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There are no active Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessels and only one under construction, increasing costs and construction times for offshore wind projects that must use compliant barges to transfer parts to installation ships. [39] A shortage of such vessels was a cause of the cancellation of the Ocean Wind projects. [40] [41]
The vessel, built by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, was the first U.S.-flagged, Jones Act-compliant ship built on the Great Lakes since 1983. [8] and the first built by Interlake since 1981. [9] The ship was christened MV Mark W. Barker in Cleveland, Ohio [8] on 1 September 2022. [10]
Horizon Lines, Inc. was an American domestic ocean shipping and logistics company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the largest Jones Act-compliant maritime shipping and logistics company, and accounted for approximately 37 per cent of all U.S. container shipments linking the continental United States to Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. [2]
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The Jones Act Enforcer is a one-of-a-kind ship that President and CEO Aaron Smith uses to check on the foreign vessels working on wind projects in American waters including the Vineyard Wind ...
The vessel was built by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. [1] Construction began in mid-2019. [7] Her self-unloader was SS American Victory's boom that was taken off before the ship was scrapped. [8] The ship is 639 feet (195 m) long and has a 78-foot (24 m) beam, with a carrying capacity of 26,000 tons deadweight (DWT).
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The Jones Act ensures vessels adhere to these regulations and standards which have many positive impacts to include; reduced workplace injuries, maximum protection for marine wildlife by establishing safe emission and pollution levels. American mariners operating in American ports streamlines communication, decreases security breaches all while ...