In early February, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (“NJDOT”) announced that it had nearly run out of road salt after a brutal winter and was exploring all options to acquire additional salt. Among its options, NJDOT said, was a 40,000-ton pile of salt in Searsport, Maine. NJDOT said a foreign vessel called... read more →
Feb
21
Feb
17
WASHINGTON - The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the nation’s domestic maritime industry, today released the following statement from AMP Chairman Thomas A. Allegretti on efforts to resupply the state of New Jersey with road salt. Allegretti said that a U.S.- flag vessel would deliver salt to New Jersey... read more →
Jan
28
American domestic maritime laws ensure a level playing field by requiring all shipping and shipbuilding companies that operate in U.S. domestic commerce play by the same set of rules. Allowing foreign companies to operate in the U.S.—outside of our immigration, employment, safety, environmental, tax, labor, and others laws—would be unfair.... read more →
Oct
22
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) has given the Navy League of the United States a special award in recognition of the organization’s consistent and dedicated support of America’s maritime industry. The Navy League of the United States has been a trusted partner of the sea services since 1902, supporting... read more →
Oct
22
The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) has given the Navy League of the United States a special award in recognition of the organization’s consistent and dedicated support of America’s maritime industry. The Navy League of the United States has been a trusted partner of the sea services since 1902, supporting... read more →
Oct
11
WASHINGTON – The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the national voice of the domestic American maritime industry, today saluted Captain Richard Phillips and his crew as examples of the nation’s heroic Merchant Marine, whose story of courage and survival is now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks. “The courage shown by... read more →
Oct
11
WASHINGTON – The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the national voice of the domestic American maritime industry, today saluted Captain Richard Phillips and his crew as examples of the nation’s heroic Merchant Marine, whose story of courage and survival is now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks. “The courage shown by... read more →
Sep
19
Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) this week received the 2013 Champion of Maritime Award from the American Maritime Partnership (AMP), a group representing the domestic maritime industry in New York and across the United States. AMP provides the prestigious annual award to recognize an individual who has displayed extraordinary dedication to and consistent... read more →
Sep
18
NEW YORK – During an address today in New York City at the TradeWinds 2013 Jones Act Shipping Forum, American Maritime Partnership Chairman and American Waterways Operators President & CEO Tom Allegretti hailed the nation’s domestic maritime industry as a crucial element of America’s economic, national and homeland security, calling the Jones Act,... read more →