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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Please see the letter below from the American Maritime Partnership to President Obama that the U.S. Maritime Industry will not oppose waivers that are necessary to facilitate the delivery of petroleum products into the regions affected by Hurricane Sandy: November 2, 2012 President Barack ObamaThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: The domestic maritime industry stands by ready to...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Horizon Lines, Inc. (OTCQB: HRZL) today issued the following statement from interim President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen H. Fraser: Horizon Lines is, and always has been, a very staunch supporter of the Jones Act and all of its requirements. The Jones Act stipulates that cargo shipped between two U.S. ports must be transported on vessels that are American-made, American-flagged, at least 75% American-owned and predominantly...
Kurt Arnold and Jason Itkin of the Houston maritime law firm, Arnold & Itkin LLP, say the federal government and oil industry have been too slow to act on improving offshore worker safety. Houston, Texas (PRWEB) April 21, 2011 One year after the deadly Deepwater Horizon oil rig fire and explosion, reforms are still needed to provide better safety for offshore workers, Houston maritime injury attorneys Kurt Arnold and Jason Itkin said today. "On the whole, I don't think you can say...
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- California Jones Act Lawyers from The Turley Law Firm succeeded in a Motion For Relief From Preliminary Injunction, which allows a Jones Act Seaman Lawsuit to proceed. The case concerns Medical Capital Holdings, whom the SEC has sued for a Ponzi-type scheme whereby company officers skimmed cash from investors and directed millions of dollars into non-medical investments, including a $4.5 million party yacht, the Home Stretch, and according to the...
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- A San Diego Maritime Lawyer from The Turley Law Firm, APLC, has filed a Jones Act lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court against Hornblower, Inc., and Hornblower Yachts, Inc., LLC. Hornblower owns a fleet of vessels operated in San Diego harbor and the Pacific Ocean. The vessels are used for San Diego harbor tours, whale watching tours, charter luxury yachts and dinner cruises. Plaintiff was a maintenance engineer who worked aboard the San Diego based...
DALLAS, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter to Admiral Thad Allen today supporting Allegiance Capital's request for a waiver of the Jones Act. For more than two weeks, Fred McCallister, Vice President of the Dallas-based investment bank, has been requesting a waiver of the Jones Act in order to bring boats from Europe to U.S. waters to assist in the Gulf oil spill clean-up. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100216/DA55565LOGO) (Logo:...
HARAHAN, La., June 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recent news stories have been erroneously reporting that foreign skimming vessels are not able to work on the BP oil spill cleanup because of the Jones Act. These reports are incorrect. The Jones Act does not apply and therefore does not prevent foreign vessels from working on oil skimming operations in waters beyond the state's three-mile limit. In fact, a number of foreign vessels have been working at the scene for some time. For...
