Pixiehat Doesn't it seem strange that a fleet of Matson's Jones act ships should be owned and operated by a foreign NOL Singapore Company along with a fleet of foreign flagged ships? Looks like one of those 47 corporations that changed their home offices from the USA to a foreign country to dodge taxes? Do you understand my point? Comrade B In a message dated 9/22/2014 8:55:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pixiehat@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: I'm probably missing something here, but what does this have to do with APL except for your comment about NOL? I'm not sure what you mean by tax dodge. NOL mannages all the foreign flagged APL ships. On 9/22/2014 5:05 PM, (Redacted sender _Sblumen123@aol.com_ (mailto:Sblumen123@xxxxxxx) for DMARC) wrote: 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@juno.com_ (mailto: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>_ (mailto:n1ea@xxxxxxxx) To: _"sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"_ (mailto:sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) _<sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>_ (mailto: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>_ (mailto:n1ea@xxxxxxxx) Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:38:00 -0400 Subject: [sparkscoffee] Fwd: [Radio Officers, &c] US Registry To: _"sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"_ (mailto:sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) _<sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>_ (mailto: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.