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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] Ms. Sojourner, I will sincerely endeavor to respond to your immediate posting with as much respect as the Good Lord has empowered me with, but it may be difficult to do so. Since my posting appears on a previous page, I have taken liberty to quote it here in its entirety as well as to parse from yours what is necessary to respond to your concerns: [QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: Ms.Sojourner, it must be accepted that whatever remains of the US Merchant Marine does so by Fiat, which is a way of saying that an inter-Hawaiian ferry service would be economically unfeasable.The Captain Phillips varietal of the USMM exists only because when the Danish shipping concern A P Moeller Maersk bought out US flagged Sea Land, a provision within the agreement called for so much tonnage be US flagged. Beyond that the USMM had its Last Hurrah with the Marshall Plan legislation that said the commerce arising from the Act would be transported in US hulls. So if you want to look at the Capitol in Honolulu, best call up United and settle down in a seat on a 777.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Originally posted by sojourner: I don't know what you mean about the Merchant Marine existing by Fiat[/QUOTE]Possibly I am guilty of assuming that the membership here has knowledge of the environment in which the US maritime industry operates, after all I think it should be evident how the railroads and the global maritime industry closely interface with one another. To put it simply, the US maritime unions have priced their employers out of the market. Wages for anyone less than the Officers are probably double that of the foreign flagged vessels. Therefore, the only shippers that will use US flagged vessels are those, such as the Military Sealift Command, and private sectors who are shipping in support of US interests overseas. Thus my use of the term "Fiat". [QUOTE]Originally posted by sojourner: I don't know what the Captain Phillips Varietal of the USMM is, or the Danish or whatever.[/QUOTE]OK; possibly I am guilty here of not making this point clear. Captain Phillips refers to Capt. Richard Phillips, Master of the Maersk Alabama, a US flagged vessel, which was pirated off the coast of Somalia during 2009 and from which he, his crew, and the vessel, were rescued by the US Navy. My reference to the "Danish or whatever", simply refers to that the vessel, named for the Danish concern, remains a US flagged vessel. [QUOTE]Originally posted by sojourner: Was your post only about no ferries from mainland to Hawaii?[/QUOTE]Likely the case as this was first a ferry service being addressed. Of course merchantmen sail between the Mainland and the Islands, but for people it is simply more expedient to get on the bird and get there. [QUOTE]Originally posted by sojourner: I have to say, I am disappointed to see that after all my research into ferries, the posts after mine and Mr Norman's are about airplanes [/QUOTE]Ms. Sojourner, I remain astounded, and yet I am duly bound to respect your desire to travel without use of the two means that Middle Class America uses to move about - commercial air travel and automobiles. People who have "hang ups" about use of these two modes by and large do not travel unless they must. But yet you have the "gumption" to do so. I guarantee you I do not, and for that I give you the respect you deserve. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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