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" ... As the role of the U.S. merchant fleet in global trade has receded, so have the ranks of merchant seamen and the fortunes of commercial shipbuilders. The head of the Transportation Department’s Maritime Administration told Congress last year that “U.S. commercial shipbuilding of large merchant-type ships has been locked into a downward spiral of decreasing demand and an increased divergence between domestic and foreign shipbuilding productivity and pricing.” ... "
" ... Here I have to take my hat off to Mr Kapp. He built a substantial (and I would guess profitable) niche practice around this victory. He spoke and wrote and both he and his tax views became well known among merchant seamen. My impression is that they are a kind of a close-knit word of mouth community and having identified a common issue, Mr. Kapp was able to establish himself as the go-to guy sailor tax expert. ... "
" ... How big? If Lozman loses, any structure that floats might fall under federal laws designed to protect shipowners and workers, including the Jones Act allowing workers to sue shipowners for negligence; and the Longshore and Harbor Workers Act, which provides predetermined damages payments for seamen injured on the job. ... "
" ... Hundreds of thousands of seamen have been stuck at sea and contacting seafarers unions for support. Even the Pope, UN Secretary General, Sir Richard Branson among many other world figures have called for big changes in this industry. ... "
" ... The NIH started in 1887 as a one-room laboratory created within the Marine Hospital Service (MHS) which had been established in 1798 to care for merchant seamen. It was the predecessor agency to the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS). ... "