Community Rallies to Rebuild Lahaina
By Pasha Hawaii. Nearly three years after the August 8, 2023 Lahaina wildfire, Maui’s recovery has entered a new phase – one defined not by emergency response, but by steady, determined rebuilding. While the headlines have faded, the work continues every day, led by a community that has remained deeply committed to restoring Lahaina, one […]
Jones Act Waiver Has Proven Why Repeal Is the Wrong Answer
By Jennifer Carpenter, President of the American Maritime Partnership. For years, critics of the Jones Act have made the same promises: repeal the law, allow foreign vessels into domestic trade, and American consumers will see lower prices and stronger supply chains. Now the real-world test case is underway, and it is failing to make a […]
Trump Extends Jones Act Waiver
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration has suspended for an additional 90 days a law forbidding foreign-owned and crewed ships from transporting goods between U.S. ports in an effort to contain price increases and to advance national security aims. “President Trump issued a 90-day extension to the Jones Act waiver,” Taylor Rogers of the White […]
Anti-Jones Act Candidate Finishes Last in Crowded Illinois Senate Primary
By VOICES Staff. In one of the most crowded Democratic primaries in recent Illinois history, U.S. Senate candidate Steve Botsford finished at the bottom of the field, underscoring the steep challenges facing outsider candidates running on anti-industrial policy platforms. Botsford, a Chicago-area real estate investor and former legislative aide, was one of at least ten […]
Gas Prices and the Jones Act: A Market Reality Check
By Sam Norton, CEO of Overseas Shipholding Group. Gasoline prices in the US are on the rise and the Trump Administration is “looking at all options” to reverse this inconvenient collateral effect of war in the Middle East. A reflexive impulse of those seeking easy answers to a complicated problem is to boldly suggest that […]
Jones Act Carriers Fuel Oregon During Energy Shortage
This article was originally published in December 2025 by the American Maritime Officers. It’s become a common sight to see fleets of Jones Act tankers coming to deliver life-saving aid after natural disasters hit America’s coastal areas. But those same American-owned, American-built, American-crewed vessels also respond to other distress calls around the nation. In November, […]
Jones Act Operator Crowley Earns Environmental Achievement Honors for Combined 958 Years of Safe Operations
By Crowley. (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; Dec. 3, 2025) – Crowley has been recognized by the Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA) for its commitment to environmental stewardship, earning Environmental Achievement Awards for 108 Crowley-operated vessels that have collectively earned 958 years without an incident. The awards celebrate companies and mariners who maintain the highest standards of safety […]
MV Jean Anne Makes History as First U.S. Ro-Ro to Plug Into Shore Power
By VOICES Staff. The United States just hit a major clean-maritime milestone at the Port of San Diego, where Pasha Hawaii’s MV Jean Anne became the first roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) vessel in the nation to connect to shore power. This achievement also marks the first-ever shore-powered pure car/truck carrier (PCTC) in America, setting a new standard […]
WWII Merchant Mariners Recognized Nationwide During Veterans Day 2025
By VOICES Staff. Across the United States this Veterans Day, Americans honored the extraordinary service and sacrifice of our warfighters—especially the World War II merchant mariners who helped win the war at sea. From solemn national ceremonies in Washington, DC, to parade routes in New York City, to hometown remembrances, the 2025 commemorations underscored a […]
Around the World, Nations Are Adopting Their Own Jones Acts
By VOICES Staff. A new study by Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI), commissioned by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), finds that 105 nations now have cabotage laws — up from 91 in 2018 — covering 85 percent of the world’s coastlines. These are laws that reserve a nation’s domestic shipping routes for its own vessels, […]