Jones Act

A new 10-year deal terminal tech deal supports Jones Act service to Puerto Rico.

President Trump again paused the law requiring U.S. ships carry cargo such as gasoline between American ports. But analysts say the effect on retail gas prices has been minimal. 

Energy Secretary Chris Wright expects to extend the Jones Act waiver, citing its success in lowering energy prices in California and the East Coast.

With the Jones Act temporarily suspended, the political action network backed by conservative billionaire Charles Koch wants the law protecting U.S.-flag shipping repealed.

The Trump administration has temporarily extended the Jones Act waiver, allowing foreign vessels to carry oil and gas between U.S. ports.

A U.S.-flag line says Jones Act carriers provide stable, long-term commitments even as President Trump suspended the shipping law barring foreign lines from hauling cargo between American ports.

President Trump has temporarily waived the Jones Act for energy shipping and other commodities after the war in Iran sent gas prices soaring.

You can’t own a fishing boat, fly an airplane, broadcast a radio signal, split an atom, or drill for oil in America without proving you’re an American. But you can operate an 80,000-pound commercial motor vehicle on every highway in every state in the nation without being a citizen of this country, or even setting foot in it. Welcome to the American trucking industry, where the door isn’t just open. It’s been taken off the hinges.

A Trailer Bridge barge that was looted after it grounded in the Bahamas is on the way back to Jacksonville. 

Matson saw its shares gain as a positive outlook for China-related shipping outweighed weaker financial results in the third quarter.

Hawaii and other American territories called for changes to the Jones Act, citing unfair economic burdens outside the continental United States.

New legislation allows five-year Jones Act exemptions for foreign companies to operate their ships within America’s coastal trades.

The Jones Act is one of America’s most controversial laws. Reforming it could slash fuel prices, but there are caveats.

The U.S. secretary of transportation testifies before Congress on the Biden administration’s infrastructure priorities.

Fewer options means less competition and less incentive to control costs.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, TFI International will acquire UPS Freight. Plus, the West Coast has supplanted Chicago as the king of the freight world, and outbound tender volumes keep falling.

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U.S. shipbuilding also hit as demand dropped amid excess vessel capacity.

Crowley has the Jones Act-compliant marine transportation assets to accommodate the start of the burgeoning U.S. offshore wind industry.

Despite COVID-19 concerns, the Port of Alaska and ocean carriers calling Anchorage insist that ships loaded with containers will continue to arrive on schedule.