• Administration Seeks Full Funding Of MSP
          The President Feb. 7 requested $185 million in budget authority for the Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration in fiscal 2001.

  • MTD Backs Maritime Tax Relief Legislation
          The Maritime Trades Department of the AFL-CIO has endorsed tax incentives to encourage new private investment in U.S.-flag merchant ships.

  • Majority Leader Vows Continued Support
          Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott Feb. 23 reaffirmed his support for the U.S.-flag maritime industry.

  • Rep. Bateman: Full Funding Of Title XI Critical To Shipbuilders
          Rep. Herbert Bateman (R-VA) Feb. 29 chided the White House for short-changing the U.S.-flag shipbuilding loan and mortgage guarantee program in its proposed Maritime Administration budget for fiscal 2001.

  • 'Soderman' To Be Fitted For Service To Marines
          The large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) vessel USNS Soderman, currently operated by Bay Ship Management and manned in all licensed positions by American Maritime Officers, will undergo a series of conversions beginning this summer to prepare it for service to the U.S. Marine Corps.

  • AMO Breaks Ground For New Center
          AMO March 6 broke ground for construction on the site of its waterfront training center near union headquarters in Dania Beach, Fla.

  • Propulsion Failure Latest Casualty For Cruise Line
          The cruise ship Carnival Destiny, the latest in a string of shipboard casualties for the foreign cruise colossus, had both propulsion motors break down two days into a seven-day Caribbean voyage and was forced to return to Miami when the ship could not be repaired at sea with more than 4,000 people aboard.

  • Florida Court: Foreign Cruise Lines Inflated Port Fees For Passengers
          A Florida Court of Appeals in February allowed class action suits against three U.S.-based foreign-flag cruise lines to proceed.
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