On Fri, 23 Feb 2018, Brian Inglis wrote:
IIRC from previous hurricane impact coverage, the US Jones ;^> Act requires PR marine trade to transit from US ports on US ships: that may be a big factor; however I doubt Cuban trade is.
The Jones Act applies to trade between US ports (ie, intra-US trade), and requires such trade to be conducted by US-registered ships with US crew. It does not apply to international trade. So yes, it would apply to PR <--> Florida trade. But as we all know, ships-at-sea (in "international waters") have their own time-keeping rules... (Written as the former skipper of a private US-registered motor vessel on trans-pacific journey...) +------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------+ | Paul Goyette | PGP Key fingerprint: | E-mail addresses: | | (Retired) | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 | paul at whooppee dot com | | Kernel Developer | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | pgoyette at netbsd dot org | +------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------+