by Guest » February 15, 2016, 8:19 am
William Lafferty wrote: One thing you must remember is that they cannot carry passengers between two U.S. ports as they are foreign flagged.
Well, passengers can be carried between American ports, if they do not disembark at an American port. It's analogous to a freighter taking on cargo at one American port for overseas and proceeding to another American port to take on more cargo for overseas. Some may remember Veder's
Prinses Irene,
Prinses Margriet, and
Prins Willem van Oranje, that took passengers from Chicago with stops at Milwaukee, Detroit, and Cleveland to Europe back in the day.
Thanks for clearing that up. That is what I meant by "carried between two U.S. ports." Sort of reminds me of trip I made with my father while he was attached to NATO (AFCENT) in Brunssum, the Netherlands, during the 1970s. We flew from Brussels aboard a specially chartered KLM flight that landed in New York, at which we were able to disembark during a 4 layover. Boarding the same aircraft after servicing, we then left for Chicago to pick up additional passengers, but were unable to leave the plane during the 90 minute stop due to it belonging to a foreign flagged carrier. In fact, we never reached a gate at the terminal, as the additional passengers boarded by portable stairs driven up to the aircraft while parked on the apron. We then continued to Mexico City. For some reason, I can't remember why as I was only 9 years old at the time, we departed Mexico City a week later aboard a regularly scheduled airline flight to New York JFK where we boarded a Pan Am 747 to return home to the Netherlands. Although this trip was done by aircraft, I believe it illustrates a concept similar to the carriage of passengers between U.S. ports aboard a foreign flagged ship.
[quote="William Lafferty"][quote] One thing you must remember is that they cannot carry passengers between two U.S. ports as they are foreign flagged. [/quote]
Well, passengers can be carried between American ports, if they do not disembark at an American port. It's analogous to a freighter taking on cargo at one American port for overseas and proceeding to another American port to take on more cargo for overseas. Some may remember Veder's [i]Prinses Irene[/i], [i]Prinses Margriet[/i], and [i]Prins Willem van Oranje[/i], that took passengers from Chicago with stops at Milwaukee, Detroit, and Cleveland to Europe back in the day.[/quote]
Thanks for clearing that up. That is what I meant by "carried between two U.S. ports." Sort of reminds me of trip I made with my father while he was attached to NATO (AFCENT) in Brunssum, the Netherlands, during the 1970s. We flew from Brussels aboard a specially chartered KLM flight that landed in New York, at which we were able to disembark during a 4 layover. Boarding the same aircraft after servicing, we then left for Chicago to pick up additional passengers, but were unable to leave the plane during the 90 minute stop due to it belonging to a foreign flagged carrier. In fact, we never reached a gate at the terminal, as the additional passengers boarded by portable stairs driven up to the aircraft while parked on the apron. We then continued to Mexico City. For some reason, I can't remember why as I was only 9 years old at the time, we departed Mexico City a week later aboard a regularly scheduled airline flight to New York JFK where we boarded a Pan Am 747 to return home to the Netherlands. Although this trip was done by aircraft, I believe it illustrates a concept similar to the carriage of passengers between U.S. ports aboard a foreign flagged ship.