Editor’s Note: This is the longest piece gCaptain has ever published. 13,000 words. It’s messy in places, uneven in tone, and intentionally uncompressed—because that’s what a… Weiterlesen »A Week In The Pentagon – Chaos, Complexity and Hope

The U.S. Coast Guard seized the very large oil tanker SKIPPER off Venezuela’s coast on Wednesday, culminating a three-year enforcement saga involving Iranian oil smuggling… Weiterlesen »U.S. Seizure of Shadow Fleet Tanker ‘Skipper’ Ends Years-Long Sanctions-Evasion Run

The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as it increases pressure on Venezuelan… Weiterlesen »After Skipper Seizure, U.S. Prepares Wider Crackdown on Venezuelan Oil Tankers

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sweeping sanctions Thursday targeting three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s wife, a… Weiterlesen »U.S. Treasury Targets Maduro’s Inner Circle and Six Shipping Companies with Sweeping Sanctions

United Against Nuclear Iran, a U.S.-based advocacy group that tracks Tehran-linked shipping and sanctions evasion, has praised the Trump administration’s seizure of the Very Large… Weiterlesen »UANI Calls U.S. Seizure of Sanctions-Dodging SKIPPER a ‘Warning Shot’ to Iran’s Shadow Fleet

Dec 11 (Reuters) – Germany’s top fiscal court has ruled that authorities cannot for now sell or otherwise use an oil tanker and its cargo seized off the Baltic Sea coast,… Weiterlesen »German Court Blocks Authorities From Selling Suspected Russian Oil Tanker Cargo

The Drewry World Container Index rose 2% to $1,957 per 40-foot container this week, marking the second consecutive weekly increase driven by strengthening Asia-Europe trade… Weiterlesen »Container Shipping Index Climbs for Second Week as Asia-Europe Rates Surge, Transpacific Slumps

More than 30 U.S.-sanctioned oil vessels doing business in Venezuela could face punishment by Washington after the Coast Guard seized a supertanker carrying Venezuelan crude for export,… Weiterlesen »U.S. Tanker Seizure Puts 30+ Sanctioned Vessels in Venezuela on Notice

Ukrainian aerial drones struck a Russian oil platform in the Caspian Sea for the first time on Thursday, halting production at the facility owned by… Weiterlesen »Ukraine Hits Russian Oil Rig in Caspian Sea for First Time, Official Says

A shortage of oil tankers is becoming so acute that newly built vessels, which usually carry refined fuels on their maiden voyages, are instead racing empty to… Weiterlesen »Supertankers Racing Empty to Lift Oil Highlight Vessel Shortage