Excerpts from Transport Topics: The Port of Los Angeles, the largest in North America, reported a 2.2% year-over-year increase to 763,784 TEUs, the third-largest September in its history. For September, the Port of Los Angeles...
Read MoreFrom the Ellsworth American: Calls for its repeal notwithstanding, the Jones Act — a federal law requiring cargo shipped between U.S. ports be carried on vessels built and registered in the United States — is having little, if...
Read MorePlease read this important message from the International Transport Workers’ Federation, Dockers Section and then click here to add your name: Date: 10 October 2017 Dear comrades, Right now in Indonesia, children have been...
Read MoreThis opinion piece is by William Doyle, a commissioner with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. It is published in Foll At Maritime Executive. With Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate, it has been a tough hurricane season,...
Read MoreFrom ‘Seafarers fret over new assault on Jones Act in wake of storms’ in Bloomberg News: “The Jones Act is pretty much the only reason I have a job,” said Brett Cowan, a mariner from California who has...
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