The changes, which were communicated at an all-employee meeting on March 7, come two months after a near-disaster on a new Boeing 737 Max operated by Alaska Airlines.

The administration announced a U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Security Directive on cyber risk management actions for ship-to-shore cranes manufactured by the People’s Republic of China.

David Appleton, head of professional and technical at Nautilus, which represents more than 20,000 maritime workers, said the utmost priority should be the safeguarding of the lives of seafarers.

The incident is the latest involving Boeing’s top-selling jetliner, which was grounded worldwide in 2019 following the second of two fatal crashes that killed 346 people.

One Vietnamese and two Filipino crew members died in the attack on the MV True Confidence, and two others were seriously injured.

After Germany and Italy withdrew their, European Union presidency Belgium has proposed diluting the law and setting a longer phase-in.

The Yemen-based Houthi described the carrier as “a U.S. ship,” which its owners and the Biden administration said isn’t true.

The accusation is that no documents exist at Boeing to explain how the airplane left its factory missing bolts that would have prevented the accident in the first place.

If adopted, the new draft would represent a win for many corporations and their trade groups that lobbied to water down the rules.

The territorial waters affected extend halfway into the 12-mile-wide Bab al-Mandab Strait, through which around 15% of the world's shipping traffic passes.