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Wayne Gilchrest: “I am not going to take a position on the Jones Act, but what I would like to describe to the gentleman from Michigan is…”

On the recordJune 19, 1997
I am not going to take a position on the Jones Act, but what I would like to describe to the gentleman from Michigan is that there was a ship in Baltimore that was loading cargo, helicopters. One of the helicopter blades that was just loaded onto the ship fell and was damaged. The only place to replace those helicopter blades was in Jacksonville, FL. Now, the ship was a Norwegian-owned ship. The ship traveling from Baltimore to Florida could take on the new blade, but it could not exchange it for the old blade without a fairly significant fine, because of the Jones Act. We were able to work through this and mitigate that down, which is still in the process of being mitigated. I think in instances where one can exchange parts under those circumstances, that probably ought to be accomplished.
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Wayne Gilchrest
Maryland
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Discussing the implications of the Jones Act on shipping and cargo exchange.

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