{"product_id":"maritime-industry-cargo-preference-laws-estimated-costs-and-effects-rced-95-34-9781289233730","title":"Maritime Industry: Cargo Preference Laws--Estimated Costs and Effects: RCED-95-34","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): U. S. Government Accountability Office (\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on cargo preference laws, focusing on their effect on: (1) federal transportation costs; and (2) the U.S. merchant marine industry. \u003cbr\u003e GAO found that: (1) cargo preference laws have increased federal agencies' transportation costs by an average of $578 million per year; (2) cargo preference laws increase agencies' transportation costs because U.S.-flag vessels generally charge more than foreign vessels to carry cargo; (3) although some agencies paid an estimated $3.5 billion in additional transportation costs to ship cargo on U.S.-flag vessels, DOD estimated that $659 million of those costs were related to the Persian Gulf War; (4) the effect of cargo preference laws on the U.S. merchant marine industry has been mixed; (5) the share of oceanborne cargo carried aboard U.S.-flag vessels has declined because most internationally shipped cargo is exempt from cargo preference laws; (6) in 1992, foreign-flag vessels carried about 96 percent of international cargo; and (7) although eliminating cargo preference laws could cause two-thirds of the U.S.-flag vessels to leave the U.S. fleet and result in the elimination of about 6,000 U.S. shipboard jobs, it would have a minimal impact on the U.S. shipbuilding industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bibliogov","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47596365119639,"sku":"9781289233730","price":1567.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781289233730.webp?v=1774993480","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/maritime-industry-cargo-preference-laws-estimated-costs-and-effects-rced-95-34-9781289233730","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}