JS Wrong again, all the Matson Ships that go from Hawaii to American Ports are Jones Act American flagged although I am not certain they are all American built? There are many Matson ships that hit American ports and then go foreign and they are foreign flagged. I suspect the Singapore holding company (Neptune I believe?) is a tax dodge? Stanley In a message dated 9/22/2014 10:02:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, schalestock@xxxxxxxx writes: David, Clinton (in violation of the Jones Act) cut a deal with the ChiComs to allow a Singapore holding company to buy APL. The rest is history. JS Please note: message attached From: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@xxxxxxxx> To: "sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [sparkscoffee] Fwd: [Radio Officers, &c] US Registry Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:38:00 -0400 ____________________________________________________________ _The #1 Worst Carb Ever? Click to Learn #1 Carb that Kills Your Blood Sugar (Don't Eat This!) _ (http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3132/54202be0d2e72bdf7b55st04vuc) _FixYourBloodSugar.com_ (http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3132/54202be0d2e72bdf7b55st04vuc) -----Original Message----- From: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:38:00 -0400 Subject: [sparkscoffee] Fwd: [Radio Officers, &c] US Registry To: "sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Yesterday, when crossing The Solent by ferryboat from the Isle of Wight to Southampton, our bow as crossed by a giant containervessel. It appeared to the be the APL Merlion of American President Lines. To my surprise the vessel was registered in Singapore! I always had the idea that American shipping companies operated their vessels under USA flag with American crews as this was required by law. Am I wrong or was this something from the past? Perhaps one of our American friends can enlighten me on this. I sailed on containerships myself ( > 50.000 BRT) but they are dwarfed by this real huge baby This is the above mentioned vessel (picture found on the internet) 73 Hans PA3ERE -- -- THIS IS THE "RADIO OFFICERS, &C" MAIL LIST - UNSUBSCRIBE AND OTHER SETTINGS ARE BELOW. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Radio Officers" group. To post to this group, send email to _radio-officers@googlegroups.com_ (mailto:radio-officers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To unsubscribe from this group, send email to _radio-officers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com_ (mailto:radio-officers+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/radio-officers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Radio Officers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to _radio-officers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com_ (mailto:radio-officers+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) . To post to this group, send email to _radio-officers@googlegroups.com_ (mailto:radio-officers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/radio-officers. To view this discussion on the web visit _https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/radio-officers/CAMHWBHZXyfcRLxYxH_FDrwdwsE_U_p6jjka3rh8mRkEZHeDoZQ%40mail.g mail.com_ (https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/radio-officers/CAMHWBHZXyfcRLxYxH_FDrwdwsE_U_p6jjka3rh8mRkEZHeDoZQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx?utm_medium=email&utm_sour ce=footer) . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.