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Global maritime community marks 50 years of SOLAS, the international ship safety treaty.  World Maritime Day on September 26, 2024 highlights the importance of safety at sea in an era of significant transformations and new risks.   Fifty years since the...Read More

The Space Perspective test flight on September 15, 2024 marks milestones in space tourism with first-of-their-kind innovations in marine spaceport technology, spacecraft design and flight safety Space Perspective, the world’s first carbon-neutral spaceflight experience company, has successfully completed a full...Read More

The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced during September 2024 that it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Octobert 29, 2024, for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.  If fully...Read More

As America’s independent federal agency responsible for regulating the U.S. international ocean transportation system for the benefit of U.S. exporters, importers, and the U.S. consumer, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) deals with substantial volumes of documentation in which its official...Read More

On August 19, 2024, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that America’s first floating offshore wind energy research lease will be in Maine. The lease area covers a little under 15,000 acres located 28 nautical miles offshore Maine...Read More

Great news for active members of the United States uniformed services! As of November 4, 2024, you’ll be exempt from paying Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) fees for: the evaluation of an MMC application the administration of an examination required for...Read More

Show the world what the ocean and Great Lakes mean to you. Enter the National Marine Sanctuaries Photo Contest through September 2, 2024 (Labor Day weekend)! In celebration of national Get Into Your Sanctuary activities (explained below), NOAA’s Office of National Marine...Read More

During late July, the federal government advanced a new offshore wind project in the Gulf of Mexico, while delaying an auction that was set to occur just one year after the region’s first lease sale in 2023.  The Bureau of...Read More

During early July 2024, the American Petroleum Institute (API) released the first edition of API Recommended Practice 75W (API RP 75W), Safety and Environmental Management System for Offshore Wind Operations and Assets.  This landmark standard leverages API’s extensive experience with offshore...Read More