By Ari Rabinovitch (Reuters) – Israel is trying to find the ship responsible for an oil spill that drenched much of its Mediterranean shoreline with tar, an environmental blow that…
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Shipping Stonks Like RIG Get Lifted In Rising Tide Of Troubled Companies
by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) In May 2020 I wrote an article sharing the fact that Transocean ($RIG) was the biggest loser stock of the last decade. At the time…
KONGSBERG technology will secure green footprint of new next-generation Wind Turbine Installation Unit
Press Release – Kongsberg Maritime (KM) technology is at the centre of an ambitious new project to build a next-generation Wind Turbine Installation Unit (WTIU), destined to be among the…
Ship Shirts From Santa
Ships shirts are in stock at our gCaptain store, including our all-new for 2020, Xmas tree shirt topped with the one and only Nathaniel Bowditch. Save 20% on this and…
gCaptain Shop Black Friday Week Discount
The gCaptain Shop is open for the holiday season with some new designs and returns of some old favorites. Please note that due to COVID deliveries will be delayed this…
Forbes Challenges The Biden Administration To Act Now On Maritime Appointments
by John Konrad (gCaptain) In August 2017 President Trump swore in Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby as MARAD Administrator, the top civilian maritime position in the United States. In the three and a half years since Buzby has strengthened and revitalized the US Merchant Marine Academy, has funded new...
Bill Gates Launches A Nuclear Ship Battery Partnership
It’s been over sixty years since the first (and last) US-flagged nuclear-powered cargo ship set sail but, if Bill Gates has his way, the ocean may soon be filled with commercial nuclear ships. The world’s third-richest man has supported nuclear energy since backing the nuclear innovation company...
VIDEO: Controversia sobre riesgo ambiental de buque con petróleo de Venezuela
Recientemente se ha despertado controversia en los medios sobre el riesgo ambiental del buque FSO Nabarima fondeado en el Golfo de Paria, que almacena 1,3 millones de barriles de petróleo y es controlado por la petrolera estatal venezolana PDVSA y la italiana Eni. Ambientalistas y Fishermen and...
Does The IMO ‘Intend’ To Do Nothing At All?
by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) In the fifteen years of running gCaptain, we have reached out to the IMO several times and even traveled to their beautiful London headquarters to stop by and introduce ourselves. We have also offered to help report on their important issues. But we never really...
This Is How Important Articles About The Maritime Industry Are Researched And Written
by John Konrad (gCaptain) Today at 05:15 after waking up, after adjusting the heat, after donning a warm wool sweater, after grinding my favorite beans, after french pressing a pot, after bulletproofing the brew, I walked to my charger and grabbed my iPhone and was met with dozens of notifications...