Why can’t they just sail outside of the 12 mile limit for Canada?
“Why can’t they just sail outside of the 12 mile limit for Canada?”
Under the Jones Act, only US flagged ships can transport goods or people between two ports in the US. All cruise ships (Except one - the Pride of America, which sails around Hawaii) are foreign-flagged so they don’t have to worry about US labor laws. To get around violating the Jones Act, every cruise has to make at least one stop in a foreign port (except the Pride of America, which is why it’s US flagged because there’s nowhere foreign to stop). With no stops in Canada, no ships are sailing to Alaska.