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>Fish shipped from Alaska are unloaded on the east coast in Canada, where they put on trucks, and the trucks are put on a carrier train which makes a round trip
by htrp 5y ago
>Fish shipped from Alaska are unloaded on the east coast in Canada, where they put on trucks, and the trucks are put on a carrier train which makes a round trip back and forth for the length of the cargo terminal to qualify as being "shipped by Canadian rail" for US legal purposes, and then the trucks drive into the US with the fish. A related law afflicts cruise ships, which always stop somewhere in Canada, Alaska, or the Caribbean, on their way between US ports.
Can you find a citation for this, I would love to add the example to an upcoming book.
- fennecfoxen 5y agoWikipedia covers the railway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayside_Canadian_Railway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayside_Canadian_Railway You can also follow a recent mini-saga in The Wall Street Journal: - "Mr. Biden’s Fish Story", Sept. 9, 2021 - "How 26 Million Pounds of American Fish Got Stuck in Canada", Sept. 16, 2021 - "A Victory Over the Jones Act", Oct. 11, 2021 You can also read about it from the people who want to hold these fish shipments hostage to their vessels: https://www.americanmaritimepartnership.com/articles/alaskan-seafood-should-ship-on-jones-act-vessels/ https://www.americanmaritimepartnership.com/articles/alaskan... You can also read about Filet-o-Fish switching from Alaskan to Russian fish (and obviously NOT to American vessels) as a consequence of this saga: https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/cbp-bayside-canadian-rail-facility-switched-to-russian-seafood https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/cbp-bayside-canad...