Foreign Tanker Hauls Fuel From Washington State to California

A foreign-flagged tanker is sailing from Washington State to California, one of the first non-US vessels to bring fuel to the region from another US state after the Trump administration waived Jones Act maritime restrictions last month.

The Marshall Islands-flagged Garnet Express, a medium-range ship designed for refined oil products, is headed from Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s Anacortes Refinery in Washington to the San Francisco area, according to ship tracking data from Vortexa. The tanker typically carries jet fuel.

The unusual voyage of a non-US tanker between two West Coast states offers the latest example of how much the war ...