Yup, ity's one of the last remnanys of featherbedding
by SixShutouts66 (2024-01-31 23:33:00)

In reply to: Are you in favor of completely repealing the Jones Act? *  posted by G.K.Chesterton

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TThe Jones Act specifies that ships carrying cargo between two American ports must:
1) be built in the United States,
2) be 75 percent owned by U.S. citizens,
3) be 75 percent manned by a U.S. citizen crew, and
4) fly the U.S. flag.

The linked article states that about 100 ships are compliant with the Act and little commercial ship building still exists in the US and raises the cost of interstate shipping.

Ensenada, Mexico exists as a cruise ship stopover point from California to Hawaii - making it an international trip



We wanted to maintain a ship building industry
by AquinasDomer  (2024-02-01 09:17:13)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

Without spending money to subsidize one. So we don't have an industry and we sabotage the rest of our our economy.

Victoria BC serves same purpose for Alaska cruises *
by El Kabong  (2024-02-01 08:03:23)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply