Red ink quarter for International Shipholding

APRIL 15, 2014 — International Shipholding Corporation (NYSE:ISH) expects to report a first quarter net loss, before preferred dividends, in the range of $3.3 million to $3.7 million. It says this is

Landrieu: Jones Act creates Louisiana jobs

APRIL 10, 2014 — U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-LA, Chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee highlighted the importance of the Jones Act to Louisiana’s economy at a Washington

Waterways industry barges in on Washington

APRIL 2, 2014 – As part of the American Waterways Operators’ annual Barge-In, U.S. vessel owners, operators and mariners are fanning out all over Capitol Hill today visiting nearly 150 Congressional offices

Aker Philly sells profit share in tanker pair to Crowley

APRIL 1, 2014 — Back in August 2012 when Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA sold two Jones Act product tankers that it had been building for its own account to Crowley Maritime’s Crowley

Oaktree-backed Harkand charters HOS OCV

MARCH 31, 2014 — IRM, survey and light construction contractor Harkand has entered into a charter agreement with Hornbeck Offshore for the Jones Act qualified offshore construction vessel HOS Mystique for a

DOF Subsea charters third Jones Act vessel

MARCH 20, 2014 — DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of Norway’s DOF ASA, has chartered a third Jones Act vessel to support ongoing operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Following on from the

Jones Act tanker to be converted to shuttle in Poland

MARCH 7, 2014 — Overseas Tampa, one of the Veteran Class Jones Act products tankers built by Aker Philadelphia Shipyard for operation by OSG, looks to be headed to Poland for conversion

Matson’s Kevin O’Rourke to retire

MARCH 3, 2014 — Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX), reports that Kevin O’Rourke, senior vice president and chief legal officer, is retiring after 21 years with Matson. He will be succeeded by Peter

NJ rock salt saga: Poor planning, not the Jones Act to blame

FEBRUARY 26, 2014—The great New Jersey rock salt shortage has apparently come to an end, and so, too, perhaps the Garden State’s assaults on the Jones Act. A U.S.-flagged barge carrying the

BAE Systems launches first Jackson Offshore PSV

JANUARY 30, 2014 — BAE Systems today launched the first of four platform supply vessels it is building for Jackson Offshore Operators, LLC. The launch ceremony at BAE Systems’ Heckscher Drive, Jacksonville,

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