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The Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) will start a flag inspections program from August 1st, regarding Panama ships calling at US ports, and which are candidates for a Port State Inspection (PSC) by part of the USCG.

Congressman Alan Lowenthal and Congresswomen Nanette Barragán, representing the districts for the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, are co-sponsoring the Clean Shipping Act, which will set carbon intensity standards for fuels used by ships, including eliminating carbon by 2040, and requirements to eliminate in-port ship emissions by 2030.

President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Federal Transit Administration is making available nearly $300 million through three grant programs that boost access to rural ferry service, bolster existing and new urban service, and lower emissions across all services by speeding adoption of zero emission ferry technologies.

Portland leaders are considering to limit the expansion of fossil fuel terminals after years of legal challenges from industry groups.

Three members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California proposed new legislation that would require U.S. ports to emphasize exports by giving priority to carriers that demonstrate their predominance of export bookings instead of carrying empty containers or departing with unused capacity.

IMCA published a ‘Global Specialist Offshore Support Vessel Market Overview’ report highlighting the risks to the US offshore energy industry, should the crewing legislation, referred to as the American Offshore Workers Fairness Act, be passed into law by the US Senate.

US authorities have stopped an oil tanker traveling from Russia to New Orleans to check whether it is Russian in origin.

The US government has announced a set of actions to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing that the White House says is significantly contributing to global overfishing and the collapse or decline of fisheries.

Carnival Corporation will pay a $5 million penalty to New York State for violations of the Cybersecurity Regulation that caused the exposure of a substantial amount of sensitive, non-public, personal data belonging to its customers. 

President Joe Biden signed into law the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA). The law aims to stop “shipping companies taking advantage of American families, farmers, ranchers and businesses,” the president said.