Capt. Reed Richardson says the Jones Act waivers are allowing foreign-flag vessels to perform work that could be handled by the U.S. fleet, threatening American maritime jobs while weakening safety oversight and a domestic mariner base that supports U.S. economic and national security interests.
The U.S. Coast Guard and Eastern Shipbuilding Group have reached an agreement to terminate the Panama City, Fla., shipbuilder's long-running contract for the offshore patrol cutter program.
A former freight barge that only months ago was hauling cargo to Alaska has found a very different assignment along Seattle's waterfront.
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