#Maritime Law

Articles (7)

• 🇺🇸 Trump pauses Jones Act to ease rising energy costs — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump is temporarily waiving a 100-year-old law to try to ease rising energy costs. He issued a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act, which requires that all goods traveling between U.S. ports be ...

  Related: #Energy Policy
• 🇺🇸 What to know about the Jones Act as the Trump administration unveils a 60-day waiver — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Passed in 1920, this law aims to protect the American shipping sector — but it's also faced criticism over the years for slowing the delivery of goods, including critical aid during time of crisis.

  Related: #Economic Policy
• 🇺🇸 What is the Jones Act, eyed in bid to lower gas prices? — 14/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump on Friday said he was looking at loosening shipping rules in the Jones Act as a method to lower gas prices that have skyrocketed since the U.S. launched its military offensive in Iran ...

  Related: #Energy Costs
• 🇺🇸 What to know about the Jones Act as Trump considers a waiver during the Iran war — 14/03/2026 [USA]

  As the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran continues to upend energy markets and supply chains worldwide, the Trump administration says it might suspend maritime shipping requirements under a mor...

  Related: #National Security
• 🇺🇸 US says it interdicted and boarded vessel defying Trump’s quarantine — 15/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Public Health, #COVID-19 Response
• 🇺🇸 Panama Court Strikes Down Hong Kong Firm’s Canal Contract — 30/01/2026 [USA]

  President Trump has said he wants American control of the canal, putting the longtime ports operator, CK Hutchison, in the cross-hairs of the U.S.-China trade conflict.

  Related: #Geopolitics, #International Trade, #U.S.-China Relations
• 🇺🇸 Hong Kong company’s concession to operate Panama Canal ports is ruled unconstitutional — 30/01/2026 [USA]

  Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled that the concession held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings to operate ports at either end of the Panama Canal was unconstitutional, an o...

  Related: #Geopolitics, #International Trade, #Infrastructure