Mike Schuler

Editor of gCaptain. From NY, lived in CA, now in AZ. Yes, it’s hot here.

[John Garamendi @RepGaramendi]

The Jones Act waiver is failing shippers, mariners, and consumers.

Instead of lowering gas prices as the Trump administration claimed it would, 95% of Jones Act waiver beneficiaries are foreign-owned vessels that do not pay U.S. taxes or comply with Coast Guard safety regulations.

We need to restore the Jones Act today.

[*Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone]

RUSSIA , U.S. ARE ACTIVELY DISCUSSING JOINT PROJECTS IN RUSSIAN ARCTIC - RIA CITES DMITRIEV

[Mike Schuler @MikeSchuler]

Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority says more than 300 non-Iranian vessels requested to transit the Strait of Hormuz in May. Here's a breakdown:

[PGSA | نهاد مدیریت آبراه خلیج فارس @PGSA_IRAN]

Summary of the requests in the first month of the PGSA activity:

[Mike Schuler @MikeSchuler]

OFAC has repeatedly warned that paying tolls to Iran could trigger U.S. sanctions

[FT Economics @fteconomics]

Greek shipping tycoon Marinakis ready to pay Strait of Hormuz transit fees https://t.co/p95RAEOi8k

[Waterways Journal @WaterwayJournal]

At the Inland Marine Expo, Matt Woodruff of @Kirby_Corp and @AWOAdvocacy said the Jones Act waiver is at odds with efforts to strengthen U.S. shipbuilding and maritime commerce. #TheWaterwaysJournal #JonesAct #MaritimePolicy #InlandMarineExpo #IMX
https://t.co/fxnJ4FPXgd

[Energy Aspects @EnergyAspects]

EA Maritime Analytics data show fewer than 50 laden non-Iranian tankers (excluding small tankers) have transited the Strait of Hormuz throughout May, amounting to less than one-tenth of pre-conflict flows of 20 mb/d.

An estimated 99 mb of crude and 37 mb of oil products remain on vessels within the strait as of 2 June, based on the latest available AIS update.

Even if a US–Iran MoU is signed, mine clearance, shipper confidence and vessel repositioning will take months. Isolated transits do not constitute a recovery in flows, the operational barriers remain substantial.

Read more: https://t.co/MFuoowuUoi

#EnergyAspects #Hormuz #Maritime #Crude

[gCaptain @gCaptain]

U.S. Forces Disable Sanctioned Tanker Bound for Iran as Blockade Enforcement Continues https://t.co/qMAcOEkmIM

[Annmarie Hordern @annmarie]

Secretary Rubio tells senators Iran has mined large portions of the Strait of Hormuz

[gCaptain @gCaptain]

U.S. Begins Dismantling Major Ocean Observation Network https://t.co/bErbMeUoK9

[gCaptain @gCaptain]

MSC Confirms Containership Was Hit Twice by Projectiles Off Iraq https://t.co/Lhg8m0ow1P

[Mike Schuler @MikeSchuler]

EU May Keep Russian Oil Price Cap Unchanged at $44 per Barrel to Pressure Moscow
https://t.co/i4BnOAZDGy

[Mike Schuler @MikeSchuler]

@mercoglianos @Dan_Schwartz @johnkonrad These are evacuations, if anything. U.S. doing this under the radar is not shocking considering what happened last time with Project Freedom

[Mike Schuler @MikeSchuler]

US blockade disables fifth vessel

[U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM]

https://t.co/A0a2tUJfUE

[Martin Kelly @_MartinKelly_]

⚠️ Possible Mine Sighting

Oman MRCC:

Suspected naval mine spotted floating west of the Inshore Traffic Zone in the Strait of Hormuz — inside Omani territorial waters.

#Straitofhormuz #Iran #maritime #maritimesecurity

[gCaptain @gCaptain]

Chinese COSCO Tanker Delivers Asphalt to Connecticut Under Jones Act Waiver https://t.co/z0wQ0v60td

[First Squawk @FirstSquawk]

TRUMP CONCLUDES MEETING ON IRAN DEAL WITHOUT REACHING DECISION – NY TIMES

[AMP Maritime 🇺🇸 @AMPmaritime]

A @DeptofWar designated "Chinese Military Company" just used the 501a "national security" Jones Act waiver to deliver asphalt to New Haven, CT.

@DOWResponse can you explain how this advances immediate defense needs?

Picture submitted by a Jones Act mariner.

[Mike Schuler @MikeSchuler]

@ianbremmer Seems increasingly unlikely if you ask me

[gCaptain @gCaptain]

Trump Claims Breakthrough on Hormuz, But Key Shipping Questions Remain https://t.co/n8MbigiRTL

[Mike Schuler @MikeSchuler]

Is shipping supposed to trust that Iran will remove mines from the SoH within 39 days? Does “unrestricted” access to SoH imply continued coordination with IRGC for transits via Iranian route?