Chesapeake Bay leaders set new cleanup goal for 2040
By Christine Condon, Maryland Matters, Chesapeake Bay area leaders have officially committed to a new deadline for improving the health of the nation’s largest estuary: 2040. The plan approved Tuesday by the state and federal policymakers on the Chesapeake Executive Council is a revised version of their 2014 agreement, which came with a 2025 deadline […]
MV Jean Anne Makes History as First U.S. Ro-Ro to Plug Into Shore Power
By VOICES Staff. The United States just hit a major clean-maritime milestone at the Port of San Diego, where Pasha Hawaii’s MV Jean Anne became the first roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) vessel in the nation to connect to shore power. This achievement also marks the first-ever shore-powered pure car/truck carrier (PCTC) in America, setting a new standard […]
Matson Partners with WhaleSpotter to Commercialize Breakthrough Whale Detection Technology
HONOLULU, Nov. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Matson, Inc. (“Matson”) today announced a product agreement with WhaleSpotter Corp. (“WhaleSpotter”) to purchase and deploy a groundbreaking whale detection system developed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), making Matson the first container shipping company to deploy this advanced marine protection technology. Developed at WHOI with support from […]
For America’s Economy and Health, Alaska Seafood is the Answer
by Matt Alward, Alaska Beacon. October 27, 2025 As food prices rise and federal leaders revisit trade and nutrition policies, one solution has quietly been working for decades: Alaska’s commercial seafood industry. It is not only a pillar of our state’s economy, but also a strategic asset in strengthening America’s food security, trade competitiveness, and […]
Alabama Port Authority celebrates completion of Mobile Harbor Modernization Project
By Alabama Political Reporter Staff. The Alabama Port Authority on Monday celebrated the completion of the Mobile Harbor Modernization Project, marking the achievement of a 50-foot channel depth that officially makes the Port of Mobile the deepest container terminal in the Gulf of America. The event, held at APM Terminals Mobile, drew hundreds of customers […]
A Cleaner Fleet Starts at the Shipyard
By VOICES Staff. As America charts a course toward building, crewing and sailing more U.S. ships, maritime innovators are stepping up to meet the need to protect our inland waterways, Great Lakes and ocean territory. Among them is Florida-based Seascour, a company revolutionizing one of the most overlooked, and potentially environmentally harmful, aspects of ship […]
For the first time since the Key Bridge collapse, oysters are being planted nearby
by Christine Condon, Maryland Matters. Ben Carver, a boat captain for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, assumed the worst. When Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed — killing six construction workers and sending thousands of tons of concrete and steel hurtling into the Patapsco River — Carver feared that the foundation’s nearby oyster reef would be […]
A ‘Blue Highway’ Is Cruising to Hunts Point
This story was originally published by THE CITY. Sign up to get the latest New York City news delivered to you each morning By Jonathan Custodio, THE CITY. A new marine freight barge at the country’s largest wholesale fish market could reduce congestion and air pollution. The Economic Development Corporation and Con Agg Global, a Bronx-based urban logistics and […]
Feds, State Close in on Building New Island in the Chesapeake Bay
By Jeremy Cox, The Bay Journal. James Island is gone. Long live James Island. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Maryland Port Administration are finalizing their proposal to resurrect an island that has vanished beneath the waves of the Chesapeake Bay. If all goes according to plan, James Island will convert more than 2,000 […]
How U.S. Maritime Drives Offshore Wind Development
By Jennifer Carpenter and Anne Reynolds. Attention to offshore wind often focuses on the turbines themselves—how many are installed and how many gigawatts of power are online. But the real story is that the heartland of America is building vessels and driving investment across the U.S., and not just on the East Coast. Offshore […]