Opinion: Let's Get the Plastic Out of Our Lives (& Waterways)
about that 8 million tons of plastic waste that enter the world's oceans each year. The details matter. We're depositing the equivalent of a garbage truck of plastic waste into the ocean every minute.About the Author: Thomas N. Thompson (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins) recently retired as the Maritime Environmental and Energy Technical Adviser at the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), an agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation. He lives in Washington, D.C
Study: Nonnative Species Carried in Lakers' Ballast Water
in recent years.The ships’ operators proposed the study as a means of complying with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ballast water permitting requirements, and approached GWRC to undertake the scientific research. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) paid for the study via the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) portion of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.Ten U.S. and Canadian-flag lakers participated in the study. Sampling took place in 2017, primarily in the late summer through early winter, and focused on ballast water discharges into western Lake Superior of water loaded
A Location Strategy for Funding Port Infrastructure
“When you’ve been to one port, you’ve been to one port.” So goes a saying exemplifying the understanding among the maritime community that every port is inherently unique. Each port has an exceptional identity and, likewise, an exceptional way in which its problems must be presented, addressed and solved. Each port’s challenges are location-specific, from the range of tide levels and other environmental conditions to governance by political jurisdictions. There are also economic drivers determined by location. And one of the most critical factors in U.S. cargo pricing is
Senate Markup Provides Funding for Oceanographic Vessels
U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry also builds, repairs and maintains U.S. Navy ships as well as vessels of all sizes for the U.S. Coast Guard. The industry supports more than 500,000 jobs nationwide and contributes more than $39 billion annually to the U.S. economy and according to the U.S. Maritime Administration, there are direct or induced U.S. shipyard jobs in all 435 Congressional districts
LNG Main Pass Energy Hub Needed
date the authorization is issued (January 4, 2021), pursuant to one or more long-term contracts with third parties that do not exceed the term of the authorization. The project would utilize existing offshore structures of the McMoRan owned MPEH™ Deepwater Port, which was approved by the U.S. Maritime Administration in 2007 as a Deepwater Port for the importation and regasification of LNG, conditioning of natural gas to produce NGLs, and storage of natural gas in salt caverns. Modification of the Main Pass facilities to accommodate use as an LNG export facility would require additional permit