Trump’s maritime administrator works to forge ‘new MARAD’ in pursuit of a new paradigm for US shipping
Stephen Carmel is looking for a way for the US to change the system on its own terms. Could nuclear propulsion be the answer?
Regulation
Sweden keeps heat on Russia-linked ships with fourth detention in a month
The master of the bulk carrier admitted a deliberate spill before the vessel was released
Wavelength podcast: Ceasefire confusion in the Middle East
Plus, Exmar’s new gas carriers, a new Federal Maritime Commission role in the US, and why EU’s stalling on biocides is bad for yards
How to regain US maritime dominance? MARAD looks to academy students for the answer
Maritime administrator launches competition seeking industry change on America’s terms
Beaching isn’t the answer to the recycling wave about to crash ashore
More recycling capacity will be urgently needed in the years ahead, but reverting to old ways by beaching is not the answer, says Uday Yellapurkar
Trump’s Federal Maritime chair sets sights on boosting US-flag shipping
Chairman Laura DiBella says agency will work with MARAD to use regulatory powers to induce cargo onto US-flag ships
US regulators reject all container carriers’ bids to impose snap rate increases for Hormuz crisis
Maersk, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd among lines rejected in FMC consumer protection push
Comp AI: The open-source way to get compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR
Getting a startup through a SOC 2 audit has long meant months of manual evidence collection, policy writing, and repeated back-and-forth with auditors. A growing number of compliance platforms have moved to automate parts of that process, and Comp AI i…
How Trump’s White House plans to spend nearly $70bn on ‘maritime dominance’
President’s budget proposal aims to allocate $1.5bn to US Maritime Administration programmes
Suspected dark fleet ship detained by Sweden freed after flag state confirmed
Arrest came after coastguard spotter planes detected 12-km oil slick in Swedish territorial waters