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Marine News November 2026 Volume 37 Number 11

Marine News (ISSN#1087-3864) (USPS#013-952)

Editor’s Note

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I’ve been covering the maritime industry for 34+ www.marinelink.com years, and while some of the characters change, while the volume of the arguments ebb and ? ow, the two

CEO

John C. O’Malley • jomalley@marinelink.com sides debating the pros and cons of the value of the

Jones Act will seemingly never end. With the return of

Publisher & Editor

Greg Trauthwein • trauthwein@marinelink.com

President Trump to the White House in 2025 came a

Tel: 516-810-7405 renewed hope and vigor for the U.S. maritime sector.

Contributing Writers

While the full impact of this ‘maritime renaissance’

Joseph Keefe, Celia Konowe, Robert Kunkel, Rhonda Moniz, could takes years or decades to fully materialize, the

Barry Parker prevailing line of thought is that the ongoing Jones

Act waiver – the longest since WWII – is squarely

PRODUCTION

Production & Graphics Manager at odds with the notion of a stronger U.S. maritime

Nicole Ventimiglia • nicole@marinelink.com

Greg Trauthwein, Editor, industry and infrastructure. The Jones Act waiver of trauthwein@marinelink.com 2026, enacted by the Department of Homeland Se-

SALES curity on March 17, 2026, is set to expire on Novem-

Vice President, Sales & Marketing ber 15, 2026, and no one seems to know exactly which way it will go: Will it expire

Terry Breese • breese@marinelink.com

Tel: 561-732-1185 Fax: 561-732-8414 and end or be extended? While no one (at least no one talking to me!) seems to know for sure, it would stand to reason that with the U.S. mid-term elections in the

Advertising Sales Managers rearview mirror, the waiver will expire. As Jennifer Carpenter, head of the American

Lucia Annunziata • annunziata@marinelink.com

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Waterways Operators, writes starting on page 21:

John Cagni • cagni@marinelink.com “It’s ironic and unfortunate that this year has also brought a misguided assault on

Tel: 631-472-2715 the Jones Act, the foundation of America’s maritime strength and independence

Frank Covella • covella@marinelink.com

Tel: 561-732-1659 Fax: 561-732-8063 throughout the modern era. The tradeoff? America’s maritime future for a political talking point and less than a penny a gallon in savings at the gas pump.”

Mike Kozlowski • kozlowski@marinelink.com

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Bob Kunkel, another regular contributor to our pages across out media, writes

Gary Lewis • lewis@offshore-engineer.com

Tel: 516-441-7258 in the November 2026 edition of sister-publication Maritime Reporter & Engi- neering News that:

CORPORATE STAFF

Manager, Marketing “A follow-on extension will result in a call for a moment of silence, signaling the

Mark O’Malley • momalley@marinelink.com possible loss of 90,000 American seafaring jobs, and adding thousands of lost

Accounting employment opportunities in shipbuilding and port operations. All occurring

Esther Rothenberger • rothenberger@marinelink.com

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6810 during the year of “Maritime Dominance”.

Manager, Info Tech Services

Vladimir Bibik

In the same article Kunkel contends that equally troubling is another decision allowing sanctioned Russian diesel oil delivered into the US market, noting that the

CIRCULATION

Kathleen Hickey • k.hickey@marinelink.com

U.S. Treasury Department issuance of a temporary general license bypasses aspects

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6320 of the 2022 Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act, and in his opinion, ignores national security.

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