Colin Grabow(@cpgrabow):The current Jones Act waiver has exposed something that is typically overlooked: many types of oceangoing ships common elsewhere in the world do not exist in the US coastwise fleet. Let’s look at what some of these vessels are and why we don’t have them. 🧵

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Colin Grabow@cpgrabow

2026.05.19 14:25

The current Jones Act waiver has exposed something that is typically overlooked: many types of oceangoing ships common elsewhere in the world do not exist in the US coastwise fleet. Let’s look at what some of these vessels are and why we don’t have them. 🧵