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Removing sea mines near Ukraine’s key ports could take months, and hundreds of seafarers still are stranded in the region after Russia’s invasion of the country, according to the United Nations agency responsible for shipping safety.

WASHINGTON — Robin Hutcheson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee the nation’s trucking regulations, pointed to the administration’s efforts to boost the industry’s workforce during her confirmation hearing June 8.

The U.S. Department of Energy is pushing itself, academia and industry to come up with ways to make and distribute clean hydrogen at a price low enough to boost it into a starring role as the primary alternative fuel of the future.

The California Trucking Association in a legal brief described as “head-scratchingly wrong” the U.S. solicitor general’s recommendation that the U.S. Supreme Court decline to hear an appeal of a state law aimed at reclassifying owner-operators as motor carrier employees.

China’s shipping industry is bracing for an uptick in demand and freight costs as manufacturing activity in Shanghai roars back to life after the city’s return to normal starting June 1.

Legislation designed to expedite the application process for commercial drivers seeking certain security credentials was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, while opening an annual meeting, revealed that developing hydrogen as a fuel source is a major federal priority, as DOE issued an $8 billion hydrogen hub funding notice.

Gasoline reached $5 a gallon or more in more than a dozen states a week into the peak summer travel season, as stockpiles of the fuel remain tight.

The Port of Oakland, along with those in Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., and the U.S. Department of Agriculture said they are working together to provide financial incentives for U.S. growers to ship agriculture products through the ports.