Why Aren’t Americans Seeing Lower Gas Prices?
Jennifer Carpenter Welcome back to the American Maritime Podcast. We’re glad to have you aboard. I’m your host, Jennifer Carpenter, and today we’re pleased to welcome David St. Amand, President of Navigistics Consulting. David is a longtime maritime and energy market expert with decades of experience analyzing marine transportation, petroleum markets, and the economics of […]
New England Pays Price for Pipeline Politics
By Taylor Millard. New England drivers are paying high prices for gasoline and even higher prices for diesel fuel and home heating oil. But the price of one energy source is falling — natural gas. That’s the good news. The bad news is that residents of the northeast won’t get the same bang for the […]
New Cybersecurity Regulations – The Clock Is Ticking
By Nat Kemberling, CEO of maritime cyber firm BroCoTec The message is clear. US vessel operators need to act now on new Coast Guard cybersecurity regulations which are a potential ‘banana skin’ for the unprepared. These regulations establish cybersecurity requirements for covered US-flagged vessels, facilities and Outer Continental Shelf facilities. They became effective in July […]
Did Trump’s Jones Act waiver lower diesel prices?
By John D. McCown, for the CT Mirror The Trump Administration is frantically searching for ways to bring diesel prices under control, and the search is landing just as New England households start buying heating oil for winter. The White House has considered everything from encouraging refiners to limit exports, allowing broader use of tax-exempt […]
Attacks Against Jones Act ‘Should Concern Every Maritime Nation’
By the Seafarers International Union (SIU). Addressing convention delegates from the Norwegian Seafarers’ Union (NSU), Seafarers International Union (SIU) President David Heindel underscored the urgent fight to protect the Jones Act – a battle that should resonate around the world. Heindel spoke at the NSU Congress in Oslo on Sept. 22, where he represented both […]
The Jones Act: An America First Law, Waived for China’s Benefit
The 2026 Jones Act waiver has not been shown to meet its legal test, opened America’s coastwise trade to Chinese- and Russian-linked ships, and produced no demonstrated national fuel-price relief. It should expire on August 16. KEY FINDINGS: The administration has not publicly made its legal case. Section 501(a) allows a waiver only to address […]
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 […]
Long Jones Act Waiver Could Cut Shipbuilding Activity by $2.6B
By The Maritime Executive. In a new study conducted for the Transportation Institute, international consultancy PwC has calculated the potential cost to U.S. maritime capability if the White House’s Jones Act waiver is sustained for a protracted period: up to $2.6 billion in lost domestic shipbuilding demand, $1.8 billion in lost tax revenue, and $12 […]
McCown says Jones Act waiver hasn’t reduced gas prices but made profits for profiteers
By Stas Margaronis, Ports & Maritime Editor, American Journal of Transportation. John McCown, maritime analyst and publisher of the McCown Report, says the Trump administration’s stated goal of instituting a waiver of the Jones Act to allow foreign flag carriers to transport petroleum products between US ports so as to reduce high gasoline prices has […]