Tag: US

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $64.7 million in funding for projects focused on producing cost-effective, low-carbon biofuels. 

Federal Maritime Commission announced the membership of its newly formed National Shipper Advisory Committee.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued guidance to vessels arriving from Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) regulated areas. 

On 7 September 2021, senior government officials from the EU, the US and China took part in the Fifth Global Maritime Regulatory Summit.

Maritime smuggling events in Orange, Los Angeles, and Ventura counties increased significantly this summer reaching record levels.

Operational trials have begun for the zero-emission, electric passenger ferry 'Sea Change', the first hydrogen fuel cell vessel in the US that will operate in the California Bay Area, representing a monumental step in the US maritime industry’s transition to a sustainable future.

“Blue” hydrogen may harm the climate more than burning fossil fuel, says a new study by Cornell and Stanford University, at a time when this fuel is being lauded by many as a clean, green energy solution to help reduce global warming. 

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is to allocate $4 million for environmentally friendly ferries.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $34 million in funding for 11 projects that will support high-impact research and development to improve and produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts.

International carriers will now need to be mindful of President Biden’s newly signed Executive Order, 2021, promoting competition in the American economy that dovetails with a previous FMC issuance of a Final Interpretative Rule on Demurrage and Detention under the Shipping Act published in 2020.