Jones Act Debate Takes Center Stage on Leading Podcast – Bloomberg’s Odd Lots
By VOICES Staff. The Miracle Theatre, Washington, DC’s oldest movie theater, was packed with an engaged audience as one of the nation’s leading podcasts – Bloomberg’s “Odd Lots” – recorded its first-ever episode on the Jones Act. Hosted by analysts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, this was also the show’s first live event in the […]
Column: Anti-Jones Act attacks don’t hold water
By Captain Ed Enos. It’s curious why some are pushing so hard against the Jones Act in Hawaii lately (“Jones Act hurts more than it helps,” Island Voices, Star-Advertiser, Feb. 23). Contrary to what Grassroot Institute-affiliated scholar Colin Grabow writes, the Jones Act doesn’t impact the cost of fuel in Hawaii because our island refinery […]
Does the Jones Act Raise Hawaii’s Fuel Prices? A Closer Look at the Data
By Sam Norton, CEO of Overseas Shipholding Group. Colin Grabow of the Cato Institute argues that the Jones Act is the primary cause of high transportation fuel prices paid in Hawaii. His reasoning: Hawaii’s sole refinery, operated by Par Pacific, sources crude oil from distant foreign countries. Without the Jones Act’s restrictions, he claims, crude […]
The Jones Act: Protecting Hawaii’s Economy from False Promises
By VOICES Staff Hawaii Congressman Ed Case is once again trying to weaken the Jones Act with a set of bills that claim to lower costs for Hawaii families. The real winners of Case’s bills wouldn’t be Hawaii’s families. Foreign shipping companies and countries like China, which already dominate global maritime trade, would take advantage. […]
El Coqui Crew Rescues 4
By Jordan Biscardo, Seafarers International Union. Four recreational sailors are safe, thanks in large part to the efforts of Seafarers International Union (SIU) members. According to the U.S. Coast Guard report, the sailboat Mariposa had struck a submerged rock in the shoal area of the Silver Bank waters, north of the Dominican Republic. As the […]
Coast Guard members, good Samaritans receive international recognition for Maui wildfires response
By the United States Coast Guard. HONOLULU – Coast Guard members and good Samaritans who responded during the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires received international recognition and awards during a ceremony at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku, Hawaii, Friday. During the ceremony, the International Maritime Organization presented five Coast Guard responders and four […]
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Announces Matson Partnership to Protect Whales.
By Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Ship-mounted camera systems provide real-time detection and increased response time, can reduce the number of whales killed by vessel strikes Woods Hole, Mass. (Oct. 15, 2024) – Vessel strikes and entanglement are some of the leading causes of injury and death to marine animals such as whales. Increasingly urbanized waterways, […]
Jones Act Carrier Helps Maui Families Rebuild
By Maui Now. Gov. Josh Green, M.D., announced a multimillion-dollar, private-sector partnership that will hasten the installation of critically needed infrastructure and put roofs over the heads of Maui wildfire survivors. “The wildfires happened on Maui, but affected all of us across the state very deeply. It was clear from the very beginning that we […]
Maui Fires: American Maritime’s Vital Role in Facilitating Disaster Relief Efforts
By VOICES Staff. In the wake of the destructive wildfire that ravaged the town of Lāhainā in Maui, Hawaii, the men and women of American Maritime have once again demonstrated their critical role in disaster relief efforts. American Maritime’s Swift Response American maritime companies have swiftly rallied to provide essential relief and aid to […]
