Iran-US tanker attacks escalate while JPMorgan analyst discusses Jones Act waivers and Hanwha Ocean unveils ammonia-electric LNG carrier model.
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Painted by seedream-v5-pro on api.venice.ai, 2026-09-14 00:34Z. Scene directed by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast.
The scene the art director wrote
A stormy sea with oil tankers in the distance, a large cargo ship in the foreground with a Jones Act waiver document being discussed by worried-looking crew members, as a Hanwha Ocean model sits on a nearby dock, illuminated by a setting sun casting a golden glow over the chaotic scene.
Inside the house scaffold (the fixed style + safety clauses), the full prompt the painter received
Sprawling painted editorial illustration for a newspaper front page: A stormy sea with oil tankers in the distance, a large cargo ship in the foreground with a Jones Act waiver document being discussed by worried-looking crew members, as a Hanwha Ocean model sits on a nearby dock, illuminated by a setting sun casting a golden glow over the chaotic scene. Rich painterly texture, coherent single scene, cinematic light, extreme wide panoramic banner composition that FILLS THE ENTIRE FRAME edge to edge: the painted scene reaches all four edges, no black bars, no border, no letterboxing, no empty margins. Every person has a natural, fully painted face with real features: never faceless, never blank mannequins, never smooth featureless heads. All people are fictional and resemble no real public figure. Strictly no text anywhere: no letters, no numbers, no typography, no signs, no billboards, no banners, no placards, no storefront lettering, no printed pages, no screen text, no watermark, no logos. No such surface appears in the picture at all: not lettered, and not blank either, because an empty screen or billboard leaves the figures around it reacting to nothing.
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Puerto Rico Jones Act study warns unrestricted foreign competition could wipe out US-flag vessels
A study prepared for the Jones Act industry trade association La Alianza Maritima de Puerto Rico estimates unrestricted foreign-flag competition could eliminate most US-flag vessels in the Puerto Rico trade, while also finding foreign carriers would lose their labor cost advantage if they had to comply with US labor rules.
By Marcus Boone · 3wUnrestricted competition from foreign-flag vessels could lead to the disappearance of most US-flag vessels in the Puerto Rico trade, according to a study prepared for La Alianza Maritima de Puerto Rico, a trade association representing Jones Act ship operators and maritime unions in the Puerto Rico trade. The Alianza is affiliated with the American Maritime Partnership, a main national trade association for the Jones Act industry.
The study also found that foreign carriers would lose their labor cost advantage if they must comply with US labor rules. With competition, technological and environmental improvements are implemented faster than building ships in the US that rely on 25-year financing.
The estimated total annual cost of Jones Act carrier service to Puerto Rico is $668.6 million, with total revenue estimated at $703.8 million. Downsizing Jones Act carriers to 40-foot containers would cause significant incremental costs estimated at up to $120.8 million per year in lost economies.
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