Repositioning cruise

If you link them together, it becomes a trip from a US port to a US port
,and for most ships, would violate an old law that was designed to
protect the US jobs. There is a similar law that applies to air traffic.

Again, what is the problem. If you link these three together, It would be US to
US with three stops in Canada during the two weeks. This is like dealing with
the DMV. "It's wrong because we say it's wrong".

Thanks to all who attempted a stab at this question
"Anything that doesn't kill you,,,,,,,just hurts a hell of a lot" JLP20

ocrap (JLP20) wrote:

If you link them together, it becomes a trip from a US port to a US port

,and for most ships, would violate an old law that was designed to
protect the US jobs. There is a similar law that applies to air traffic.

Again, what is the problem. If you link these three together, It would be
US to US with three stops in Canada during the two weeks.

Aye, and that's the problem. The U.S. trips which allow Canada as the foreign
port all begin and end in the same U.S. port. When a cruise does that, i.e. a
round-trip, then a "nearby foreign port" like Canada or Mexico is OK.

When the U.S. embarkation and disembarkation ports are different, as they would
be from somewhere in California to Alaska, as one example, then the foreign
port must be a "distant foreign port" not one that is "nearby."

ocrap (JLP20) wrote:

If you link them together, it becomes a trip from a US port to a US port

,and for most ships, would violate an old law that was designed to
protect the US jobs. There is a similar law that applies to air traffic.

Again, what is the problem. If you link these three together, It would be
US to US with three stops in Canada during the two weeks.

Aye, and that's the problem. The U.S. trips which allow Canada as the foreign
port all begin and end in the same U.S. port. When a cruise does that, i.e. a
round-trip, then a "nearby foreign port" like Canada or Mexico is OK.

When the U.S. embarkation and disembarkation ports are different, as they would
be from somewhere in California to Alaska, as one example, then the foreign
port must be a "distant foreign port" not one that is "nearby."