(12-28-2024, 01:33 PM)copycat Wrote:

(12-28-2024, 01:12 PM)mikesez Wrote: So if more vessels choose to fly a US flag, does that mean more money is spent on shipping, or less?

You are asking the wrong question.  The question should be “Is it more expensive to fly the US flag and get the US discount when traversing the Panama Canal?”

Mike's question is usually, "How can I start an argument to get attention?"

The underlying issue is that the US market, the strongest in the world, is open to everyone but we make it more expensive for our own companies to do business here than we do foreign ones. We need to either force foreign interests to pay more or make it cheaper for domestic ones...I of course prefer the latter, but one way or the other we cannot continue on our current path.

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