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May 21, 2024
|2 min read
U.S. Maritime Citizenship Laws Again at Issue
rigorous, it permits certain foreign investment provided vessels remain under U.S. citizen control.
December 14, 2023
|2 min read
U.S. Maritime Administration Makes Government Vessel Financing More Flexible
more flexible.
June 23, 2022
|1 min read
Biden Administration Moves Offshore Wind Installation Vessels to the Head of the Financing Line
U.S. coast.
May 21, 2021
|2 min read
Coastal Pipeline Jones Act Waiver Post-Mortem
12 and May 13.
May 11, 2021
|2 min read
Colonial Pipeline – What It Takes to Waive the Jones Act
transported refined petroleum products from the U.S. gulf coast to the U.S. east coast. The “Jones Act,” however, is not easy to waive and is rarely waived.
June 15, 2020
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U.S. Congress Again Proposes U.S.-Flag Tanker Program
Authorization and Improvement Act.” The bill, to be considered by the U.S. Congress, would, among other things, re-authorize the U.S. Maritime
Administration (MARAD).
December 12, 2019
|4 min read
U.S. Congress to Adopt Defense Act with Significant Maritime Provisions
December 9, and the 2020 NDAA is likely to become law in the next few days. The 2020 NDAA contains a number of significant changes to existing law
affecting the maritime industry including changes relating to the Maritime Security Program and new related programs, the offshore wind indust...Read more
July 11, 2019
|1 min read
MARAD Issues New Information Collection Notice for Cargo Preference Shipments
requires that at least 50% of government-impelled cargoes be shipped on U.S.-flag vessels.
June 3, 2019
|2 min read
addition to reauthorizing most of the programs administered by MARAD, the bill includes a few new nuggets worth examining.
May 1, 2019
|2 min read
U.S. Maritime Administration Seeks to Streamline U.S. Citizenship Requirements
process of demonstrating U.S. citizenship for certain maritime programs.
July 18, 2018
|2 min read
Court Rejects Challenge to U.S.-Flag Maritime Security Program Decision
Administration (MARAD) decisions approving vessel substitutions for APL Marine Services, Ltd.
December 4, 2017
|2 min read
Study Released on U.S. Maritime Administration Role
Aligning its Programs, and Meeting its Objectives.” The study was commissioned by MARAD in June 2017 in connection with President Trump’s first budget
request submitted to Congress. The 140-page study examined all of MARAD’s functions and makes 27 recommendations.
September 12, 2017
|1 min read
Hurricane Irma Jones Act Waiver Additional Guidance Issued
from certain states effective immediately and lasting seven days to be shipped to South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Puerto Rico. On September 12, DHS
issued clarifying guidance requiring DHS notifications associated with the waiver.
September 8, 2017
|1 min read
Hurricane Irma Jones Act Waiver Issued
in the United States effective immediately and lasting seven days for the movement of refined petroleum products to be shipped from New York,
Pennsylvania, Texas, and Louisiana to South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Puerto Rico.
July 5, 2017
|1 min read
Congress Proposes Replacing Reserve Fleet with Foreign-Built Vessels
Committee on June 28, 2017, would amend existing law to permit the acquisition of foreign-built vessels for the U.S. fleet of military reserve vessels.
June 15, 2017
|1 min read
U.S. Maritime Administration Requests Study of Its Role
2017. It is anticipated that the results of the study will be made public in the fall of 2017.
May 11, 2015
|1 min read
U.S. Deepwater Port Guidance Issued, MARAD Establishes Final Policy
April 23, 2015
|1 min read
Federal Ship Financing Program Shifts Focus, Environmental Policy and Cargo Preference at Issue
July 15, 2014
|1 min read
U.S. Maritime Administration Issues Draft Marine Highway Environmental Guidance
June 10, 2014
|less than 1 min read
U.S. Maritime Administration Proposes to Amend its Fishing Vessel Regulations
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MaritimeFedWatch features updates and discussions on current maritime legal issues and developments. The blog covers environmental regulation and crimes, piracy, the Jones Act, U.S. Coast Guard initiatives, U.S. Congressional enactments, and many other topics of interest to the U.S.-flag industry and the world wide maritime industry’s interaction with the United States.
