[Robert DeLong]

To know what the law is about, it’s important to know the definition. The long title of the act is essentially a law to abolish certain fees for services to American vessels and to amend any laws related to shipping commissioners, operators, and owners of vessels, as well as for other purposes.

It also states that no foreign vessel larger than 5 tons, including ferries and other ships, shall transport passengers from one port within the US to another or face a penalty of $762 per passenger that was successfully transported and landed. The price at the time was $200 but has since been raised to $762 per passenger, where it currently stands.

Date: Sep 28, 2021: SOURCE

Sounds like she is being charged both amounts. 762 + 200 = 962 with a 20 dollar rebate? I guess the price went up again from when this write-up was written that I am sourcing from. 😋

It may have been in the agreement she signed. But yes, she should have been made aware that she faced a fine if she disembarked at a different port than she had left from, and that the Cruise Ship line was operating under a foreign flag. In fact, that disclosure should have been made as she was booking the cruise.

[Political Junkie Too]

she should have been made aware that she faced a fine if she disembarked at a different port than she had left from

She writes that she knew about this because she's a journalist who wrote about it during the pandemic when the Canadian ports were closed.

She also wrote that, for some reason, she thought the law didn't apply to her.

-PJ