The U.S. Coast Guard has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing a system of shipping safety fairways along the U.S. Atlantic Coast. The NPRM comes as plans for Atlantic Coast offshore wind farms become increasingly ambitious — and as more large Post-Panamax ships call U.S. East Coast ports.
The proposed fairways were identified in a now-completed Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study.
“Fairways would preserve the safe and reliable transit of vessels along well-established...