Tag: USA

According to US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), ONE and Wan Hai Lines have paid a combined total of $2.65 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations of misconduct.

Gard Club has published an alert to warn masters and crews operating along the US/Canadian East Coast to maintain a good lookout for North Atlantic right whales and follow the speed restrictions in force at any given time.

Bed Bath & Beyond (BBB) is suing Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) for $31.7 million dollars, claiming the carriers willfully abandoned service in order to earn massive profits.

On May 5th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the initial steps in the development of programs that will invest $4 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act in US port infrastructure while reducing air pollution. 

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced $20.8 million in grant awards to 27 small shipyards in 20 states through the Small Shipyard Grant Program.

TOTE Services and Philly Shipyard organized a keel laying ceremony earlier this week for the third of five training vessels for America’s state maritime academies.

On May 3 at approximately 6:20 a.m. local time, Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran has seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman while it was in transit in international waters, the United States Navy said on Thursday.

Proman Stena Bulk, the joint venture between tanker company Stena Bulk and methanol producer Proman, has today announced the successful completion of the first ever barge-to-ship methanol bunkering on the US Gulf Coast.

Platypus Marine announced this week that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Damen Shipyards for the building of a Fast Crew Supply (FCS) vessel, compliant with the Jones Act, to serve the offshore wind industry in the United States.