Many importers scrambled to get ahead of the U.S. tariffs on Chinese shipments that kicked in Monday.

The U.K. government aims to address one of the big challenges of Brexit by creating a so-called inland port where imported goods can be checked without causing logjams at the coast, two people with knowledge of the plan said.

A number of major port authorities have launched a joint decarbonization program in a bid to boost the maritime industry’s contribution to the Paris Agreement climate change target.

Heavy rains assaulted North Carolina’s Outer Banks early Thursday as Hurricane Florence continued to lumber toward the East Coast, still carrying the threat of a deadly 13-foot ocean surge and flooding rains that will drench the state.

The U.S. Coast Guard has ordered merchant ships and ports in the mid-Atlantic region to prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Florence, which is expected to reach shore on Friday.

Maersk is planning to launch the first container ship through the Arctic ocean north of Russia.

The global shipping industry could become a new market for liquefied natural gas, thanks to a drastic change in maritime law that aims to curb air pollution.