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Hurricane Irma Updates

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In Florida, a statewide suspension of road tolls was issued to ease the flow of mandatory evacuations (like the one ordered for the Florida Keys) and the transportation of essential relief goods. Six islands in the Bahamas were ordered to evacuate to Nassau, while a state of emergency was also declared in the US Virgin Islands.

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5 Fast Facts You Need To Know About The Jones Act

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The Jones Act is a cabotage law that requires all goods transported by water between U.S. So, for example, a container ship sailing from Beijing couldn't arrive in New York, pick up cargo, and then transport it to Boston. Virgin Islands are not. Virgin Islands do not. Ports be carried on U.S.