Pasha Hawaii ship completes Puerto Rico relief deployment

FEBRUARY 15, 2018 — Honolulu, Hawaii, based Pasha Hawaii reports that its 2,437 TEU, U.S. flag, Jones Act containershipl Horizon Spirit has returned to the U.S. West Coast after providing service in

U.S. Shipping Corp. makes management team changes

JANUARY 8, 2018 — Edison, NJ, headquartered Jones Act operator U.S. Shipping Corp has announced changes to its senior management team that became effective January 1. Sam Cermack, formerly Senior Vice President,

Crowley ATB delivers jet fuel to Puerto Rico

NOVEMBER 21, 2017 — Crowley Petroleum Services is completing the delivery today of more than 177,000 barrels of Jet A-1 fuel to Puerto Rico aboard the company owned and operated articulated tug

Philly Shipyard delivers final ship in Kinder Morgan quartet

NOVEMBER 21, 2017 — Philly Shipyard, Inc. yesterday delivered the American Pride, the fourth of four next generation 50,000 dwt product tankers built for American Petroleum Tankers (APT), a subsidiary of Kinder

Mysteries of the NVDC revealed — a little

NOVEMBER 14, 2017 — A veil has been at least partially lifted from one of the greatest mysteries of all time: How the Coast Guard’s National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) arrives at

Exempting Puerto Rico from Jones Act remote

OCTOBER 27, 2017—The humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico following the devastation of Hurricane Maria gave an opening to critics of the Jones Act to blame the law for hindering the relief and

Pasha Hawaii provides Jones Act ship for Puerto Rico relief efforts

OCTOBER 17, 2017 — Honolulu, Hawaii-based Pasha Hawaii has announced that it will be providing the U.S. Jones Act vessel Horizon Spirit to ship hundreds of containers from the U.S. West Coast

AFL-CIO to Senators: Jones Act not the problem in Puerto Rico

OCTOBER 13, 2017 — The AFL-CIO has written U.S. senators today saying that the Jones Act has “in no way impeded Puerto Rico’s recovery” in the wake of Hurricane Maria, noting that

VIDEO: Crowley continues round-the-clock Puerto Rico response

OCTOBER 12, 2017 — With employees working around the clock and its vessels calling the Port of San Juan almost daily, Jones Act operator Crowley Maritime Corp. had, as of the end

House bill seeks five-year Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico

OCTOBER 10, 2017 — Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL) and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) have introduced H.R. 3966, the Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief Act. According to a press release issued by Congressman Palmer,

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