12-10-2007, 10:28 AM
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...if this proposed rule goes through, is that will require foreign-flagged ships to spend at least 48 hours in a foreign port when sailing U.S. routes and that the port time in those foreign destinations be at least 50 percent of the total port time of the itinerary.
This 50 percent of total port time would not make it feasible.
They would have to do "7 days in Hawaii as well as 7 days somewhere else"
And cruise ships aren't going to advertise a "14 day trip with only 7 of those days in Hawaii and 7 of those days in the Fanning Islands"
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Edited by - damon on 12/10/2007 14:00:52
I wonder, just out of curiosity, how much money Norwegian Cruise Lines put into lobbying for this rule that is being proposed.
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Edited by - kapohocat on 12/10/2007 14:29:10