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[Victoria Watcher]

The Jones Act has no effect on passenger ferries. That’s a different one.

[Blair M.]

Yes, I know - but the Passenger Vessel Services Act is permanently attached to the Jones Act (albeit technically a separate Act), and complete details of Trumps 60 day suspension are currently slim to non-existent. 
 

I guess we’ll see. 

Edited by Blair M., 20 March 2026 - 01:09 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Yes, I know - but the Passenger Vessel Services Act is permanently attached to the Jones Act (albeit technically a separate Act), and complete details of Trumps 60 day suspension are currently slim to non-existent. 
 

I guess we’ll see. 

 

If the Americans are only coming here because they have to, we are doing a crappy job.

 

As we always have been doing.

[Mike K.]

We mustn’t forget that Eby threatened to tariff US trucks destined to and from Alaska, to which the Alaskans responded by saying they will be pursuing a waiver of the PVSA.

Who knows where that is in the process, but I imagine it’s a very serious pursuit and if any administration will grant it, it’ll be this one.

[Victoria Watcher]

Dutch vessel to kickstart Victoria’s cruise ship season

 

Read more at: https://vicnews.com/...se-ship-season/

 

The first cruise ship of the season is set to pull into Victoria soon.  At 10 a.m. on April 10, Holland America’s Nieuw Amsterdam will dock at the James Bay terminal, marking the start of one of the most profitable seasons for downtown businesses.  “We look forward to seeing the ship again,” the Victoria Harbour Authority said on social media, alongside a photo of the vessel’s first call into Victoria in 2016. “It promises to be an exciting season. We anticipate 331 calls in total.”

 

 

 

 

A ship built in Italy and owned and operated by an American company.  But I guess you can call it a Dutch vessel if you want to.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 April 2026 - 05:18 AM.

[LJ]

We call ships built in Poland BC ferries don't we?

[Victoria Watcher]

The new cruise season will see two new cruise lines — Virgin Voyages and MSC Cruises — make first visits to Victoria starting in May.

 

https://www.timescol...-point-12104800