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Monday, July 28, 2025
lng tanker
Shipping

Venture Global Secures Record $15.1 Billion Financing for CP2 LNG Project

Venture Global has announced a final investment decision (FID) and successful closing of $15.1 billion in project financing for Phase 1 of its CP2 LNG

July 28, 2025
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Friday, July 25, 2025
An oil spill is seen in the Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara in Goleta
Offshore

Oil Production Resumes at Santa Ynez Unit After Decade-Long Shutdown Following Major California Spill

After nearly a decade of inactivity following one of California’s worst oil spills in recent history, production has resumed at the Santa Ynez Unit (SYU)

July 25, 2025
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Thursday, July 24, 2025
Offshore Wind Turbines At Sea
Offshore

Equinor Reports $763 Million Impairment on Empire Wind Amid Regulatory Setbacks

Equinor has reported a significant impairment of $763 million related to its Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project and South Brooklyn Marine Terminal development

July 24, 2025
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The U.S. Navy’s Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) docked for a five-month Regular Overhaul (ROH) availability at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Shipping

Japan Commits $550 Billion to U.S. Industries Including Strategic Shipbuilding Investment

The White House announced Wednesday that Japan has agreed to a $550 billion package of U.S.-bound investment and loans as part of a new trade deal with the

July 24, 2025
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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, rally on the first Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan, to show continued support to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen
Shipping

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Key Houthi Petroleum Network in Yemen and UAE

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated two individuals and five entities involved in money

July 22, 2025
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Monday, July 21, 2025
Chesapeake Shipbuilding shipyard
Shipbuilding

Trump Administration Announces $8.75 Million in Small Shipyard Grants, Continuing Funding Decline

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has awarded $8.75 million in grants to support 17 small shipyards across 12 states, Transportation Secretary Sean P.

July 21, 2025
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Friday, July 18, 2025
Photo shows the installation of the first offshore wind turbine at South Fork Wind
Offshore

New York Halts Offshore Wind Transmission Planning Amid Federal Permit Freeze

The New York State Public Service Commission has terminated its offshore wind transmission planning process due to stalled federal permitting, to protect

July 18, 2025
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
An inland tug and barges moves along a river under a bridge
News

DOT Announces $35 Million for Maritime Infrastructure Through BUILD Program

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has announced $488 million in awards from the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant

July 16, 2025
Total Views: 876

U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Rodolphe Saade, CEO pof CMA CGM Group, speaks in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 6, 2025
Merchant Marine

Trump’s Shipbuilding Push Falters as NSC Maritime Office Gutted

Two senior officials at the White House National Security Council have left their roles in recent days, according to two sources familiar with the moves, the

July 16, 2025
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Monday, July 14, 2025
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an Invest America Roundtable in the State Dining room, at the White House, in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2025.
Shipping

Trump Threatens New Sanctions on Russian Exports After Grace Period

Trump outlines a tougher stance on Russia, conditioning peace talks on halting attacks and threatening sanctions on countries buying Russian oil. By Anastasiia

July 14, 2025
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Saturday, July 12, 2025
The sun sets behind container cranes at the Port of Los Angeles, California
Ports

US Port Operators Seek To Mitigate Hefty Expected Tariffs On China-Built Port Cranes

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, July 11 (Reuters) – U.S. seaport operators are asking for extra time to implement pending tariffs on towering

July 12, 2025
Total Views: 1744

Offshore Patrol Cutter Drawing
Defense

Trump Admin Cancels Offshore Patrol Cutters at Eastern Shipbuilding Over Delays and Rising Costs

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced yesterday the partial termination of a contract with Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) for two

July 12, 2025
Total Views: 8232

Thursday, July 10, 2025
Map of designated U.S Marine Highway Program routes as of July 2025
Shipping

DOT Adds New Waterways to U.S. Marine Highway Program to Boost Inland Shipping

The U.S. Department of Transportation has significantly expanded the United States Marine Highway Program, adding 848 new miles of navigable waterways and

July 10, 2025
Total Views: 1882

Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards participate in a military parade to commemorate the anniversary of the start of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, in Tehran September 21, 2008
Shipping

U.S. Treasury Targets 22 Entities in New Crackdown on Iranian Oil Shipping Network

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated 22 entities across Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, and

July 10, 2025
Total Views: 396

Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Wind turbines off of Block Island
Offshore

Trump Signs Order to End Wind and Solar Subsidies Under ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on Monday aimed at eliminating subsidies for wind and solar energy in furtherance of the recently enacted

July 9, 2025
Total Views: 2090

Thursday, July 3, 2025
An anchored tanker ship at night
Shipping

U.S. Sanctions Iranian Oil Smuggling Networks and Shadow Fleet Vessels

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed new sanctions on multiple networks involved in transporting and

July 3, 2025
Total Views: 610

blue lng carrier at sea
Shipping

Tensions Are Starting to Brew Over Waterways for U.S. LNG Cargoes

One of the US largest exporters of liquefied natural gas, Venture Global Inc., is raising questions over how to share a common waterway with a planned neighbor

July 3, 2025
Total Views: 1768

The USS Nantucket (LCS 27) is christened and launched at Fincantieri Marinette Marine
Shipping

Fincantieri Taps New U.S. CEO Amid American Shipbuilding Revival

Fincantieri SpA is set to appoint George Moutafis as head of its US unit, according to people familiar with the matter, betting on an American shipbuilding

July 3, 2025
Total Views: 1178

lng tanker
Shipping

U.S. Lifts Ethane Export Restrictions to China as Trade Tensions Ease

By Christopher Charleston and Nicholas Lua (Bloomberg) — US ethane producers said the government has removed license requirements for shipping the gas

July 3, 2025
Total Views: 404

Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Drought hit Panama Canal further restricts maximum ship depth
Shipping

U.S. Grain Exports Rise Despite Chinese Tariffs

U.S seaborne grain exports increased 9% year-over-year during the first half of 2025, despite significant challenges from Chinese tariffs, according to a new

July 2, 2025
Total Views: 1103