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, Sept. 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.
Source: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
