Tag: U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration

The Jones Act Costs Too Much For All Americans, Not Just Those In The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s post-hurricane plight has drawn attention to the Jones Act, the 1920 law that compels all maritime commerce between United States ports to be carried on ships built, owned and crewed by Americans. The law is adding to the island’s problems, and should be set aside for that reason alone — […]