Jones Act

...studies invariable degenerate into preachy Gospel-like statements parroting back talking points from whichever side commissioned the particular economic study....

The cost of merchant ship construction in the U.S. is approximately five times that of building comparable ships in South Korea and Japan....

Jack P. Suyderhoud, Professor of Business Economics and Director of the MBA Program, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa, answering a question about the Jones Act....

There is no estimated date of completion to the repairs....

Daewoo designed the Marlin Class containerships, built the main engines, and arranged the supply of much of the equipment installed on board. DSME engineers were on board for the sea trials....

...the ship that was supposed to arrive in Anchorage on Sunday never made it further than the port in Tacoma, Wash.....

Cong Perluisi stated there “. . . . are eight constructive steps the federal government could take,” including the need to “update the Existing Jones Act LNG and LPG Exemption in Puerto Rico” ....

Hawaii Business Magazine published in its January 2016 issue an article entitled “Change Agents” profiling four Hawaiian activists and describing their visions for Hawaii....

Kelii Akina and Mike Hansen discuss the Jones Act and its implications for the economy of Hawaii....

...a labor dispute over the manning of the U.S. Flag containership APL GUAM which is scheduled to provide regular liner service between Yokohama, Japan, Apra Harbor, Guam, and Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands....

Outlawing international competition is advantageous to U.S. ship builders, but is very costly to every other industry in America....

A primary rationale for the domestic ship build requirement of Jones Act cabotage – which requires commercial vessels in coastwise service be built in the US. -- is to support Naval shipbuilding capacity....

...U.S. Navy’s newest ship suffered a main engine causality on her maiden voyage and had to be towed 40 nautical miles to port....

The PBN did not disclose the source of the newly “reported” Inouye letter....

By acting now U.S. can avoid Puerto Rico becoming the next version of Greece....

Kirk Co., an Oregon shipper of Christmas trees, spends about $7,000 to send its trees to Hawaii, while it costs it just $3,500 to send them twice the distance to Singapore....

This video is a condensed version of the Jones Act Business Forum held November 13th, 2015....

Matson has invested nearly $1 billion in new containerships....

The cause of HC&S’s operating losses were poor growing conditions with too much rain and expenses relating to their elderly sugar-carrying vessel....

Hawaii-West Coast products deliveries have to be done by costly Jones Act tankers....

Nov. 12 at UH Campus Center Ballroom 5:30pm to 7:30pm....

65.2% believe the Jones Act is not fit for purpose....

“Basically the Hawaiian market, we have seen as we noted an increase in demand for our service...."

The exemptions from U.S. cabotage are being sought in the context of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (EU), a bilateral free trade agreement currently being negotiated between the United State and the EU....

Lutts mentions the Jones Act in the context of the Puerto Rico financial crisis, the loss of the EL FARO, and the distortions it causes in the economy....

...for participating in a price-fixing conspiracy....

"Their definition of seaworthy gets lower and lower because the ships are getting older and older.”

...foreign-owned American President Lines Ltd. (APL) will inaugurate a new service from the U.S. West Coast to the U.S. islands of Guam and Saipan employing foreign-built U.S. flag containerships....

Why was El Faro was still on the water? And whose interest does the Jones Act protect today?

...maritime attorney and former merchant seamen Rod Sullivan opined that the ship was beyond its useful life and this lead to a catastrophic failure at sea....

The Hill newspaper posted an op-ed on October 2, 2015 entitled “Time to repeal the Jones Act.”....

...Republicans said they are willing to consider exempting Puerto Rico from the Jones Act....

...the USAID and USDA’s cost of shipping U.S. flag was 23% greater than would have been by foreign flag....

This will impact Matson’s financial results by lowering revenue and possibly increasing costs, which lead to the need for increased freight revenue from their customers....

The remarks were made by Thomas Allegretti, Chairman of the American Maritime Partnership (formerly known as the Maritime Cabotage Task Force), the primary Jones Act maritime industry trade association....

... Finland Price, $139M / Mississippi Price $1B .....

A key provision of the FEGP is to seek a full exemption from Jones Act cabotage for Puerto Rico....

In the 1930s, residents and visitors could travel between Hawaii’s islands by boat....

...the recent dispute between dockworkers and marine terminal operators at West Coast ports took almost nine months to resolve....

The Krueger Report emphasized the need for Puerto Rico to be exempted from Jones Act....

Congressman Sean Duffy (R-WI), Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, is seeking solutions to the Puerto Rico financial crisis....

...And there aren’t that many shipyards left....

What was once seen as a partisan concern is gaining ground as common sense economics....

HTA has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a cruise development consultant....

Trade negotiations offer a chance to modernize U.S. ports....

... Paul Krugman commenting on the Puerto Rico financial crisis ....