Originally Posted by
Badenoch
In the U.S. it would require suspending the Passenger Vessel Services Act that prohibits foreign-flagged ships from visiting only American ports without a stop at a "distant" foreign port.
A distant foregn report is only required if the origin and destination are different. If the origin and destination are the same city, any foreign port will do. That's how LA, Seattle, and Boston round-trips cruises work - Mexican and Canadian ports are foreign, but not distant.
One problem is that the U.S. govermnent has no interest whatsoever in promoting the cruise industry. They explicitly stated that when they denied any COVID relief to cruise companies.
The other problem is that few people would pay for such a cruise, and it would be a losing proposition for the cruise lines.