Xeneta: SHIPS for America Act Adds New Layer of Complexity to US Maritime Trade
The recently reintroduced SHIPS for America Act is creating additional challenges for ocean container shippers in 2025, adding a new layer of complexity to an
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The recently reintroduced SHIPS for America Act is creating additional challenges for ocean container shippers in 2025, adding a new layer of complexity to an
Bollinger Shipyards and Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) announced today the formation of the United Shipbuilding Alliance (USA), a strategic partnership aimed at
The container vessel Maersk Sana experienced “machinery-related issues” in its main engine room while en route from Newark to Singapore on April 28, 2025,
Commonwealth LNG has secured a significant 20-year Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with a major Asian energy company for 1 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Juan, alongside multiple federal partner agencies, recently conducted a comprehensive Multi-Agency Strike Force Operation
The U.S. Coast Guard and Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office (LOSCO) have successfully secured an oil and natural gas discharge from Well 59 located
Belgian marine engineering giant DEME has completed its acquisition of Norwegian offshore wind contractor Havfram in a deal valued at approximately 900 million
The U.S. Navy’s expeditionary mobile base USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) has completed a groundbreaking five-month Regular Overhaul (ROH) at Mitsubishi Heavy
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced plans to revise the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) 2024 Risk Management and Financial Assurance
The U.S. Navy has achieved a significant milestone in its hypersonic weapons program with a successful end-to-end flight test of a conventional hypersonic
The Mediterranean Sea has become the world’s fifth Emission Control Area (ECA) for sulphur oxides starting May 1, 2025. This landmark regulation, adopted
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan visited major South Korean shipyards this week amid strengthening maritime cooperation between the United States and the
U.S. Senators from California, Washington, and Oregon joined West Coast port leaders today in an urgent warning about severe economic consequences stemming
Multiple commercial vessels anchored at Yemen’s Ras Isa port are being forcibly detained by Houthi forces despite having proper UN clearance, according
White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz is set to leave the administration following controversy over sharing sensitive military information,
Recent joint operations between the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Port of New York and New Jersey have revealed significant
Hapag-Lloyd has reported strong first-quarter results for 2025, with Group EBITDA increasing by 17% to US $1.1 billion compared to the same period last year.
The SHIPS for America Act is back—and this time, it’s bigger, broader, and backed by a second companion bill aimed squarely at tax reform. Introduced today
Endorsements are flooding in behind the newly reintroduced SHIPS for America Act, bipartisan legislation designed to restore America’s maritime strength
PD Ports has announced ambitious plans to develop one of the UK’s largest offshore wind manufacturing and installation hubs, the Teesport Offshore
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