gCaptain Maritime News Scraper
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gCaptain Maritime News Scraper
Scrapes gCaptain maritime news articles from the RSS feed. Filter by a title search term and get each article as a flat row with title, link, publication date, and content.
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gCaptain Maritime News Scraper
Scrape gCaptain maritime news articles from the RSS feed, filtered by search term, up to a million per run. Every article comes with its title, link, publication date, and full content. No API key required. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.
gCaptain is the leading source for maritime and offshore news, but manually monitoring its feed for specific vessels, incidents, or regulatory changes is slow. This scraper reads the public gCaptain RSS feed directly and returns matching articles in a clean, consistent format. Filter by a title search term so only the news that matters to your operation reaches your dataset.
| Who uses it | What they scrape gCaptain for |
|---|---|
| Maritime analysts | Track breaking news on specific vessel types or shipping routes. |
| Commodity traders | Monitor port disruptions and offshore energy developments that move markets. |
| Supply chain managers | Collect early warnings on piracy, weather, and canal closures. |
| Maritime lawyers | Gather incident reports and regulatory announcements for case research. |
What it does
This Actor collects gCaptain maritime news articles from the RSS feed and returns each one as a flat row with its title, link, publication date, and content.
- 📰 RSS feed scraping: Pulls articles directly from the standard gCaptain RSS feed, no login or browser needed.
- 🔍 Title search filter: Supply a search term to return only articles whose titles contain your keyword, like a vessel name or port.
- 📊 Structured output: Each article is returned as a flat row with title, link, publication date, and full content, ready for analysis.
Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.
What you can do with gCaptain data
🚢 Monitor vessel incidents.
A maritime insurance underwriter runs the scraper daily with a search term for 'collision' or 'grounding' to collect incident reports for risk assessment.
📈 Track offshore energy news.
An energy analyst filters the feed for 'wind farm' or 'FPSO' to gather articles on project approvals and construction milestones.
⚓ Watch port disruptions.
A logistics coordinator searches for 'strike' or 'congestion' to get early notice of delays at major ports.
📋 Archive regulatory changes.
A compliance officer collects articles mentioning 'IMO' or 'MARPOL' to maintain a timeline of new maritime regulations.
Why choose this scraper
| What you get | |
|---|---|
| No API key | Reads the public RSS feed, no registration or authentication needed. |
| Title filtering | Supply a keyword to get only articles mentioning a specific vessel, port, or topic. |
| High volume | Collect up to a million articles per run for historical analysis. |
| Fixed schema | Every article arrives with the same fields, making it easy to pipe into a database or spreadsheet. |
How it compares
No other Store actor targets gCaptain the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.
| gCaptain Maritime News Scraper | Build it in-house | By hand | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup | Run it now, zero config | Days of engineering | None, but hours per pull |
| When gCaptain changes | Maintained for you | You fix it | You re-learn the page |
| Proxies, retries, anti-bot | Built in | Your problem | Browser only |
| Output | Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export | Whatever you build | Copy-paste |
| Cost | Pay per result | Engineering time | Analyst hours |
Configure the run
Drive the Actor from the gCaptain RSS feed URL and an optional title search term. The filter runs as each article is read so only matches reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.
A first run with the defaults:
A larger pull:
Pricing
Pay-per-result: $0.0085 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.
| Results collected | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| 100 results | $0.85 |
| 1,000 results | $8.50 |
| 10,000 results | $85.00 |
New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.
Free users
Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.
Run it
- Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
- Open the gCaptain Maritime News Scraper.
- Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
- Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.
Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.
Use with AI agents (MCP)
Give an AI agent live access to gCaptain through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:
Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.
Troubleshooting
Why am I getting no results?
Check your search term. The filter matches substrings in article titles, so a typo or overly specific phrase may return nothing. Try a shorter or broader keyword. Also confirm the feed URL is set to https://gcaptain.com/feed/.
Why am I getting fewer articles than my maxItems setting?
The RSS feed only contains a limited number of recent articles. If fewer articles exist in the feed than your maximum, the Actor returns all available ones. This is expected behavior for RSS-based scraping.
The run failed with a timeout error.
The gCaptain server may be slow to respond. Increase the Actor's timeout setting in your run options, or try running at a different time of day when the site may be under less load.
The article content is truncated or missing.
RSS feeds often include only a summary or excerpt, not the full article body. This is a limitation of the source feed. For full-text extraction, you would need a web scraper that visits each article page.
Can I change the RSS feed URL to a category-specific feed?
Yes. gCaptain offers category-specific RSS feeds. You can replace the default feed URL with a category feed URL, such as one for offshore news or maritime jobs, if available on the site.
FAQ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Do I need an API key or login to scrape gCaptain? | No. This Actor reads the public RSS feed at gcaptain.com/feed/, which requires no authentication or API key. |
| Can I scrape only articles about a specific ship or company? | Yes. Use the search term field to filter article titles. The Actor will return only articles whose titles contain your keyword. |
| How many articles can I scrape in one run? | You can set the maximum up to 1,000,000 articles per run. The actual number returned depends on how many matching articles exist in the feed. |
| What data fields does each article include? | Each article row includes the title, link, publication date, and full content. The exact field list is shown in the sample output on the Actor's page. |
| Can I scrape the full text of each article? | The Actor returns the content available in the RSS feed. For the full on-page article text, check if a separate web scraping Actor is available. |
| How often is the gCaptain RSS feed updated? | The gCaptain RSS feed updates as new articles are published. You can schedule this Actor to run hourly or daily on Apify to catch every new post. |
| Can I export the data to Google Sheets? | Yes. You can export your dataset to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, and Apify integrations can send it directly to Google Sheets. |
| Does this Actor handle pagination? | The RSS feed returns a fixed number of recent articles. The Actor collects all available items in the feed up to your specified maximum. |
| Can I filter by date range instead of a search term? | The Actor filters by title substring. For date-range filtering, you can post-process the dataset using the publication date field after the run completes. |
| Is this Actor affiliated with gCaptain? | No. This is an unofficial scraper built by the Apify community. It reads publicly available RSS feed data. |
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🆘 Need help? Email parseforge@protonmail.com with your run ID, your input, and what you expected.
⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by gCaptain, LLC. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.
