NOVEMBER 16, 2012 — Vessels operating under the temporary Hurricane Sandy related Jones Act waiver have to meet various U.S. Maritime Administration reporting requirements. The agency yesterday issued a guidance on what
NOVEMBER 14, 2012 — Tanker giant Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG) today filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions for itself and certain operating subsidiaries in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District
NOVEMBER 4, 2012 — Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano yesterday announced the expansion of the temporary, blanket waiver of the Jones Act, issued Friday, to also facilitate the transportation of feedstocks,
NOVEMBER 2, 2012—In a move to ease the flow of gasoline to the U.S. Northeast in the wake of the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet
NOVEMBER 2, 2012 — The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) has written President Obama saying that the U.S. Maritime Industry will not oppose Jones Act waivers that are necessary to facilitate the delivery of petroleum
NOVEMBER 1, 20012 — Rand Logistics, Inc. has christened and placed in service the Jones Act compliant tug Defiance and the self-unloading barge Ashtabula. The Ashtabula loaded sand in Brevort, Michigan for
OCTOBER 11, 2012 — Mobile, Alabama, headquartered International Shipholding Corporation (NYSE: ISH) reports that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 100 percent ownership interest in U.S. United Ocean
AUGUST 21, 2012—Hoping to avoid a reenactment of last year’s fiasco by the Administration, U.S. Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Senior Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, sent a letter
AUGUST 17, 2012 — Law firm LeBlanc Bland says an August 14 decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has significant implications for employers in the maritime industry, confirming the test
JULY 2, 2012 — Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ALEX) has completed its previously announced plan to separate its land and transportation businesses into two stand-alone, publicly traded companies. From today,