US EditionTrump administration releases Maritime Action Plan aimed at resurrecting US shipbuilding
The plan proposes maritime prosperity zones, workforce training reforms, and a Maritime Security Trust Fund funded partly by port fees on Chinese-built ships, aiming to rebuild U.S. shipbuilding capacity.
- Releasing America's Maritime Action Plan, the White House on Feb. 13, 2026, proposed funding partly through port fees on cargo delivered on ships made in China, with levies paused for one year.
- Earlier this month, the Office of the United States Trade Representative announced an investigation into China’s unfair trade practices in shipping, while U.S. shipbuilding has shrunk since World War Two and now severely lags China.
- Using a 'Bridge Strategy', the plan proposes a fee of one cent per ton, potentially raising $66 billion over 10 years for the Maritime Security Trust Fund.
- Shipyard owners, investors and SHIPS for America Act sponsors welcomed the plan on Friday, while U.S. Senator Todd Young urged Congress to act quickly, saying it is a "wake-up call for Congress to act quickly on this bill".
- The plan faces funding and commitment challenges, while codifying cooperation with the Republic of Korea and Japan and linking to Korea's MASGA proposal with a $150 billion earmark.
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America’s New Maritime Plan Is Competing for the Wrong Century - CleanTechnica
The new U.S. Maritime Action Plan, available from the White House Maritime Insights page, is serious policy work. It acknowledges that American commercial shipbuilding has withered to less than 1% of global output and that only a handful of domestic yards can build large oceangoing vessels. It recognizes workforce shortages, ... [continued] The post America’s New Maritime Plan Is Competing for the Wrong Century appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Anchors Away: The Perils of Our Shipbuilding Imbalance
Two historical scenarios suggested by two keen observers of global politics highlight the need for the United States to revive its defense industrial base. James Holmes, a professor of strategy at the U.S. Naval War College who is fast becoming America’s modern-day Mahan, writes in The National Interest that if war breaks out in the western Pacific Ocean, the United States vis-à-vis China will be in a position similar to Imperial Japan’s in Worl…
The Trump Administration announced a plan to expand shipbuilding and boost national maritime jobs. Supported by an executive order signed by Donald Trump in April 2025, the Maritime Action Plan (MAP) aims to create a "maritime golden age." Read more
Trump administration releases Maritime Action Plan aimed at resurrecting US shipbuilding
The Trump administration on Friday released its plan to rebuild U.S. shipbuilding and other maritime businesses, paid for in part by port fees on cargo delivered to the United States on ships made in China - levies the U.S. and China agreed to pause for one year.
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