Jones Act

Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla announced the Commonwealth will not be able to pay its $72 billion outstanding debt....

A prominent European politician has urged the region's shipowners to get behind important trade talks....

Pasha and Matson both completed their acquisition of Horizon Lines today ....

European maritime industry trade groups are seeking several specific exemptions from U.S. maritime cabotage provisions....

the Canadian government lifted an import duty of 25 percent on foreign-built ships in 2011....

The Heritage Foundation offers a seven point recovery plan for the next president of the United States....

The clearance paves the way for an anticipated final closing before the end of the second quarter....

...that 95-year-old law has become a key bargaining chip in one of the world’s largest trade accords....

"I don't think we should get all agitated and upset when there's an effort to look at the Jones Act," Murkowski said....

...legislators from Hawaii, Guam and Puerto Rico came together for a videoconference forum to discuss legislative developments on the Jones Act for their respective jurisdictions....

Formerly, the resolution only considered the Washington State ferry as a model, but now it has been expanded to other possible jurisdictions as well....

There are several State regulatory issues that need to be resolved prior to attempting to establish a Hawaii interisland ferry and are at least as important as the technical modeling, facilities and feasibility considerations....

Alaska SJR17 is the product of a continual, cooperative effort with officials in Hawaii....

“Thanks to the work of the Hawaii Shippers Council and others, I feel after 20 years of activity, the public has a better understanding of the cost impact of the Jones Act and our options...."

Hawaii Shippers Council President Mike Hansen interviewed on Think Tech Hawaii March 20, 2015....

...the legal procedure by which an individual or organization in Puerto Rico can request an administrative waiver from the Jones Act....

It costs $2 a barrel to ship Texas crude to Europe or Asia and $7 to ship it to Philadelphia....

... U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) quote "Unfortunately, very few commercial ships with high military value have been constructed in US shipyards in the last twenty years." ....

...In 1950, 43 percent of global shipping was done by US-flagged vessels. According to a 2009 Department of Transportation report that percentage has fallen to 1.5 percent....

The event was attended by approximately 80-100 members of public, some legislators, legislature staff and members of the shipping industry....

The old arguments in favor of the Act are no longer persuasive in light of the overwhelming evidence that it raises the cost of living....

...a short documentary film to educate the public about the Jones Act, which will be shown this Friday, February 27, 2015 at 12pm in the Capitol Auditorium....

Refineries would have access to cheaper domestically-produced crude oil, which would lower the cost of gasoline, diesel and fuel oil. And there would be less need for imported oil....

Patrick Novak v. USA, in which plaintiffs appeal the Hawaii district court’s dismissal for lack of standing of their action brought against the United States, seeking a declaration that the Jones Act was invalid as it applied to interstate commerce involving the State of Hawaii....

Horizon and its board of directors believe that the claims in the actions are entirely without merit but are entering into this settlement because it will eliminate the risks, costs, and other burdens of litigation....

...ILWU: "There could be a delay on arrivals of vessels and that's the concern that we should have here in Hawaii"....

“The ILWU is essentially seeking the right to fire judges who rule against them.”

...the early years of one of the most successful tourist destinations in the world, Hawaii, from about 1870 to 1940....

The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) announced today that weekend vessel loading and unloading operations will be temporarily suspended this weekend....

"...No one can predict when that will happen — five days, seven days, two weeks — but the ports will soon grind to a halt...."

...Jared Meyer of Economics21 at the Manhattan Institute says the 1920 law hurts the American economy, raises prices and harms the American shipping industry....

...the cost of a U.S.-manufactured ship is about four times that of foreign competition....

With the onset of another snowstorm hitting the Northeast, New Jerseyans are shaking their snow shovels at a federal law that causes them almost yearly fits.... 

...Matson’s order at $209 million per ship is more than five times more expensive than those same ships were procured outside the United States....

Mike Hansen, President of the Hawaii Shippers Council (HSC) interviewed by K57 Guam’s leading talk radio host Ray Gibson....

...McCain’s instant amendment would be a rider to the Keystone Pipeline legislation....

The Alaska governor is actually required to “use best efforts and all appropriate means to persuade the United States Congress to repeal those provisions of the Jones Act formerly codified at 46 U.S.C. 861, et seq.”...

Senator John McCain introduced a measure to modify the Jones Act so that American ship companies can purchase their ships from our allies....

the text of McCain's proposed amendment repeals the US Build requirement of the Jones Act....

...To date, the ILWU and PMA have reached tentative agreements on health care and increases to pay guarantees....

“Honestly, I didn’t even know you could arrest ships.” 

“In response to a joint request for assistance from the parties, collective bargaining...will continue as soon as possible under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service...."

...780-foot container ship Horizon Pacific ran aground in the channel as it exited Honolulu Harbor.  The ship was able to “self-extract” and returned to port....

ILWU slowdown tactics have reduced productivity at Pacific Northwest ports for more than a month and a half....

The problem has also affected other restaurant chains, as a dockworker dispute on the West Coast of the United States has reverberated across the Pacific Ocean....

U.S. law allows shippers to transport goods domestically on cars, trucks, aircraft, or rail cars built in other countries. Just not ships....

West Coast ports are suffering a series of slowdowns....