Over 1,250 Graduates of U.S. Maritime Academies Enter Industry as Jones Act Waiver Puts U.S. Maritime Careers at RiskWASHINGTON, June 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, proudly congratulates the more than 1,250 graduates from America’s maritime academies who make up the Class of 2026. However, as these graduates enter the workforce, the Trump Administration has waived the Jones Act for almost 150 days, a policy that threatens to reduce opportunities for newly credentialed mariners and jeopardizes the very industry prepared to employ them.
AMP Statement on Jones Act Waiver ExtensionCalls it an ‘affront’ to American workers and warns it ‘sabotages’ the Trump maritime dominance agenda
ITF-Released Report Shows a Growing Number of Countries Are Implementing Cabotage LawsWASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Maritime Partnership announces today that a newly released study by Seafarers' Rights International (SRI) finds that cabotage laws now exist on 85% of the world’s coastlines, are growing in number at an unprecedented pace, and are increasingly essential to national security, economic stability and maritime resilience.
