Jones Act

Crowley Alaska Tankers has agreed to purchase of three tankers from SeaRiver Maritime and will charter them back to SeaRiver under varying multi-year terms.

Is Temporary Jones Act Relief Possible for Reconstruction? By Eric Lee and J. Michael Cavanaugh (Holland & Knight) – Four bills

This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of gCaptain. By Stephen Mihm (Bloomberg View) — Repealing the so-called Jones Act, which is slowing

The following is a message from Rear Adm. Michael Alfultis, president of SUNY Maritime: Dear Alumni, Faculty, Staff, Students, Parents, and Friends of Maritime

Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL) and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) have introduced a bill that would place a 5-year moratorium of the Jones Act in Puerto

By Daniel Flatley (Bloomberg) — On the darkened bridge of the Chesapeake Trader, with radio chatter filling the air, three officers were easing

Breaking: DHS Approves Temporary Jones Act Waiver for Puerto Rico The American maritime industry is firing back against harsh criticism of the Jones Act in the

WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday it is considering a request by members of Congress to waive

Update: The DHS said Wednesday it never officially denied the waiver request and it was still considering the issue. In fact, the only request it has received

The key to getting relief supplies to citizens of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria will be by expediting local transportation and distribution

By Devika Krishna Kumar and Libby George NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Just days after Hurricane Harvey smacked Texas and hobbled a quarter of U.S.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will not further extend the limited Jones Act waiver applying to tankers transporting fuel in hurricane-hit areas of

By Eric Lee and J. Michael Cavanaugh (Holland & Knight) – Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke has issued an extension of

By The Editors (Bloomberg View) — Another big hurricane, another temporary waiver of the Jones Act — the 1920 law mandating that goods and

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday said it was temporarily waiving the Jones Act for tankers to ensure enough fuel reaches emergency responders

Senator John McCain’s latest attempt to repeal the Jones Act seems to be dead in the water and will likely not pass either the Senate or House, according

Pasha Hawaii will be adding two more ships to its fleet providing Jones Act shipping service between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii with the addition of two

By Laura Blewitt (Bloomberg) — Once rare American-built oil tankers are now plentiful, changing U.S. gasoline flows and giving shipowners headaches.

by Captains George Livingstone & Grant Livingstone – Another effort is under way in the Senate to repeal the Jones Act sponsored by Senator John

Jones Act shipbuilder Philly Shipyard, the sole operating subsidiary of Philly Shipyard ASA (Oslo: PHLY), has delivered the LNG-ready American Liberty, the