Trump extended the Jones Act waiver for 90 days, with the new period beginning August 17. The waiver permits approved foreign ships to carry selected goods between United States ports. Eligible cargo includes oil and other energy products as well as agriculture-related commodities such as fertilizer and soybean oil. The 90-day extension lets approved foreign ships move selected cargoes between United States ports as Hormuz remains effectively closed.
The president first issued the wartime waiver on March 17 after the conflict with Iran disrupted energy logistics. The latest extension is narrower than earlier versions and does not cover every cargo or voyage. The Pentagon will consult the Maritime Administration on which voyages qualify. The Jones Act generally requires goods moved between United States ports to travel on American-built, owned and crewed vessels.
The White House said the waiver supported domestic deliveries of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. The Strait of Hormuz remained effectively closed, continuing pressure on international energy shipping routes. A waiver changes legal eligibility for a voyage but does not create ships, port capacity or guaranteed price reductions. Fertilizer and energy costs can affect agricultural production and transportation beyond the immediate shipping sector.
A time-limited waiver can be renewed, narrowed or allowed to expire as officials reassess supply and national-defense needs. Trump extended a wartime domestic-shipping waiver beginning August 17, narrowing eligibility to energy and agriculture-related commodities. The source record distinguishes verified observations and published data from attributed institutional or political claims; where a source described a claim rather than independently proving it, this account preserves that attribution.
The administration had not published a complete voyage list, and the price effect cannot be separated in advance from global oil, freight and insurance changes. The next dated evidence to compare is pentagon and maritime administration voyage approvals, followed by fuel and fertilizer transport volumes before the november expiration. Those records will show which preliminary details hold, which totals change and which announced actions become operational.