Tag: USA

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. 

KBR announced earlier this week that its K-GreeN technology has been selected by Avina Clean Hydrogen for its green ammonia project in the U.S.

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.