us-maritime-administration
For more than five months, foreign-flag vessels have been permitted to carry cargo between U.S. ports under an emergency waiver of the Jones Act intended to address an immediate adverse effect on military operations.
The cargoes actually moved under that authority, however, have ranged well beyond obvious military requirements, raising questions over how broadly the national-defense standard has been applied and whether qualified U.S. vessels could have performed some of the ...
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TOTE Services, Hanwha Philly Shipyard, Maine Maritime Academy and the U.S. Maritime Administration christened the third of five National Security Multi-Mission vessels (NSMVs), State of Maine, on Aug. 27.
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Labor Elaine Chao, served as the ship's sponsor, which is a special designation that bestows the ...
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