Puerto Rico's 'temporary' waiver from the Jones Act should be permanent

Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't PR have to be a state in order to get out from the Jones act? Assuming the act isn't appealed or rewritten to exclude Puerto Rico.

Here's a counterpoint:
https://transportationinstitute.org/jones-act/# [login to see] 36-6c40e80c-daf0

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Thanks for the post.

I have to ask, though -- just how much does the Jones Act requirements impact the Puerto Rico economy?

If Puerto Rico receives a permanent waiver from the Jones Act, what not the USVI?
What about Hawaii?

How can non-US shipping companies (for example, Maersk) be so much cheaper than a US-flagged shipping company?

Why is the operating cost differential between US-flagged vessels and foreign-flagged vessels so vastly different?

How can foreign flagged maritime carriers be cheaper than Puerto Rico-owned and operated carriers?

So....rather than bringing, say, oil to port in Puerto Rico on an American flagged, probably double-hulled tanker and barge, the waivers can allow oil to be brought in by a rusting single-hulled tanker flagged by Venezuela or Cuba?