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United States of America: Two Jones Act waivers granted for post-hurricane shipments to disaster zones

Announcement

08 Sep 2017

Waivers were granted shortly after hurricanes Harvey and Irma, but the post-Hurricane Maria waiver took longer.

 

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Number of interventions

2

0 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

2 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

28 Sep 2017

Revocation date:

07 Oct 2017

Updated: 08 Sep 2017
Import ban

A similar waiver for Puerto Rico was initially denied, after which the decision was reversed.

On September 26, 2017 the Department of Homeland Security decided against issuing a similar wai...

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Implementation date

08 Sep 2017

Revocation date:

22 Sep 2017

Updated: 08 Sep 2017
Import ban

On September 8, 2017 Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke responded to hurricanes Harvey and Irma by approving a waiver of the Jones Act. This temporary (one-week) waiver, w...

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