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Following COVID-19 situation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extended its "No Sail Order" for cruise ships until September 30, 2020. 

The House Appropriations Committee approved the FY2021 funding package for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, proposing $7.6 billion for USACE, about $1.7 billion more than the administration requested.

The ongoing fire onboard the USS Bonhomme was extinguished yesterday, July 16, when teams of military and civilian firefighters finally managed to put out the blaze.

As the video notes, the port of Los Angeles moved 691,475 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in June, experiencing a decline of 9.6% in comparison to last year.

Imports at major U.S. retail container ports are expected to remain significantly below last year’s levels into this fall due to the the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

New Orlean's Governor John Bel Edwards announced an innovative agreement between the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana Economic Development, and The Water Institute of the Gulf that will support port activities.

The US Department of Agriculture confirmed that nine egg masses that Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists discovered on a merchant ship June 2 was a first reported discovery in Maryland.

In efforts to boost those impacted by the COVID-19, US Representatives Sean Patrick Maloney and Peter DeFazio introduced a new bill to provide financial relief for maritime stakeholders.

USCG Sector Key West reminded commercial and recreational vessels of 300 GT or more of the requirement to file a notice of arrival (NOA) with the USCG National Vessel Movement Center (NVMC) prior to arrival in the US.

The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five Iranian ship captains who delivered oil to Venezuela, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo informed speaking at a news conference.