Maritime News from gCaptain.com

US President Donald Trump's push to steer $54 billion of South Korean investment into Alaska LNG is putting a fresh focus on a 20 million-ton-a-year export project that would cost more than twice as much as a comparable US Gulf Coast plant.

The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on eight ships as part of a broader package targeting Russian energy revenues, maritime logistics and individuals accused of supporting Moscow’s war in Ukraine....

A tanker has been struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the latest in a string of attacks that have emerged over the past several days...

The Trump administration expanded its economic campaign against Iran on Thursday, targeting the country’s rail system, major industrial companies and a Russia-linked shadow banking network that U.S. officials say has...

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Iceland’s last remaining active whaling company said it believed it could survive a renewed push to ban the practice, given that previous attempts to...

By Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Russia could quickly restart up to 80% of its grain terminal capacity in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov if diplomatic efforts to...

By Courtney Subramanian Sep 26, 2026 (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump said Saturday he rejected a deal from Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as Saudi Arabia’s capital came under attack...

By Ben Welsh, Simon Jessop and Kate Abnett LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) – As drought spread and wildfires raged across Europe this summer, the extraordinary heat didn’t stop at the shoreline. European...

American Roll-On/Roll-Off Carrier Group has added the ARC Freedom to its U.S.-flag fleet, bringing another large vehicle carrier into the Maritime Security Program as the United States looks to strengthen its commercial...

The world of trade is led by optimists, and the data shows the resilience of the strategies these stewards of trade have developed and deployed. 

Two of the Iran-linked oil supertankers interdicted by American naval forces early in the war are just weeks away from reaching the US, where authorities have pledged to seize the vessels and millions of dollars worth of crude that they’re transporting.

Ship-to-ship transfers in the Gulf of Oman for Middle Eastern oil from inside the Strait of Hormuz have reached their limits after Saudi Arabia diverted exports from the Red Sea, adding to shipments from other producers, trade sources and analysts said.

A line-hauling hatch that opened unexpectedly in heavy seas triggered the flooding and eventual sinking of the fishing vessel Argos Georgia off the Falkland Islands in 2024, killing 13 of the 27...

Qatar has ramped up liquefied natural gas tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to the highest in more than two months, a sign it’s becoming more comfortable moving ships through the waterway. 

A US-sanctioned oil tanker, Sibu 1, has been freed after being hijacked by Somali pirates in August, the maritime police force in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region said on Friday.

SUNY Maritime College’s training ship Empire State VII has been ordered to depart New York on September 30 for Norfolk, Virginia, where it will undergo a month-long activation and flight deck certification...

Regulatory uncertainty is becoming a major factor in shipowners’ investment decisions as the industry weighs vessels and fuel systems that will remain in service for decades, according to DNV’s latest Maritime...

Sales of Venezuelan oil for loading in October stalled after a surge in shipping costs muddled negotiations between the country’s state oil company and buyers of its oil.

A Bahrain-led group backed by 80 countries has called for the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, demanding safe and unimpeded passage for commercial ships without tolls, conditions or...

The global maritime industry is marking World Maritime Day on Thursday with an unusually immediate backdrop: merchant ships under attack, seafarers being killed and some of the world’s most important...