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The Jones Act in combination with the Passenger Vessel Services Act (1889) also forces foreign-flagged cruise ships (which is basically all of them) to stop at
by mmcconnell1618 4y ago
The Jones Act in combination with the Passenger Vessel Services Act (1889) also forces foreign-flagged cruise ships (which is basically all of them) to stop at a foreign port even if they loop back to the same starting US port or all passengers will be charged a fee of several hundred dollars.
A Seattle to Alaska to Seattle cruise will need to stop in Canada, even for an hour, just to avoid the extra fees. Starting at one US port and ending at another requires a stop at a "distant" foreign port which makes it difficult from cruise lines to offer routes like Los Angeles to Hawaii.
https://thepointsguy.com/guide/what-is-the-jones-act-for-cruise-ships/ https://thepointsguy.com/guide/what-is-the-jones-act-for-cru...
- pstrateman 4y agoThe obvious and easy solution is to be US flagged.
- valarauko 4y agoObvious, yes, but not necessarily easy. It would also have to be US manufactured, US crewed, and majority US owned.
- unethical_ban 4y agoI'm ambivalent about cruise ship manufacturing location, since it is a niche and luxury activity. Having read the conditions working on those ships though, the US ownership and crewing doesn't bother me. If the purpose of the Act is to ensure US independence in maritime shipping, why should cruise lines be affected? Even supporters of the Act could probably justify an exemption. I'm talking out of my butt, though.
- valarauko 4y agoCruise ships are affected by the Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886, not the Jones Act. Similar to the Jones Act, it seeks to protect the US passenger vessel industry.
- exhilaration 4y agoBut then they couldn't get away with abusing their workers and paying them peanuts: https://www.businessinsider.com/why-cruise-ship-workers-take-brutal-jobs-2018-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/why-cruise-ship-workers-take...
- 1-more 4y agoMaybe they should even put the passengers on a rail to nowhere! https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/judge-rules-that-canadian-rail-scheme-violated-the-jones-act https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/judge-rules-that-...