Tag: USA

According to Xeneta, Donald Trump’s victory sparks fear to international trade importers regarding ocean container shipping freight rates.

A Turkish national was arrested in Miami for allegedly conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions as part of a scheme of oil transportation.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) reminds mariners and residents of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina to remain vigilant following Hurricane Milton, and provides an update on the State's port operations. 

The US National Hurricane Center has issued an alert on the approaching hurricane Milton, which is expected to bring life-threatening weather conditions when it hits the Yucatan Peninsula.  

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.