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Illegal to Cruise to Hawaii?
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12-09-2009, 10:05 AM
Bob the scenario you describe is more in line with what I envisioned. I am fairly well traveled and just getting off and saying see ya seemed a little over simplified to me.
-Blake http://www.theboysgreatescape.blogspot.com/
12-09-2009, 10:17 AM
I guess I'm dense Bob, but I can't for the life of me understand what the "protections" you mention have to do with the Jones act. What does the Jones act have to do with foreign companies operating on US soil? It's about shipping restrictions for foreign countries that would provide competition for Matson, etc.
Who, besides local shippers and unions does the act protect? I used to eat lunch in a Longshoreman's dive in San Pedro (Utro's-Great burgers) I'd constantly listen to the union dockworkers talk about "showing up for six, working for four, and getting paid for eight". All the while lambasting anyone who would drive a Toyota (which they offloaded!) Sorry about the hijack. Blakey, The Transpac yacht race leaves San Pedro every other July for Honolulu. They are always looking for deck monkeys. Stoneface
12-09-2009, 01:54 PM
quote:I don't think you’re dense, at least no more than I am. Since I know what I'm thinking but apparently am not properly saying it, I may be leaving something out that causes confusion. So that I can answer in a way that is understood, I probably need a reference point for your thinking. Since I understand the act, I can't even think of another foreign company (other than another international shipping industry) to use as an example to explain what I mean. Maybe if you come up with a company or specific industry that doesn't have similar protections, I can use that to bring this all together. |
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