Morgan City, Louisiana-based Conrad Shipyard says it has been awarded a contract for the construction of four cargo and passenger ferries for the Puerto Rico Maritime Transit Authority (PRMTA). The…
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A new catamaran cruise ship has been delivered to a US operator while a Russian inland luxury liner enters its final leg of sea trials. A new sightseeing boat for the Chinese city of Fuzhou is launched into the water for the first time. Finally, a Puerto Rico-based transit authority places an order...
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Deliveries include a new air-cushion landing craft for the US Navy and a response boat for the Puerto Rico Police Department. Construction is nearly complete on two new c ..
Puerto Ricans were in dire need of fuel following the recent disaster. Thankfully, there was an oil tanker nearby. Sadly, the American government stopped it from landing! Why? because of The Jones Act, a foolish statute with a dumb name, as reported by NY Post.
Increased pricesBy virtue of the Jones Act, no cargo may be transported between American ports on vessels that were not built and crewed in the US.
This raises the price of products ($1,800 more annually for the...
By Jim Wyss (Bloomberg) — Scale AI, a California-based artificial-intelligence company, has found an oddity in Puerto Rico’s Port of Ponce — two idle ship-to-shore cranes. Shipping ports are capital intensive…
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A bipartisan group of House lawmakers are demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his decision to waive the Jones Act to allow the delivery of…
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The Biden administration approved another Jones Act waiver over the weekend to allow urgent supplies of LNG to be sent to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Fiona. This is the second waiver issued in three weeks as the island struggles to get its power grid back up and running after the huge...
The Biden administration has approved a “temporary and targeted” Jones Act waiver to boost fuel supplies to hurricane-battered Puerto Rico. But supporters of the law argue the waiver is unnecessary and could disrupt recovery operations on the island.
“In response to urgent and immediate needs of the Puerto Rican people in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, I have approved a temporary and targeted Jones Act waiver to ensure that the people of Puerto Rico have sufficient diesel to run generators...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jones-act-waiver-for-puerto-rico-relaxes-rules-on-foreign-tankers