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Mayorkas faces Congressional ire over Jones Act waivers

The bipartisan leaders of two key House panels have written Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas expressing their concern over his approvals of recent Jones Act waivers. The letter, which concludes with

Keystone Shipping has chartered in a third AMSC Jones Act tankers

Keystone charters third AMSC Jones Act tanker

AMSC ASA reports that it has entered into a bareboat charter for one of its Jones Act tankers with Philadelphia-headquartered Keystone Shipping Company. The contract commences in December 2022 and has a

NewCrowley VP of sustainability

Crowley names Atkinson VP of sustainability

Crowley has promoted Meaghan Atkinson to vice president of sustainability. In this role, Atkinson will lead Crowley’s sustainability efforts, and drive action to decarbonize across the company’s operations and value chain to

methanol fueling trends

MAN sees growing uptick in demand for methanol dual-fuel two strokes

Methanol is gaining ground as a fuel choice for newbuild ships and one beneficiary of the trend is MAN Energy Solutions. Hyundai’s shipbuilding division (HHI-SBD) has now ordered six MAN B&W G95ME-C10.5-LGIM

Op-Ed: Ports risk being left on the wrong side of the great sustainability divide

By David Yeo, Founder and CEO of Innovez One Smart, green ports are vital enablers for decarbonization and will be the ones best placed to benefit from new growth opportunities, says David

Paul Delouche, Strategy Director at Bureau Veritas

Op-Ed: Shipping’s next fuels must be assessed from well to wake

By Paul Delouche, Strategy Director at Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Only through a complete life-cycle analysis can we properly evaluate the environmental impact of alternative fuel options and make a genuine

Mayorkas approved Jones Act waiver

Mayorkas approves a second Puerto Rico Jones Act waiver

Despite the outrage expressed by U.S. maritime interests over his earlier issue of a “temporary and targeted” Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas approved another such

boat after engine room fire

NTSB reports on $1.8 million towboat engineroom fire

A missing retaining ring and mounting bracket on the port main diesel engine led to an engineroom fire on a towboat near Belleview, Ky., the National Transportation Safety Board​ (NTSB) says. ​The

Resolve Marine response vessel Resolve Pioneer in dry dock

Resolve Pioneer set for 5 more years of service in Western Alaska

Fort Lauderdale, Fla., based Resolve Marine reports that its 207-foot response vessel Resolve Pioneer has completed its ABS special survey and received its U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) certificate of inspection following a

Bio-LNG plant

World’s largest bio-LNG plant to be built in Amsterdam

Bio-LNG (or liquefied biomethane) is widely seen as key to “extending the runway” for existing LNG-fueled tonnage to meet tightening GHG-reduction targets. To help meet the growing demand for the fuel, Amsterdam-headquartered

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