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Ghost Oil Ships Dock In Venezuela, Showing Challenge For US By Lucia Kassai Dec 12, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Two so-called ghost oil ships are currently loading off the coast of Venezuela, highlighting the (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Thailand Considers Blocking Fuel Exports To Cambodia As Border Conflict Escalates BANGKOK, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Thailand’s military said it was considering blocking fuel exports to Cambodia, as fighting between the two countries (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Russia Attacks Two Ukrainian Ports, Damaging Three Turkish-Owned Vessels By Yuliia Dysa and Max Hunder KYIV, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Russia attacked two Ukrainian ports on Friday, damaging three Turkish-owned vessels including a (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Google To Build Subsea Cables In Papua New Guinea By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s GOOGL.O Google will build three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea, which the largest (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

US Seized Tanker Just As Warrant Was Set To Expire By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. government carried out its seizure of the M/T Skipper off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Ukraine Says Russian Drone Attack Hit Civilian Turkish Vessel KYIV, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s navy accused Russia of deliberately attacking a civilian Turkish vessel carrying sunflower (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Trump Administration Weighs Offshore Minerals Leasing Off Virginia The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has initiated the process for a potential mineral lease sale in federal waters off the coast of Virginia, marking only (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Offshore Go to gcaptain

U.S. Supply Chains Show Signs of Stabilizing After Year of Tariff Turbulence U.S. supply chains are showing early signs of recovery after a year of unprecedented tariff-driven disruption, according to project44’s December Tariff (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Black Sea Tanker Attacks Put Civilian Seafarers at Risk, ITF Warns The International Transport Workers’ Federation has condemned recent attacks on vessels operating in the Black Sea following the third Ukrainian sea (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Grounded MSC Baltic III’s Hull Further Compromised After Winter Storms The grounded container ship MSC Baltic III has sustained significant additional structural damage following severe weather that battered its position in (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Accidents Go to gcaptain

After Skipper Seizure, U.S. Prepares Wider Crackdown on Venezuelan Oil Tankers The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as it increases pressure on Venezuelan (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

U.S. Treasury Targets Maduro’s Inner Circle and Six Shipping Companies with Sweeping Sanctions The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sweeping sanctions Thursday targeting three nephews of Venezuelan (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

U.S. Seizure of Shadow Fleet Tanker ‘Skipper’ Ends Years-Long Sanctions-Evasion Run The U.S. Coast Guard seized the very large oil tanker SKIPPER off Venezuela’s coast on Wednesday, culminating a three-year enforcement saga involving (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

A Week In The Pentagon – Chaos, Complexity and Hope Editor’s Note: This is the longest piece gCaptain has ever published. 13,000 words. It’s messy in places, uneven in tone, and intentionally (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Trump Administration Completes First Gulf Lease Sale Under One Big Beautiful Bill Act The Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has conducted Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 1, generating $279.4 (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Offshore Go to gcaptain

US Coast Guard Seeks Commercial Vessels to Boost Fleet Under New Industry Partnership In an unprecedented appeal to the private shipping sector, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) asking commercial-vessel (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuela in Coast Guard-Led Operation The U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, a move that raised oil prices and is likely to further (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Ukraine Hits Third Russia Shadow Fleet Tanker in Black Sea Ukraine has carried out a third sea drone attack on a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Black Sea, marking an escalation in Kyiv’s campaign to disrupt (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Global Seaborne Trade Reaches Historic $35 Trillion as Regional Shifts Reshape Maritime Flows Global trade is on track to surpass $35 trillion for the first time in 2025, marking a 7% increase over 2024 despite mounting geopolitical tensions and rising (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Austal USA Lays Keel for First Offshore Patrol Cutter as Program Faces Headwinds Austal USA marked a ceremonial milestone in the U.S. Coast Guard’s troubled Offshore Patrol Cutter program Monday with the keel authentication for (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

U.S. Coast Guard Seizes $1.1B in Cocaine in Record-Breaking Pacific Operation The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday it has seized more than 150,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since launching Operation Pacific Viper (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Sixteen Containers Lost from Baltic Klipper: Multi-Agency Response Underway in England A major shoreline cleanup operation continues along the West Sussex coast following a container spill incident that began Saturday evening, when the cargo ship (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Accidents Go to gcaptain

Morocco Expanding Deepwater Ports Network With New Mediterranean and Atlantic Hubs Morocco will open a new deepwater Mediterranean port next year and another on the Atlantic in 2028, Equipment and Water minister Nizar Baraka said, as the (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Ports Go to gcaptain

Shipboard Firefighting Standards Under Scrutiny as Vessel Complexity Strains Crew Training Capacity With lithium battery fires, alternative fuels, and automated systems reshaping maritime fire risk, industry leaders push for updated response protocols When a (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Sponsored Go to gcaptain

China Trade Surplus Tops $1 Trillion for First Time on Non-US Growth China’s trade surplus topped $1 trillion for the first time as manufacturers seeking to avoid President Donald Trump’s tariffs shipped more to non-U.S. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Canada Completes First Phase of Historic LNG Export Facility Fluor Corporation has announced the completion of Train 2 at the LNG Canada Project in Kitimat, British Columbia, marking a significant milestone in (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

From Ulsan to America: What U.S. Shipbuilding Must Learn from Korea The U.S. is preparing for a shipbuilding awakening. The world that awaits it is one increasingly shaped by Asia, with China and South Korea leading the way in (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipbuilding Go to gcaptain

Eighteen Die After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Southern Greek Island ATHENS, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Eighteen migrants drowned when their boat overturned 26 miles (40 km) south of the tiny southern Greek island of (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Incidents Go to gcaptain

China Fighter Jet Locks Radar At Japan Planes In Row Over Taiwan By Kanoko Matsuyama Dec 7, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Chinese and Japanese ties, already frayed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan, came (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Hegseth Defends Decision To Kill Survivors In Caribbean Strike By Roxana Tiron and Magdalena Del Valle Dec 6, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doubled down on deadly US airstrikes against alleged (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Bulgaria Rescuing Sanctioned Tanker That Was Hit By Ukrainian Drone Dec 5 (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s maritime authorities, border police and navy, are carrying out a rescue of a vessel that entered the (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Incidents Go to gcaptain

Giorgia Meloni Signs Shipyard Agreement In Bahrain Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) has signed two major agreements with Italian shipbuilding powerhouse Fincantieri and additive-manufacturing specialist (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipbuilding Go to gcaptain

Cocoa Piles Up At Ivory Coast Ports As Buyers Face Cash Shortage By Baudelaire Mieu and Mumbi Gitau Dec 5, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Ivory Coast is facing a temporary glut of cocoa at its ports as farmers rush to find (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Chinese Hospital Ship Visits Jamaica As US Gunboats Ply Caribbean By Jim Wyss Dec 5, 2025 (Bloomberg) –A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Second Ocean Alliance Service Returns to Suez on Europe–Asia Backhaul Europe-Asia shippers were today informed that a second Ocean Alliance service would resume Suez Canal transits on its backhaul leg to (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Vietnam Emerges as Fastest-Growing Trade Partner for Port of Savannah The Port of Savannah has identified Vietnam as its fastest-growing trade partner, driven by a significant expansion in manufacturing capabilities and logistics (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Bulker Newbuilding Orders Plunge to Five-Year Low Amid Market Uncertainty The dry bulk shipping sector has seen a dramatic pullback in new vessel orders, with bulker newbuilding contracting capacity falling 54% year-over-year to 25 (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

NASSCO Teams with Samsung Heavy Industries and DSEC to Boost U.S. Shipbuilding Capabilities General Dynamics NASSCO has joined forces with South Korean shipbuilding leaders Samsung Heavy Industries and longtime partner DSEC Co., Ltd. in a strategic (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

HD Hyundai Charts Course for AI-Powered Shipbuilding Revolution (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipbuilding Go to gcaptain

Turkey Warns Black Sea Tanker Attacks Are ‘Very Scary’ as War Risks Spread (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Black Sea War Insurance Soars 250% After Ukraine Ship Attacks (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Nine Crew Members Kidnapped from LPG Tanker in Gulf of Guinea Pirate Attack (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Seatrium Launches Arbitration Against Maersk Affiliate Over Terminated $475 Million Wind Vessel Contract (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Offshore Go to gcaptain

South Africa Hits Global Shipping Giants With Price-Fixing Case (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Ports Go to gcaptain

Methanol Gains Momentum as Marine Fuel, But Cost and Supply Challenges Persist (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Norsepower Rotor Sails to be Installed on First-Ever VLCCs in 2028 (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Environment Go to gcaptain

Owner of Oil Tanker Damaged Near Senegal Says It Is Ceasing All Russian Operations (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

ZIM Faces Strategic Crossroads as Board Weighs Buyout Bids Amid Market Headwinds (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Senegal Tanker Blast Puts Spotlight on Turkish Operator’s Ties to Russia’s Dark Fleet (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Incidents Go to gcaptain

Control In The Palm Of Your Hand: Could Mobile Apps Revolutionize Fleet Management? (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Sponsored Go to gcaptain

Black Sea War Risk Insurance Jumps After Drone Strikes on Sanctioned Tankers (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Port of Newcastle Reopens After Climate Protesters Block Shipping Channel (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

OPEC+ Meets To Assess Market With Output Plans Seen Steady (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Energy Go to gcaptain

Trump Downplays Venezuelan Airspace Threat As US Mulls New Steps (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

US Congress Orders Probe Of Hegseth Boat Order (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Senegal Rushes To Avert Oil Spill After Turkish Tanker Incident (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Incidents Go to gcaptain

Rubio, Witkoff Meeting Ukrainian Team In Florida (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Coal Ship Turns Back After Protesters Block Shipping Channel at Major Australian Port (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Cadeler Doubles Fleet in 12 Months With Early Delivery of New Wind Turbine Installer (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Offshore Go to gcaptain

Repaired Sahand Destroyer, Floating Base Join Iranian Navy (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Navy Go to gcaptain

CPC Reports Halts In Black Sea Oil Loading After New Attack (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Two Sanctioned Tankers Catch Fire in Black Sea After Suspected Mine Strikes (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

EU Set to Launch Full Antitrust Probe Into BlackRock–MSC Bid for Barcelona Port Terminal (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Ports Go to gcaptain

Fire-Hit ONE Henry Hudson Returns to Berth for Complex Cargo Removal (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Accidents Go to gcaptain

WTO: Global Trade Momentum Slips as Frontloading Surge Fades (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

New Zealand Navy Ship Made Rare Transit Through Taiwan Strait This Month (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

America’s Sole Heavy Icebreaker Heads South as Arctic Competition Intensifies (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Navy and Coast Guard Keep Building Ships Before the Blueprints Are Finished Resulting in Delays, Cancellations (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

ONE Henry Hudson Returns to Port After Multi-Day Fire Containment Operation (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Accidents Go to gcaptain

Engine Room Fire on Containership Injures Four at Port of Wilmington (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Accidents Go to gcaptain

China’s LNG Imports Set to Drop for 13th Month, Kpler Data Show (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

UK Strikes at Heart of Russia’s Arctic Energy Empire (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

China Buys U.S. Soybean Cargoes After Trump-Xi Call (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Maersk Eyes Suez Comeback as Red Sea Tensions Ease (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Coast Guard Launches Ambitious Bid for ‘Maritime Domain Dominance’ Tech (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

HD Hyundai Confirms $1.5 Billion Containership Order in Largest Deal Since 2007 Boom (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipbuilding Go to gcaptain

Navy Cuts Constellation-Class Frigate Program Short as Shipbuilding Delays Mount (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Longer Routes Drive Europe’s Shipping Emissions to New Record (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Environment Go to gcaptain

After U.S. Navy Standoff, Russian Tanker Finally Reaches Venezuela (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Energy Go to gcaptain

UK Fast-Tracks Naval Laser Weapon After Successful High-Speed Drone Trials (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

HD Hyundai Celebrates 5,000th Vessel—and a $1.5B Containership Deal (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipbuilding Go to gcaptain

Offshore Giants: The World’s Deepest Wells & Biggest Platforms (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Sponsored Go to gcaptain

US To Launch New Phase Of Venezuela Operations (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

LA Port Operations Restart As Ship Fire Fight Moves Offshore (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Incidents Go to gcaptain

Major Containership Fire at Port of Los Angeles Brought Under Control (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Accidents Go to gcaptain

Royal Navy Shadows Russian Warships Through English Channel as Maritime Tensions Escalate (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Crew Evacuated After Fire On Container Ship At Los Angeles Port (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Ship Fires Go to gcaptain

US, China Held Maritime Security Talks In Hawaii, Chinese Navy Says (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain

Space Race With China Drives Antenna-Building Boom In Arctic (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Interesting Go to gcaptain

Chinese Cruise Ships Look To Steer Clear Of Japan (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Cruise Ships Go to gcaptain

Russian Oil Risks Being Stuck at Sea Amid US Sanctions (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Russian Tanker Makes a Run for It as U.S. Destroyer Blocks Path to Venezuela (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Energy Go to gcaptain

Chinese Research Ships, US Military Active in North Pacific, Monitor Shows (Feed generated with FetchRSS) News Go to gcaptain

Kyiv Under Pressure as Trump Sets One-Week Deadline for Peace Deal (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Sanctioned Russia LNG Cargo Heads to Suez on Shadow-Fleet Vessel (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Interior Department Orders New Five-Year Offshore Leasing Plan, Replacing Biden-Era Program (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Offshore Go to gcaptain

Stena Immaculate Crew Members Honored for Life-Saving Actions at Sea (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Accidents Go to gcaptain

Shipping Giants Race to Speed Up China-Peru Trade With New Route (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Shipping Go to gcaptain

Moody’s: U.S. Ports Face Decline as Tariffs and Policy Uncertainty Cloud 2026 Outlook (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Ports Go to gcaptain

Reuters Investigation Reveals China’s Civilian Shadow Navy Practices for Invasion of Taiwan (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Defense Go to gcaptain