Having worked in shipping for a couple decades, this is pretty big news. In a nutshell, what it means is that foreign flag vessels can load cargo (oil in this case) in one US port and unload or discharge it in another US port. Otherwise that wouldn't be legal.
My follow on X for maritime news apparently hasn't gotten the word, because I'm sure he'd post something about it:
https://x.com/mercoglianos
Having worked in shipping for a couple decades, this is pretty big news. In a nutshell, what it means is that foreign flag vessels can load cargo (oil in this case) in one US port and unload or discharge it in another US port. Otherwise that wouldn't be legal. My follow on X for maritime news apparently hasn't gotten the word, because I'm sure he'd post something about it: https://x.com/mercoglianos