legislation

Denmark will ban scrubber water discharges

The Danish Ministry of the Environment said today that, from July 1, 2025, the discharge of exhaust gas scrubber water from ships will be prohibited in waters up to 22 kilometers (about 12 nautical miles) off the Danish coast. The ban has widespread Danish parliamentary support from across the political spectrum and will be implemented in an amendment to current legislation set to be enacted in the coming parliamentary year.

The ministry notes that currently ships can use open loop scrubbers to...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/environment/denmark-will-ban-scrubber-water-discharges/

Support grows for USTR to slap U.S. port fees on Chinese-built ships

U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) are seeing growing support for their push for the Biden Administration to initiate an investigation into the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) unfair trade practices in commercial shipbuilding. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) have now joined Baldwin and Casey’s push in support of the United Steelworkers (USW) petition under Section 301 of the Trade Act of...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/legislation/support-grows-for-ustr-to-slap-u-s-port-fees-on-chinese-built-ships/

US politicians introduce Renewable Fuel for Ocean-Going Vessels Act

U.S. Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) and John Garamendi (CA-08) introduced the Renewable Fuel for Ocean-Going Vessels Act, legislation that would allow companies to preserve RIN credits under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for renewable fuel used for ocean-going vessels.

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https://www.offshore-energy.biz/us-politicians-introduce-renewable-fuel-for-ocean-going-vessels-act/

New AOWFA legislation aims to close offshore energy Jones Act loophole

The Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) is applauding the introduction of the American Offshore Worker Fairness Act (AOWFA), saying, “this important legislation provides a step forward towards providing parity between U.S.-flagged and foreign-flagged vessels operating in U.S. offshore energy markets and ensuring that U.S. energy creation means U.S. jobs.

The AOWFA legislation was introduced by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La) and is an updated version of the bill that he introduced...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/new-aowfa-legislation-aims-to-close-offshore-energy-jones-act-loophole/

Senator says Buy American waiver should not apply to Small Shipyard grants

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) is calling on the Biden Administration to commit to never applying a recently finalized Buy American waiver to shipyard grants and to help ensure American companies and workers are benefitting from taxpayer-funded shipbuilding.

In 2019, Senator Baldwin successfully included her bipartisan Strengthening Buy America for Small Shipyard Grants Act in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, requiring that products and materials purchased with Small Shipyard...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/regulations/senator-says-buy-american-waiver-should-not-apply-to-small-shipyard-grants/

California Senate votes to ban driverless trucks

The California Senate joined the state Assembly in overwhelmingly voting to ban heavy-duty driverless trucks on state highways. Whether to sign or veto the bill is now up to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The government through Newsom’s business office has been critical of Assembly Bill 316, but he has not said what he will do. The former San Francisco mayor is a big technology backer but also courts labor unions, which are the loudest voices behind the legislation.

Essentially, the bill, which passed Monday...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/california-senate-votes-to-ban-driverless-trucks

NOIA praises Manchin’s Inflation Reduction Act provisions

When President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, among those coming away from the ceremony with a signing pen as a souvenir was Senator Joe Manchin (D.- W.Va.) who cosponsored the legislation with Senator Chuck Schumer (D.-N.Y.) , As passed, the legislation has a lot in it for the U.S. offshore industry to like and National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) president Erik Milito paid tribute to Senator Manchin’s efforts in passing it.

“The Inflation Reduction Act puts in place...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/legislation/noia-praises-manchins-inflation-reduction-act-provisions/

GAO report looks at Navy multiyear procurements

Anyone who has ever tried to plow through Navy budget request documentation knows that it’s strong on patriotic sentiment but at times fuzzy on a lot of other things.

It seems that congressional conferees have been concerned that recent Navy budget requests underfunded critical weapon system programs that were using multiyear procurement authority. According to GAO (the U.S. Government Accountability Office), they also questioned whether the Navy’s budget requests in recent years for programs...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/gao-report-looks-at-navy-multiyear-procurements/

“Tougher than IMO” bill on ship emissions introduced in House

There have long been warnings that failure by IMO to act more aggressively on shipping decarbonization would lead more countries and regions to introduce their own measures. Already, the EU is moving to include shipping in its Emissions Trading System. Now, the discontent with IMO actions has reached the U.S. Congress in the form of a new Clean Shipping Act.

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), who represents the Port of Long Beach, today introduced the Clean Shipping Act, legislation aimed at...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/environment/tougher-than-imo-bill-on-ship-emissions-introduced-in-house/

President signs Ocean Shipping Reform Act into law

President Joe Biden yesterday signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) into law. As we reported when the measure was passed, the legislation expands the authority of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in a number of ways.

President Biden, who in no fan of the major ocean carriers, turned his attention to them again in remarks made at the signing ceremony,

“Nine major shipping companies consolidated into three alliances control the vast majority of ocean shipping in the world and...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/legislation/president-signs-ocean-shipping-reform-act-into-law/

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