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SAFE Boats International introduced earlier this week the autonomous hydrographic survey vessel, Merlin. The 23-meter semi-displacement monohull design was developed in collaboration with Mythos AI, Echo81, and World Marine Design.

The World Shipping Council issued a statement earlier this week to highlight that the Shipping Act is a useful tool but the amendments under the new U.S. law H.R. 1696, will disable vessel sharing. The Ocean Shipping Antitrust Enforcement Act, introduced in 2022, amend title 46, United States Code, to repeal certain antitrust exemptions for ocean common carriers.

Last week, Mexican police and soldiers stormed and seized a cargo port and land on Mexico's Caribbean coast owned by the Alabama-based Vulcan Materials company.

Taiwan’s Wan Hai Lines to pay $950,000 in civil penalties as well as refunds of charges in a detention and demurrage case by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in Washington DC., which dates back to 2021.

On March 13th, Joe Biden, president of U.S.A., gave approval for Willow Master Development Plan, oil drilling project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A), after significantly reducing its size. 

On March 8th, 2023 an oil rig caught fire in Mobile Alabama. The fire was put out but environmental concerns arise as the rig contained diesel, hydraulic fluid, oil and other potentially hazardous substances.

The United States of America, the Republic of Fiji, the Republic of Panama and the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership have announced their intent to engage in technical cooperation to help facilitate the establishment of green shipping corridors.

MARAD allocates 12 million dollars funding to Marine Highway Program to expand the use of America's navigable waters.

The Shipowner's Club informs that Russia has announced retaliatory sanctions measures in response to the widespread sanctions issued by various governments, which Russia has so-called “unfriendly countries,” including the UK, EU member states and the USA.

According to a recent statement, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has announced an up to $4 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002190, Research for Innovative Emission Reduction Technologies Related to Coal Combustion Residuals.