The showdown between the Trump administration and the offshore wind industry is heading to U.S. District Court as the administration continues to step up its assault on the industry. Ørsted, developer of Revolution Wind, filed suit Thursday morning, September 4, in the District of Columbia, and shortly thereafter after Connecticut and Rhode Island also filed Continue Reading…
One of Italy’s longshore union has threatened to shut down all outbound cargo shipments to Israel if the latest planned protest flotilla to Gaza gets stopped by the Israeli Navy’s decades-long blockade. All seven previous seaborne aid attempts have been interdicted, most by Israeli commandos in international waters. The new flotilla is the fourth so Continue Reading…
The cruise industry has taken the unusual step of filing a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the enforcement of a new Hawaiian law that they claim is unconstitutional and will impose unreasonable fees on cruise ships docking in the state. At issue is a new law known as the “Green Fee” enacted in Hawaii in May, Continue Reading…
The efforts to identify and crack down on shadow fleet vessels breaking maritime regulations are increasing with Germany announcing that along with Sweden it will begin asking passing vessels about insurance coverage. It is joining with other Baltic and Scandinavian countries and the European Union, which have all… —– Excerpt curated from The Maritime Executive Continue Reading…
After cracking down on the “shadow fleet” of gray-market tankers that serve Iran’s oil exporters, the U.S. Treasury is now taking aim at the financiers that help Iranian oil traders move money. It has designated 22 different entities for violating U.S. sanctions on… Excerpt curated from The Maritime Executive website. Click / Tap here to read Continue Reading…
The Port of Corpus Christi and its customers moved 206.5 million tons through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in 2024, a new high mark driven by increases in crude oil and dry bulk commodities, including agricultural products. Read more on the Bic Magazine website.
The continuing effort by activist groups to interrupt the shipment of military supplies to Israel took a new turn as an activist group demanded that Spain stop permitting port calls for Maersk Line, Limited ships. The groups calling themselves Progressive International and the Palestinian Youth Movement pointed to at least 25 shipments that were aboard Continue Reading…
In November 2024, the U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on five Mexican cartel members who help run a large-scale illegal fishing and trafficking operation in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Coast Guard boat crews based in Texas spend considerable effort catching Mexican high-speed fishing boats (lanchas) in U.S. waters. In FY2021, coastguardsmen seized 78 lanchas Continue Reading…
The Malta-flagged cargo ship Ruby with its cargo of 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer is again being drawn into a controversy weeks after the vessel found a safe refuge at Great Yarmouth in the UK. Local elected officials complained after the ship left port briefly over the weekend and returned on Monday, November 18, Continue Reading…
A long-awaited ban on heavy fuel oil in the Arctic is now in force, but not without criticism from some environmental and Indigenous groups. The United Nations International Maritime Organization, or IMO, adopted the ban in 2021, prohibiting the use or carriage of heavy fuel oil in Arctic waters with the aim of reducing the Continue Reading…