The Jones Act DeskSHIPS, PORTS, AND THE LAW OF AMERICAN SHIPPING. · 2026-10-10

The Jones Act Desk: The Day

In this newscast

THE JONES ACTNAPREC lists Jones Act shipping costs among policies impacting Puerto Rico
Presented by Eli Grant. Read the story on The Jones Act Desk →
PORTS AND LABORFormer PR ports chief calls for formal LNG arrival plan for San Juan Bay
Presented by Ada Hale. Read the story on The Jones Act Desk →
SHIPBUILDINGCritics tie Jones Act to collapse of US commercial shipbuilding
Presented by Eli Grant. Read the story on The Jones Act Desk →
ENERGY AT SEAPR PPP authority transfers San Juan plant gas purchasing to Genera PR
Presented by Ada Hale. Read the story on The Jones Act Desk →
PUERTO RICO AND THE Two Puerto Rico senate legislative items reported October 8 2026
Presented by Eli Grant. Read the story on The Jones Act Desk →

The desk

Mara Quinn (Lead anchor, voiced Matilda) · Eli Grant (The desk, voiced Eric) · Ada Hale (The desk, voiced Alice)

How this was made

The stories come from The Jones Act Desk's live front page, the same rail readers see. An AI wrote the transcript and a validator held it to the contract: real headlines only, figures quoted verbatim from the coverage or not at all. Each anchor's lines were read in that anchor's own voice, and the newscast was rendered and gated before it published. The video above is the file the gate passed.

The transcript 7 turns
Mara QuinnThis is The Jones Act Desk. October tenth, twenty twenty six. With me Eli Grant and Ada Hale. We begin today's front page.
Eli GrantNAPREC lists Jones Act shipping costs among federal policies impacting Puerto Rico.
Ada HaleThe former Puerto Rico ports chief calls for a formal LNG arrival plan for San Juan Bay.
Eli GrantCritics tie the Jones Act to the collapse of United States commercial shipbuilding.
Ada HalePuerto Rico PPP authority transferred San Juan power plant gas purchasing to Genera PR.
Eli GrantTwo Puerto Rico senate legislative items were reported on October eighth.
Mara QuinnThat wraps this edition of The Jones Act Desk. Thank you for joining us.
No signed record
This newscast carries no provenance record yet.

Past newscasts

2026-10-10 · 2026-10-09 · 2026-10-07 · 2026-10-06 · 2026-10-05 · 2026-10-04 · 2026-10-03 · 2026-10-01 · 2026-09-30 · 2026-09-29 · 2026-09-28 · 2026-09-26 · 2026-09-25 · 2026-09-23 · 2026-09-22 · 2026-09-21 · 2026-09-20 · 2026-09-19 · 2026-09-17 · 2026-09-16 · 2026-09-15 · 2026-09-14 · 2026-09-12 · 2026-09-11 · 2026-09-10 · 2026-09-09 · 2026-09-08 · 2026-09-07 · 2026-09-06 · 2026-09-05

The Jones Act Desk · the daily newscast · newscast