The head of the leading U.S. offshore trade association is mum on the federal government's decision to scrap proposed sweeping changes to the Jones Act.
Ken Wells, president of the Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA), had no initial comment on the decision by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to cancel changes that would have revoked current Jones Act exemptions in areas including diving support work, cable and pipe-laying.
Much of this work is currently carried out under exemptions by foreign crews on foreign vessels. However, the proposal would have required it to be carried out by vessels registered and constructed in the U.S. with 75% percent of the crews being U.S. citizens.
The OMSA has been a major supporter of the proposed changes, which were recently scrapped after what the CBP termed were "several substantive comments" filed during a public comment period.
Source: Daily Fairplay News
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