Puerto Rico

1994: Those involved in response to the 600,000-gallon spill reflect on their efforts.

The Biden administration has approved a controversial Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Fiona.

Crowley Maritime’s Isla Grande Terminal suffered no significant damage when Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico on Sunday.

The room is part of a $650,000 upgrade of the unit’s San Juan complex.

“This service further connects northeast Florida exporters, including the area’s robust forest products sector, to an important and growing segment of the global economy.”

“Teamwork and training” led to the successful rescue, according to a Coast Guard official.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission says an amendment to the Puerto Nuevo Terminals Agreement poses no anticompetitive concern.

Airforwarders Association Executive Director Brandon Fried said minimizing threat of illegal drugs requires freight forwarders to “know your customer.”

Lockheed Martin rolls out big, slow, low-altitude air transport vehicle’ does Precision Scheduled Railroading run afoul of common carrier requirements?

U.S. Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, has introduced three related bills in Congress to modify the Jones Act, saying that the law is “one of the key drivers of our astronomically […]

Flooding, wind damage possible as Tropical Storm Karen moves through Caribbean islands. Eventual U.S. mainland strike possible?

Puerto Rico getting 25% of money in wake of 2017 hurricanes.

Two San Juan, Puerto Rico container terminals can merge but will be subject to additional scrutiny by the Federal Maritime Commission.

Drivers hauling supplies in response to storm will be exempt from hours-of-service rules.

Dorian could become a hurricane, slamming Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico soon. U.S. mainland could be next.

Notice to Puerto Rico: “The biggest problem [with Tropical Storm Dorian] will be the rain.”

A Cato Institute trade policy analyst and the president of the Hawaii Shippers Council respond to an editorial written by a Jones Act supporter.

US DOT awards $478 million in airport infrastructure grants to 232 airports in 43 states.

Provision in Coast Guard bill tightens foreign-ship waiver process

Ten-year waiver to move U.S. LNG to Puerto Rico is off the table – for now.

Infrastructure hearings and a controversial waiver have lawmakers taking sides on the Jones Act debate.

LNG shipments to Puerto Rico caught in the middle of latest battle over the Jones Act maritime regulation.

A year later, nothing has changed. The hurricanes keep coming on strong. But the stubborn, antiquated, protectionist law, won’t go away. It’s like a bad dream all over again.

Following the devastation Hurricane Maria delivered to Puerto Rico, there have been many places to levy blame as the island nation has been slow to recover. An aging electric grid that was destroyed, a country mired in debt that has been unable to maintain basic infrastructure, an arguably slow government response. One segment that received blame, unfairly, was the nation’s truck drivers.

A relic of a protectionist period in US history made the damage caused by Maria so much worse. Combined with a lack of logistics infrastructure and you have the making of an American made catastrophe.