Jones Act

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–The U.S. government has withdrawn its blanket waiver from the Jones Act, which would have allowed foreign vessels to ship crude oil

American Commercial Lines Inc. (ACL) announced today that it has launched the first in a series of tanker barges to be constructed at its Jeffboat

With the one year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon behind us, most of the nation has lost interest in the continued legislation and regulatory battles

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard has delivered to American Shipping Company the shipyard’s twelfth Veteran Class MT-46 product tanker. The 46,000 dwt vessel,

Photo of the Delta Queen by fkehren The classic 418′, 436 passenger, US Flagged paddlewheel American Queen is under contract for a sale price of $15.5

HONOLULU — Honolulu-based Pasha Hawaii this week announced the signing of a contract with VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, MS, for the construction of a

The Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), the sole operating subsidiary of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS), announced today that the

The U.S. Maritime Coalition has announced that this year’s Congressional “Sail-In” will take place on Capitol Hill on May 4, 2011. The

The January 11, 2011 report from the non-partisan National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling confirmed the Jones Act did

NEW ORLEANS, La. – The U.S Justice Department filed papers with the U.S. District Court in New Orleans Monday, September 13, indicating that they expect

Senator John McCain Introduces Open America’s Water Act. In a press release sent to his supporters on Friday he

The following is posted by Fred Fry: I am going to start with a disclaimer in that I am no Jones Act expert. That said… Many of you have

National attention has recently been given to the Jones Act. Media has focused attention on the protection of the US Flag, on which gCaptain is currently

Last week I was in Washington, D.C. attending the first ever Maritime Congressional Sail-In. The purpose of the event was to increase awareness of the

Yesterday I sat down to watch Food, Inc, and excellent and eye widening movie that shines light on the problems engrained in the domestic production of food in

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. has introduced the HOS Centerline, a Jones Act qualified, 370′ multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) to its fleet.  This

Dear gCaptain- As you know, in and around 1916, Senator Wesley Jones, then a Senator from the great state of Washington urged the adoption of what has commonly

Upon arrival in the office this morning, I had the following press release from about 4 people sitting in my inbox.  It reads: The impact of proposed changes

Case Name: Scott Walter Maziar v. State of Washington and Department of Corrections Date Decided: August 25, 2009 Court: Court of Appeals of Washington,

Case Name: Jorge Gomez Izaguirre v. C & C Marine and Repair, L.L.C., et al. Date Decided: August 11, 2009 Court: U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Louisiana