Posted on 10/26/2020 10:54:35 AM PDT by SJackson
Operating costs such as US crews are a problem but the fact that a US flagged ship must be American made is a killer. Many shipyards, but 5 dominate the manufacturing side of the industry. A chicken or egg situation, given the dominant shipyards are outside the US. Germany, Finland, Japan, France, no reason we can’t compete.
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Getting rid of the Jones Act has been a push since it was passed. It’s almost like the getting rid of the 2nd amendment.
Chinese and Mexican ships taking over our domestic trade? No Thanks
The Jones Act kept me from doing B2B Alaska and then Hawaii for years...
We couldnt leave Seattle and go to Vancouver and then leave Vancouver and go to Hawaii ..
I wanted to fly out once and do both...
Finally last year I was able to do Vancouver to Vancouver and then to LA through Hawaii...
“Chinese and Mexican ships taking over our domestic trade? No Thanks”
They already have. We don’t build merchant ships any more and they are not registered here.
The act actually killed the US non-military ship building industry
With Guam. Asian airliners have to return rather than fly on to Hawaii/West coast. Lost tourism. Worried the island will fall over.
The rationale even at the time was the importance of a private shipbuilding capability in the US. Over the last 25 years (and longer) US private shipbuilding has collapsed. I’d note, for US flagging construction can be separated from crew nationality requirements.
“The act actually killed the non-military ship building industry”
No. If not for the Act, almost all of the coastal tankers, freighters, tugs and barges, oil rigs and other craft now made in the US’s 83 shipyards would be built elsewhere.
When Will I Be Cruising
I’ve been cancelled, been mistreated
When will I be cruising
I’ve been masked up, I’ve been pushed ‘round
When will I be cruising
When I find a new cruise that I want for mine
Its cancelled in a month or two, it happens every time
I’ve been made blue, I’ve been lied to
When will I be cruising
When I find a new cruise that I want for mine
Its cancelled in a month or two, it happens every time
I’ve been cancelled, been mistreated
When will I be cruising
When will I be cruising
Tell me when will I be cruising
From When Will I be loved Linda Ronstadt
I am unfamiliar with the history of the Jones Act and its possible consequences, so this is just a personal comment. The US is a two ocean country, and so needs a two ocean navy. However, the Navy alone cannot adequately defend our shores, or project power overseas, without the support of the Merchant Marine, who in the past have behaved with the same exemplary patriotism and bravery as those in uniform. I believe the overriding consideration is to support them and keep them strong.
Read Alfred Thayer Mahan, “The Influence of Sea Power upon History”.
REPEAL the part of the JONES ACT so we can have AMERIcan cruises!!!!
DO YOU KNOW OF ANY MEXICAN SHIPS??? One of the Chinese ships are CRYSTAL CRUISES!! I’ll take it!!
Screw ‘em
American flagged, American Crew or they can suck water all the way to the bottom.
That would make sense. There’s no reason we can’t establish a private shipbuilding industry in the US. There’s no reason a ship should have to stop in Canada to travel to Alaska. Ships stopping in the US are subject to Coast Guard inspections/standards which should eliminate the concern about “third world ships”.
Screw those 175,000 to 250,000 Americans employed in the industry too. Won’t worry about the Americans working at American shipyards, those jobs are long gone. Would you advocate the same change for airlines?
Why should Americans care if foreign-owned cruise lines go bankrupt? It’s not an essential transportation service like airlines. I like to take cruises, but if I can’t any more that’s life.
Bingo. Foreign owned cruise lines, foreign made ships and almost completely foreign crewed. Where’s the problem?
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