History of MCTF
MCTF was founded on September 27, 1995, to defend the U.S. maritime cabotage laws from unprecedented attacks by interests who sought to gut the nation's domestic maritime policy. A well-financed campaign of disinformation even had some Members of Congress actively discussing the possibility of significant changes to America's most venerable maritime laws.
Under MCTF's leadership, the American maritime industry banded together as never before and truth prevailed. Anti-cabotage legislation failed, often without receiving a hearing. When, in 1998, a majority of the House of Representatives signed H.Con.Res 65, a bipartisan, pro-Jones Act resolution, the tide had definitely turned. Organized opposition ended in 1999 when the so-called Jones Act Reform Coalition disbanded. MCTF is probably the "best organized and broadest coalition of interests in Washington," conceded one critic of the maritime cabotage laws.
MCTF remains on watch, guarding the nation's maritime cabotage laws from attempts to undermine them.
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