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Home / Shipping News / International Shipping News / American Maritime Leaders Applaud Biden Administration for Prioritizing Support of the Jones Act in “Buy American” Executive Order American Maritime Leaders Applaud Biden Administration for Prioritizing Support of the Jones Act in “Buy American” Executive Order The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the nation’s domestic maritime industry, today applauds the new Executive Order to be signed by President Biden on Janua...

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. January 26, 2021 President Joe Biden signs the Strengthening "Buy American" Provisions, Ensuring Future of America is Made in America by All of America’s Workers executive order (Photo: The White House) President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order aiming to use government spending to strengthen domestic manufacturing and create markets for new technologies, in a move widely praised by Americas maritime industry. The executive orde...

The U.S. National Safety Board has determined that poor bridge resource management and miscommunication between the pilot and master was the probable cause of last year’s accident involving the U.S.-flagged MT American Liberty. The 2017-built double-hulled tanker struck several moored vessels, barges and wharfs along the left descending bank of the Lower Mississippi River near Reserve, Louisiana, on May 16, 2019, as the river was in major flood stage. One serious and three minor injuries we...