Why would Asian ships bringing goods to Hawaii have to drop it in San Francisco? Asia to Hawaii isn’t between two U.S. ports. And prohibiting foreign vessels from helping us out with the gulf coast oil spill was just bonehead stupid, Obama sucking up to the Commies, er, unions. Where were his executive orders when all that was happening?
The very first example cited by the author (Japan to Hawaii) contradicts his description of what the Jones Act applies to, i.e., transportation between U.S. ports. Poorly written.