No Jones Act waiver required on the icebreakers. Jones Act only applies to commercial vessels that move stuff directly between U.S. ports. For USCG/USN, the President can waive the build in the USA requirement. And he did with that White House memorandum.
Note that icebreaking doesn’t fall under the Jones Act at all, unless you move goods between US ports (to include platforms, I think). Finnish icebreakers supported Alaskan oil exploration back when we did such things. :)
Thanks for the shout out and link!
No Jones Act waiver required on the icebreakers. Jones Act only applies to commercial vessels that move stuff directly between U.S. ports. For USCG/USN, the President can waive the build in the USA requirement. And he did with that White House memorandum.
Note that icebreaking doesn’t fall under the Jones Act at all, unless you move goods between US ports (to include platforms, I think). Finnish icebreakers supported Alaskan oil exploration back when we did such things. :)
Thank you for pointing out that nuance!