Norway-based Offshore Heavy Transport is set to enter the offshore renewables market with a state-of-the-art heavy lift transport and installation vessel that combines semi-submersible capability…
China’s Growth Slows as Trade Row Stirs Concerns on Outlook. By Kevin Yao and Fang Cheng BEIJING, July 16 (Reuters) – China’s economy expanded at…
OSLO, July 15 (Reuters) Offshore Strike – A Norwegian union for workers on offshore oil and gas drilling rigs stepped up a six-day strike on…
Largest U.S.-Built Containership Christened at Philly Shipyard christened the largest containership ever built in the United States in a ceremony at the Philly Shipyard on…
Crew members’ concern over the safety of rescue boats being lowered from heights prevented an accidental release of a boat during a training exercise from…
Euronav Acquires Second of Two 3-Million-Barrel Supertankers Left in the World. Belgian tanker company Euronav has purchased the Ultra Large Crude Carrier Seaways Laura Lynn,…
Norwegian energy company Equinor has installed a battery that will for first time make it possible to store energy produced from an offshore wind farm….
International shipping groups are calling for greater cooperation on a policy for migrants rescued at sea following Italy’s move to refuse ships carrying migrants from…
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform is accusing the shipping industry of using ‘scaremonger’ tactics and ‘fake news’ in order to get South Asian shipbreaking yards included…
Louisiana-based SEACOR Marine has completed the installation of the first hybrid battery power system on an an offshore support vessel in the Gulf of Mexico….
French shipping group CMA CGM has signed to acquire Finland’s Containerships from Container Finance Ltd Oy. Containerships specializes in the intra-European shortsea shipping and logistics…
Some of the world’s leading international shipping associations are calling on the Member States of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for progress on some of…
What Can Merchant Mariners Learn From Volvo Ocean Race Sailors? Last month gCaptain was invited by John Mangano, Key Account Manager – Coastal & Navy…
A pair of crane operators at the Port of Long Beach on the U.S. West Coast have set a new productivity record for moving the…
China’s Naval Master Plan: A Military Threat in the Pacific and beyond. This is the first in a series of columns Bloomberg is publishing on…
Video Shows Insane Tanker Fire That Led to Two Houston Pilots Being Awarded the IMO Bravery at Sea Award. On the morning of September 6,…
The Panama Canal set a new monthly tonnage record last month, breaking the previously-held record the third time since the opening of the Expanded Panama…
Fundamentals for the recovery of the dry bulk market are there, John Dragnis, CEO of Athens-based shipowner Goldenport Holdings Inc, said while speaking at today’s…
Marine Cargo Insurance is one the most important and vital branches of insurance , and is considered an indispensable aid to international trade. Securing the…
Ports are major hubs in the supply chain. In Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port, countless proceedings are happening every day. In the optimal supply…
