Jones Act

...One of the costliest parts of the law is the requirement that vessels used in domestic shipping be built in the United States....

...US flag military sealift carrier SLNC York was en route 'under ballast' (ie without cargo) from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa....

... Since March, a Jones Act waiver for energy and fertilizer shipments has acted as a real-time experiment in what the country might look like without the law’s shipping restrictions ....

... Rep Case says any lapse of the current Jones Act waiver will heighten disruption risk and further drive up sky-high prices ....

... Hawaii bought gasoline from Texas ....

... it is too early say whether sea gliders will be be financially viable ....

... Seven Chinese executives and four of the world’s largest shipping container manufacturing companies were indicted ....

... the latest waiver quickly resulted in new shipping routes that "you never see” ....

... The Jones Act is a protectionist relic that inflates the cost of living for every American while failing to deliver the very maritime security it was designed to provide ....

"...to waive the Jones Act to try to hold down skyrocketing fuel and other energy costs is a blanket admission of the Jones Act’s crippling effects on our economy...."

... Trump’s navigation waiver is the first to be issued since the enabling federal statute was extensively amended in 2021 to make the waiver process more restrictive ....

...the Jones Act has created a severe shortage of available ships....

... foreign ships were being chartered to carry goods between American ports within 24 hours of Trump’s recent Jones Act waiver  ....

...The suspension of the law would allow foreign tankers to transport oil around the country....

... the Jones Act “has been identified as a central factor in Hawaii’s reliance on foreign oil" ....

... there are bills that would undo the TAT extension to cruise lines and, instead, impose a per-passenger charge on cruise ship docking ....

... The United States is nowhere close to becoming a competitive builder of large oceangoing cargo vessels, either under current conditions or under any plausible combination of subsidies or mandates ....

... 30 commentaries during 2025 that were first featured by local and national media ....

... While the AG was counting her chickens, barristers worked through the holidays to bring the preliminary injunction appeal to justice ....

... The AG isn't telling you this, but the plaintiffs immediately filed an appeal to the 9th Circuit.  They also filed a motion for a stay pending appeal ....

... the cruise lines alleged that the tax appeal system we have here is anything but plain, speedy, and efficient ....

... The Constitution’s Tonnage Clause bars States from imposing any “charge for the privilege of entering, trading in, or lying in a port.” ….

... the Cruise Lines International Association and several Hawaii tour operators are asking for a preliminary injunction to block the law ....

... monitoring to reliably detect whales up to three nautical miles away, day or night ....

... the Jones Act goblin, the budget banshee and the grasping rail ....

... upward of 500 building permits have been issued for Lahaina residents and businesses whose homes and storefronts were destroyed ....

"Assessing the Jones Act: Perspectives from the Noncontiguous States and Territories"

... On Aug. 1, Rep. Ed Case introduced HR4839, which would establish the Merchant Marine Allies Partnership Act ....

... glimmer of hope ....

... The 11% surcharge violates the US Constitution’s Tonnage Clause, which prohibits states from imposing taxes on vessels for entering and docking at ports ....

... U.S. Code (49 U.S.C. §41703), says foreign airlines cannot sell tickets between two U.S. cities ....

... Seven years ago, the Cato Institute launched its project on reforming the Jones Act ....

... decade-long scheme to defraud hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars in connection with Semisub Inc. ....

... “Under long-standing loopholes in maritime law, Jones Act shippers can and do outsource major vessel parts fabrications and modifications to foreign shipyards, primarily those in the PRC,” said Case. ...

... High school, college students can earn $10,000, $5,000 or $1,000 from Jones Act essay contest ....

... Questions: Will Pasha follow suit?  Does Matson's ban extend to shipments of lithium batteries for consumer products and for solar installations? ....

...last year Japan imported over 9.5 million barrels of crude from Texas....

... The protectionist law’s defenders claim U.S. shipbuilding would be virtually nonexistent without it, but it would be hard to do much worse ....

... Democrats favoring Jones Act reform include U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, who introduced a bill in early May to exempt oil and other energy products transported to Hawaii, Alaska, Guam and Puerto Rico from the Jones Act ....

... Truth about Jones Act makes big leap forward ....

... tax "may have invited a legal storm" ....

... Senate Bill 1396 increases the TAT rate by 0.75% beginning in 2026 and levies, for the first time, the TAT on cruise ships that port in the state ....

... A recently filed lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Jones Act has not surprisingly caught the eye of Hawaii-based shipping giant Matson, which filed a motion on April 11 to intervene in the case ....

... Trump has signaled interest in some kind of reforms and floated working with Congress to pass legislation authorizing the purchase of ships from foreign countries ....

... No matter how many times the law’s supposed benefits are debunked, the same old arguments pop up again and again ....

... Young Brothers filed an application requesting Commission approval of a total revenue increase of $26,368,923 (27.06%) ....

... none of the world’s more than 600 LNG tankers comply with the Jones Act ....

... it is time to develop a round table and look to modify the Act to keep pace with global technology and geopolitical events ....

... The U.S. is considering trade sanctions against Chinese shipping that would negatively impact Hawaii ....

... Every Hawaii-based company that ships its goods outside of the state has come up against the Jones Act ....