Hawaiian Rum Company Challenges the Jones Act | Why the Jones Act? | Koloa Rum v Kristi Noem

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Why is the Rum Gone? February 28, 2025 In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the Koloa Rum Company suing the United States to repeal the cabotage provision of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (aka the Jones Act) under the Port Preference Clause of the US Constitution. #shipping #jonesact #hawaii #supplychain Support What's Going on With Shipping via: Patreon: www.patreon.com/wgowshipping Twitter: @mercoglianos Bluesky: @mercoglianos.bsky.social Facebook: @wgowshipping Email: [email protected] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0B9AHrs2P9OPA8ulM3EJ2u 00:00 Introduction 02:56 The Case - Koloa Rum Company v Kristi Noem 06:09 The Purpose of the Jones Act 13:16 Advantage of the Jones Act for Hawaii 21:00 False Information Regarding the Jones Act in the Case 28:21 Is the Jones Act Unconstitutional and What Koloa Rum Should be Doing? Hawaiian Rum Company Files Lawsuit Challenging the Jones Act, Citing Constitutional Violations https://gcaptain.com/hawaiian-rum-company-files-lawsuit-challenging-the-jones-act-citing-constitutional-violations/ Odd Lots Live Show https://events.bloomberglive.com/oddlotsliveDC Merchant Marine Act of 1920 - America's First National Maritime Strategy https://youtu.be/94WxkwLJMok A century of the Jones Act https://seahistory.org/in-the-pages-of-sea-history-169/ Journey to the Jones Act: U.S. Merchant Marine Policy 1776-1920 https://www.amazon.com/JOURNEY-JONES-ACT-Merchant-1776-1920-ebook/dp/B0CZPD797V Marine Traffic www.marinetraffic.com Matson Hawaii Services https://www.matson.com/matnav/services/hawaii.html