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The monthly service will begin in March with the first vessel, a 6,500-CEU called 'Höegh Jeddah', sailing out of Jacksonville. The vessel's trip will include the cities of Auckland in New Zealand, Brisbane, Port Kembla, Melbourne and Fremantle in Australia.

New York made an important step towards protecting the environment, as it sued five major oil companies, demanding ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Royal Dutch Shell and  ConocoPhillips pay for the cost of protecting the city from the arising threat that the climate change poses.

Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the US Department of the Interior, announced that Florida will be excluded from the recent US plan to further exploit offshore oil and gas. The decision to exempt Florida from the offshore oil and gas exploitation proposal, was made after Florida's Governor, Rick Scott, request.

The US Government Accountability Office conducted a review of BSEE’s oversight of offshore oil and gas operations, and found that the bureau had been unsuccessful in implementing a risk-based inspection component as part of its inspection program.

2018 is expected to be the busiest year, since 2010, in terms of supply, as 40 million dwt of crude and product tankers will be delivered. Last year, 35.5 million dwt were delivered. However, the volume of tonnage will be probably reduced, as delays are expected.

US flagged Great Lakes vessel operators are about to spend $65 million, in order to modernise their vessels at Great Lakes shipyards this winter and reduce their carbon footprint. As a result, the fleet will be ready to meet the needs of commerce during spring.

New England Coast is experiencing severe weather conditions, as a strong coastal winter storm, including high winds and dangerously cold temperatures is expected to hit the area, the US National Weather Service informed.

Lake Erie experiences very low temperatures, which caused ice to form rapidly over the lake leading to the motor vessels 'John J. Boland', 'Hon Paul J. Martin', 'Indiana Harbor' and 'James R. Barker' to become stuck in ice.

The ships in focus are accused of conducting illegal ship-to-ship transfers of refined petroleum products to North Korean vessels or illegally transporting North Korean coal to other countries for exports. If the proposal is approves, countries will be required to ban the blacklisted ships from entering their ports. 

A few days after the tow boat 'Ricky Robinson' sank in the Mississippi River, salvors found one of its two missing crewmen, when the boat was recovered on Sunday, 17 December. The 66-foot towboat had sank south of Mud Island in Memphis on December 8.