Tag: California

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) agreed a contract to provide the funds for Clean Air Engineering Maritime, a ship-auxiliary generator exhaust treatment company, to develop a new-generation Marine Exhaust Treatment System for use on MOL operating car carriers from 2025 to prevent air pollutions in California.

Philly Shipyard, Inc. (PSI) announced the authorization by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) and subsequent order from TOTE Services for the construction of one additional National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV).

As new requirements for managing biofouling on international vessels arriving in Australia will begin on 15 June 2022, more countries around the world have already established similar regulations to address the effects of biofouling. 

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a $10.5 million grant for renovations at the Port of Humboldt Bay to support offshore wind activities in an area designated for development on the north coast.

Houston-based pipeline owner Amplify Energy Corp sued two major container ship operators and an organization that helps oversee marine traffic, saying they failed to prevent last fall’s underwater pipeline leak off the Southern California coast.

The California Gov. Galvin Newsom presented his 2022-23 state budget proposal “The California Blueprint”, that includes a record investment of $2.3 billion for California ports.

Officials in California are investigating a new pipeline leak in San Pedro Bay, near the congested ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

A federal grand jury accused three companies with illegally discharging oil during a pipeline break in early October.

The U.S. Coast Guard issued a “party in interest” designation to the owner and operator of a second containership that it is investigating regarding the oil spill off Southern California last month.

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Port Envoy John D. Porcari visited the Port of Long Beach to discuss state and federal measures to address the congestion at the San Pedro Bay Port Complex.