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The way the cruise ship industry gets around the Jones Act is by making stops in foreign ports. Sometimes these are important stops for the cruise itself (ie:
by mig39 4y ago
The way the cruise ship industry gets around the Jones Act is by making stops in foreign ports.
Sometimes these are important stops for the cruise itself (ie: stop in a nice Caribbean port), and sometimes they're "Technical stops" -- ie: Prince Rupert BC :-)
It would be illegal for a foreign-flagged, foreign built, foreign-crewed cruise ship to leave an American port for an Alaska cruise, and then return to the same port, for example, without the convenient Canadian ports in between.
- oxfeed65261 4y agoMy wife/family and I went on three Hawaiian cruises, each of which dealt with this in a different way: One was out of Seattle, and stopped in Victoria, BC. It was for a reasonably full day, and Victoria is a lovely place to visit, so I’d recommend this approach if you have the time and enjoy at-sea days. One was in and out of Oahu on NCL America[1], a cruise line which is actually US–based, and which can therefore run itineraries that only stop in US ports. This is certainly the most time-efficient, and there is a corresponding premium. Recommended if you don’t have time for the Pacific crossing and/or you don’t enjoy at-sea days. One was in and out of Oahu but made an enormous detour to a tiny, primitive atoll in the Republic of Kiribati. Not recommended. Of all of the Alaska, Caribbean, Hawaii, and Pacific Mexico cruises we took, these were our favorites. We would usually rent a car in each Hawaiian port and spend the days touring the islands. [1] See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_of_America https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_of_America, although we were on a different ship, I think the Pride of Aloha.
- themaninthedark 4y agohttps://calexicochronicle.com/2021/09/18/millions-of-pounds-of-pollock-and-a-railroad-to-nowhere/ https://calexicochronicle.com/2021/09/18/millions-of-pounds-... For a while it was being hailed as a clever hack around the Jones Act but then the CBP decided to issue fines. Not sure how it has turned out.
- mynameisvlad 4y agoMost Alaskan cruises stop in Vancouver, BC instead. That way it also capitalizes on Canadian cruisegoers, and it's a pretty good (albeit similar to Seattle) stop.
- malfist 4y agoI've looked at some alaskan cruises recently. They all stop there for like 2 hours. It's literally being used as a loophole.
- bfgoodrich 4y agoIt's literally being used as a place where people embark on their trip. It is a major source port for people boarding Alaskan cruises. The "loophole" is that you started somewhere else -- clearly the cruise should have started in Vancouver.
- mynameisvlad 4y agoI would say "por que no los dos". It's both a good hop-on point for Canadians, and also gets around the Jones act without seemingly random stops like Prince Rupert. Realistically, if you're sailing out of Vancouver or Victoria, it makes little sense not to start a bit further south in Seattle. And if you're starting in Seattle and going to Hawaii or Alaska, you have to stop somewhere in between due to said act.
- cperciva 4y agoCruise ships aren't affected by the Jones Act. They're covered by the Passenger Vessel Services Act instead (which is basically the same thing, only for passenger vessels rather than cargo vessels).