Tag: Jones Act

How a single coastwise voyage by the COSCO-operated JIN ZHOU WAN crystallized a national-security and economic fight over the broadest Jones Act suspension in seventy-five years. A Routine Cargo Becomes a Political Flashpoint When a 13,265-deadweight-tonne asphalt tanker slipped into New Haven harbor on May 28, 2026, after a week-long run up the U.S. coast…