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The FMC was briefed on progress implementing the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) and the findings of the Maritime Transportation Data Initiative (MTDI).

Congressman Alan Lowenthal announced that Maersk has given its support to the the Clean Shipping Act; the Congressman’s legislation aimed at zeroing out pollution from all ocean shipping companies that do business with the U.S.

After a furniture company filed a complaint with the FMC regarding denial of service from MSC and COSCO, the chief administrative law judge hearing the case for the FMC filed a motion that MSC has two weeks to show why the judge should not issue a default decision and award financial remuneration to the furniture company.

The US proposed offshore drilling safety measures that it said would help prevent oil spills and protect workers and the environment.

The U.S. Treasury issued new guidance on a proposed Western price cap on Russian oil exports, saying that maritime services providers would not be held liable for false pricing information provided by buyers and sellers of Russian crude.

A federal judge in Los Angeles dismissed the criminal indictment against the captain of the dive boat Conception, who was charged with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 people when the vessel caught fire and sank off the California coast three years ago.

U Shippers Group has lodged a complaint with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) alleging carrier Maersk to have violated a 2020 shipping contract.

The US Department of Justice announced that the Chief Engineer of a foreign flagged vessel was sentenced to prison for deliberately discharging approximately 10,000 gallons of oil-contaminated bilge water overboard in U.S. waters off the coast of New Orleans last year, and for obstructing justice.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) has granted research funds to the MIT Energy Initiative, CORE POWER, and the Idaho National Laboratory for a three-year study into the development of offshore floating nuclear power generation in the US.

The Transportation Institute (TI) released a study by Ernst & Young (EY) evaluating the Jones Act and its implications on freight rates, container availability, port congestion, and carrier performance in the Caribbean Region relative to global averages.