Today, the China Select Committee announced that Chinese spy ships are using advanced equipment to intercept US military communications. This reinforces the concerns Transportation Institute and national security experts have raised opening our internal waterways to PLA-affiliated companies like COSCO. Further reading on the Select Committee’s report can be found... read more →
Oct
21
Oct
07
We were honored last week to sponsor the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 49th Annual Conference, the premier nonprofit and nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to developing the next generation of Latino leaders. One of the highlights was the session on “Puerto Rico’s Next Chapter: Infrastructure, Innovation & Economic Resilience”, featuring Eduardo... read more →
Aug
06
American-grown crops loaded aboard the U.S.-flagged LIBERTY GRACE will ship enough food to feed more than 1 million people in Kenya for a year NEW ORLEANS – The Transportation Institute (TI), representing U.S.-flag American shipping companies, joined farmers, millers, longshoremen, merchant mariners, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the World... read more →
Jul
31
ByJames L. Henry – 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... read more →
Jul
28
Background The Transportation Institute published an analysis showing that the majority of foreign-flagged vessels operating under the Jones Act waiver had Port State Control (PSC) violations on record — violations that included findings related to fire safety, life-saving equipment, structural conditions, and crew welfare. The analysis drew on the international... read more →
Jul
28
The Transportation Institute (TI), representing U.S.-flag American shipping companies, announced the results of a new economic analysis prepared by PwC US Tax LLP examining the potential effects of a long-term waiver of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly known as the Jones Act. The Jones Act requires that vessels... read more →
Jul
27
Transportation Institute analysis shows waiver-using foreign flag vessels put American infrastructure at risk. The majority of vessels operating under the waiver have violations, including those that put people and the environment at risk.
Jul
09
Using publicly available MARAD and AIS data, Transportation Institute releases new analysis and maps that show that foreign-flagged vessels added limited capacity during the Jones Act waiver period, and few new routes. The most common waiver routes fail to bring goods to market faster, taking longer routes that are are... read more →
Jul
07
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [email protected] WASHINGTON – The Transportation Institute (TI), representing U.S.-flag American shipping companies, today announced the appointment of Sara Fuentes as President of the organization. Fuentes previously served as the organization’s Vice President for Government Affairs and will lead TI’s continued work to advance a strong U.S.-flag... read more →
Jun
30
A major metropolitan editorial board has reached the same conclusion the American maritime industry has held all along: the ongoing Jones Act waiver should end, and it should end soon. In an editorial published June 17, the Seattle Times editorial board called for the Trump administration to lift its waiver... read more →