Category Archives: USA MARITIME NEWS

Maritime Labor Urges Establishment of Tanker Security Fleet

We are writing today to urge Congress to take immediate and positive action to increase the number of commercial vessels operating under the U.S.-flag in order to increase the shipboard employment opportunities for American mariners.  Absent such action, we...

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao Thanks U.S. Maritime Industry

TTD- Support US Maritime Workforce in Emergency Aid Package

On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) and our affiliated maritime unions whose members crew U.S.-flag seagoing vessels, we call on you to include emergency supplemental funding for the Maritime Security Program (MSP) and to amend cargo...

USA MARITIME URGES CONGRESS TO PRIORITIZE SEALIFT READINESS IN COVID-19 RELIEF LEGISLATION

The USA Maritime Coalition is calling on Congress to provide $109.8 million in emergency funding assistance to ensure that the U.S.-flag militarily-useful commercial vessels enrolled in the Maritime Security Program will be maintained in the state of operational readiness...

TTD Demands Immediate Federal Protective Measures for Frontline Transportation Workers

t has now been over a month since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic. The United States alone has had over 670,000 confirmed cases and, tragically, over 34,000 deaths. Since this public...

BIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL COALITIONS SUPPORT FULL MSP FUNDING

Recognizing the critical importance of the U.S.-flag maritime security fleet and the essential role played by American mariners, a bipartisan group of 106 Representatives and 25 Senators has called on Congress to approve full funding for the Maritime Security...

PODCAST: Behind the Scenes of the USNS Comfort and the USNS Mercy with Captain Rockwood and the Mission to Combat COVID-19

In our second episode of the American Maritime Podcast, we take a look behind the scenes of the USNS Mercy and the USNS Comfort, two U.S. Navy hospital ships operated by the U.S. Military Sealift Command that are currently...

Committee Leaders Reaffirm Bipartisan Opposition to Any Effort to Waive the Jones Act and Jeopardize U.S. Maritime Jobs

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Full Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), and...

Maritime Industry Letter to President Trump

We recently learned that you will be meeting tomorrow with certain chief executive officers from the oil and gas industry and that some of those officials may ask you to waive the Jones Act. We write to strongly oppose...

American Maritime Operators and Civilian Mariners Answer Call to Deliver Healthcare Resources on USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy

WASHINGTON — The American Maritime Partnership, the voice of the domestic maritime industry, applauds the American maritime operators and mariners that once again came together in time of crisis to serve our nation, supporting the swift arrival of the...