Legislation intended to give relief to the maritime industry passed through the House of Representative Tuesday. The legislation, the Maritime Transportation System Emergency Relief Act, introduced by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and the Elijah E. Cummings Mariner Workforce Development Act, introduced by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), would provide relief to those in the maritime industry during the Covid-19 pandemic. The bills would also increase training opportunities for merchant mariners, authorize a competitive grant program for projects at smaller ports and terminals and establish a National Shipper Advisory Committee to give U.S. importers and exporters a formal process to interact with the Federal Maritime Commission.
Maritime relief legislation passes through House
