Denmark plans to set aside almost $1 billion to insure its merchant fleet in the event of a war or major crisis. The government proposed the new legislation as a “timely precaution,” according to a statement on Thursday. The funding would establish a state-backed war insurance plan to cover ships...
https://gcaptain.com/denmark-plans-1-billion-war-insurance-for-merchant-shipping/
by John Konrad (gCaptain) In a significant and long-awaited move that could reshape the trajectory of American maritime policy, retired U.S. Navy Captain Brent Sadler, a former submariner, has been…
https://gcaptain.com/trump-appoints-top-naval-strategist-brent-sadler-to-marad/
The Suez Canal is effectively closed. Not officially, of course, many Russian shadow fleet and Chinese crewed ships are sailing through. But if you’re a U.S. Merchant Mariner or have…
https://gcaptain.com/trump-vows-to-crush-the-houthi-threat-and-protect-american-ships/
Off the East Yorkshire coast, a grave incident is unfolding where the U.S.-flagged oil tanker MV Stena Immaculate loaded with jet fuel, a ship designated critical to US national security in the Department…
https://gcaptain.com/us-merchant-marine-oil-tanker-in-flames-off-uk/
by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) This week President Trump signed a huge deal with French shipping giant CMA to build approximately 20 new U.S.-flagged ships and announced at the State…
https://gcaptain.com/mariner-crisis-goes-unsolved-in-new-tump-executive-order/
A bicameral group of lawmakers has introduced legislation to transfer the administration of the Food for Peace Program from USAID to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), a move that…
by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Senator Mark Kelly, Congressman Trent Kelly, Senator Todd Young, and Congressman John Garamendi are set to introduce the bipartisan, bicameral SHIPS for America Act, a…
https://gcaptain.com/gcaptain-endorses-the-ships-for-america-act/
by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) American shipyards, the Merchant Marine, ports, and waterways have undeniably suffered from decades of neglect. This context explains why some American shipping experts are celebrating…
https://gcaptain.com/waltz-and-rubio-signal-trumps-bid-to-reassert-u-s-maritime-power/
by John Konrad (gCaptain) In Admiral James Stavridis’s recent hard hitting Washington Post OpEd, he reminds us that warfare often defies easy narratives, and his analysis of the state of…
https://gcaptain.com/are-ships-obsolete-in-an-age-of-drones-and-missiles-admiral-stavridis-says-no/
By Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) As another intense storm barrels down upon us—this time Milton, a hurricane of record-breaking intensity heading directly for Florida—it’s time to confront a harsh reality:…