"Steve" wrote in message
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> OK, I took the test. That lead to a page which included this sentence:
>
> "A leader in Hawaii, NCL's American-flagged ships now can cruise
> inter-island without having to stop at foreign port."
>
> Can somebody explain that? Does this mean that a ship that is flagged by
> some other country can only stop at one island unless they find a foreign
> port in between? I'm thinking the nearest foreign port would be quite a
> distance away, making it impossible.
> The other way I COULD read it would be that American flagged ships didn't
> used to be allowed to travel inter-island but now they can. That one seems
> even less likely.
>
> Steve
>
Yes, they have to stop at a foreign port.. There is a Mexican port just
south of San Diego, Ensenada, near Tijuana, which is used as the
"foreign port". Not unusual to see a port visit scheduled there for under
an hour at midnight... Or, to have the passengers embark/disembark
at Ensenada and bus to San Diego.
Pete
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