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This issue’s opening article reignites the debate surrounding the Jones Act: is it is indeed time to scrap this old law, leaving American shipping to sink or swim in the aftermath?

Further afield, we speak to an ingenuous entrepreneur who set out to build an ethical, clean cargo vessel that will transport locally-produced goods from small Senegalese communities to the shores of Scotland.

In technology, we ask voyage...

https://www.ship-technology.com/uncategorised/ship-technology-global-issue-60/

North Carolina Ports’ Wilmington and Morehead City terminals have resumed full commercial truck operations after remaining closed for 11 days due to Hurricane Florence.

Both the terminals shut down on 13 September before the arrival of the hurricane and were partially reopened for employees and vessel operations late last week.

The port of Wilmington received its first post-storm vessel on Thursday with the arrival of THE Alliance EC2’s Yang Ming Uniformity vessel that connects Asia to Wilmington.

https://www.ship-technology.com/uncategorised/north-carolina-ports-resumes-operation-hurricane-florence/