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Group points up tank barge capabilities

Sustainability

Friday, March 30, 2012

A trade association for the U.S. domestic shipping industry is expressing concern that a recent government report severely underestimates the size of the Jones Act's tank vessel fleet and its ability to transport petroleum products from the U.S. Gulf to the East Coast to make up for lost production as a result of East Coast refineries shutting down. The Jones Act requires products moving between two points in the United States to be transported on vessels built and registered...

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