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| Does the Jones Act Apply to Offshore Alternative Energy Projects? |
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Gerald A. Morrissey III
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Charlie Papavizas
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Constantine G. Papavizas & Gerald A. Morrissey III, Does the Jones Act Apply to Offshore Alternative Energy Projects?, originally published in 34 TUL. MAR. L.J. 377 (2010).
Interest is growing in the United States in the development of offshore alternative energy sources such as wind energy. Offshore alternative energy projects involve the use of vessels that, when acting in U.S. waters, are regulated in a variety of ways. Several U.S. maritime trade laws, or “cabotage” laws, restrict a number of offshore activities to qualified U.S.-flagged vessels. These laws are often referred to as the “Jones Act”—even though that term genuinely applies to only one of the several relevant maritime cabotage laws. |
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