The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced two major steps toward expanding offshore energy development pursuant to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The agency released the Final Notice of
Back in April, President Trump signed an executive order entitled “Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources.” One company interested in doing some of that unleashing is Tampa, Fla=headquartered Odyssey Marine Exploration
Incidents of Somali Basin piracy are surging. This morning the UKMTO Operation Center gave an update on a November 6 incident 560 nautical miles southeast of Eyl, Somalia, in which the master
BRF Froan, a 13 250 DWT, 129.9 x 20.6 meter coastal bulk carrier, designed to operate entirely without emissions, is set to get even greener. Set for delivery to Norwegian operator Berge
China’s agreement to resume purchases of American soybeans is not only good news for farmers and the U.S. inland waterways industry. BIMCO expects the agreement to be positive for the dry bulk
In another success for Sweden’s Candela Technology AB, Maldives operator Ego Shuttle has ordered twelve Candela P-12 foiling, electric flying ferries. In 2026, the fleet of revolutionary electric vessels will help the
With nuclear propulsion using Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) increasingly seen as a significant potential key to cutting maritime carbon emissions, Bureau Veritas (BV) has joined more than 30 European companies from the
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reports that, on October 30, ICE Homeland Security Investigations New Orleans, with support from Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans, conducted an intelligence driven operation targeting immigration
Oslo, Norway-headquartered StormGeo, a leading provider of weather intelligence and maritime decision-support solutions, has launched its NextGen Bunker Management platform — calling it “a major step forward in digitalizing and optimizing bunker
ABB has secured a contract with Finland’s Helsinki Shipyard to supply a complete electric power and propulsion solution for the Polar Max icebreaker that is expected to be delivered to the Canadian
