U.S. maritime jobs up 30 percent

Following news of 304,000 American maritime jobs created in January 2019, the Transportation Institute, a maritime association which advocates and works for sound national maritime policy in the U.S., announced a 30 percent increase in domestic maritime job creation enabled by the Jones Act. The industry now employs nearly 650,000 Americans across all 50 states and contributes $154B to the nation’s annual economic growth. (Source: Work Boat 03/05/19)