[John H K]

Every large ship entering a US port gets an American pilot.

And the original story wasn't about cruise ships, it was a about the supposed "supertanker" threat.

[Alas Babylon!]

While supertanker is in my thread title, Ijaz mentioned super tankers, but was also talking about many kinds of ships.

[CyberAnt]

Excuse me .. I know the story wasn't about cruise ships - I'M SAYING WHY ISN'T A CRUISE SHIP A BETTER ALTERNATIVE ..?? If a super-tanker won't explode .. what would be the purpose of taking it ..??