U.S.-FLAG MERCHANT FLEET NON-JONES ACT ELIGIBLE
General Cargo, 14
U.S.-FLAG MERCHANT FLEET JONES ACT ELIGIBLE VESSELS
General Cargo, Dry Bulk, 3 7
Dry Bulk, 3
Ro-Ro, 10
Container, 24
Container, 45 Ro-Ro, 22
Tanker, 5
between U.S. ports. Specifically, Section 27, also known as the Jones Act, requires that all goods transported by water between ports located within the U.S. be carried aboard U.S.-flag merchant ships that are constructed in the U.S., owned by U.S. citizens, documented in the U.S., and crewed by U.S. citizens. Ships plying these
Tanker, 44
trades are classified as Jones Act ships. Supplementing cabotage legislation is cargo preference legislation, which provides a preference for transporting ocean borne cargo moving in the international trade of the U.S. and also to be carried in U.S.-flag ships. U.S.-flag vessels plying these trades are owned
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