Extra canal will have positives, negatives
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May 26, 2016 1:41 PM
In 1920 the US Maritime Act of 1920 (called The JONES ACT), provides that vessels from another country can only go to one US port. Any other movement of cargo or passengers must be made on US built, US owned, US flagged, and US crewed vessel. Because modern ships are now at least twice the size, the Panama Canal was built to handle ships unloaded on the West Coast. Cargo and passengers were moved by truck, rail or US vessel. That helped build the shipping and freight businesses we have today. Mega West Coast ports employ thousands of longshoreman.
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