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The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at Port of New Orleans has recently issued notice no. 21-035 to advise the maritime industry of the importance of foreign AGM-free certification inspections.

A new report by ocean conservancy group Oceana identified up to 90% non-compliance of ships in mandatory speed zones and 85% in voluntary areas established by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) along the US Atlantic coast, from 2017 to 2020. Speed reduction measures are set in particular areas of North America aiming to prevent collisions of ships with the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, of which only around 360 remain globally. Collisions with vessels are one of two leading causes of injury and death for North Atlantic right whales. Studies have found that slowing vessel speeds to 10 knots reduces a North Atlantic right whale’s risk of death from vessel strikes by between 80% to 90%. Oceana’s analysis shows that speeding vessels are rampant throughout North Atlantic right whales’ migration route, all along the East Coast, and in both mandatory and voluntary speed zones. North Atlantic right whales are dying from vessel strikes and NOAA must take action to prevent this. Killing even one is a problem, as scientists estimate that even a single human-caused North Atlantic right whale death a year threatens the species’ chances of recovery, ...said Whitney Webber, campaign director at Oceana. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqJhD6eZcsk As explained, ...

The US Federal Maritime Commission has established a new audit program in a bid to assess carrier compliance with the Agency’s rule on detention and demurrage as well as to provide additional information beneficial to the regular monitoring of the marketplace for ocean cargo services.

Transportation and clean air leaders of multiple states, including California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Colombia, urged support of federal funding for clean ports.

An appeals court in the U.S. decided that the CDC will still be able to impose COVID-19 health and safety restrictions on the cruise industry.

An increase has been observed in the number of cases of illegal drugs being found onboard ships in the US, according to data provided by local correspondents to Britannia P&I Club. 

Crowley announced that plans to build and operate the first all-electric powered harbor tugboat in the US.

The US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) signed the first interagency MoU to foster cooperation and communication with the aim of enhancing competition in the maritime industry.

Haiti’s Acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph called the US and the UN to send help in order to secure Haiti’s sea, air and oil ports.

Τhe Centers for Disease Control (CDC) filed an appeal in federal court seeking to overturn the district court’s ruling and blocking the lower court’s injunction against the conditional sailing order regarding the restart of cruising.