Almost 200m tonnes of LNG was imported over 2,817 voyages in the first six months of 2021, Lloyd’s List Intelligence data show, a year-on-year rise of 12%

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has pressed the Federal Maritime Commission on the progress made since President Joe Biden’s executive order on competition, which included very specific concerns about ocean shipping

The new programme comes among other recently announced measures aimed at monitoring carriers and terminals, including a memorandum of understanding for co-operation signed by the Federal Maritime Commission and the Department of Justice

Rising throughput continues to raise concerns over congestion

‘This will cause rail cargo to only continue to back up on marine terminals creating additional congestion and exacerbating dwell times,’ says PMSA manager of government affairs Jessica Alvarenga 

‘I imagine the willingness of Cypriot officials to enforce unilateral US sanctions comes down to diplomatic pressure from Washington,’ says a Washington DC-based consultant specialising in sanctions policy. ‘But I don’t think folks at the State Department will be eager to twist the arms of Cypriot officials’