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To: Ilaine who wrote (45193)	9/18/2002 7:56:21 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi CobaltBlue; Re: "The way I understand the Jones Act, we can only use foreign flag vessels to ship defense materiel under certain conditions, which boil down to US flag vessels being otherwise occupied." The operative "certain condition" is cost. And on the other hand, if all the military wants is some ammo moved between two ports in the Gulf (as was done recently), it wouldn't pay to have US stuff brought out of "reduced" status, driven across the ocean at 30 knots (and high fuel and labor expenses) and then driven back, when the same job can be done locally with fuel efficient vessels of a more appropriate capacity and cheaper labor. -- Carl