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Monday, February 24, 2025
A cargo ship is moored in the Port of Long Beach while cranes retrieve cargo containers from the ship
Shipbuilding

Trump Administration Proposes Massive Port Fees on Chinese-Built Vessels

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has announced sweeping new measures targeting China’s growing dominance in global maritime

February 24, 2025
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Who Really Controls the Panama Canal? The Truth Behind Trump’s Claims
Shipping

Who Really Controls the Panama Canal? The Truth Behind Trump’s Claims

With President Trump back in office, political rhetoric around expanding U.S. influence and securing key geopolitical assets has intensified. Recent claims

February 24, 2025
Total Views: 10593

U.S. Treasury Cracks Down on Iran’s Shadow Fleet with 13 Additional Ships Targeted
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U.S. Treasury Cracks Down on Iran’s Shadow Fleet with 13 Additional Ships Targeted

The U.S. Department of Treasury announced today a major expansion of sanctions targeting Iran’s maritime oil transportation network, marking an

February 24, 2025
Total Views: 1074

Saturday, February 22, 2025
MSC Tessa, one of the world's largest containerships, under construction at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai, China. Photo courtesy CSSC.
Shipbuilding

Trump Proposes New Ship Fees To Challenge China’s Maritime Might

By Jenny Leonard and Jennifer A. Dlouhy Feb 21, 2025 (Bloomberg) –The Trump administration is proposing fees on the use of China’s commercial

February 22, 2025
Total Views: 5119

Monday, February 17, 2025
Stock photo shows an oil tanker at a terminal
Shipping

MARAD Approves Texas GulfLink Deepwater Oil Port After Six-Year Review

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has approved the construction of a new deepwater port off the Texas coast, marking a significant expansion of

February 17, 2025
Total Views: 1415

Saturday, February 15, 2025
iranian crude supertanker
Ports

Texas Oil Export Port To Get Trump Team’s Blessing

By Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy Feb 14, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Trump administration planned to “move

February 15, 2025
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Friday, February 14, 2025
lng carrier
Shipping

Trump Administration Grants First U.S. Export License After Biden’s Freeze

 U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said on Friday it has granted a liquefied natural gas export license to the Commonwealth LNG project

February 14, 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump reads about tariffs on steel and aluminum, as Howard Lutnick stands in the background, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington
Shipping

Trump Widens Trade Fight with ‘Reciprocal Tariff’ Threat

President Donald Trump is embarking on what may be his most disruptive action yet for the global economy by broadening his grievances to how other countries

February 14, 2025
Total Views: 808

lng ship
Shipping

India to Boost Oil and Gas Imports From U.S. to Avoid Trump Tariffs

India has agreed to boost oil and gas imports from the US in an effort to reduce the trade imbalance between the two countries and avoid retaliatory

February 14, 2025
Total Views: 656

Thursday, February 13, 2025
Southwest Washington-grown white wheat is loaded onto the M/V LIBERTY GLORY (Photo Credit - American Maritime Congress)
Shipping

Bill Aiming to Anchor Food for Peace in the USDA Receives Maritime Industry Support

A bicameral group of lawmakers has introduced legislation to transfer the administration of the Food for Peace Program from USAID to the U.S. Department of

February 13, 2025
Total Views: 1040

Monday, February 10, 2025
An illustration of Great Lakes Dredge and Docks' Jones Act-compliant rock installation vessel that will support the growing U.S. offshore wind industry. Illustration courtesy Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
Offshore

Fifth Circuit Sinks Great Lakes Dredge & Dock’s Jones Act Challenge

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling against Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) in its challenge to a U.S. Customs and Border

February 10, 2025
Total Views: 7039

Sunday, February 9, 2025
U.S. President Trump receives a Hurricane Dorian update at the White House in Washington.REUTERS/Jonathan Erns
NOAA

Trump Unleashes Chaos At NOAA, US Weather And Climate Agency

By Lauren Rosenthal and Brian K Sullivan Feb 8, 2025 (Bloomberg) –The email arrived in US government workers’ inboxes just after 1 a.m. East Coast

February 9, 2025
Total Views: 7271

Thursday, February 6, 2025
CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt
Shipping

Panama’s President Slams U.S. ‘Lies and Falsehoods’ About Canal

Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday the U.S. was spreading "lies and falsehoods" after the State Department claimed U.S. government vessels

February 6, 2025
Total Views: 3779

Stock photo of an oil tanker moored at sea
Shipping

U.S. Treasury Sanctions International Network Shipping Iranian Oil to China

The new sanctions target multiple entities across China, India, and the UAE, as well as four vessels: SIRI (formerly ANTHEA), OXIS, CH BILLION, and STAR

February 6, 2025
Total Views: 715

Wednesday, February 5, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tours the Miraflores locks at the Panama Canal in Panama City. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS
Shipping

Panama Canal Authority Denies U.S. Claim of Free Transit for Military Vessels

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has directly contradicted U.S. State Department claims regarding free passage for U.S. government vessels through the

February 5, 2025
Total Views: 5422

Monday, February 3, 2025
Aerial view of a container terminal
Shipping

Moody’s: Trump Tariffs Threaten Major Supply Chain Disruptions Across Key Industries

Global trade uncertainty is forcing U.S. companies to urgently reassess their supply chain strategies as new tariffs threaten major disruptions across multiple

February 3, 2025
Total Views: 1367

Panama Drops China’s Belt and Road in Nod to U.S. Pressure
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Panama Drops China’s Belt and Road in Nod to U.S. Pressure

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday welcomed Panama's decision to let its participation in China's global infrastructure plan expire, calling the

February 3, 2025
Total Views: 3082

Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai.REUTERS/Aly Song
Shipping

Trump’s Trade War Redux Provokes Sharp Industry Response, While China ‘Breathes Sigh of Relief’

Warnings of recession greeted the imposition of sweeping tariffs against the US’s three biggest trading partners on

February 3, 2025
Total Views: 1216

Sunday, February 2, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tours the Miraflores locks at the Panama Canal in Panama City. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS
Shipping

Rubio Calls Chinese Presence at Panama Canal ‘Unacceptable’

By Simon Lewis and Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY, Feb 2 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday warned Panama’s President Jose Raul

February 2, 2025
Total Views: 5363

The Panama Canal as U.S. President Donald Trump plans to regain control of the Canal.
Shipping

Rubio In Panama For Canal, Migration Talks

By Simon Lewis PANAMA CITY, Feb 2 (Reuters) – The top diplomat in President Donald Trump’s administration, Marco Rubio, began his first foreign

February 2, 2025
Total Views: 1077