American Maritime Officers and the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots have resolved a longstanding dispute over AFL-CIO sanctions that had served as an obstacle to AMO's reentry into the House of Labor.
A new attack upon the Jones Act was launched in July, targeting the application of the law to shipping between the mainland U.S. and non-contiguous states and territories, and threatening to undermine the legislative cornerstone of the American merchant fleet.
Maritime union benefit fund administrators gathered July 22 to address the nationwide health care crisis and its impact on seagoing labor.
In good news for the American shipping industry, the U.S. Maritime Administration again announced its commitment to a short sea shipping initiative to expand the nation's coastwise fleet and make greater use of waterborne transportation.
Totem Ocean Trailer Express and the Port of Tacoma recently cut the ribbon on an improved terminal to support the two new trailerships the company is phasing into its Jones Act service between Washington State and Alaska.
