleet A 27-year-old crude tanker that was supposedly scrapped in 2021 is due to reach Venezuela late this week, according to ship-tracking data, in the latest (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

First Look: Kim Signals New Era for North Korea’s Navy With Nuclear-Powered Submarine North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed construction of a submarine with his daughter, a potential heir, and oversaw the test-firing of long-range (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Hanwha Signals Philly Shipyard Ready to Build U.S. Nuclear Submarines Hanwha’s Philly Shipyard has the capability of building a nuclear-powered submarine for the U.S.Navy, said Alex Wong, global chief strategy officer at Hanwha (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipbuilding Go to gcaptain

White House Orders U.S. Military to Enforce Venezuela Oil ‘Quarantine’  The White House has ordered U.S. military forces to focus almost exclusively on enforcing a “quarantine” of Venezuelan oil for at least the next two months, a (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

China Claims Taiwanese Smuggling Ring Behind Subsea Cable Sabotage Case Chinese authorities on Wednesday said two Taiwanese citizens led a smuggling operation involving a Chinese-crewed vessel that damaged subsea cables earlier (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Russia Delivers First Home-Built Ice-Class Tanker for Sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 Sovcomflot PJSC, Russia’s largest shipping company, received the first domestically built ice-class tanker to expand the fleet of ships hauling super-chilled (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Ukraine Warns Food Exports at Risk After Russia Drone Strikes on Ports Ukraine’s food exports have already been harmed by intensified Russian attacks on ports this month, which could lead to a significant drop in trade despite (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Venezuela Passes 20-Year Prison Law Targeting ‘Piracy’ and ‘Blockades’ After Tanker Seizures Venezuela’s ruling-party controlled National Assembly unanimously approved a law on Tuesday that allows prison sentences of up to 20 years for anyone who (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Equinor, Ørsted Weigh Next Steps Weigh Next Steps After Trump Pause on Offshore Wind Project Equinor ASA and Orsted A/S said they are engaging with US authorities over security concerns tied to their offshore wind projects, after the Trump (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Offshore Go to gcaptain

Russian Oil Stuck at Sea Booms as Tanker Logjams in Asia Expand By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Russia’s crude exports hit the highest in over 2 ½ years, but delays in offloading cargoes saw another jump in oil (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

PDVSA Turns Tankers Into Floating Storage as U.S. Ship Seizures Choke Exports Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA has started filling up tankers with crude and fuel oil it has in storage as inventories mount amid moves by the U.S. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Big Boxships Return to Suez After Two-Year Hiatus After nearly two years of disruption, ships from two of the world’s biggest container lines are once again sailing through the Suez Canal—a small but (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Seatrium and Maersk Settle $475M Wind Vessel Dispute Singapore-based shipbuilder Seatrium Limited and an affiliate of Danish shipping giant Maersk have resolved a contentious contractual dispute over a nearly (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Offshore Go to gcaptain

ZIM Board Declines Management Buyout as Strategic Review Advances ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has turned down a revised takeover proposal from a management-led group, saying the offer failed to reflect the company’s (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

President Trump Unveils ‘Trump-Class’ Battleships President Donald Trump announced Monday the creation of a new battleship class for the U.S. Navy, marking an unexpected return to a vessel type that last saw (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Hit With Fresh Blow as Projects Suspended The US is suspending leases for all five wind farms under construction off the East Coast in the latest blow to a sector that’s been targeted repeatedly by (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Offshore Go to gcaptain

Shedding Light on “Hot Work” Safety Gaps Offshore On a relatively mild November morning, a fire broke out on an oil platform about 12 miles off the Louisiana coast, sending a column of black smoke into the (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Sponsored Go to gcaptain

US Pursuing Third Oil Tanker Near Venezuela, Officials Say  The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, officials told Reuters on Sunday, in what would be the second such (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Sweden Boards Sanctioned Russian Cargo Ship STOCKHOLM, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Sweden’s customs service said on Sunday that authorities had boarded a Russian freighter that anchored in (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Third Tanker Targeted as U.S. Intensifies Oil Blockade on Venezuela The US is still in pursuit of a third oil tanker near Venezuela, according to a US official, as President Donald Trump intensifies an oil blockade on Nicolás (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Blacklisted Tanker ‘Bella 1’ Has a Sanctions Past Linked to Terror Financing The U.S.-blacklisted tanker Bella 1, reportedly targeted by U.S. forces near Venezuela this weekend, carries a sanctions history that stretches far beyond (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

France To Build New Aircraft Carrier By Florence Loeve and Tassilo Hummel PARIS, Dec 21 (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron confirmed on Sunday plans to build a new, larger (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

UK Probe Focuses on Cargo Securing After Containers Go Overboard in the English Channel Sixteen containers were lost in heavy seas near Portsmouth, prompting a safety investigation and widespread cleanup. he UK’s Marine Accident Investigation (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Accidents Go to gcaptain

US Says It Intercepted Second Tanker in Venezuela Blockade The US Coast Guard stopped and boarded an oil tanker in the Caribbean early Saturday that was last docked in Venezuela, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Singapore Arrests Former Captain Of Alleged Scam Kingpin Chen Zhi’s Yacht By Low De Wei Dec 18, 2025 (Bloomberg) — Singapore police have arrested a US-sanctioned man who operated a superyacht for the alleged mastermind of (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Interesting Go to gcaptain

U.S. Seizes Second Tanker Near Venezuela The United States has intercepted an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

U.S. Maritime Regulator Weighs Severe Penalties in Escalating Spain Port Probe The Federal Maritime Commission says Spain’s port access restrictions on Israel-linked cargoes may violate U.S. shipping laws, prompting consideration of (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Opinion: Surging Barrels at Sea Spook Oil Markets More Than Russia or Venezuela By By Ron Bousso LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Oil prices slumped below $60 a barrel this week as investors try to make sense (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Port of New York-New Jersey Locks in 33-Year Lease Extension at Largest Container Terminal The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has secured a landmark lease extension through 2063 with Maher Terminals, the largest and busiest container (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Ports Go to gcaptain

New York Launches $300M Port Push to Shore Up Offshore Wind Supply Chain The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority announced a $300 million competitive solicitation on Friday to support maritime port development (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Offshore Go to gcaptain

Venezuela Sends Two Supertankers to China Despite U.S. Blockade Threat Venezuela on Thursday authorized two very large crude carriers (VLCC) to set sail for China, according to two sources familiar with Venezuela’s oil (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Ukrainian Drone Strike Kills Two Crew on Russian Tanker at Rostov Port Dec 18 (Reuters) – Three people, including two crew members of a cargo vessel, were killed in overnight Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian port of (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Navy Ship Fire Prevention Falters on Contractor Oversight Gaps, GAO Warns Five years after a catastrophic fire destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard at a cost exceeding $3 billion, the U.S. Navy’s progress on fire safety during (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Improperly Secured Lithium-Ion Battery Cargo Nearly Dooms Ship in the Pacific, NTSB Finds Improperly secured lithium-ion battery cargo triggered fires aboard the Genius Star XI during heavy weather on Christmas Day 2023, NTSB finds. Heavy weather (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Accidents Go to gcaptain

France Launches Foreign Interference Probe After Malware Discovered on Mediterranean Ferry Remote-access malware discovered aboard an Italian-operated ferry in Sète has prompted arrests, an intelligence-led investigation, and fears of state-backed (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Drone Attack Strikes Tanker at Russia’s Rostov-on-Don Port A Ukrainian drone attack struck a tanker docked at the Russian port of Rostov-on-Don early Thursday, resulting in casualties among the ship’s crew and (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Trump’s Tanker Blockade Threat Paralyzes Venezuelan Oil Exports Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA resumed loading crude and fuel cargoes on Wednesday after suspending operations at terminals on Sunday due to a (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Panama Canal Delivers Nearly $3 Billion to Treasury After Drought Recovery Strong traffic growth and recovered water levels lifted FY 2025 revenue to $5.7 billion after 2024 drought disruptions. The Panama Canal Administration says it (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Featured Go to gcaptain

WATCH: Ro-Pax Ferry Turns Back After Severe Storm in Strait of Gibraltar A Balearia ferry struggled through severe weather conditions over the weekend while attempting to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, ultimately abandoning its (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Environment Go to gcaptain

Sweden Confirms Armed Guards Aboard Russian Shadow Tankers Sweden’s Navy has confirmed that armed personnel in military uniforms are aboard oil tankers belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet operating in the (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

IMO Chief Condemns Black Sea Attacks on Civilian Ships International Maritime Organization leader calls for protection of seafarers as Russia and Ukraine target merchant vessels in escalating conflict. The head of (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Trump Orders Total Blockade of Sanctioned Venezuelan Oil Tankers President Donald Trump announced a complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela on Tuesday, declaring the Maduro regime a (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Shipbuilder Blames Operator Modifications for ‘Dali’ Blackout That Brought Down Key Bridge Dali shipbuilder HD Hyundai says changes made after delivery bypassed critical redundancies, triggering the second blackout that left the ship without (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Accidents Go to gcaptain

Mariners vs. Mortgage Underwriters: How to Win the Homeownership Battle Imagine a vessel arriving in port, the gangway down, suitcase in hand and instead of excited anticipation about vacation plans, your mind turns to mortgage (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Sponsored Go to gcaptain

Tankers U-Turn After U.S. Seizure of Venezuelan Oil Cargo A tanker carrying Russian naphtha for Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA and at least four supertankers due to pick up crude cargoes in Venezuela have made (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Featured Go to gcaptain

Opinion: U.S. Squeeze on Venezuela Oil Won’t Create Global Crunch The United States’ tightening grip on Venezuela’s oil exports could strangle the country’s crude output and cut off President Nicolas Maduro’s main economic (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Australia Approves Hanwha’s Increased Stake in Defense Shipbuilder Austal Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board has approved South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Corporation to increase its direct equity shareholding in Austal (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain