More Jones Act Waiver Voyages Went Unreported Than Previously Known

The number of foreign-vessel voyages missing from federal Jones Act waiver records appears to be larger than previously known, with new analysis identifying at least 15 movements that never showed up in the U.S. Maritime Administration’s public tally.

The finding expands on Bloomberg Government reporting covered by gCaptain last week, which identified at least a dozen domestic voyages conducted under the emergency waiver but absent from MARAD’s reports.

Colin Grabow, a research fellow at the Cato Institute and longtime critic of the Jones Act, took a closer look at vessel-tracking records and data from the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse. His analysis