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Hearing Will Examine Status of U.S. Merchant Marine

Washington, DC, September 5, 2014 | Justin Harclerode (202) 225-9446
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The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing next week to examine issues impacting the U.S. merchant marine, the fleet of U.S. documented, or flagged, commercial vessels which carries imports and exports during peacetime and becomes a naval auxiliary to deliver troops and war materiel during wartime.

This hearing, entitled “The Status of the Merchant Marine,” is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building. 

Witness list:

  • Mr. Mark Tabbutt, Chairman, Saltchuk Resources
  • Mr. Niels Johnsen, Chairman/CEO, International Shipholding Corporation
  • Mr. Don Marcus, President, Masters, Mates and Pilots
  • Mr. Matthew Paxton, President, Shipbuilders Council of America

    • More information about the hearing, including written testimony, additional background information, and link to a live webcast, will be posted here as it becomes available. 

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