The Jones Act - American Shipping Protection
Thu, Mar 07
|Chatham
David J. Farrell, Jr., an expert in Admiralty and Maritime Law with FARRELL SMITH O’CONNELL, and immediate Past President of The Maritime Law Association of the United States, will discuss his research into the Jones Act and possible remedies for the problems besetting the U.S. maritime industry.
Time & Location
Mar 07, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Chatham, 847 Orleans Rd, North Chatham, MA 02650, USA
About the event
This event will be live at Chatham Marconi and available via Zoom.
The Jones Act - American Shipping Protection?
Around 1912 when Guglielmo Marconi’s invention saved RMS survivors, his radio transmissions would have reached few U.S.-flag ships: There were only seven ships engaged in international trade! The U.S. quickly built up its fleet for World War I, but afterward as normalcy returned it needed to figure out what to do with a glut of ships. The result was the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, better known as the Jones Act. It defined U.S. commercial maritime policy and seafarer safety, with the goal of encouraging a robust U.S.-flag merchant marine, and remains the controlling law over 100 years later.Titanic’s
Since World War II, however, the Jones Act has backfired -- at least as concerns U.S.-flag international shipping. The Jones Act’s combination of the world’s leading protectionist shipping legislation and the most…
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