A new US flagged vessel which nobody is discussing here

[Old_school]

I see this as being a very big deal for the US Merchant Marine yet no one here has started a thread about it

https://gcaptain.com/crowleys-american-energy-makes-history-as-first-us-flagged-lng-carrier-serving-puerto-rico/

Time for more!

[ombugge]

It has been discussed here:

Should the US build requirement of the Jones Act be abolished?

New Crowley vessel set to make history as first LNG ship to be reflagged to US under Jones Act loophole Vessel lined up for US-Puerto Rico trading after purchase by US owner: https://www.tradewindsnews.com/gas/new-crowley-vessel-set-to-make-history-as-first-lng-ship-to-be-reflagged-to-us-under-jones-act-loophole/2-1-1766539 Another pair of old steam turbine LNG carrier are available in the market: https://www.tradewindsnews.com/gas/sinokor-maritime-floats-two-elderly-lng-steamships-for-scrap…

[Bayrunner]

I read a gCaptain article about it a few days ago. It seems old for an LNG ship but I guess it’s a start. I looked it up on marine traffic and it was in Corpus Christie loading gas.