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Entries for 'Michael Hansen'
Saturday, July 15, 2017 |
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Can American Samoa Break Hawaiian Airlines Monopoly?
By Michael Hansen @ 4:29 PM :: 7043 Views :: Jones Act, Tourism
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...American Samoa seeks federal avaition cabotage waiver....
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Tuesday, July 11, 2017 |
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National conservative advocates for Jones Act on national security basis
By Michael Hansen @ 11:33 PM :: 5462 Views :: Jones Act, Military
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...National conservative advocates for Jones Act on national security basis....
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Tuesday, July 11, 2017 |
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Competition: Too Many Ships Ply Asia-Hawaii Routes?
By Michael Hansen @ 4:40 AM :: 4190 Views :: Jones Act
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“...this high level of service should provide better access and lower logistics costs for Asian goods....”
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Friday, July 7, 2017 |
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Competition heating up on Asia-Hawaii trade
By Michael Hansen @ 4:17 AM :: 4064 Views :: Jones Act
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...the dedicated Asia–Hawaii Express will be upgraded from a fortnightly service to a weekly sailing starting in July 2017....
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017 |
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Secy Perry calls the Jones Act an impediment to energy independence
By Michael Hansen @ 10:16 PM :: 6140 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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“Regarding our ability to retrieve energy, we don’t need anybody. Transportation may be our biggest impediment.”
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Friday, June 30, 2017 |
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As Predicted, Matson Strike Avoided
By Michael Hansen @ 10:42 PM :: 7614 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...reporting on the expiration of two maritime union contracts with Matson....
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Thursday, June 29, 2017 |
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APL to inaugurate new foreign flag Asia / Hawaii container service in August
By Michael Hansen @ 11:42 PM :: 7206 Views :: Jones Act
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...APL Ltd. will inaugurate a direct Asia / Hawaii with the first vessel arrival to Honolulu scheduled on Sunday, August 13, 2017....
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Friday, June 23, 2017 |
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Trump nominates retired Admiral Buzby to be MARAD Administrator
By Michael Hansen @ 3:10 PM :: 4550 Views :: Jones Act
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...there is nothing in the public record that would indicate Admiral Buzby’s views on national maritime policy....
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Friday, June 23, 2017 |
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Meet the Jones Act: A 97-year-old regulatory law that's costing you money
By Michael Hansen @ 2:05 PM :: 4336 Views :: Jones Act
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...the need for the Jones Act is sensibly being questioned and challenged as never before....
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017 |
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Pasha to Buy Four Mystery Ships?
By Michael Hansen @ 12:18 AM :: 5328 Views :: Jones Act
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Pasha faces the more immediate need to renew its fleet, which still has four steamships over 30 years old....
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Monday, June 12, 2017 |
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The saga of fishing vessel ‘America’s Finest’ continues
By Michael Hansen @ 1:27 AM :: 5010 Views :: Jones Act
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...New Anacortes-built trawler could be grounded by old law, endangering two Washington State firms....
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Wednesday, June 7, 2017 |
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From colonial navigation acts to the Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 12:13 AM :: 7286 Views :: Jones Act
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“The Navigation Acts Are Still Alive: A Century of the Jones Act.” |
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Monday, June 5, 2017 |
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Containership capacity in Transpacific trade increasing
By Michael Hansen @ 11:44 PM :: 2992 Views :: Jones Act
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...This is an important development for many shippers in Hawaii and Guam because it further places the supposed opportunity to take advantage of these international services to the islands out of reach....
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Saturday, June 3, 2017 |
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Matson charters foreign flag containership for Samoa service
By Michael Hansen @ 11:22 PM :: 6078 Views :: Jones Act
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...The SAMOANA is a fully cellular containership built in 2015 in China....
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017 |
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Foreign-built floating dry dock arrives for Jones Act work in Hawaii
By Michael Hansen @ 9:32 PM :: 3981 Views :: Jones Act
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...Local shipyard Marisco Ltd. said the ship and its cargo — a dry dock 454 feet long and 150 feet wide — are expected to arrive today....
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Friday, May 26, 2017 |
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US-built fish-boat needs congressional Jones Act waiver
By Michael Hansen @ 4:25 AM :: 3505 Views :: Jones Act
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The shipbuilding yard, Dakota Creek, misinterpreted the U.S. build regulations and ordered several pieces of steel hull plate to be prefabricated in the Netherlands....
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017 |
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Pasha Hawaii Selects foreign-owned yard to build Jones Act containerships
By Michael Hansen @ 4:54 AM :: 6528 Views :: Jones Act
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To finance their proposed newbuildings, Pasha Hawaii should be able to apply for the federal ship finance program....
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017 |
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‘US Built’ Matson Ships Return from Chinese Shipyard
By Michael Hansen @ 10:15 PM :: 4809 Views :: Jones Act
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...Matson tried to hide it, but....
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Monday, May 15, 2017 |
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USNWR: Put the Jones Act Out to Sea
By Michael Hansen @ 11:59 PM :: 4356 Views :: Jones Act
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...One compromise could exempt Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico from the American-built ship requirement....
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Monday, May 15, 2017 |
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More Government Isn’t Puerto Rico’s Answer
By Michael Hansen @ 7:14 PM :: 4171 Views :: Jones Act
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...advocating for additional changes in federal and local regulations to improve Puerto Rico’s economy....
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Monday, May 15, 2017 |
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Jones Act: An out of date anchor on the American Economy
By Michael Hansen @ 12:01 AM :: 4076 Views :: Jones Act
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...While the act harms all Americans, some consumers are more acutely affected — such as non-contiguous states like Alaska and Hawaii and American territories like Puerto Rico....
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Friday, May 12, 2017 |
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Trump administration chooses growth over Jones Act protectionism
By Michael Hansen @ 12:01 AM :: 8874 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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... Trump is not so protectionist after all ....
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Thursday, May 11, 2017 |
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Political Correctness: Conformity or Electrocution on the Waterfront
By Michael Hansen @ 1:47 PM :: 5727 Views :: First Amendment, Jones Act
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...those in the U.S. maritime industry (or, the “Jones Act industry”) demand conformity from their fellows in support of the protectionist policies, and how difficult it’s to speak-out against them....
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Tuesday, May 9, 2017 |
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Will the regulatory state strangle waterborne shipping in the U.S.?
By Michael Hansen @ 1:03 AM :: 4444 Views :: Jones Act
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U.S. federal laws and regulations impacting waterborne shipping increased approximately 200% from 1970 to 2014....
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017 |
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Thanks to Jones Act, US would struggle to resupply forces after 30 days war in Korea
By Michael Hansen @ 6:29 PM :: 6115 Views :: Jones Act, Military
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“McDew testified that the U.S. military cargo ship fleet is "aging out" and asked Congress to approve the purchase of used commercial vessels....
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Friday, April 28, 2017 |
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Proposed revocation of Jones Act rulings for the offshore industry
By Michael Hansen @ 10:10 PM :: 5072 Views :: Jones Act
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...Revocation of the rulings would close a loophole that allows the use of non-Jones Act eligible vessels to support the offshore industry....
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017 |
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What will happen to Food for Peace cargo preference?
By Michael Hansen @ 7:03 PM :: 4788 Views :: Jones Act
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...there is new criticism of the Food for Peace program and the requirement that much of the food aid be grown in the U.S. and transported on U.S. flag ships....
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Thursday, March 2, 2017 |
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ILWU Work Action Idles Pasha Containership in Honolulu Harbor
By Michael Hansen @ 11:29 PM :: 6056 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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The work stoppage was in apparent violation of the contract between the Hawaii Stevedore industry and the ILWU....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Harbors wharfage rates to rise 34.5% in 2017
By Michael Hansen @ 1:18 AM :: 9443 Views :: Jones Act, OHA, Small Business, Cost of Living
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The first two wharfage increases of 17% and 15% on February 1st and October 1st respectively will result in a 34.5% increase in 2017 on a compound basis....
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
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Is the Hawaii wharfage increase needed?
By Michael Hansen @ 3:50 AM :: 6188 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes
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...the cumulative effect is a 54.8% increase in Wharfage rates....
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Wednesday, November 16, 2016 |
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Is the Hawaii Wharfage increase justified?
By Michael Hansen @ 9:18 PM :: 6762 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...asking Harbors to release the financial information that would justify the need for a wharfage rate increase....
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Saturday, November 5, 2016 |
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When Pipelines Explode, Jones Act Freight Rates Go Up
By Michael Hansen @ 11:41 PM :: 4198 Views :: Jones Act
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In the meantime the freight rates for Jones Act tankers to carry the petroleum products to the Northeast have reportedly doubled....
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Friday, November 4, 2016 |
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Federal Grants for Container on Barge Services—But not for Hawaii
By Michael Hansen @ 5:23 AM :: 4177 Views :: Jones Act
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...container-on-barge shuttle service between the State’s Honolulu Harbor and Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbor (KBPH) could eliminate much of the truck traffic on the H-1....
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Monday, October 3, 2016 |
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Hawaii Department of Transportation to study isle ferry services
By Michael Hansen @ 10:03 PM :: 4545 Views :: Small Business
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...a feasibility study of various intra-island and interisland ferry services....
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016 |
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Cover Up: Jones Act Whistleblower Case Costs Matson $1M
By Michael Hansen @ 10:23 PM :: 4693 Views :: Jones Act
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...Horizon Line Inc. covered up unsafe conditions on the Jones Act containership HORIZON TRADER employed in the Puerto Rico trade....
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016 |
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U.S. establishes new Jones Act enforcement arm
By Michael Hansen @ 10:18 PM :: 4493 Views :: Jones Act
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"This plainly is the outgrowth of industry lobbying to get CBP to take Jones Act enforcement more seriously."
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Saturday, July 23, 2016 |
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Jones Act Shipbuilders Fail Again: Navy’s latest aircraft carrier cannot be deployed
By Michael Hansen @ 10:02 AM :: 5556 Views :: Jones Act, Military
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the USS GERALD R FORD (CVN-78) is far behind schedule, not ready for deployment, and may need to be redesigned....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Matson launches new foreign flag service
By Michael Hansen @ 12:43 AM :: 4786 Views :: Jones Act
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With this new service, Matson will be competing with several shipping companies offering direct services from the USWC to South Pacific Island destinations....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016 |
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The Jones Act: Protecting Special Interests, Not America
By Michael Hansen @ 2:54 AM :: 4544 Views :: Jones Act
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...Center for the National Interest is associated with the realist school of foreign policy thought....
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016 |
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Federal Transportation Network to Include Jones Act Reform?
By Michael Hansen @ 12:59 AM :: 4279 Views :: Jones Act
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The Federal Register published on June 6, 2016, an announcement from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) stating that they would be establishing a National Multimodal Freight Network....
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Saturday, June 4, 2016 |
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Former Hawaii Superferry en route to Maine
By Michael Hansen @ 9:47 PM :: 6620 Views :: Jones Act
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...Bay Ferries, will employ THE CAT between Portland, Maine, USA, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, a distance of 185 n miles. That is roughly comparable to the distance between Honolulu and Kawaihae....
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Thursday, May 26, 2016 |
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Jones Act Worsens Puerto Rico’s economic crisis
By Michael Hansen @ 10:09 AM :: 4698 Views :: Jones Act
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...Puerto Rico’s Economic Crisis Rooted in History of Feds’ Anti-Trade Policies....
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016 |
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Connecting the dots between Jones Act and EL FARO sinking
By Michael Hansen @ 4:03 PM :: 5183 Views :: Jones Act
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...the connection between the Jones Act, the age of the ship, and likely causes the ship was lost....
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016 |
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Open letter to Greenpeace: Jones Act Behind Lower Environmental Standards in US
By Michael Hansen @ 11:55 PM :: 4124 Views :: Jones Act
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SEA Europe is seeking through the TTIP negotiations a treaty exemption in U.S. Jones Act....
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016 |
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Lockheed under Navy scrutiny for troubled Littoral Combat Ship program
By Michael Hansen @ 11:32 PM :: 5434 Views :: Jones Act, Military
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The LCS program is indicative of the problems with U.S. shipbuilding both military and commercial with high costs, poor quality and an inability to deliver on schedule....
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016 |
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After more than a decade of West Coast disruptions, shippers are wising up
By Michael Hansen @ 2:34 PM :: 5187 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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After a decade of ILWU disruption, shippers are routing more cargo through U.S. Gulf and East Coast ports....
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Sunday, May 8, 2016 |
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Global shipbuilding depression appears on horizon for 2017; what are implications for Jones Act shipbuilding?
By Michael Hansen @ 3:10 AM :: 4244 Views :: Jones Act
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...South Korea’s three big shipbuilders received “zero” newbuild ship orders during April 2016....
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Friday, May 6, 2016 |
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Jones Act: The Plot Against Puerto Rico
By Michael Hansen @ 3:31 AM :: 5266 Views :: Jones Act
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...To say this is uncompetitive in the modern world is a vast understatement....
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Friday, May 6, 2016 |
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Did Jones Act contribute to EL FARO loss?
By Michael Hansen @ 3:18 AM :: 4766 Views :: Jones Act
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"How old is an old ship?”
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Friday, May 6, 2016 |
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Matson Stock Drops 12.5% due to Faltering China Trade
By Michael Hansen @ 2:53 AM :: 3976 Views :: Jones Act
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...Matson Q1 profits shrink 27.6% on weak demand for Chinese cargo....
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