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• FuelEU Maritime Takes Effect: Shipping Industry Faces Historic Emissions Challenge as 2025 Begins
  The European Union’s landmark FuelEU Maritime regulation came into force on January 1, 2025, marking a watershed moment for the shipping industry’s decarbonization efforts. The regulation targets vessels over 5,000...
• USCGC Polar Star Departs Sydney on Antarctic Resupply Mission
  The U.S. Coast Guard’s only heavy icebreaker, USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10), has departed Sydney to begin its Antarctic mission supporting Operation Deep Freeze 2025. The departure marks the vessel’s...
• Costly ‘Spirit of Boston’ Fire Caused by Improperly Extinguished Chafing Fuel, NTSB Finds
  An improperly extinguished chafing fuel canister sparked a costly fire aboard the passenger vessel Spirit of Boston while it was moored at Commonwealth Pier in Boston Harbor, according to findings...
• U.S. Department of Defense Sounds Alarm Bells About China’s Growing Presence in Arctic
  By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – China’s Arctic activities feature prominently in a new DoD report to Congress about the country’s military and security developments. In the decade since gaining observer status...
• US Dockworkers, Port Employers Set to Restart Talks Next Week
  Leaders from a US dockworkers’ union and the group that represents their employers are set to resume contract talks on Jan. 7 as the threat of a strike looms, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.