USA Maritime Coalition’s letter to the Maritime Administrator on our support for cargo preference laws.

Dear Mr. Matsuda: We write to support the required application of the Cargo Preference Act of 1954, as amended (1954 Act), to the Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program. We are all members of USA Maritime which is a coalition of carriers and maritime unions committed to promoting and protecting the U.S. maritime industry. We all support the rigorous enforcement of the cargo preference laws. The cargo preference laws, as you know, provide essential cargo to a fleet of privately owned U.S.-flag vessels available to the United States in times of war and national emergency. READ MORE