September 9, 2015 The Honorable Mac Thornberry, full committee chairman The Honorable Adam Smith, full committee ranking member The Honorable Randy Forbes, Seapower Subcommittee chairman The Honorable Joe Courtney, Seapower Subcommittee ranking member House Armed Services Committee 2216 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear Gentlemen: As... read more →
Sep
10
Sep
02
The MTD has called upon members of Congress to not be taken in by a newly released study purporting to blame some of Puerto Rico’s economic crisis on the Jones Act. In letters sent to the chair and ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and its... read more →
Aug
31
WASHINGTON (August 31, 2015) – On Saturday, August 29, 2015, the world’s first series of energy efficient container ships welcomed its second LNG-powered vessel in San Diego, fueling the U.S. maritime industry with cutting edge economic and environmental efficiencies powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). General Dynamics NASSCO launched TOTE’s... read more →
Aug
24
August 24, 2015 Chairman John Thune and Ranking Member Bill Nelson Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chairman Deb Fischer and Ranking Member Cory Booker Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee Dear Senators: As you may know, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is experiencing... read more →
Aug
20
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 20, 2015) – The editor of Maritime Professional Joseph Keefe set the record straight on false claims in the media that the Jones Act and the maritime industry is to blame for the Puerto Rican debt crisis in his article Puerto Rico’s money woes have nothing to... read more →
Jul
27
The Honorable Fred Upton, Chairman The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr., Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce 2125 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Upton and Ranking Member Pallone: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has legislative jurisdiction over the non-national security aspects of United... read more →
Jul
21
AMP does not respond to every blog or article about the Jones Act. However, one recent article -- “The Jones Act Strikes Again” (July 17, 2015) written by Daniel R. Pearson for Cato -- is so jaw-droppingly wrong that it needs to be corrected. The centerpiece of Pearson’s argument is that... read more →
Jul
14
WASHINGTON - The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) – the voice of the domestic maritime industry – today released the following statement rebutting claims of a causal link between the costs associated with U.S. domestic maritime in the Puerto Rican trade and the pending debt crisis facing the Commonwealth. Recent news... read more →
Jun
23
SAN DIEGO, CA – More than one hundred veterans attended a Military2Maritime career fair on Monday June 22, 2015 from 10:00am until 2:00pm at the Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier in San Diego, Ca. The free event, sponsored by the American Maritime Partnership (AMP) and hosted by the Port of... read more →
May
22
WASHINGTON — U.S. government and industry maritime leaders honored U.S. Merchant Mariners May 21 in a celebration of National Maritime Day at the Department of Transportation headquarters, also home to the Maritime Administration (MARAD). The leaders used the occasion to call for strengthening the U.S.-flag shipping industry and the port... read more →