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PHOTO: OCEANWELL BY STAS MARGARONIS The Los Angeles Times recently reported on a start-up company, OceanWell which plans to test a new desalination technology in deep water off the coast of Malibu, California in the latter part of 2026 after a successful trial in a California reservoir. The company says its deep-sea system, if proved viable, would transform salt water into pure drinking water at...

PHOTO: AWO BY STAS MARGARONIS IN THIS REPORT: AWO’S CARPENTER URGES TRUMP NOT TO EXTEND JONES ACT WAIVER AWO LAUNCHES “INTENSE ADVOCACY” REPORT DISPUTES TRUMP WAIVER BENEFIT CATO REPORT SAYS WAIVER IS A BENEFIT OSG’S NORTON: U.S. OIL REFINERS & DISTRIBUTORS BENEFIT FROM WAIVER SEAFARERS’S HEINDEL SAYS WAIVER IS “A HOAX” JONES ACT SUPPORTERS SAYS THEY WILL BE HEARD IN NOVEMBER THE JONES ACT...

Photo: Tesla LOS ANGELES – July 13, 2026 – The Port of Los Angeles is seeking proposals for its Zero-Emission Truck Purchasing Incentive Project—eligible to all Licensed Motor Carriers (LMCs) currently registered in the Port Drayage Truck Registry—for the purchase of at least 10 battery-electric, Class 8 drayage trucks. This purchasing incentive will provide up to $300,000 per battery-electric...

  Photo: Royal IHC By Stas Margaronis Last October, 2,000 Boskalis employees working for the Dutch dredging company and Royal IHC workers employed by the Dutch shipbuilder, attended the launching of the SEAWAY: a next-generation trailing suction hopper dredger. The SEAWAY was launched at Royal IHC’s yard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, outside of Rotterdam at an indoor shipyard (see photo)....

The Posidonia 2026 conference and exhibition that took place in Athens, Greece from June 1-5 set a new benchmark for the global maritime industry, bringing together the world's leading shipping stakeholders at a pivotal moment for international trade, according to Posidonia News.  Against a backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, evolving decarbonization regulations, digital transformation and...

SOURCE: NOAA By Kevin Policarpo, RBTUS What are 'sponge cities' and how can they prevent floods? Sponge cities are “...urban areas with abundant natural areas such as trees, lakes and parks or other good design intended to absorb rain and prevent flooding.”[1] A benefit of these cities is that they can hold more water in rivers, plants and soil, which make them more resilient to droughts....

    BY STAS MARGARONIS Mariners stranded by the Iran War in the Strait of Hormuz are facing food and water shortages, shore leave for mariners working on commercial vessels is disappearing and the Trump administration extended a Jones Act waiver outsourcing American maritime jobs, these were some of the highlights of the Propeller Club Maritime Day 2026 presentations. The Propeller...

China just launched the world's largest pure electric container ship. 128 meters long. 742 container capacity. 19,600 kWh of battery. Zero emissions in operation. Cutting 1,462 tonnes of CO2 annually...the batteries are containerized. Ten standard shipping containers full of batteries. Which means you don't charge the ship. You swap the containers. Recharging speed equals the time it takes a...

HYUNDAI SAMHO SHIPYARD, SOUTH KOREA By Seungheon Lee*  The U.S. shipbuilding crisis is not an economic footnote — it is a national security emergency. And the fastest path to fixing it is through Seoul. If the United States and China went to war tomorrow over Taiwan, the outcome might hinge less on aircraft carriers or missiles than on a question almost no one is asking: which side can build...

U.S. Shipbuilding: The United States Did Not Just Outsource Shipbuilding. It Outsourced Demand. https://gcaptain.com/the-united-states-did-not-just-outsource-shipbuilding-it-outsourced-demand/ Maritime Decarbonization IMO Carbon Plan for Shipping Faces Growing Revolt as U.S. Courts ‘Silent Majority’ https://gcaptain.com/imo-carbon-plan-faces-growing-revolt-as-u-s-courts-silent-majority/ Global...