Why There's Only One American Cruise Ship

Music by Epidemic Sound

[halfasinteresting]

Correction time!!!

While the Jones Act does restrict the carriage of passengers between US ports by foreign flagged vessels, the law that more directly prohibits it and regulates it is the even older Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886. Same regulations (pretty much), but different name.

Also, one person on Twitter who sounded like they knew what they were talking about said that Norwegian Cruise Lines was granted an exception to the, "US crewed, " regulation because the US government was thirsty for a US flagged cruise ship so apparently they only need to have 50% of their crew as US citizens while the other 50% can be foreigners with the right to work in the US.

Please have mercy on me (and buy my merch.)

[MrCTruck]

Anybody know any British cruise ships? Asking for a friend.



Not because I want to recreationally annex other countries.

[averagemachinist]

NCL did not commission this ship. An American cruise company originally contracted to have three ships built. After 9/11 though that company went bankrupt due to decreased tourism. NCL bought the first and almost completed ship . They then transported the ship to a German ship yard for completion. While at the German shipyard the ship sank due to having a hole cut in her side and a storm. I have knowledge of all this because I helped design and build most of the exterior door and windows for her. Just a little trivia the job was called Project America.

[nolagirl]

“$7.25, enough to buy an avocado cracker in San Francisco”😂😂😂

[DanaOrtiz]

"trust me, I'm a lawyer" famous last words of a famous last mistake.

[Jeauxnir]

"if you're on a British ship, you're allowed to annex any country..."

*Smashed that like button*

[KrissRacing]

So the Pride of America is owned by Norwegian Cruise Line... hmm

[rueh]

I was on that ship! My friend took me to Hawaii with her for free like 6 years ago and it was the best experience ever. I’m glad that cruise ship exists

[Kubla]

you should do a story about the complaining the cruise lines put up when the USA required all cruise ships docking in the US to meet US safety laws for fire control

[HippoOnABicycle]

Fun fact: The national drinking age in the US is actually 18, but there are federal spending bills that mandate that states with a 21+ drinking age get extra highway funding, and since highways are expensive to maintain, every state has "voluntarily" chosen to have a 21+ drinking age. Since the cruise ship only has to follow federal laws and not state laws, the Pride of America could have an 18+ age limit for alcohol on board if it wanted to.

[CGaboL]

1:00 "If you are in a British flagged ship, you're allowed to invade and annex any country you want for recreational purposes" that made me laugh so hard haha

[halfasinteresting]

If we use your suggestion, we'll send you an American made t-shirt to anywhere in America (or the rest of the world too, I guess.)

[blackberrytea]

I AM ON THIS CRUISE SHIP RIGHT NOW WHAT THE HECK

[TatsArc]

"If you're on a British cruise you can annex any territory "

Lol China and Russia are shaking

[SgtJoeSmith]

The only American cruise ship is owned by a foreign country company. Go figure

[mohssenkassir]

Thanks for not making it a political video, because if it was, I would be compelled to critique the regulations that America has placed on cruise ships, because protecting American jobs for the sake of it without addressing loopholes is sloppy, but it isn't a political video, so I don't have to.

[victornderu]

I like how you just won't leave the British and their colonization tendencies!!

[eddieinsa]

There use to be 3 ships that NCL operated in Hawaii, I worked on the largest which was the Pride of Hawaii. Fun times. That was back in '08 though, didn't know it was down to one ship now.
I was a bellman and made $9 an hour plus tips (cash tips, tips added to ticket as well as a portion of the tip pool (all guests over 12 years old get charged $10 usd per day thats added to their account that goes to the ship pool)). Worked a minimum of 12 hours per day 7 days a week (I myself averaged 92 hours a week) and with U.S. Labor laws, everything over 40 hours is overtime pay (time and half). No rent, no food or drink cost (so long as I ate/drank on board) meant big money.

[EmmaCruises]

This is so interesting, especially considering the US cruise market is one of the biggest! Thanks for sharing. 😁👍🏼

[einsteinboricua]

Thank you for this video. I finally got a better understanding of why the Victoria/Vancouver stops on Alaska cruises are so short. And I didn't know that you could circumnavigate the restrictions by adding a stop elsewhere.