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Saturday, February 7, 2015 |
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Creating "Paradise of the Pacific": How Tourism Began in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 4:59 AM :: 6966 Views :: Hawaii History, Jones Act, Tourism
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...the early years of one of the most successful tourist destinations in the world, Hawaii, from about 1870 to 1940....
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Friday, February 6, 2015 |
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Management: West Coast Port Lockout Begins Saturday
By News Release @ 8:09 PM :: 6205 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) announced today that weekend vessel loading and unloading operations will be temporarily suspended this weekend....
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015 |
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PMA: We'll Pay ILWU's Obamacare Tax--Take it or be Locked Out
By Michael Hansen @ 11:32 PM :: 6966 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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"...No one can predict when that will happen — five days, seven days, two weeks — but the ports will soon grind to a halt...."
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015 |
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Jones Act: The little-discussed policy that's a major problem for international trade
By NCPA @ 4:34 PM :: 4655 Views :: Jones Act
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...Jared Meyer of Economics21 at the Manhattan Institute says the 1920 law hurts the American economy, raises prices and harms the American shipping industry....
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Thursday, January 29, 2015 |
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Repealing the Jones Act: Good for Energy, Great for America
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:24 PM :: 4923 Views :: Jones Act
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...the cost of a U.S.-manufactured ship is about four times that of foreign competition....
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
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The Jones Act Risks Lives (again)
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:57 PM :: 4957 Views :: Jones Act
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With the onset of another snowstorm hitting the Northeast, New Jerseyans are shaking their snow shovels at a federal law that causes them almost yearly fits....
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Thursday, January 22, 2015 |
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VIDEO: McCain Rips Matson's Overpriced Ships on Senate Floor
By Video @ 9:08 PM :: 5248 Views :: Jones Act
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...Matson’s order at $209 million per ship is more than five times more expensive than those same ships were procured outside the United States....
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015 |
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Hawaii Shippers Council Discusses Port Slowdown, Jones Act Reform on Guam Radio
By Michael Hansen @ 10:41 PM :: 5833 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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Mike Hansen, President of the Hawaii Shippers Council (HSC) interviewed by K57 Guam’s leading talk radio host Ray Gibson....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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McCain challenges Jones Act build and ownership requirements
By Michael Hansen @ 2:30 PM :: 6278 Views :: Jones Act
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...McCain’s instant amendment would be a rider to the Keystone Pipeline legislation....
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Sunday, January 18, 2015 |
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Senator McCain’s Jones Act Amendment: Good for America
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:18 AM :: 4922 Views :: Jones Act
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The Alaska governor is actually required to “use best efforts and all appropriate means to persuade the United States Congress to repeal those provisions of the Jones Act formerly codified at 46 U.S.C. 861, et seq.”...
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
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A New Opportunity for Jones Act Reform in Washington, DC
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:25 PM :: 4732 Views :: Jones Act
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Senator John McCain introduced a measure to modify the Jones Act so that American ship companies can purchase their ships from our allies....
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Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
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Sen McCain Introduces Amendment to Jones Act
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 PM :: 6008 Views :: Jones Act
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the text of McCain's proposed amendment repeals the US Build requirement of the Jones Act....
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
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Management: No Takeaways in Proposed Contract, but ILWU Rejects
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 5302 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...To date, the ILWU and PMA have reached tentative agreements on health care and increases to pay guarantees....
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015 |
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POLITICO: A Bizarre Trip Through the Jones Act Bank
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 4691 Views :: Jones Act
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“Honestly, I didn’t even know you could arrest ships.”
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015 |
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ILWU Agrees to Federal Mediation of West Coast Port Dispute
By News Release @ 3:08 AM :: 5432 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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“In response to a joint request for assistance from the parties, collective bargaining...will continue as soon as possible under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service...."
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015 |
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Six Boats Run Aground Due to Winter Storm, One Sailor Missing
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 5993 Views :: Jones Act
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...780-foot container ship Horizon Pacific ran aground in the channel as it exited Honolulu Harbor. The ship was able to “self-extract” and returned to port....
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Saturday, January 3, 2015 |
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West Coast Port Slowdowns Worsen: ILWU, PMA Blame Each Other
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 6188 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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“The congestion in the terminals is near a breaking point."
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Monday, December 22, 2014 |
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PMA Requests Federal Mediation in West Coast Longshore Negotiations
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 5816 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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ILWU slowdown tactics have reduced productivity at Pacific Northwest ports for more than a month and a half....
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Sunday, December 21, 2014 |
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ILWU Port Slowdowns Behind Japanese Potato Crisis?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:37 AM :: 6373 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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The problem has also affected other restaurant chains, as a dockworker dispute on the West Coast of the United States has reverberated across the Pacific Ocean....
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Thursday, December 4, 2014 |
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The Jones Act’s Costly Impact
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:59 PM :: 4597 Views :: Jones Act
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U.S. law allows shippers to transport goods domestically on cars, trucks, aircraft, or rail cars built in other countries. Just not ships....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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Averting West Coast Port Shutdowns
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 AM :: 5714 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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West Coast ports are suffering a series of slowdowns....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Matson Hikes Rates 5.4%
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 5658 Views :: Jones Act
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"In the past decade, Matson has invested nearly $1 billion in four new containerships...."
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
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Lawyers Investigate Sale of Horizon Lines, Class Action Suit Possible
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 4413 Views :: Jones Act
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...this proposed transaction undervalues the Company to the detriment of Horizon’s shareholders....
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 |
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What does Horizon Line’s demise mean?
By Michael Hansen @ 11:14 PM :: 5034 Views :: Jones Act
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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....
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 |
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Horizon Sells Hawaii Operations to Pasha Lines, Alaska to Matson
By News Release @ 7:14 PM :: 5489 Views :: Jones Act
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Matson to acquire all outstanding shares of Horizon Lines immediately after Pasha acquires Horizon's Hawaii trade lane business....
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Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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Zombies, Vampires, and the Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:55 PM :: 4828 Views :: Jones Act
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How does the Jones Act make Hawaii vulnerable to the Zombie Apocalypse?
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014 |
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Matson to pay $1 million for Honolulu molasses spill under plea agreement
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:35 PM :: 5822 Views :: Environment, Jones Act
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...Matson Terminals Inc has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor violations of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899....
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014 |
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The Jones Act--Backward Thinking
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 PM :: 4790 Views :: Jones Act
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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....
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014 |
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Free Markets and Jones Act Reform at Union Meeting?
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:57 PM :: 5305 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...allow the purchase of less expensive but more efficient foreign-built ferries....
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Sunday, October 5, 2014 |
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Hawaii Superferry Making a Comeback?
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 6636 Views :: Jones Act, Small Business
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5pm to 10pm Monday October 6th 2014 PIER 19 Ferry Facility....
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Monday, September 29, 2014 |
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Schatz Makes You Pay More Every Day
By News Release @ 7:42 PM :: 6032 Views :: Jones Act, Cost of Living
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...the monthly out of pocket expenses for groceries has increased $130.80 since 2013....
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014 |
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The Jones Act Is Irrelevant to Merchant Marine Shipbuilding
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 2:50 AM :: 5614 Views :: Jones Act
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U.S. shipbuilding is less than 1% of the world share....
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014 |
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Hawaii's out-of-control living costs can be beat
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:59 AM :: 4357 Views :: Jones Act
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...the people of Hawaii are paying thousands of dollars more per family to subsidize this act....
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014 |
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Djou: Exempt Hawaii from Obamacare, Jones Act
By Rep Charles Djou @ 1:41 PM :: 6935 Views :: Health Care, Jones Act, Politicians
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"Hawaii has America's highest cost of living and I am committed to reducing this burden...."
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Saturday, September 6, 2014 |
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Hawaii LNG Shipping Options
By Michael Hansen @ 11:31 PM :: 9710 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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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....
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014 |
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Hawaii Gubernatorial Candidates on the Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 1:30 AM :: 5069 Views :: Jones Act
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...a major gubernatorial candidate in the general election has endorsed the Hawaii Shippers’ Council’s noncontiguous trades Jones Act reform proposal....
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 |
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Hawaii and U.S. Territories aim to increase fuel diversity with LNG imports
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 6007 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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...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....
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Thursday, August 14, 2014 |
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Changing Hawaii – Fred Hemmings
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:36 AM :: 5826 Views :: Jones Act, Republican Party
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...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....
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 |
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Will $150M Obamacare Tax Lead to ILWU Strike?
By Michael Hansen @ 10:35 PM :: 6127 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...Potentially, consumers in Hawaii and Alaska could pick up the tab for Obamacare excise tax....
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Monday, July 28, 2014 |
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Hawaii’s dominant shipping carrier to pay $9 million to settle federal allegations
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:19 AM :: 5736 Views :: Jones Act, Military
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...Matson and Horizon improperly billed the U.S. Department of Defense, costing $2 million a year in damages....
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 |
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The Jones Act and the Energy Price Hawaii Pays for Protectionism
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:12 PM :: 7858 Views :: Energy, Jones Act, Cost of Living
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...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....
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 |
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Matson Pays $9.95M to Settle Federal Fraud Suit
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 PM :: 4911 Views :: Jones Act
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...ocean carriers improperly and with intent applied ocean bunker fuel surcharges to inland (overland) freight charges....
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014 |
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Matson, Crowley to Grab for Horizon’s Alaska, Hawaii Ships?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 5059 Views :: Jones Act
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...men in suits have been seen visiting Horizon's facilities. Is somebody doing due diligence?....
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014 |
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How might the Jones Act be altered to make US shipping competitive?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:50 PM :: 4653 Views :: Jones Act
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Cheaper ships mean more ships in operation which create more U.S. seafarer and ship repair jobs and improve service to the shippers....
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Monday, June 23, 2014 |
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Video: Shifting the Jones Act Tide
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:23 AM :: 5193 Views :: Jones Act
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The shift in attitude regarding the Jones Act is an exciting development for those who have long supported change....
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Sunday, June 1, 2014 |
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NIOSH: Distant Water Tuna Fleet Workers at High Risk
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 5476 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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... compared to most other fishing fleets in the U.S., workers in this fleet are at high risk of suffering a fatal injury ....
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
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Audio: Hawaii Shippers’ Council Discusses the Jones Act on Guam Radio
By Michael Hansen @ 3:18 PM :: 4969 Views :: Jones Act
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...Hawaii Shippers Council discussed its noncontiguous trades Jones Act reform proposal and related issues on Guam’s leading radio talk show....
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Saturday, May 24, 2014 |
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Heritage: Jones Act Hinders National Security
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:01 AM :: 5067 Views :: Jones Act
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The Jones Act no longer fulfills its intended purpose of maintaining a dependable marine fleet for national security and emergencies....
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Saturday, May 24, 2014 |
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Hawaii GOP pledges Jones Act reform
By Michael Hansen @ 1:58 AM :: 4787 Views :: Jones Act
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The Hawaii Republican Party meeting in convention on May 17, 2014, adopted eight platform resolutions including one calling for Jones Act reform....
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Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
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Military Officers Assoc. Backs Jones Act Reform
By Selected News Articles @ 9:16 PM :: 4097 Views :: Jones Act
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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....
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