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April 28, 2021
MM&P Applauds Appointment of Celeste Drake to Lead Administration’s “Buy America” Office

As a follow-up to his Jan. 25 Buy America Executive Order, President Biden has named former AFL-CIO trade official Celeste Drake as the first director of the administration’s Made in America Office. “MM&P enthusiastically supports the appointment of Celeste...

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April 25, 2021
A Turning Point for the U.S. Flag Fleet

The strength of the U.S.-flagged, U.S-crewed merchant marine fleet continues to be an essential linchpin for economic security, military readiness, and the availability of good jobs with strong wages and benefits in the domestic maritime industry. However, for decades,...

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April 16, 2021
MAERSK MOVING TO CARBON NEUTRAL SHIPPING

Maersk is a world leader in logistics and has long been committed to environmental leadership. We are headquartered in Copenhagen Denmark and our North American Headquarters is in Florham Park, New Jersey. We operate over 700 container vessels globally...

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April 13, 2021
SC Ports opens state-of-the-art Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal

The Leatherman Terminal, which has been 20 years in the making, is a generational milestone for SC Ports and for South Carolina. The terminal sits along the Cooper River in North Charleston, near Charleston Harbor. Its cranes can be...

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April 12, 2021
Essential, invisible: Covid has 200,000 merchant sailors stuck at sea

Brian Mossman says he has read “Moby Dick” nearly 200 times. The 61-year-old captain of the container ship Maersk Sentosa says he revisits the Melville classic nearly every voyage, because each time reveals something new about the people who...

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April 6, 2021
Maersk Adds U.S. East Coast Weekly Service

Maersk North America has announced the launch of a new service linking ports in Vietnam and China with the United States East Coast via the Panama Canal. “Importers are looking for more U.S. East Coast gateways in their Asia/North...

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March 31, 2021
Daniel B. Maffei Designated as the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission

Commissioner Daniel B. Maffei has been designated as the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission.  The designation was made by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on March 29, 2021. Chairman Maffei is a sitting member of the FMC and...

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March 16, 2021
Seafaring Unions Call for Maritime Jobs Program

Dear Mr. President: During the course of the Presidential campaign and most recently through the release of your January 25, 2021 Buy America Executive Order, you have expressed strong support for the United States-flag maritime industry and for the...

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February 9, 2021
USA Maritime Testimony to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation: Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Statement of C. James Patti, President, Maritime Institute for Research and Industrial Development on Behalf of USA Maritime to The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee of The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on The State Of The U.S....

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January 26, 2021
USA MARITIME STATEMENT ON THE APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR LUCINDA LESSLEY

The USA Maritime Coalition congratulates Lucinda Lessley on her appointment to the position of Deputy Maritime Administrator, U.S. Department of Transportation.  USA Maritime represents shipping companies operating U.S.-flag vessels in our nation’s foreign trades, the maritime labor organizations representing...

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