About a third of Jones Act tankers are 20 or older, compared with 3 percent of waiver tankers

Percentage of tankers in each fleet, by age in years

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Sources: MARAD U.S.-Flag Fleet Report, March 2026; MARAD 501(c) waiver reports, March 17 and May 18 waivers; MARAD 501(c) waiver reports, August 17 extension.

Notes: MARAD's waiver reports do not list build years, so waiver tanker build years were looked up separately. The waiver tanker count excludes 6 dry bulk carriers in the source data. Static snapshot.