Sparrows Point shipyard could bring thousands of jobs, promises billions in investments
By Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters. President Donald Trump joined state and local leaders Tuesday to welcome a huge new shipyard that will bring billions of dollars of investment and thousands of jobs to Sparrows Point in Baltimore County. Anduril Industries is set to invest $3.7 billion to construct a new shipbuilding facility at the […]
IBEW Backs Jones Act & Domestic Shipbuilding
By the Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO. Delegates to the 41st International Convention of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) in San Diego sent a strong message of support for the Jones Act and the American shipbuilding industry. On Sept. 24, delegates adopted two maritime resolutions submitted by IBEW Local 58: Resolution No. 45, which […]
Analysis: Jones Act waivers risk Puerto Rico jobs
By Julio Rivera. Puerto Rico has seen this novela before. A crisis erupts overseas. Markets panic. Fuel prices jump. And suddenly, the same people who have spent years attacking the Jones Act reappear with a familiar pitch. Suspend it. Waive it. Treat cabotage as the villain and promise relief just around the corner. Now Washington […]
What the Washington Post Gets Wrong about the Jones Act
After more than 100 days, ships using the Jones Act waiver moved only about 32 million barrels of petroleum. That is roughly 1.5 percent of U.S. petroleum consumption during that same period. According to analysis from American Maritime Partnership and Navigistics Consulting, about 18 percent of waiver voyages were performed by vessels linked to Chinese […]
Opinion: The Case for the Jones Act: American Commerce, Workers, Security
By James L. Henry, Chairman, Transportation Institute. For more than 130 days, President Trump has waived the Jones Act, letting foreign ships carry cargo between American ports. Supporters of the waiver call this free trade. It isn’t. Moving oil from Texas to New Jersey is domestic commerce, not trade, any more than a UPS truck […]
Cleveland’s MarineLINE completes first Jones Act application on ATB barge conversion
By Advanced Polymer Coatings. Ohio headquartered manufacturer Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has completed the first ever application of its MarineLINE coating system on a Jones Act vessel in a US yard. The project was further the first conversion of an ATB petroleum barge to a chemical barge in the United States including a fully redesigned […]
U.S. Great Lakes Shipping at a Standstill
By Lake Carriers’ Association. CLEVELAND, OHIO (March 26, 2026) – A little over a day and half since the Soo Locks opened providing access to Lake Superior and critical raw materials like iron ore, and the U.S.-flagged Great Lakes commercial fleet is at a standstill in the St. Marys River and Whitefish Bay, the critical […]
Maryland Governor Wes Moore to Mark Two Years Since Key Bridge Fell, as Construction Effort Continues
By Christine Condon, Maryland Matters. Two years after a container ship toppled Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six construction workers and shocking the region, crews are busy driving foundational piles into the Patapsco River for a new bridge — and finishing design plans for a soaring new structure. Maryland officials, including Gov. Wes Moore […]
Second U.S. Gulf oil & gas lease sale generates $47 million
By Alton Wallace, Energy Industry Reporter. (The Center Square) – The second auction of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of America since President Donald Trump’s election in 2024 drew almost $47 million in high bids, with 98% of the activity in offshore areas deeper than 800 meters, according to sales results released by […]
America’s Inland Waterways Drive American Agricultural Dominance
By VOICES Staff. America’s barges quietly sustain farmers’ ability to compete, and dominate, in global markets — a reality underscored by a new 2026 federal study on the economic importance of inland waterways to U.S. agriculture. The report, prepared for the U.S. Department of Agriculture by the Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center, finds that the […]