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More Than 100 Lawmakers Push to Include SHIPS for America Act in Defense Bill
A bipartisan group of 119 lawmakers is urging congressional leaders to preserve and expand provisions of the SHIPS for America…
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Lawmakers Seek to Strip COSCO Ships of U.S. Port Inspection Privileges Over Espionage Claims
Three senior House Republicans are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to revoke special inspection privileges granted to vessels…
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U.S. Lawmakers Push Tax Break for Merchant Mariners Working Overseas
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced legislation that would give U.S. merchant mariners working in international trade a…
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EU Lawmakers Urge Denmark’s Fayard to Halt Servicing of Russian Arctic LNG Fleet
More than 100 lawmakers from the European Parliament and national legislatures across Europe have called on Denmark’s Fayard shipyard to…
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State Lawmakers Engage in Tours, Presentations During FreightWeekSTL
State legislators from across the bi-state St. Louis region and several of their staff members joined industry leaders June 9…
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US Unions Urge Lawmakers to Pass SHIPS Act to Secure Domestic Shipbuilding Funding
Five U.S. unions are calling on lawmakers to pass legislation that would help secure long-term funding to revive domestic shipbuilding,…
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US Lawmakers Want Sanctions to Sink Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’
A group of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Friday that would expand sanctions against Russian energy, specifically…
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California Lawmakers Urge Delay in New Marine Vessel Retrofitting Rule
A group of California lawmakers led by Representative Michelle Steel has written a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom asking him…
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US Lawmakers Hold First Hearing on Biden’s LNG Project Approval Pause
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) – As Republican and some Democratic U.S. lawmakers slam President Joe Biden’s pause on approvals of exports…
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Lawmakers Call on White House to Rejuvenate American Maritime Power
A group of 19 senators and congressmen have written to the White House to shore up American seapower and…
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