Days before a surprise U.S. ceasefire agreement with Houthis, U.S. intelligence started picking up indications the Yemeni fighters were looking for an exit after seven weeks of relentless U.S. bombings, four U.S. officials said.
https://gcaptain.com/inside-trumps-surprise-red-sea-ceasefire-deal-with-the-houthis/
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on Tuesday a sweeping action targeting nearly two dozen firms involved in Iran’s illicit international oil trade….
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-cracks-down-on-global-network-facilitating-iranian-oil-trade/
Opinion By Nate Gilman President of Mariner Credential Service LLC, Commander Ander S Heiles, USN and Grant Greenwell, AFNI,
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has expanded its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List to include several maritime entities and vessels linked to Iranian…
The U.S. Coast Guard has announced significant changes to streamline the certification process for foreign vessels seeking to join the American Registry. The updated Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC)…
https://gcaptain.com/coast-guard-eases-reflag-rules-to-bolster-u-s-flag-fleet/
May 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday will sign a proclamation restoring commercial fishing access to a marine national monument off New England, according to a White House official. The move…
https://gcaptain.com/trump-to-allow-commercial-fishing-in-new-england-marine-monument/
Chris Vagasky (The Conversation)–The National Hurricane Center’s forecasts in 2024 were its most accurate on record, from its one-day forecasts, as tropical cyclones neared the coast, to its forecasts five days into…
The United States’ new ambassador to Panama pledged on Thursday to strengthen ties with the Central American country while pushing China as a common threat.
https://gcaptain.com/in-panama-trumps-new-ambassador-casts-china-as-threat-to-frayed-alliance/
WASHINGTON — An organization that holds significant weight with President Donald Trump is pressuring the administration to ease restrictions for approving exemptions and waivers to regulations it says disproportionately hinder small trucking companies.
The Center for Regulatory Freedom (CRF), a project of the Conservative Political Action Coalition Foundation, also known as CPAC, has taken issue with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s requirement that exemption applications...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cpac-wants-trump-to-overhaul-fmcsas-waiver-regime
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced today a significant expansion of sanctions targeting Iran’s oil export operations, marking its first action against terminal…
https://gcaptain.com/us-sanctions-chinese-port-operators-teapot-refinery/