Ill just leave this here… [Screenshot_2020-10-12 Donald-J-Trump-Buy-American-Hire-American-President pdf] Donald-J-Trump-Buy-American-Hire-American-President.pdf 672.22 KB

[image] m_sailor: Ill just leave this here… I won’t complain about an increase in US Flag ships, but that chart is in the section called The Jones Act. Under that chart showing an increase (of US Flagged Fleet) of 15 ships over 3 years is this line: The Trump-Pence administration’s strict …

Ships are planned far enough in advance there’s no way any ship launched before ~2019 (if that) could possibly be a result of his policies.

A more accurate metric would be construction contracts initiated/signed by year, similar to how offshore O&G is tracked by increases in new contract backlog. I’m not sure if that info from the US major shipyards is publicly available, though maybe through press releases.

Agree with other posts that the metric to use about the growth of shipbuilding should more correctly be when were the owners signing deals with yards. Launching and placed into service is at the end of the commitment. When did the owner first put down a signed check to initiate design and constructi…

When Buzby and Chao step down after their stellar service, I hope the new appointees have the same or more spirited drive for support of our Jones Act fleet. Those positions are political quicksand among the “Professional Politicians” but hat is off to their efforts. Best in many years.

Covid 19 has dramatically cut orders for newbuilds all over the world. Deliveries this year were planned and ordered years ago. Given our breathtakingly poor response to the virus, I would suggest that any progress made by this admin to date will be eliminated.

Some progress has been made, in spite of this virus bullshit.

[JA_20] [JA_19] [JA_18] [JA_17] [JA_16] [JA_15] [JA_14] [JA_13] [JA_12] [JA_11] [JA_10] [JA_9] [JA_8] [JA_7] [JA_6] [JA_5] [JA_4] [JA_3] [JA_2] [JA_1] Source is here: DS_USFlag-Fleet_20200715_Bundle.pdf 183.34 KB

So 2106 there were 11 JA ships delivered - 9 tankers - 1 Containershp and 1 General cargo (Go Coastal!) 2017 - 4 JA ships all tankers 2018 - 3 JA all container ships 2019 - 2 JA both container ships 20 ships total [JA_21]

[image] Kennebec_Captain: So 2106 there were 11 JA ships delivered - 9 tankers - 1 Containershp and 1 General cargo (Go Coastal!) Except Trump/Pence didn’t take office until 2017 and even then “delivered” in 2017 or 2018 couldn’t have anything to do with their administration. They are lying …

U.S. Flagged Fleet: Growth Under Trump - Pence - #8 by Kennebec_Captain - Professional Mariner Forum

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