Resources - Bold Ocean

U.S. FLAG INDUSTRY NEWS AND REPORTS

•The US’s 4th line of defense has been around since the Revolutionary War, but you’ve probably never heard of it

•SUSTAINING THE FIGHT: Resilient Maritime Logistics for a New Era

• National Security Contributions of the U.S. Maritime Industry

• U.S. Maritime Workforce Grows to 650,000 Americans in Booming Jobs Economy

• Impact of the Jones Act on Puerto Rico

• Court Rejects Challenge to U.S.-Flag Maritime Security Program Decision

•How the Facts About the Jones Act Got Thrown Overboard

• Dwindling Merchant Marine fleet crimps U.S. ability to wage war

• The Inexorable Retreat of the US Merchant Marine Today Only Transports 2% In Value of the Goods That Transit Through The US Ports

• Paris MoU Releases 2017 “White, Grey and Black” List

•U.S. National Security Requires a Viable and Reliable U.S.-Flagged Commercial Fleet

MARAD RESOURCES

• Maritime Administration says US reserve fleet can’t meet wartime demands

•Maritime Administration Releases Video Highlighting Important Role U.S. Merchant Marine Plays in Supporting our National Security

• MARAD MSP Resources

• Cargo Preference Overview

• MARAD Video Archives

• MARAD Policy Papers and Fact Sheets

• Cargo Preference Act of 1954

• MSP Vessel Poster

U.S. Government Resources

• Congressional Testimony: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Hearing: Review of Fiscal Year 2020 Budget for the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Programs- Scroll to 1:49:25 for Congressman Brown’s Question about U.S. Reliance on Foreign Tankers

• GAO Report: National Maritime Strategy- August 2018

• U.S. Senators Seek Jones Act Attention

• Congressional Testimony: U.S. Maritime and Shipbuilding Industries: Strategies to Improve Regulation, Economic Opportunities, and Competitiveness

• Hearing: U.S. Transportation Command and Maritime Administration: State of the Mobility Enterprise

• Hearing: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation-Review of Recent GAO Reports on Icebreaker Acquisition and the Need for a National Maritime Strategy

•Background information for Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

•CMTS: National Strategy for the Marine Transportation System

• Video: House Armed Services Committee Hearing, March 7, 2019

Miscellaneous Resources

•China’s Belt and Road Initiative Explained

• American Shipping is Dying. But We Can Bring It Back.

• Wind in the Sails: China Accelerates Its Maritime Strategy

• Men Of The Merchant Marine: Unsung Heroes Of The Korean War

• Congressional Sail In 2019 Priorities

• USA Maritime Infographic

• 1945 Merchant Marine Radiogram

• Moving Tanks Over Ocean to War – How Will the Pentagon Revitalize Sealift?

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