Tag: USA

U.S. dock workers and port operators have reached a tentative deal that ends a crippling three-day strike, which had shut down 36 major ports along the East and Gulf Coasts.

A group of Democratic senators have proposed a new legislation to fight the trafficking of synthetic drugs like fentanyl through U.S. transportation systems.

On September 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) opened an opportunity for up to $112.5 million in funding to advance the commercial readiness of wave energy technologies through open water testing and system validation.

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has released a study on US port emissions screening for berthed vessels, highlighting the importance of prioritizing port electrification. 

U.S. exports of thermal coal to Asia and Africa surged in the first half of 2024, helping to drive overall U.S. coal exports (thermal and metallurgical) to 53 million short tons (MMst) from 49 MMst in the first half of 2023.

Four seafarers from Colombia, Panama, and Peru have been abandoned on a 60-year-old tugboat, the Wycliffe, in Puget Sound, Washington.

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued a new authorization that allows certain transactions involving the exportation or reexportation of liquefied petroleum gas to Venezuela until July 8, 2025.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has approved Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor's proposal to establish the first international sea cargo container terminal on Lake Michigan, paving the way for the only all-water container route for ocean vessels to serve the greater Chicago metropolitan area via the Great Lakes.

The Captain of the PS Dream, a Panama-flagged motor tanker, pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstructing proceedings.

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) under the U.S. Department of Transportation has announced its intention to allot $4.8 million in funds for the United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP) in Fiscal Year 2024.