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The obvious and easy solution is to be US flagged.

But then they couldn't get away with abusing their workers and paying them peanuts: https://www.businessinsider.com/why-cruise-ship-workers-take...

Obvious, yes, but not necessarily easy. It would also have to be US manufactured, US crewed, and majority US owned.

I'm ambivalent about cruise ship manufacturing location, since it is a niche and luxury activity. Having read the conditions working on those ships though, the US ownership and crewing doesn't bother me.

If the purpose of the Act is to ensure US independence in maritime shipping, why should cruise lines be affected? Even supporters of the Act could probably justify an exemption. I'm talking out of my butt, though.

Cruise ships are affected by the Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886, not the Jones Act. Similar to the Jones Act, it seeks to protect the US passenger vessel industry.

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