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Maritime News
Study: Long Jones Act Waiver Could Cut U.S. Shipbuilding Activity by $2.6B
In a new study conducted for the Transportation Institute, international consultancy PwC has calculated the potential cost to U.S. maritime…
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Marine World
White House Weighs Jones Act Waiver Extension As Hormuz Conflict Reignites
The White House is weighing another extension of waivers allowing foreign ships to transport goods between U.S. ports as renewed…
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OSG: Jones Act Waiver is Only Increasing Oil Companies’ Profits
The Jones Act’s defenders and opponents continue to debate the outcome of the Trump administration’s sweeping 150-day waiver of America’s…
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Marine World
Refiners, Not Consumers, Are Biggest Winners From Jones Act Waiver, OSG CEO Says
The Trump administration’s emergency Jones Act waiver has delivered a windfall to U.S. refiners while doing little to lower fuel…
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Marine World
American Mariners Protest Chinese Tanker as Jones Act Waiver Faces Growing Scrutiny
American merchant mariners staged a protest Thursday outside Marathon Petroleum’s refinery in Garyville, Louisiana, as a Chinese-flagged tanker prepared to…
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Marine World
U.S. Revokes Iran Oil Waiver After Hormuz Attacks, Launches New Military Strikes
The Trump administration has revoked its temporary sanctions waiver for Iranian oil exports and launched new military strikes against Iran…
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Marine World
Japan Weighs Return to Iranian Oil as Shipping Risks Cloud Sanctions Waiver
Iran has begun talks with Japanese companies under a U.S. sanctions waiver allowing it to resume oil sales, though prospective…
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Maritime News
House Leaders Call for an End to White House’s Jones Act Waiver
The Republican leaders of the House of Representatives have written to the White House to ask for an eventual end…
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Maritime News
Congressional Leaders Urge Trump Administration to End Jones Act Waiver
Congressman James Comer (R-Ky.), Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.), and Republican lawmakers today urged the Trump Administration to…
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Marine World
Report Challenges National Security Case for Extended Jones Act Waiver
A new analysis from maritime consulting firm Navigistics Consulting argues the Trump administration’s emergency Jones Act waiver has failed to…
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