by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Shipyards have a way of telling the truth. Steel does not care about narratives, and submarines are unimpressed by talking… Weiterlesen »Hegseth Makes Shipbuilding Central to U.S. Power

South Korea plans to send a containership through Arctic waters from Busan to Rotterdam this September, marking its first concrete step toward opening a faster… Weiterlesen »South Korea Accelerates Arctic Shipping Push With September Trial Run to Europe

Venezuela was loading crude only for U.S. major Chevron CVX.N on Tuesday, while operations by state-run oil firm PDVSA to load cargoes for its main customers in… Weiterlesen »Chevron Stands Alone as Venezuela’s Oil Exports Collapse

The drama that began with Operation Absolute Resolve on January 3 reached Manhattan federal court on Monday, where Venezuela’s captured President Nicolás Maduro declared “I… Weiterlesen »Manhattan Courtroom to Caribbean Sea Lanes: Venezuela Crisis Escalates Maritime Risk Landscape

Magnet Defense has completed its acquisition of Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark, a move the company says will give it the production muscle needed to deliver… Weiterlesen »Magnet Defense Acquires Metal Shark to Power U.S. ‘Golden Fleet’ Program

By Rakesh Sharma (Bloomberg) — Two tankers carrying Russian Urals crude, both of which had signaled India’s Sikka port as their destination last week, have updated… Weiterlesen »Russia Oil Cargo Earlier Linked to Reliance Discharges Elsewhere

Venezuela’s main oil ports on Tuesday entered their fifth day without delivering crude for state-run PDVSA’s customers in Asia, which are the OPEC country’s main… Weiterlesen »Venezuela’s Oil Deliveries to Asia At Standstill, Chevron’s Exports Flowing -Shipping Data

Chinese buyers shunned offers for Venezuelan crude this week, as a US blockade on the South American producer constrains exports and pushes up prices.

The newly delivered Arc7 ice-class liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Alexey Kosygin has departed the Russian Far East on its maiden voyage and is heading… Weiterlesen »Russia’s New Arc7 LNG Carrier ‘Alexey Kosygin’ Steams North Toward Arctic LNG 2

A catastrophic collision between two tankers in the South China Sea in 2024 has revealed a troubling chain of failures involving crew fatigue, disabled safety… Weiterlesen »Fatal South China Sea Collision: Fatigue and Disabled Alarms Behind Deadly Tanker Crash