USA Maritime Coalition’s letter to the Department of Transportation and Maritime Administration on the application of Cargo Preference to Department of Energy Loan Guarantee

Dear Messrs, Rivkin and Matsuda: At the DOT-industry meeting last Friday, USA Maritime representatives indicated that they would provide DOT with certain follow-up information to aid DOT in its application of the Cargo Preference Act of 1954, as amended, to the Depatiment of Energy (DOE) loan guarantees. Specifically, we promised to provide information regarding the potential cargo impact of applying the cargo preference to the DOE loan guarantees and to provide examples of imports to which cargo preference was applied which are financed by the U.S. Government but which are not for the account of the U.S. Govermnent. READ MORE