Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC (January 27, 2016) – The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, today released a statement in response to the sheer number of factual... read more →

WASHINGTON, DC (January 15, 2016) – The American Maritime Partnership (AMP)- the voice of the domestic maritime industry – today released a statement in honor of the 7-year anniversary of... read more →

Re: “Hired Labors Share of Income is Lowest in Puerto Rico” (December 29, 2015):   The Heritage Foundation’s recent article written by Salim Furth erroneously blames the Jones Act for... read more →

To the Editor:   Re: “Century-old law hurts our modern economy – Antiquated requirement not needed, costs the nation up to ‘$200 million’ annually” (December 2, 2015):   Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s... read more →

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Daniel K. Inouye Institute honored U.S. Senator Patty Murray on Tuesday, November 17 for her long-time support of the American maritime industry. Dozens of maritime and... read more →

Dear Editor:   The article by John Brinkley titled Century-Protectionist Law Is Sweet Deal for U.S. Shipping Industry But Not For Anyone Else (Nov. 4, 2015) includes so many basic factual... read more →

WASHINGTON (September 30, 2015)– The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry recognized U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) Wednesday with the 2015 Champion of Maritime Award,... read more →

Posted in Tradewinds September 16, 2015 A proposal to exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act could serve to reduce support for a debt restructuring effort in Congress, American Maritime... read more →

Posted in GCaptain A number... read more →

Allegretti: Bringing the Jones Act into legislative debates is a “vote subtractor” NEW YORK (September 16, 2015) – Tom Allegretti, American Maritime Partnership Chairman, addressed the attendees of the 2015... read more →