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The vision of the Port of Guam Improvement Enterprise Program provide a partnership between the federal government, the Government of Guam, and the Port Authority of Guam to modernize and improve the Jose D. Leon Guerrero Commercial Port for the benefit of the citizens of Guam,...
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The United States has a versatile and expansive network of navigable waterways, including rivers, bays, channels, coasts, the Great Lakes, open-ocean routes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway System. We like to think of this as “the United States' marine...
In order for a Mortgagee to be eligible to obtain a Preferred Mortgage on a Fishing Industry Vessel after April 1, 2003, it must be:
A citizen of the United StatesA state or federally chartered financial institution that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance...The Maritime Administration’s Launch Barge Program is designed to ensure that the largest of petroleum production platforms can be installed in a safe and timely manner.
The Launch Barge Program has three parts:
We encourage the use of U.S.-flag coastwise qualified...The Jones Act requires that vessels operating in coastwise commerce be built in the U.S...
The Merchant Marine Act of 1920, also known as the “Jones Act” (46 U.S.C. § 55102), requires that no vessel may transport any merchandise by water, by land and water, or via a foreign port, for any part of the transportation, between points in the United...