Digital freight broker Next Trucking and sister trucking company Next Freight Solutions are on the brink of closure after furloughing most of their remaining employees and drivers in Long Beach, California, and they have effectively ceased operations as executives scramble for last-minute funding to keep the company afloat, according
by John Konrad – gCaptain has received multiple reports that the US Navy oiler USNS Big Horn ran aground yesterday and partially flooded off the coast of Oman, leaving the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group without its primary fuel source.
First reported on the gCaptain forum and by maritime historian Sal
With Russia’s full-scale invasion at 30 months and counting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is trying to shake things up – on the battlefield and in the halls of power in Kyiv.
In early August, Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Russian territory, sending troops across the border and opening
A court in Svendborg fined Greenpeace Denmark DKK 360,000 (around $53,500) for a series of March 2022 protests against tankers transporting Russian oil in Danish waters.
The fine, the largest ever imposed on an activist group in Denmark, has outraged its members, who are criticizing the court’s
repeat nature of the offenses. Using the elements of the law, they invoked the opportunity to double the punishment. They asked for the court to impose a penalty of nearly $75,000.
The charges stemmed from a March 18, 2022, incident when Greenpeace protestors used kayaks to get in the path of the tanker Waikki. On March 19, a protestor lay
repeat nature of the offenses. Using the elements of the law, they invoked the opportunity to double the punishment. They asked for the court to impose a penalty of nearly $75,000.
The charges stemmed from a March 18, 2022, incident when Greenpeace protestors used kayaks to get in the path of the tanker Waikki. On March 19, a protestor lay
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, has notified the updated SCOMET list for the year 2024. India’s export control list (SCOMET) has been updated, incorporating the recent changes /updates in the control lists of the multilateral export control regimes, and certain policy amendments in our
For the third time over the last two weeks, Chinese and Philippine forces have faced down each other’s vessels resulting in a collision and accusations from both sides. The Chinese Coast Guard vessel 5205 and the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Teresa Magbunua were involved in today’s altercations
The Maritime Executive (Sept. 3, 2024, 12:01 a.m.)
For the third time over the last two weeks, Chinese and Philippine forces have faced down each other’s vessels resulting in a collision and accusations from both sides. The Chinese Coast Guard vessel 5205 and the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Teresa Magbunua were involved in today’s altercations
For the third time over the last two weeks, Chinese and Philippine forces have faced down each other’s vessels resulting in a collision and accusations from both sides. The Chinese Coast Guard vessel 5205 and the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Teresa Magbunua were involved in today’s altercations
For the third time over the last two weeks, Chinese and Philippine forces have faced down each other’s vessels resulting in a collision and accusations from both sides. The Chinese Coast Guard vessel 5205 and the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Teresa Magbunua were involved in today’s altercations
For the third time over the last two weeks, Chinese and Philippine forces have faced down each other’s vessels resulting in a collision and accusations from both sides. The Chinese Coast Guard vessel 5205 and the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Teresa Magbunua were involved in today’s altercations
Restech pneumatic line throwers use compressed gas instead of explosives, making them safer, more precise, and more cost effective than their pyrotechnic counterparts.
Pyrotechnic, or rocket-propelled, line throwers have existed in maritime for centuries and remain a common feature in the industry today, but there are good reasons why
From the magazine – Indeed, optimism in such a volatile industry as shipbuilding is almost a prerequisite for survival. But it does sound somewhat paradoxical, to say the least, to display such optimism about the mood in German shipbuilding at a time when the government needs to step in for billions
The Philippines and China have agreed to set up new lines of communication to improve their handling of maritime disputes, according to a document and a Philippine diplomatic source, as ties sour over clashes about territory in the South China Sea.
The two countries have traded barbs repeatedly over jurisdiction
Turkish tug and workboat builder Sanmar has started work on seven more of its emissions-free battery electric powered ElectRA class tugs.
Sanmar has experienced huge interest in these ‘Tugs of the Future’ and, once built and delivered, these latest versions will bring the total number of eco-friendly ElectRA
Clean Shipping International (July 12, 2024, 4:04 p.m.)
Last week, as tensions between China and the Philippines spiked in the South China Sea, the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong left port and operated off Luzon, based on satellite imaging from European and Chinese sources. It was China's first deployment of an aircraft carrier to waters near the Philippines
Last week, as tensions between China and the Philippines spiked in the South China Sea, the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong left port and operated off Luzon, based on satellite imaging from European and Chinese sources. It was China's first deployment of an aircraft carrier to waters near the Philippines
After the China Coast Guard's aggressive interdiction at Second Thomas Shoal on June 17, which injured multiple Philippine servicemembers, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is trying to carefully push back against China's "illegal" and "deliberate" intimidation campaign in the Spratly Islands - without starting a broader conflict. While the
After the China Coast Guard's aggressive interdiction at Second Thomas Shoal on June 17, which injured multiple Philippine servicemembers, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is trying to carefully push back against China's "illegal" and "deliberate" intimidation campaign in the Spratly Islands - without starting a broader conflict. While the