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Comment on HMTF: RAMP Gets Its Chance by PaulHBea

PaulHBea — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:51 +0000

Yes. Rep. Tiberi has prepared an amendment to exempt marine highway cargo from the HMT. If he gets to offer it that would be the first floor vote on the issue.

Comment on HMTF: RAMP Gets Its Chance by Mark Yonge

Mark Yonge — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:33 +0000

Paul thanks for the update. Is there any movement on domestic HMT?

Comment on HMTF: The Seven Billion Dollar Clue by HMTF: RAMP Gets Its Chance « MTS Matters

HMTF: RAMP Gets Its Chance « MTS Matters — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:33:27 +0000

[...] way do not benefit by the cargo tax collected in those ports. (See the fairness discussion in the previous MTSM post.) Rep. McDermott explained that by expanding eligible port uses of the HMTF to include [...]

Comment on Time for a Maritime Title by “What’s Taking So Long?” « MTS Matters

“What’s Taking So Long?” « MTS Matters — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:58:28 +0000

[...] House Surface Transportation bill that may carry the HMT exemption legislation in a first ever “maritime title” in a surface transportation authorization [...]

Comment on Time for a Maritime Title by Mark Yonge

Mark Yonge — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:17:50 +0000

Good news especially significant activity on the HMT for non-bulk cargoes. HMT has been a dis-incentive for Marine Highways. Hope the ways and means committee meeting hearing goes well.

Comment on If you only have hot dog money in your pocket maybe you just buy a hot dog…but which hot dog? by Functional (Not WTF) Government « MTS Matters

Functional (Not WTF) Government « MTS Matters — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:09:00 +0000

[...] consolidations, and reined-in spending to match reduced Highway Trust Fund revenue. It is based on a harsh reality. That interest groups responded with concerns about program eliminations and a third less funding [...]

Comment on The Mineta Speech, Pt.1 by Make Time for Maritime Policy « MTS Matters

Make Time for Maritime Policy « MTS Matters — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 03:37:59 +0000

[...] what about our national maritime policy?” posed Norman Mineta in 2007, no longer Transportation Secretary, before answering himself. “Frankly, it is comparatively [...]

Comment on The Rush/No-Rush to Replace SAFETEA-LU by If you only have hot dog money in your pocket maybe you just buy a hot dog…but which hot dog? « MTS Matters

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:36:51 +0000

[...] previous post about the surface transportation reauthorization bill—TEA for short—ended with a bit of [...]

Comment on Shipping The T. Boone Way by Shipping The T. Boone Way | Ports & Waterways

Shipping The T. Boone Way | Ports & Waterways — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:00:40 +0000

[...] Original Article [...]

Comment on The Mineta Speech, Pt.1 by The Mineta Speech as a Starting Point « MTS Matters

The Mineta Speech as a Starting Point « MTS Matters — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:34:35 +0000

[...] Mineta provided a service in making his 2007 speech on the maritime sector (excerpts found starting here). Since he went to the trouble, let’s use his suggestions as a starting point for an [...]

Comment on The Mineta Speech, Pt.2 by The Mineta Speech, Pt.3 « MTS Matters

The Mineta Speech, Pt.3 « MTS Matters — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:08:12 +0000

[...] of maritime issues in our national transportation policy.” Here are Pt. 1 and Pt.2. Pt.3 [...]

Comment on The Mineta Speech, Pt.1 by The Mineta Speech, Pt.3 « MTS Matters

The Mineta Speech, Pt.3 « MTS Matters — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:08:08 +0000

[...] “role of maritime issues in our national transportation policy.” Here are Pt. 1 and Pt.2. Pt.3 [...]

Comment on The Mineta Speech, Pt.1 by The Mineta Speech, Pt. 2 « MTS Matters

The Mineta Speech, Pt. 2 « MTS Matters — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:16:21 +0000

[...] and sector in need, his remarks were a high altitude flare signaling something needs attention. The first of three installments are here. The speech didn’t garner much attention at the [...]

Comment on Congress Should Ban/Allow Earmarking by WRDA: A Commonsense Guide to Earmarking « MTS Matters

WRDA: A Commonsense Guide to Earmarking « MTS Matters — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:01:30 +0000

[...] previous post on this blog discusses how a broad brush is being used in the “earmark” debate in Congress where [...]

Comment on Is Security Going Overboard? by Cefincew

Cefincew — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:59:21 +0000

Интересная новость! Буду рад читать ещё ваши статьи. Пишите ещё!

Comment on Shipping The T. Boone Way by PaulHBea

PaulHBea — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:01:55 +0000

Bruce, as I understand it current law does not preclude US flag vessels from having power units built elsewhere, much as other components can be brought in.

Comment on Shipping The T. Boone Way by bruce lambert

bruce lambert — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:11:17 +0000

Paul

Interesting, but do we really even have a maritime construction sector able to modify or design these new engines for current working vessels?

Comment on The Grass is Greener — Pt. 3 by Shipping The T. Boone Way « MTS Matters

Shipping The T. Boone Way « MTS Matters — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:43:58 +0000

[...] Although he doesn’t mention it in his plan, I think T. Boone would give a thumbs-up to LNG fueled ships. Here are a few notes to add to an earlier post at this address. [...]

Comment on The Grass is Greener – Pt.1 by What Are We Doing? « MTS Matters

What Are We Doing? « MTS Matters — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:21:47 +0000

[...] are thinking and acting strategically, with an eye to the large American market, it is because they are…as they [...]

Comment on What TIGER Tells Us by What Are We Doing? « MTS Matters

What Are We Doing? « MTS Matters — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:10:08 +0000

[...] fairness, a good percentage of USDOT-issued TIGER grants went to rail, marine highway and other freight related projects earlier this year. We take that [...]