Legal Restriction On USA Cruise Ships #SHORTS

by Gary Bembridge

Why can’t cruise ships offer trips that only call on US ports, like Seattle to Alaska and back, Miami to Key West and back? Or cruises to nowhere?

Watch my 60-second video explaining why

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vl2LJ2-xKZE

You’re wrong if you said the Jones Act. That only covers freight and other maritime ships. Cruise ships fall under the ancient Passenger Vessels Services Act.

This 134 year old act says to carry passengers between only USA ports, ships have to: (1) be built in the USA, (2) be owned by US companies and subject to US employment and immigration laws, (3) flagged, so registered, in the USA. All the main cruise lines fail all of these, and have to call on at least one foreign port between leaving a US port and returning.

That’s why most Alaska cruises cannot happen now that Canada has banned ships in their waters until next year.

After 134 years, unlikely the USA will start granting exceptions. Do you agree?

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