As the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline continues into its fifth day the possibility of a Jones Act waiver for vessels carrying products up the US East Coast is starting to be looked at by the authorities.

Classification society ABS announced that it will class the first-ever Jones Act compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) that will support the US offshore windfarm industry.

US shipbuilders and the offshore sector have added their support to new US President Biden this as an Executive Order dealing with “Buy American” showed explicit support for the Jones Act.

Ørsted and Edison Chouest have teamed up to build an offshore wind Service Operation Vessel (SOV) in move that is set to transform the nascent sector in the US.

The downturn in the offshore services market has driven a combination of two US domiciled players, with Tidewater acquiring GulfMark Offshore in a shares for shares (all-stock) deal, as has been recently reported here.

At a cocktail party full of designers of coastal abodes and art types, I met a decorator from Jacksonville, Florida, when I explained that I was in the maritime business, she immediately asked me, “What do you think about that ship - the one that...

In the face of two major hurricanes, the US Department of Homeland Security has now extended its previous Jones Act waiver (due to expire 14 September) for another week.