The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, has announced a new national campaign calling on President Donald J. Trump to end the ongoing and… Read More
Legislative/Regulatory
President Donald Trump marked National Maritime Day by honoring mariners and recommitting to restoring and expanding America’s maritime dominance. “Today, that mission is more vital than ever,” the… Read More
The House Appropriations Committee marked up and passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations bill May 20. The bill includes approximately $9.8 billion… Read More
U.S. Congressman Bob Onder (R-Mo.) and Chris Deluzio (D. Penn.) have led a bipartisan group of 37 members of Congress—with possibly more to follow—in publicly endorsing the idea… Read More
The National Maritime Center (NMC) announced that, effective May 18, all but two Regional Examination Centers (RECs) and Monitoring Units (MUs) were returning to routine operations, including availability to… Read More
A federal court unsealed a U.S. Justice Department indictment May 12 against two corporate entities and a shoreside superintendent in connection with the mv. Dali crashing into and knocking… Read More
In March, the Environmental Protection Agency presented the results of a “Technology Review” pertaining to marine tank vessel loading operations (MTVLO). The Clean Air Act requires such a review… Read More
Members of the public have until June 8 to weigh in on the much-anticipated report approved by President Donald Trump’s Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council. Adopted and… Read More
Michelle Ramsden, an expert at Jones Walker, said maritime companies adopting artificial intelligence tools should approach governance much like bridge resource management aboard a vessel: with clearly defined authority, oversight… Read More
Some of the Coast Guard teams that work along the inland waterway system and in security its ports are being centralized under the agency’s new Special Missions Command, which… Read More
