A U.S. jury convicted Somali men of piracy on the high seas, the first such verdict in an American court in 149 years, for shooting at a U.S. Navy warship disguised as a merchant vessel.
The preliminary report of the so-called bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform released on November 10, proposes drastic cuts to the critical economic lifelines for working people.
The U.S. Merchant Marine has been an integral factor in building a secure and wealthy nation since its birth. But, it has fallen on hard times since the 1970s due to weak government policies.
The United States Navy issued a strongly worded statement opposing Senator John McCain?s (R-Arizona) legislation to repeal the Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act of 1920.
Matson Navigation Company has expanded its China service, but without American mariners or U.S.-flag, U.S.-built vessels.
Using the false pretext that the Jones Act is hampering the cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico, Senator John McCain (R-Arizona introduced legislation on June 25, to repeal this critically important piece of maritime legislation that provides employment for 500,000 American workers.
SUP-contracted Patriot Contract Services was the successful bidder late last month to operate and maintain the Military Sealift Command?s Maritime prepositioning Force vessel USNS 1st Lt. Harry L. Martin.
The maritime industry came out in force in Washington, D.C. on May 13, to increase Capitol Hill awareness of the importance of America?s maritime industry to the economic and national security of the United States...
Meeting in its Pre-Pri-mary Convention in San Jose, California, on April 14, delegates of the 2.1 million-member California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, endorsed Edmund G. ?Jerry? Brown for Governor citing his longtime pro labor record.
On March 19, an ad hoc coalition, including the Sailors? Union, submitted testimony to House Appropriation?s Sub-Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies on the importance of sustained Congressional funding for food aid.