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April 2, 2020 Donald J. Trump President of the United States 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C April 2, 2020 Donald J. Trump President of the United States 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Trump: We recently learned that you will be meeting tomorrow with certain chief executive officers from the oil and gas industry and that some of those officials may ask you to waive the Jones Act. We write to strongly oppose any Jones Act waiver. The American domestic maritime industry produces 650,000 jobs nationwide that have been designated by the Department of Homeland Security as part of the essential critical infrastructure workforce. Americans have radically cut back on driving and flying, reducing demand for petroleum products, which reduces the need to ship petroleum products in our domestic markets. As a result, there is a more-than-ample supply of U.S. vessel capacity available to transport oil within the United States. A Jones Act waiver in these circumstances – replacing American mariners and American ships with foreign mariners and foreign ships in our home waters – is unnecessary and contrary to our collective need to come together as a nation to fight this virus. Waiving the Jones Act means outsourcing American maritime jobs to foreign shipping companies that do not pay U.S. taxes. Many of the foreign vessels would have been made in China and are operated with foreign crews who do not pay U.S. taxes and cannot be counted on to go into harm’s way for America’s interests. Those foreign ships would displace modern American vessels made in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Wisconsin, California, Florida and elsewhere in America. They would send American mariners home at a time when they most need the work. Those Americans are working across the country today, at the risk of their own health, to carry out, as you have said, their “special responsibility” to maintain their normal work schedules. A waiver would allow foreign vessels and foreign crews to enter purely domestic commerce, a bad idea in any circumstance but certainly more so during the current COVID-19 crisis. Should these officials nevertheless ask for a Jones Act waiver, we urge you to decline their request. Sincerely, Thomas B. Crowley Jr., CEO Matthew J. Cox, Chairman & CEO Crowley Maritime Corp. Matson, Inc. Jacksonville, Florida Honolulu, Hawaii Tim Nolan, President & CEO David W. Grzebinski, President & CEO TOTE, LLC Kirby Corporation Jacksonville, FL Houston, Texas Michael Roberts, President George W. Pasha, IV, President & CEO American Maritime Partnership The Pasha Group Jacksonville, Florida San Rafael, California 1 Helena Park, CEO Michael Sacco, President Fishermen’s Finest Holdings Seafarers International Union Kirkland, Washington Camp Springs, Maryland Tony Naccarato, Chairman RADM Michael A. Alfultis, President American Maritime Officers Service Washington, D.C. SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck, New York Robert Manglitz, CEO Lake Michigan Carferry Matthew Paxton, President Ludington, Michigan Shipbuilders Council of America Washington, D.C. Greg Bush, President The Federal Pilots of Louisiana Daniel Duncan, Executive Secretary- Metairie, Louisiana Treasurer Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO Jennifer A. Carpenter, President & CEO Washington, D.C. The American Waterways Operators Arlington, Virginia Charles Fabrikant, Executive Chairman & CEO Paul Doell, National President SEACOR Holdings Inc. American Maritime Officers Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Dania Beach, Florida James Caponiti, President Adm. Jerry Achenbach, Superintendent American Maritime Congress Great Lakes Maritime Academy Washington, D.C. Traverse City, Michigan Steve Kean, CEO Dave O’Loughlin, President and CEO Kinder Morgan, Inc. Ingram Barge Company Houston, Texas Nashville, Tennessee James L. Henry, President Thomas A. Cropper, President Transportation Institute California State University Maritime Camp Springs, Maryland Academy Vallejo, California Mark Barker, President Interlake Steamship Company Don Marcus, President Middleburg Heights, Ohio International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots David Foster, President Linthicum, Maryland American Steamship Buffalo, New York C. James Patti, President Maritime Institute for Research and Jim Weakley, President Industrial Development Lake Carriers’ Association Washington, D.C. Westlake, Ohio 2 Tom Wiater, President Brian McGeorge, President & CEO Central Marine Logistics Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Company Griffith, Indiana Pine Bluff, Arkansas Chuck Canestraight, President William P. Doyle, CEO Port City Marine Services Dredging Contractors of America Muskegon, Michigan Washington, D.C. Maxie J. McGuire Jr., President Greg Ford, President Callan Marine, Ltd. Inland Dredging Co., L.L.C. Galveston, Texas Dyersburg, Tennessee Ted Smith, President Randy King, President Marine Tech, Inc. The King Co., Inc. Duluth, Minnesota Holland, Michigan Dale Pyatt, President & CEO Kelly Albers, President Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Marinex Construction Company Co., L.L.C. Charleston, South Carolina Quincy, Massachusetts Joe McCoy, President Matt Binsfeld, President & CEO M.C.M. Marine, Inc. & Soo Marine J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. Supply, Inc. LaCrosse, Wisconsin Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan James Cleary, President Daniel Thorogood, President & CEO J.T. Cleary, Inc. Seabulk Tankers, Inc. Flushing, New York Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Lasse Petterson, CEO Anthony Poplawski, President- Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company Secretary/Treasurer Oak Brook, Illinois Marine Firemen’s Union San Francisco, California Eric W. Ellefsen, President Weeks Marine, Inc. Adm. Francis McDonald, President Cranford, New Jersey Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Bill T. Dutra, Owner & CEO The Dutra Group Aaron C. Smith, President & CEO San Rafael, California Offshore Marine Service Association New Orleans, Louisiana Ashley Kerns, Owner & Vice President Mike Hooks, L.L.C. Minor “Tony” Cheramie, III, Vice Westlake, Louisiana President L&M BoTruc Rental, Inc. Galliano, Louisiana 3 Ben Bordelon, President & CEO Lee Jackson, President & CEO Bollinger Shipyard Jackson Offshore Operators LLC Lockport, Louisiana Harvey, Louisiana Shane Guidry, Chairman & CEO Dorman L. Strahan, President Harvey Gulf International Marine Marine Systems, Inc. New Orleans, Louisiana Houma, Louisiana Otto Candies, III, Vice Chairman Garrett Rice, Chief Financial Officer Otto Candies, LLC Master Boatbuilders, Inc. Des Allemands, Louisiana Bayou La Batre, Alabama Dino Chouest, Executive Vice President David Connolly, President- TampaShip Secretary/Treasurer Tampa Bay, Florida Sailors’ Union of the Pacific San Francisco, California Gary Chouest, President Edison Chouest Offshore Marshall Ainley, President Cut Off, Louisiana Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association Washington, D.C. Todd Hornbeck, Chairman of the Board, President, & CEO Samuel H. Norton, CEO Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. Covington, Louisiana Tampa, Florida Ashton P. Laborde, President Sven Christensen, President Laborde Marine Management, LLC Andrie LLC New Orleans, Louisiana Muskegon, Michigan Courtney B. Ramsay, President & C.E.O. Stan Andrie, CEO Aries Marine Corporation Inland Lakes Management Lafayette, Louisiana Muskegon, Michigan Karl Senner, President Grant E. Sims, Chairman & CEO Karl Senner, LLC Genesis Energy Kenner, Louisiana Houston, Texas Mark J. Eitzen, SVP John Gellert, President & CEO Gunderson Marine SEACOR Marine Portland, Oregon Houston, Texas Barry Graham, Managing Member Michael Aufdermauer, Director - Marine Barry Graham Oil Service, LLC Business – Southern U.S. Irvington, Alabama Cummins Sales and Service Jefferson, Louisiana 4 Rene Cheramie, President Zac Morrish, President A.R Cheramie Marine Management, Inc. Ryba Marine Construction Company Lafayette Louisiana Cheboygan, Michigan Jeffery Svendson, President & CEO Antonio Carrillo, President & CEO Advanced Logistics, LLC Arcosa, Inc. Lafayette, Louisiana Dallas, Texas William B. Schwartz, Member Gasper C. D’Anna, President Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, LLC John Bludworth Shipyard, LLC New Orleans, Louisiana Corpus Christi, Texas Anthony Cibilich, President Quintin V. Kneen, President & CEO C & C Marine and Repair, LLC Tidewater Inc. Belle Chasse, Louisiana Houston, Texas Richard M. Green, President Charles H. Faucheux, President Green Marine & Industrial Equipment Co. Adriatic Marine, LLC Metairie, Louisiana Raceland, Louisiana Captain Harry Rogers, President & CEO Darrel Plaisance, President & CEO Cetacean Marine, Inc. SEAMAR Moorestown, New Jersey Lafayette, Louisiana Jim Jansen, Chairman Kevin Teichman, CEO Lynden, Inc. T&T Marine, Inc. Anchorage, Alaska Galveston, Texas Joe F. Vaughan, Jr., Chairman Mark A. Scairono, Sr., President & CEO Ocean Shipholdings, Inc. Coastal Marine Equipment, Inc. Houston, Texas Gulfport, Mississippi Henry Nuzum, President Kelly Falgout, CEO Waterman Logistics Offshore Towing, Inc. Washington, D.C. Larose, Louisiana John A. Holmes, President Marina Secchitano, President Manson Construction Co. Inlandboatmens Union of the Pacific Seattle, Washington Seattle, Washington Benjamin Cottrell V, President & CEO Ray Carpenter, President Cottrell Contracting Corporation R.E. Staite Engineering, Inc. Chesapeake, Virginia San Diego, California Kurt Luedtke, President Luedtke Engineering Company Frankfort, Michigan 5 Larry Willis, President Lauren Melancon, CFO Transportation Trades Department, AFL- Offshore Liftboats, LLC CIO Cut Off, Louisiana Washington, D.C. Stacy Jo Stanley, President & CEO Donald Kurz, President & CEO Offshore Oil Services,
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