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Italian Cabinet Approves Ban on Cruise Ships Docking in Venice

By The Maritime Executive

July 13, 2021

After years of discussion and several previous failed attempts, the Italian government has once again said that it is banning all large cruise ships from sailing in Venice’s historic canals. The actio...

First LNG-Bunkering Vessel for a French Port Prepares for Deployment

By The Maritime Executive

July 12, 2021

The first liquefied natural gas bunker vessel that will be deployed in a French homeport later this year is nearing completion at a shipyard in China. Built for the collaboration between TotalEnergies...

FMC Gets Serious on Carrier Competition, Bringing in Dept. of Justice

By The Maritime Executive

July 12, 2021

To emphasize its growing interest in ocean carriers' pricing policies, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is highlighting its partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, wh...

Ocean Carriers Push Back on White House's Scrutiny of Pricing

By The Maritime Executive

July 12, 2021

Ocean carriers are pushing back against the White House's push to scrutinize pricing power in the container shipping industry. Last week, as part of a broad executive order targeting anticompetit...

Opinion: Strategic Sealift is Broken - Which Direction Are We Headed?

July 11, 2021

[By David Sloane] In March of 2020, Commanding Officer of U.S. Transportation Command Gen. Stephen R. Lyons told the U.S. House Readiness Subcommittee and the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcomm...

16 Shipping Lines Slow Down to Protect Blue Whales and Blue Skies

By Sarah Marquis

July 11, 2021

Partners in an initiative to cut air pollution and protect endangered whales announced results from the 2020 program and recognized the shipping companies that successfully participated, reducing spee...

Clandestine Cargo: Hiding U.S. Sealift in Plain Sight

July 8, 2021

[By Christian Morris and Heather Bacon-Shone] Insulated by oceans to the east and west, and friendly neighbors to the north and south, America will always have to concern itself with sealift when f...

More Peacetime Jobs are Needed to Sustain a War-Ready Merchant Marine

July 7, 2021

[By LCDR Adena Grundy] Based on data from the recent Maritime Workforce Working Group Report, there is an estimated 2,000 U.S. mariner shortfall for sustaining sealift in support of a major nationa...

Xeneta: Container Rates Remain High, but Increases are Slowing

By The Maritime Executive

July 6, 2021

After numerous reports of the rapid rise in long-term contracted freight rates to record levels, there may be some signs of a slowing in the increases - but no relief for the financially battered ship...

More Shipping Companies Testing Biofuel in Operations

By The Maritime Executive

July 6, 2021

A growing number of shipping companies in different parts of the industry are continuing to experiment with the use of biofuels as a near-term means of improving the environmental performance of their...

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