Jones Act

The United States Coast Guard has issued a Federal Register notice advising shipping companies on how to comply with Jones Act ownership requirements.

The US has temporarily lifted Jones Act restrictions for tankers delivering refined petroleum products to East Coast ports following the fuel shortage caused by Hurricane Sandy, causing a rate increase.

Puerto Rico has requested a study into whether it should be exempted from the cabotage restrictions of the Jones Act, but the impact of the findings on potential changes to the legislation are yet to be determined.

John Imhof, Jr. of Watson, Farley and Williams explains the Jones Act's impacts on US offshore wind development.

In their quarterly newsletter, Moore Stephens concludes with a tongue-in-cheek feature titled, "The Devil's Dictionary," explained as "a series looking at classic and alternative definitions of shipping and accountancy terms." As the most recent edition considered the Jones Act, we thought our

A current lawsuit explains the complications the Jones Act places on transporting goods to non-contiguous US regions such as Alaska.

As part of a joint venture with Rickmers Maritime, Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) has reflagged the first of two major heavy-lift vessels from the Marshall Islands to the U.S.

A study into whether Canadian and Mexican ports have an "unfair advantage" over US ports, which could potentially lead to a "full-scale trade spat," has industry experts suggesting that a review of domestic maritime policy would be a more effective study.

The ISRR staff has learned of a letter written by the United States’ Government Accountability Office (GAO) stating its intentions to review the Jones Act “in terms of its effect on both the Puerto Rican economy and the broader U.S. economy.”

In the latest development to United States maritime policy, Congressman Steve Cohen has re-proposed the American Coastal Waters and Shorelines Protection Act – a bill that would require offshore vessels drilling in U.S. waters to be nationally flagged.