Is this an old article? (Yes I see the Latest update 18. March, 2020)
The content appears to be a bit out of date;
“Increased global demand for natural gas and oil”.
Not sure if that is and will be the trend in the market.
“Advances in tanker size”.
The age of ULCCs were in the 1970/80s. Many of those went directly from the building yard to layup and hardly ever carried any cargo before being scrapped. Few if any ULCCs has been built since.
The size of LNG Carriers HAS increased in the last decades though.
“U.S. mariners are highly skilled in the operation of steam plants used on the majority of oceanborne vessels”.
Yes in last century.
“Placing the transportation of LNG and oil under the control of U.S. mariners, who are subject to strenuous security checks, will add an additional layer of security to our nation’s energy supply chain”.
First there have to be some US flag vessels of the type and size required to perform this transportation, as jbtam99 says: