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The U.S. Department of Defenses strategic sealift plans have relied heavily on foreign-built, U.S.-f...

The Justice Department and American President Lines this week restated their positions that a lawsuit filed by Matson Navigation Company is nearly identical to a failed lawsuit by Matson and

By   Justin Katz on July 27, 2021 at 3:06 PM USS Stethem (DDG 63) steams through the western Pacific Ocean. (File) WASHINGTON: House authorizers are poised to grant the Navy eight battle force ships in their annual defense policy bill, including a second destroyer originally cut from the budget request — but committee aides caution that the Navy should stop banking on Congress to save big ticket items that end up on the annual service wish lists. The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) i...

June 4, 2021 By Jim Myers Washington, D.C.—The Biden administration has proposed a 12.9 percent funding cut for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works program, prompting pushback from an influential Democratic ally. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies, expressed reservations during a hearing held several days before the official...

The Joint Warfighting Concept will "envision much smaller force elements that are inherently reliant on very rapid mobility" within a theater, says TRANSCOM head Gen. Stephen Lyons.

May 7, 2021 By Jim Myers Washington, D.C.—A review panel has been conducted on the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB), possibly a key step in returning the suspended board to active status. That zero-based review of the IWUB and other Department of Defense advisory committees was directed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin three months ago. In the same January 30 memorandum to senior Pentagon leadership and others, Austin also di...

Great Power Competition Demands Revitalization of America’s Military Sealift The United States needs to ensure it can move its soldiers, weapons, material, and supplies around the world in the event of a major crisis. In an era of great power competition, the U.S. military has had to relearn a number of strategic facts. Perhaps the most important of these is the central role that sealift has played in America’s ability to project power abroad. During the Cold War, the U.S. was able to not o...

By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. – In March 2020, the Center for Disease Control issued a No Sail Order for cruise lines and that has remained in place, pending a successful plan to resume operations. Once the CDC releases the cruise ships, sailing to Alaska will be problematic as most of the world’s cruise ships are foreign built, foreign flagged, manned with foreign crews, and owned and operated by companies incorporated overseas.   Under the Passenger Vessel Service Act of 1886, whil...

December 23, 2020 By Jim Myers Washington, D.C.—Escaping a “chopping block,” the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA 2020) made it into a massive package Congress passed to fund the government and provide coronavirus relief to the American people. “What a day this has been!” the National Waterways Conference (NWC) exclaimed in a news alert crediting the actions of its members with saving the popular legislation. Accordi...