[image] Opinion | Puerto Rico’s membership in the U.S. should come with free shipping The Jones Act drives up prices for disaster-battered U.S. citizens. Same old same old, I think some right-wing think tank spams this stuff every storm in PR.

think GH Parks on the berth at Guayanilla

Something to think about - 100,000,000 gallons of diesel at the port helps you not at all if the road to your local gas station is washed out and there is no power to run the pumps. I suspect any fuel shortages that are going on are distribution issues, not supply issues.

When I was in school with a Spaniard I jokingly mentioned the USA won the Spanish American war. He laughed and said Yep you got Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam. How did that work out and how much has that cost you. Define winning.

[image] shipengr: So where is this “harm” you speak of? What “people of Puerto Rico must wait”, wait for what? Specifically what generators are going without fuel on account of this tanker not being permitted to fill tanks that are not empty? It’s just Colin spouting his lies again. At least …

Corruption in Latam is not a new issue nor will it be eradicated in our lifetime. It’s a way of everyday life and affects every person. Things are changing but not soon enough. But the public is cursed with the mindset of “this is how is has always been” so they give up on any major reforms to cl…

Another nose in the tent … [image] White House Waives Jones Act for LNG Shipments to Puerto Rico The Biden administration has granted Puerto Rico's long-sought wish for a Jones Act waiver for LNG shipments, citing the impact of Hurricane Fiona...

Since there are no American LNG ships, I favor waiving the US build requirement for 10 years and allowing LNG ships to be bought and reflagged US with Jones Act privileges.

[image] tugsailor: I favor waiving the US build requirement for 10 years and allowing LNG ships to be bought and reflagged US with Jones Act privileges. I would too IF that were part of the deal… It’s not.

Why? What Jones Act LNG would we need?

Another Hurricane, Another Push to get rid of the Jones Act

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Another Hurricane, Another Push to get rid of the Jones Act

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