• Dominic Pino highlights data from a March 2026 Jones Act waiver showing 45 voyages by 35 foreign-flagged tankers carrying U.S. domestic cargo like gasoline, diesel, and crude oil between American ports, including routes via the Panama Canal.
• The map in the post illustrates extensive new shipping activity along U.S. coasts and Gulf routes while the Jones Act-compliant fleet remained fully booked, indicating additional trade volume unlocked by temporarily suspending the 1920 law’s restrictions.
• Pino argues this demonstrates how the Jones Act normally blocks potential American-to-American maritime trade, with the waiver revealing suppressed economic activity in domestic waterborne shipping.
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