by Stas | May 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
BY STAS MARGARONIS Mariners stranded by the Iran War in the Strait of Hormuz are facing food and water shortages, shore leave for mariners working on commercial vessels is disappearing and the Trump administration extended a Jones Act waiver outsourcing...
by Stas | May 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
China just launched the world’s largest pure electric container ship. 128 meters long. 742 container capacity. 19,600 kWh of battery. Zero emissions in operation. Cutting 1,462 tonnes of CO2 annually…the batteries are containerized. Ten standard shipping...
by Stas | May 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
HYUNDAI SAMHO SHIPYARD, SOUTH KOREA By Seungheon Lee* The U.S. shipbuilding crisis is not an economic footnote — it is a national security emergency. And the fastest path to fixing it is through Seoul. If the United States and China went to war tomorrow over Taiwan,...
by Stas | May 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
U.S. Shipbuilding: The United States Did Not Just Outsource Shipbuilding. It Outsourced Demand. https://gcaptain.com/the-united-states-did-not-just-outsource-shipbuilding-it-outsourced-demand/ Maritime Decarbonization IMO Carbon Plan for Shipping Faces Growing Revolt...
by Stas | Apr 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Photo: CCTV News By Stas Margaronis and Kevin Policarpo As China builds up is drone capability, Taiwan and the United States are struggling to catch up. China’s Drone Build-Up According to a Small Wars Journal report: “Across the Taiwan Strait, the PLA Rocket...
