WASHINGTON (September 19, 2016) – The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) - the voice of the domestic maritime industry - today issued the following statement in regards to gasoline shortages caused by the Colonial Pipeline leakage. "The American maritime industry has made significant investments in recent years to increase capacity to move crude... read more →
Sep
19
Aug
26
By: Thomas A. Allegretti, Chairman, American Maritime Partnership Over the past year, there has been debate about changes to the Jones Act in the context of Puerto Rico’s financial crisis. Congress has wisely rejected calls to change the law, and for good reason. Once the actual facts are considered, there is... read more →
Jul
07
WASHINGTON (July 7, 2016) - The Jones Act’s requirement that cargo moving between U.S. ports be carried in vessels that are U.S.-owned, U.S.-built and U.S.-crewed is the Great Lakes region’s “best line of maritime homeland security defense” James H.I. Weakley, President of Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA), told a Congressional hearing... read more →
Jun
24
WASHINGTON (June 24, 2016) – The Lexington Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank, released a study on Thursday stressing the critical role that the American maritime industry and the Jones Act play in strengthening U.S. border security and helping to prevent international terrorism. The study notes that since... read more →
Jun
22
Dear Editor: We write to address a statement about the Jones Act in a recent op-ed appearing in Inside Sources celebrating the birthday of famed economist Adam Smith. In their piece, “Corporate Welfare, 18th-Century Style,” the authors proclaim “the Jones Act restricting commercial shipping between American ports to domestic... read more →
Jun
07
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Maritime Partnership (“AMP”), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, today released a statement regarding Rep. Gary Palmer’s (R-AL) proposed measure to exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act – which requires waterborne cargo between two points in the United States to be transported on... read more →
Jun
02
WASHINGTON (June 1, 2016) – Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), chairman of the House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, stressed the critical need for the Jones Act to protect U.S. borders in The Washington Times Tuesday in “A Guiding Principle for Homeland Security.” In his piece, Rep. Hunter pushed back... read more →
May
18
WASHINGTON, DC – Leaders of the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, and U.S. Maritime Administration this week joined the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition – designed to bring together the U.S. defense industrial base, private-sector U.S. companies and key military decision makers – in a discussion titled... read more →