Op-Ed: The Jones Act Waiver Is Reshaping More Than Maritime Transportation
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- Published on Monday, 01 June 2026 03:53
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Temporary waivers are creating tax distortions, disadvantaging American operators, and undermining confidence in the merchant marine
Published May 31, 2026 1:47 PM by William P. Doyle
The recent Jones Act waiver debate has largely focused on vessel availability, fuel prices, and emergency logistics. Far less attention has been paid to a more consequential issue: the tax and regulatory distortions that arise when foreign-flag carriers enter domestic U.S. coastwise commerce, displacing American shipping companies and American merchant mariners.
The effects are no longer theoretical. They are unfolding in real time.
Consider two foreign-flag vessels currently operating under the Jones Act waiver environment.
The first is the Chinese-flagged Jin Zhou Wan, operated by COSCO Shipping, a company wholly owned and controlled by the government of
Flotilla boats again under attack by Israeli forces
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 May 2026 04:14
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At this moment Israeli military forces are illegally attacking and boarding the sailboats of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) in international waters east of Cyprus. As this article is being written, the heavily armed Israeli commandos are seizing control of one boat after another and detaining its participants in a large prison ship.
25 U.S. citizens are among the over 500 participants from 45 countries on the nearly 60 boats of the 2026 flotilla to Gaza.
Flotilla organizers are reaching out with an URGENT REQUEST for solidarity and action.
Seoul, Beijing coordinate on maritime enforcement ahead of new legal frameworks
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- Published on Thursday, 30 April 2026 17:47
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YONHAP
The Korea Coast Guard conducts a joint training exercise in the Yellow Sea near Socheongdo, an island off the coast of Incheon, to crack down on illegal Chinese fishing vessels on April 9. [YONHAP]
Korea and China discussed on Thursday ways to curb illegal fishing and strengthen international maritime order amid upcoming changes to fisheries laws in both countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
The meeting, held in China's city of Qingdao earlier in the day, brought together officials from both countries handling maritime, fisheries and related diplomatic affairs, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Israel Just Committed Piracy Off the Coast of Europe – and Got Away With It
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More than 200 activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) lost all contact with the outside world on Wednesday night, when they were attacked by warships, jet skis and speedboats full of heavily-armed Israeli commandos. The flotilla participants were sailing just off the coast of Greece at the time – more than 500 nautical miles from Gaza.
Bilbao acoge las I Jornadas de Derecho Marítimo de la Asociación Europea de Estudiantes de Derecho
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 April 2026 20:23
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Puerto de Bilbao.
El proyecto ha sido principalmente financiado por el proyecto de investigación «Modernización de la regulación del transporte de pasajeros y carga: régimen de responsabilidad y descarbonización» (Ref. PID2023-149939NB-C33), financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MCIU), por la Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) y por el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER).
BILBAO. La Asociación Europea de Estudiantes de Derecho de la Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (European Law Student’s Association) presenta las I Jornadas de Derecho Marítimo que se celebrarán los próximos días 5 y 6 de mayo de 2026 en la Comandancia Naval de Bilbao (5 de mayo) y Sociedad Bilbaína (6 de mayo).
En las jornadas se tratarán cuatro principales bloques temáticos,
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