- Domestic maritime companies moved approximately 9,500 containers of goods in Puerto Rico to help the territory and its residents with the recovery from the damage wrought by Hurricane Maria.
- In the immediate aftermath, one state-of-the-art large container ship arrived on Sunday with over 35 million pounds of cargo. This is the equivalent carrying capacity of 1,900 cargo planes.
- In anticipation of the island’s needs, the domestic American maritime industry stowed approximately 3,000 containers filled with goods in the terminals prior to the Hurricane landing.
- Jones Act vessels have the capacity to carry more than 4,000 containers per week to Puerto Rico.
Domestic maritime fleet responds with dedicated relief to Puerto Rico
posted by AJOT | Sep 27 2017 at 09:16 AM | Maritime | Liner Shipping
WASHINGTON – In the wake of Hurricane Maria, the American Maritime Partnership – the voice of the domestic maritime industry – today issued the following statement regarding the men and women of the American maritime industry’s critical dedication to delivering essential cargoes to areas impacted by the storm and the capacity and capability of Jones Act vessels to meet Puerto Rico’s present and future needs.
“The men and women of the American maritime industry stand committed to the communities in Puerto Rico impacted by Hurricane Maria, where many of our own employees and their families reside and are working around the clock to respond to the communities in need. As our industry has done in past natural disasters, including most recently Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, we are actively working with the Administration, FEMA, MARAD, and relief organizations to deploy quickly and deliver essential goods like food, fuel, first aid supplies, and building materials. Approximately 9,500 containers of goods were moved by domestic maritime companies to help its residents recover. A steady stream of additional supplies keeps arriving in Puerto Rico on American vessels and on international ships from around the world. The problem now is distributing supplies from Puerto Rico’s ports inland by surface transportation,” said Thomas A. Allegretti, Chairman of the American Maritime Partnership
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