“Nationally all of us pay about four-cents more per gallon of gasoline because of the Jones Act, because of the restrictions it puts on food and oil around the U.S.”
NTELX, Inc. founder Rob Quartel, a former U.S. Maritime Commissioner, discusses the state of the U.S maritime industry and the impact of the Jones Act on consumers, before a June 15, 2020 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida.