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| Freethinker |
That happened to one of my operations officers who retired in Germany. All of his household goods, including some collectable guns that he’d acquired in a long career, went over the side of a ship in the container they were in on their way back to the US. It would be a way of eliminating clutter in one’s life, but I can only imagine how sick he felt. ► 6.4/93.6 ___________ “We are Americans …. Together we have resisted the trap of appeasement, cynicism, and isolation that gives temptation to tyrants.” — George H. W. Bush | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
In other words, he lost his guns in a tragic boating accident. | |||
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For those that are familiar with the Jones Act, I think revision and adjustment is needed rather than outright abolishment. It serves a purpose however, the unintended consequences is that US shipbuilding industry not only isn't modern but, its not even competitive. We're better at building barges, oil platforms and Alaskan fishing boats...all of which are more/less custom. This was a recent discussion with the owner of gCaptain, main source of merchant marine news, some interesting perspective and talk regarding Jones Act https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...3979?i=1000491927178 | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
It depends on what is in them. I don't think they aren't perfectly watertight, but they close up pretty tight. They could float. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine |
Those are 30 to 45 days passages, so it isn't likely. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Too clever by half |
Talking to the golf pro at my club, apparently PING’s first shipment of 2021 product was in some of those containers. There goes my new driver. "We have a system that increasingly taxes work, and increasingly subsidizes non-work" - Milton Friedman | |||
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Passage is one thing, the problem right now is the ports are backed up and COVID regs are slowing all parts of off-loading down. Look on MaritimeTracker and Port of LA/Long Beach is backed up with 30+ ships anchored waiting to get tied-up. | |||
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Sooooo....that's why there is a primer shortage!  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A Veteran is someone who wrote a blank check Made payable to 'The United States of America' for an amount of 'Up to and including their life'. That is Honor. Unfortunately there are way too many people in this Country who no longer understand that. | |||
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Shall Not Be Infringed |
Man, I REALLY hope none of the containers were full of all those new 'unobtanium' NVIDIA Graphics Cards we're all waiting for, and cannnot be found anywhere right now! ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 2024....Make America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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I agree with you that most aspects of the jones act are good. I do feel that U.S. shipping companies should be able to build a new ship outside of the U.S. for the reasons you mentioned and cost. The issue I have is the starting size of the Jones act is/was 65’ which should be moved up quite a bit to 200’ or so and that’s an issue in the yachting industry, even though the yachts aren’t transporting any goods. Most boat yards that work on NO commercial boats here in South FLORIDA, require subcontractors to have jones act insurance (whatever it’s properly called) and it’s about $1200 a month, in addition to carrying $1-2 million of liability, workmans comp, and some now are even requiring workers to be OSHA certified, all to weed out the independents. A buddy of mine has 5 employees and has to carry/pay for all that and all they do is wash and wax boats. My business doesn’t fall under that as I’m the listed Captain on all of the yachts I bring into the yards and need to work on (covered by the yachts insurance). To the other poster, freighters don’t usually take that long. I loaded a yacht last Sunday in Fort Lauderdale 17th, ship departed 18th for st. Thomas and arrived Friday 22nd, offloaded 8 yachts and loaded 3 and left that night for colon Panama and I flew into Panama City, Panama today because it’s arriving and offloading the yacht in Colon tomorrow morning, 8 days including a stop in st. Thomas. From the MED to Florida it’s around 11 days. Colon is the armpit of Central America. | |||
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