Canada's Cargojet 'controlling' US carrier via legal loophole, claim pilots
Canada’s Cargojet has been accused of ‘controlling’ a US carrier, despite having a minority stake. North ...
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Another attempt to lift US cabotage restrictions was dismissed yesterday, when a court in Hawaii ruled against a class action brought by shippers against legislation which prohibits foreign companies from carrying US domestic cargo on ships.
The action, brought by six individuals and Kenner Inc, a Honolulu-based distributor of wires and cables, argued that shippers “suffered pecuniary injury when they purchased domestic ocean cargo shipping services on west coast-Hawaii routes”, and sued the United States, claiming the “root of their problem ...
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Cheryl King
August 01, 2015 at 6:02 amThe author neglected to mention that the U.S
territory of Guam far West of Hawaii is even more adversely affected by the Jones act.
Charles Keoho
August 02, 2015 at 5:45 pmWrong legal argument. At least for Hawaii. If you look at what is going on in international law, by that standard Hawaii is an occupied territory of the United States. And as such should not be subjected to us law. Uniform code of military justice applies. And that is where shippers of foreign goods should be having their governments involved in this lawsuit.
There is not a single professional law person that can show a legal treaty of annexation. So just a point of view. Wrong legal argument.
Jose Ortiz
August 02, 2015 at 5:53 pmThe Jones act is arbitrary, capricious, and discriminatory to
all residents of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Alaska and the
other 48 states. It raises prices for everything
shipped between US ports, including gas prices.
This judge knows nothing of the effects of the
Jones act or worked with shippers before sitting
On bench.