Letter sent to Trump administration urges support of U.S.-flag vessels

The tanker Adam LNG carried some of the first export gas from the Dominion Energy Cove Point terminal in Maryland. ShipSpotting.com/Hannes van Rijn

On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to urging U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to ensure that U.S.-flagged and crewed vessels play a key role in the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to China.

Recent reports indicate that an agreement to end the retaliatory tariffs between the U.S. and China will include substantial...

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