Phillips 66 has moved Bakken crude from its Beaumont terminal to the Trainer refinery in Pennsylvania on a Malta‑flagged Htm Warrior, marking the first U.S. domestic shipment to use the 60‑day Jones Act waiver. The Jones Act normally requires U.S.‑built, U.S.‑flagged, U.S.‑manned vessels for cargo moving between U.S. ports, limiting the number of ships available for crude transport. The temporary waiver, signed March 18, allows foreign‑flagged vessels to operate along U.S. coastal routes to ease pressure on oil markets amid the current evolving situation. The Htm Warrior loaded the Bakken crude in early April at the Beaumont terminal, where crude from inland basins is aggregated before shipping or refining. The tanker will carry the cargo to the Trainer refinery, owned by Delta Air Lines subsidiary Monroe Energy . The refinery has a nameplate capacity of about 185,000 barrels per day and processes light crude into jet fuel, gasoline, and distillates for the Northeast market. Bloomberg reports that no other shipments of U.S. crude have moved between the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic Coast on foreign‑flagged vessels since the waiver took effect, although several cargoes of Middle Eastern crude have moved between U.S. ports on foreign ships over the same period. The waiver remains in place through mid‑May, with no extension announced.