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April 20, 2020t 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...
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April 10, 2020Recognizing 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...
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April 10, 2020In 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...
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April 3, 2020Washington, 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...
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April 3, 2020We 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...
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April 2, 2020WASHINGTON — 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...
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March 30, 2020The USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort are crewed by civil service mariners who operate and navigate the ship, load and off-load the cargo, assist with the repairs to mission equipment and provide essential services to keep the ships running....
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March 22, 2020In time of war, the civilian U.S. merchant marine contributes directly to national defense, providing most of the lift to bring America’s military to the fight. However, last year’s mobilization exercise for the U.S. government-owned sealift fleet revealed a startlingly low...
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March 14, 2020United States Merchant Mariners suffered the highest rate of casualities of any service in World War II. According to one estimate, one of every 26 mariners died and as many as 8,000 perished in total — while more than...
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March 14, 2020On Friday, March 13, 2020, the President signed into law H.R. 5671, the “Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 202.” This legislation authorizes the issuance of a Congressional gold medal collectively, to the United...
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