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‘Some of the cargo imported from the United States is temperature-controlled perishable goods, such as dairy, meat and agricultural products,’ the GAO said in the report. ‘According to representatives of the Puerto Rico Farm Bureau, the cost and reliability of shipping perishable food items is important because the island has less than a week’s [...]  From the Journal of Commerce:
Denise Krepp, a consultant and former Chief Counsel at the U.S. Maritime Administration, said the Obama administration hasn’t done enough to enforce cargo preference requirements that federal departments use the U.S.-flag fleet for transport. U.S maritime advocates have warned of the crippling of the Merchant Marine before, only for the [...] The long-awaited General Accountability Office (GAO) study on the Jones Act in Puerto Rico shows that the U.S. domestic container shipping fleet has provided regular, reliable service while offering significant rate reductions, according to the American Maritime Partnership (AMP), an industry trade group. “GAO disproved charges that the Jones Act raises prices for consumers in [...] Opinion by Retired Adm. James A. Lyons, who was commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and senior U.S. military representative to the United Nations: Foreign ships get a break reserved for the U.S. fleet For more than 200 years, the United States Merchant Marine has been a key element in our overall [...] Shippers loaded 12 foreign-flagged tankers with gasoline, diesel and other fuels to help relieve the storm-struck U.S. Northeast under a rare waiver of U.S. marine law, the government said on Thursday. The cargoes, which must be delivered by Nov. 20 under the waiver of the 1920 Jones Act, were slated to be discharged at ports [...] The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday issued a temporary, blanket waiver of the Jones Act to allow foreign-flagged oil tankers from the Gulf of Mexico to help supply the Northeast with fuel, after Hurricane Sandy shut two refineries in the region. The waiver will run through Nov. 13, the department said. More at [...] The U.S.-flagged Maersk Illinois Maersk Line’s ‘Maersk Illinois’ makes her first homeport call in Norfolk, Virginia. In May 2012, Congress reauthorized the Export-Import Bank’s charter to finance American exports and in doing so upheld U.S. cargo preference laws. The reauthorization helps maintain a stable business environment for capital investments, like the acquisition of Maersk [...]
Headquartered in Honolulu, Matson has a fleet of 17 Jones Act ships, and is the leading U.S. carrier of goods in the Pacific. Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ALEX) has completed its previously announced plan to separate its land and transportation businesses into two stand-alone, publicly traded companies. From today, Jones Act shipping operator [...] Horizon Lines recently issued the following statement from its interim President and CEO Stephen H. Fraser, opposing any changes to the 1920 Jones Act that imposes restrictions on shipping between U.S. Ports. Horizon Lines is, and always has been, a very staunch supporter of the Jones Act and all of its requirements. The Jones Act [...] U.S.-flag containership operator Horizon Lines, Inc. has reported financial results for the fiscal first quarter ended March 25, 2012 and revealed that it will be drydocking three of its vessels in Asia. The decision has been taken against a backdrop of a continuing operating loss. Still, it is likely to be viewed with concern by [...]
‘The short-sea, Jones Act idea has died,’ said Rudy Mack, AFL’s chief operating officer. ‘If you can’t run a feeder service from Halifax to Boston and Portland, how will you be able to run other short-sea services?’ American Feeder Lines, which suspended its 9-month-old feeder service from Halifax to Portland, Me. and Boston recently, is [...] Horizon Lines issued the following statement opposing any changes to the 1920 Jones Act that imposes restrictions on shipping between U.S. Ports. Horizon Lines is, and always has been, a very staunch supporter of the Jones Act and all of its requirements. The Jones Act stipulates that cargo shipped between two U.S. ports must be [...]
The unions blasted David Matsuda, above, for a report that ‘includes possible cost-cutting suggestions that are completely contrary to the overall best interests of the United States, represents a gigantic failure in Matsuda’s leadership and a missed opportunity on the part of the Maritime Administration.’ Maritime unions are up in arms and calling for the [...] Matson in San Francisco Bay, 1958. Matson is one of the few shipping companies that still employs American crews, as required by the Jones Act of 1920 of shipping companies that transport cargo among American ports. The following is excerpted from a statement by American Maritime Officers; International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots; [...] Working to create and preserve American jobs, Congressmen Elijah E. Cummings (D, MD-7) and Jeff Landry (R, LA-3) introduced the American Mariners Job Protection Act (H.R. 3202), a bill with bipartisan support that will increase government transparency surrounding the issuance of waivers allowing non-Jones Act-qualified vessels to carry cargo between U.S. ports. Under current [...] |
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