Jones Act

West Coast ports are suffering a series of slowdowns....

"In the past decade, Matson has invested nearly $1 billion in four new containerships...."

...this proposed transaction undervalues the Company to the detriment of Horizon’s shareholders....

With the cost of U.S. newbuildings now five times that of constructing comparable ships in South Korea and Japan, Horizon could not afford to build new Jones Act ships....

Matson to acquire all outstanding shares of Horizon Lines immediately after Pasha acquires Horizon's Hawaii trade lane business....

...Matson Terminals Inc has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor violations of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899....

With the right policies, the U.S. has an opportunity to become the world’s top energy producer and to continue the return of manufacturing jobs....

...allow the purchase of less expensive but more efficient foreign-built ferries....

5pm to 10pm Monday October 6th 2014 PIER 19 Ferry Facility....

...the monthly out of pocket expenses for groceries has increased $130.80 since 2013....

U.S. shipbuilding is less than 1% of the world share....

...the people of Hawaii are paying thousands of dollars more per family to subsidize this act....

"Hawaii has America's highest cost of living and I am committed to reducing this burden...."

From the point of view of shipping, there are several issues which will impinge on HECO’s planning to transition from liquid petroleum fuels to LNG....

...a major gubernatorial candidate in the general election has endorsed the Hawaii Shippers’ Council’s noncontiguous trades Jones Act reform proposal....

...These islands may soon be able to diversify their energy sources to include natural gas, because of relatively low natural gas prices and new shipping technology....

...we’re paying a premium not because of the distance from commodities that can be sold, but because of taxes and hidden costs of transportation....

...Potentially, consumers in Hawaii and Alaska could pick up the tab for Obamacare excise tax....

...Matson and Horizon improperly billed the U.S. Department of Defense, costing $2 million a year in damages....

...electricity prices in Hawaii are nearly double those in the state with the next highest prices because Hawaii generates 75% of its electricity from petroleum and must rely on Jones Act vessels for all domestic oil shipments....

...ocean carriers improperly and with intent applied ocean bunker fuel surcharges to inland (overland) freight charges....

...men in suits have been seen visiting Horizon's facilities.  Is somebody doing due diligence?....

Cheaper ships mean more ships in operation which create more U.S. seafarer and ship repair jobs and improve service to the shippers....

The shift in attitude regarding the Jones Act is an exciting development for those who have long supported change....

... compared to most other fishing fleets in the U.S., workers in this fleet are at high risk of suffering a fatal injury ....

...Hawaii Shippers Council discussed its noncontiguous trades Jones Act reform proposal and related issues on Guam’s leading radio talk show....

The Jones Act no longer fulfills its intended purpose of maintaining a dependable marine fleet for national security and emergencies....

The Hawaii Republican Party meeting in convention on May 17, 2014, adopted eight platform resolutions including one calling for Jones Act reform....

Many lawmakers would like to know why the U.S. is contributing to a lower cost of living in China, while continuing to encourage high costs of living in the non-contiguous U.S. states and possessions....

...The domestic build requirement for tanker ships, in particular, has been identified as contributing to higher costs in moving domestic crude oil along the coasts....

The un-sustainability of the Jones Act is becoming more and more apparent as it runs headlong into the energy debate....

"The Governor should follow the recommendations of his committee and should immediately seek an exemption from the Jones Act, particularly the ship build requirement."

Horizon and Matson control Hawaii’s shipping market because of Jones Act requirements, but a task force said the energy market is better served with foreign competition....

What might be the situation if one or both refineries closed ....

This newfound abundance has come primarily from the application of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing....

...Tesoro indicated that domestic supply was not competitive, in part due to Jones Act restrictions....

Shippers are increasingly moving crude to a refinery in Canada....

...there are only 13 ships that can legally move oil between U.S. ports, and these ships are “booked solid”....

...calling on Guam’s Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo (GU-D) to introduce federal legislation exempting the noncontiguous jurisdictions of Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico from the U.S. build requirement of the Jones Act....

...Negotiators this year could be asked to aim for a three-year contract that does not address health care in the hope that Congress would take action before 2018 to remove the Cadillac tax....

A group of Hawaii lawmakers are proposing a resolution that, if passed, would try to get Congress to allow foreign-built ships to carry cargo to Hawaii from the Mainland....

Like price fixing, 'thought leadership' is a pretty good gig...until you get caught....

...Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico lawmakers say the U.S. ship build requirement of the Jones Act is a major contributor to the high cost of living in their locations....

Souki (D) was among the group who introduced HR 113 and HCR 153, which note that the Act, "disproportionately imposes an economic burden on and adversely affects Hawaii."....

...Sea Star Line is a subsidiary of TOTE Inc., the ocean shipping group of Saltchuk Resources Inc., which also owns and operates Young Bros....

In 2012 Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize winning economist and Columbia University Business School Professor visited Hawaii....

When a law has as broad a reach as the Jones Act does, you’re likely to run into it in some unlikely places....

Matson is increasing its already high shipping rates yet again....