Jones Act

...Senate President Ron Kouchi talked about how his “greatest passion was to create a Hawaii where each and every one one of our children could come home.”....

...How the Jones Act affects one Hawaii business....

... Coast Guard, good Samaritans responding to vessel fire in Pacific Ocean ....

...this would technically require the business to have both state and federal workers’ compensation insurance, which means paying two separate premiums....

...The Jones Act: Charting a new course after a century of failure....

...“The Jones Act: Charting a New Course After a Century of Failure.”...

....Cato Institute Conference featuring Keli'i Akina and Michael Hansen from Hawaii....

...Colin Grabow from the Cato institute in Washington, D.C joins Calvin Griffin to talk about the impacts of the Jones Act on the Military in Hawaii....

...Democrat and Republican candidates say they would seek reform of the Jones Act, if elected....

...Amata’s provision streamlines the requirement of foreign carriers who service the routes between Tutuila and Manu'a to reduce unnecessary paperwork....

...The candidates also both see the federal Jones Act as a contributor to Hawaii’s high cost of living. They want to see it reformed, with possible exemptions carved out for Hawaii....

...The report, “Cabotage Laws of the World,” is the outcome of a an international survey of national maritime cabotage regimes....

...the connection between charges for campaign finance violations brought against Congressman Duncan D. Hunter (R-CA-50), and his support for and campaign contributions from the Jones Act industry....

...Pasha Hawaii Resumes Cargo Operations After Receiving All Clear From U.S. Coast Guard and Hawaii Department of Transportation....

...To comply with USCG order, Matson and the other operators with commercial vessels in Hawaii harbors had to stop cargo operations and send their vessels to sea and wait out the hurricane....

...U.S. Coast Guard ordered all commercial harbors in the State closed as of Thursday morning and all commercial vessels of 200 gross tons and greater to evacuate to sea....

...Grassroot Institute president says a waiver will help island families rebuild....

...Federal agencies should take precautionary steps now to better assist Hawaii residents....

...What are the interests propping up this archaic legislation?....

...OIRA asked the public to weigh in on how regulations in the maritime sector could be modified or repealed to remove unnecessary burdens, increase efficiency or simplify compliance....

...support from the maritime unions for her support of Jones Act cabotage....

...there is one set of maritime regulations and laws that costs consumers and businesses millions of dollars every year....

...For its overseas sealift operations, America’s military generally relies on America’s Maritime Security Program (MSP) fleet — all foreign-built ships that do not comply with the requirements of the Jones Act....

...closer scrutiny finds the law’s national security justification to be unmoored from modern military and technological realities....

...It is the first of two new ships being built for Honolulu-based Matson by Philly Shipyard at a total cost of approximately $418 million for the pair, and the first of four new vessels that Matson will put into its Hawaii service during the next two years....

...This solution has passed the House before, but not yet in the Senate; however, this time the provision is included in a major bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration....

...the islands of American Samoa were exempted from maritime cabotage by the Tripartite Convention of 1899 concluding the Second Samoan Civil War....

On a 2015 voyage from Jacksonville, Florida, to Puerto Rico, the Jones Act–eligible cargo ship El Faro sailed directly into Hurricane Joaquin and sank, losing all 33 crew members....

...One issue the group is grappling with is how to justify a waiver for Puerto Rico while keeping Jones Act requirements for other US ports, such as Hawaii....

...Reforming its shipping laws to allow foreign ships to transport foreign goods between Philippine ports seems to have worked out well for the Philippines....

...The Heritage Foundation hosted on Friday, February 23, 2018, a panel discussion, “Time to Reform the Jones Act?”....

...PSI is one of seven active major U.S. shipbuilding yards constructing large self-propelled seagoing ships....

...why did LNG that arrived in Boston at the end of January come from Russia — and in violation of Obama-era sanctions against Russia?....

...ahead of releasing of their 2017 annual results and earnings conference call scheduled for February 20....

...new regulations in October 2016 requiring coal and raw palm oil exporters to ship on Indonesian flag ships....

...a cargo of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) was surreptitiously imported into the United States on January 28, 2018 at Boston, Massachusetts, in apparent violation of sanctions....

...the current carriers will in all probability avoid a “pricing war” and possible bankruptcy of one carrier....

...It might be hard to believe, but Hawaii’s internet system (and, indeed, all U.S. internet cable systems) are highly dependent on not being subject to the protectionist shipping law known as the Jones Act....

...Updates required at Hawai’i Terminals would prevent TOTE from entering Hawai’i trade in 2020/2021....

...Jones Act supporters in Congress are angling to require petroleum and liquid natural gas produced in the United States be exported on only so-called Jones Act ships....

...members of the Subcommittee are virtually all strong supporters of the Jones Act and typically receive industry backing in turn....

...a better operating model for Hawaii might be what operates in the Tasman Strait in Australia....

...the largest capital improvement project in the history of Hawai‘i’s commercial harbor system....

...that which has been done can no longer be done....

...Matson turned to Sause for a second hand deck barge....

...Hawaii Superferry was required to build its vessels in the U.S. by the Jones Act....

...Thomas A Allegretti is the outgoing chairman of the American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the primary Jones Act industry lobbying group....

...Boivin will assume duties as of December 22, 2017, replacing the retiring Glenn K. Y. Hong who served as the company’s president for 25 years....

...American Maritime Partnership responds to Bloomberg....

...over $50 million in bribes....