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The US Federal Maritime Commission announced that it has completed compromise agreements recovering a total of $338,000 in civil penalties. The agreements were reached with one vessel-operating common carrier and six ocean transportation intermediaries

According to EIA, U.S. distillate exports increased 85,000 barrels per day in 2015, reaching nearly 1.2 million. Furthermore, distillate exports in the first six months of 2016 have averaged 50,000 b/d more than in the first half of 2015.

Ports are the main gateway for global trade and are critical to the U.S. economy. Thousands of diesel-powered vessels, trucks, cranes, and other equipment help transport goods to market. But as they do, they also emit greenhouse gases and other harmful pollutants. People living near ports bear the brunt of this pollution, and they often live in minority or low income communities, explains Chris Grundler, US EPA

According to EIA΄s data, increased production of ethane in the United States has led to increased ethane exports, first by pipeline to Canada and more recently by tanker to overseas destinations

The United States and 12 other World Trade Organization (WTO) members have announced a new initiative to prohibit harmful fisheries subsidies, particularly those that contribute to overfishing and overcapacity or are linked to illegal fishing.

SQEMARINE provides an overview of the major changes in a number of national, regional and local ballast water management regulations issued lately.

The first LNG tanker to transit the newly expanded Panama Canal last month,the Maran Gas Apollonia, has now become the first to arrive in China with a cargo of US LNG.

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) applauded the Massachusetts state legislature which just passed a new law that will dramatically expand procurement of renewable energy in the state.

Researchers at the Ohio State University and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have uncovered previously hidden sources of ocean pollution along more than 20 percent of America's coastlines.Their study offers the first-ever map of underground drainage systems that connect fresh groundwater and seawater, and also pinpoints sites where drinking water is most vulnerable to saltwater intrusion now and in the future.

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has released an analysis which proves that US East and Gulf Coast military installations are at risk of losing land—where vital training and testing grounds, infrastructure and housing now exists—as sea level rise moves the high tide line inland in decades to come.