Absurd 200-Foot ‘Railway’ Demolished After Court Closes Shipping Loophole

Isn&#x27;t the Jones Act the same act that has to be waived every time Puerto Rico needs aid?<p>Sounds like a terrible legacy law that needs to be reworked.

Worth noting from the article:<p>&gt; The verdict required American Seafoods and its subsidiaries to find a new way to ship seafood into the United States, bringing the Bayside Canadian Railway&#x27;s usefulness to an end.<p>It looks like the &quot;railway&quot; owner solved the problem by switching to Russian-sourced seafood (Jones act applies to shipments between US ports): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.maritime-executive.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;cbp-bayside-canadian-rail-facility-switched-to-russian-seafood" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.maritime-executive.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;cbp-bayside-canad...</a>

I liked this short video from &quot;Half as interesting&quot; on Youtube on the railway itself if you&#x27;re looking for a video on the subject.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=oP1Oq3JLNbc">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=oP1Oq3JLNbc</a>

The Jones Act needs to be abolished, or limited to only apply to the contiguous US.

&gt;The law requires shipping between American ports to be handled by American-built, American-flagged vessels<p>Sounds anti competitive and not really like a free market. China vibes.

I am trying to find the judge&#x27;s ruling. If I go to the District Court of Alaska, they want me to register for a PACER account and pay up to $3 a document.<p>In my Google, I did find an interesting Yale Law Journal [1] article that mentioned this case, that when on to say that repealing the Jones Act is basically DOA due to lobbying interests.<p>[1] The Yale Law Journal <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.yalelawjournal.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.yalelawjournal.org</a> The Neglected Port Preference Clause and the Jones Act

&gt; Its operator was lucky not to be fined $350 million<p>If the courts actually want to discourage this behaviour, they should have levied the fine

Why are we calling the railroad absurd and not the Jones Act?