By Barry Parker The much anticipated meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), officially MEPC 76, kicked off its first… Weiterlesen »‘Failure Not an Option’ as IMO Opens MEPC 76 Climate Meeting

By David Wainer (Bloomberg) The U.S. is closely tracking an Iranian navy transport ship headed for the Caribbean — possibly Venezuela — and is prepared to… Weiterlesen »Are Iranian Warships Smuggling Weapons To Venezuela?

By Christine Murray (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As climate change threatens coral reefs around the world, conservation experts in Latin America have enlisted an unlikely… Weiterlesen »Can Marine Insurance Save Coral Reefs?

By Devika Krishna Kumar and Julia Payne (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp has lost two veteran crude oil traders from its U.S. energy trading group… Weiterlesen »Exxon Traders Quit While BP And Shell Colleagues Make Billions

Utah Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has introduced legislation to permanently repeal the Passenger Vessel Services Act, calling it an outdated and protectionist law that benefits… Weiterlesen »Utah Senator Lee Introduces Bills to Repeal the Passenger Vessel Services Act

New York-based barge operator Bouchard Transportation may need to close its facilities and lay off as many 108 workers if it is unable to find… Weiterlesen »Bouchard Transportation Seeking Buyer to Avoid Closure, Layoffs

By Muyu Xu and Gabriel Crossley BEIJING, June 11 (Reuters) – Congestion at container shipping ports in southern China is worsening as authorities step up disinfection measures… Weiterlesen »Congestion at South China Ports Worsens on Anti-COVID-19 Measures

The U.S. Department of the Interior is taking steps to hold an offshore wind lease sale off the coast of New York and New Jersey.… Weiterlesen »Biden Administration Proposes Offshore Wind Lease Sale for Waters Off New York and New Jersey

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, June 11 (Reuters) – The United States is working with Norway, Denmark and other countries to develop zero emissions fuel options… Weiterlesen »U.S. Joins Norway, Denmark to Advance Zero Emission Ship Fuels

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Delays from congestion at southern Chinese ports triggered by fresh Covid-19 outbreaks are rippling through global supply chains, threatening to inflate… Weiterlesen »Ships Skip Singapore as China Congestion Snarls Supply Chain