The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has provided an update on the sinking of the MT Terra Nova and the ongoing oil spill response operations in the waters near Limay, Bataan….
https://gcaptain.com/philippine-coast-guard-responding-to-oil-spill-from-sunken-tanker-terra-nova/
As part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor in a whistleblower case, Maersk’s U.S.-flag subsidiary, Maersk Line Limited is to change its safety reporting policies and compensate a seaman that it terminated after he reported safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard without first notifying the company.
The Department of Labor says that these actions follow a three-day hearing in June 2024 in which Maersk challenged the findings of a whistleblower investigation by the department’s...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/maersk-line-limited-reaches-settlement-in-whistleblower-case/
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti, July 25 (Reuters) – Olympic surfers based in Tahiti will miss out on the spectacle of the Games’ opening ceremony on Friday, but might have trumped their Paris-based peers with…
https://gcaptain.com/olympic-surfers-score-with-awesome-floating-athletes-village/
A bulk carrier narrowly avoided grounding in the Great Barrier Reef after a GPS unit onboard started providing false information, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) final report reveals. The…
https://gcaptain.com/near-grounding-incident-in-great-barrier-reef-attributed-to-gps-malfunction/
By Angelo Mathais, India correspondent (The Loadstar) Shippers with cargo on the Maersk Frankfurt, which has suffered fires on board for six days, have been, or will be, served General Average (GA) notices…
https://gcaptain.com/shipowner-declares-general-average-over-maersk-frankfurt-fire/
Maersk Line Limited, operator of the largest U.S. flag commercial fleet, has settled with the U.S. Department of Labor, agreeing to change its safety reporting policies and compensate a seaman…
By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — Spot rates for shipping containers fell for the first time in almost three months amid signs demand is cooling after US tariffs on Chinese goods and…
https://gcaptain.com/container-shipping-rates-snap-weeks-of-gains-as-restock-rally-fades/
PARIS, July 25 (Reuters) – Shipping giant CMA CGM said on Thursday that brisk international trade and Red Sea disruption supported its main maritime division in the second quarter and should limit any…
https://gcaptain.com/cma-cgm-sees-shipping-demand-holding-up/
ATHENS, July 25 (Reuters) – Iran has released the oil cargo of a Greek-owned, Marshall-Islands-flagged tanker it seized in the Gulf of Oman earlier this year, a shipping source told Reuters on Thursday. The…
https://gcaptain.com/iran-releases-oil-from-seized-tanker-st-nikolas/
French shipping and logistics group CMA CGM has reported robust demand for cargo shipping in its second-quarter 2024 results, despite ongoing geopolitical tensions. The company said it delivered a strong…
https://gcaptain.com/cma-cgm-reports-strong-quarter-amid-geopolitical-tensions/