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Roadtown Fast Ferry suspends service to repair the Ferry
#188906
03/27/2019 10:13 PM
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Vero Beach, Fl and South Sound...
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I have seen a post that the Roadtown Fast Ferry has discontinued service to/from STT indefinitely. That is all I know. Not good!!
Last edited by Eric_Hill; 03/31/2019 09:43 AM.
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Re: Roadtown Fast Ferry suspends service to repair the Ferry
[Re: tpcook]
#188909
03/28/2019 07:16 AM
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Louisiana
cajunscuba
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Where was this info posted? Edit: Never mind. I see it here. https://www.bestofbvi.com/info/bviferry_tortola_sttCA.htmI sure hope this gets resolved by June. Our flight lands in STT at 3:05 on a sunday so I don't think we'd make the 3:30 ferry.
Last edited by cajunscuba; 03/28/2019 07:25 AM.
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Re: Roadtown Fast Ferry suspends service to repair the Ferry
[Re: Manpot]
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03/28/2019 12:04 PM
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Cane Garden Bay, Tortola
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Terrific..leaving Sunday am for STT..hoping the others are picking up the slack.I've been trying to get an" accurate" ( yeah right) idea of morning ferries on Sunday but plan to get there by 8.30 and get the first one going..CA or Red Hook. Open to any info folks! On Tuesday it was already out of service and they delayed the 9:30 Native Son boat to 10:30 and all the RTFF passengers also go on that boat.
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Re: Roadtown Fast Ferry suspends service to repair the Ferry
[Re: tpcook]
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03/28/2019 09:15 PM
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Cane Garden Bay, Tortola
JasonHelmbrecht
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Running, great. Does anyone know what happened to the new cats he received? Are they doing the STT run? I have not seen them doing the STT run yet.
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Re: Roadtown Fast Ferry suspends service to repair the Ferry
[Re: tpcook]
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03/29/2019 05:30 AM
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As I understand it the new cats still have several months before they can make the STT run. They are not built in the US so the Jones act requires that they be a certain age before they can carry passengers between a US and foreign ports.
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Re: Roadtown Fast Ferry suspends service to repair the Ferry
[Re: GlennA]
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03/29/2019 10:47 AM
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carry passengers between a US and foreign ports. I thought Jones act only applied to foreign build vessel operation between US ports. Like a foreign build vessel can not go direct from California to Hawaii w/o a stop at a foreign port in between.
Chuck W.
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Re: Roadtown Fast Ferry suspends service to repair the Ferry
[Re: tpcook]
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03/29/2019 12:32 PM
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I believe the USVI were exempted from the Jones Act in the 30's.
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Re: Roadtown Fast Ferry suspends service to repair the Ferry
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03/29/2019 12:37 PM
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I believe the USVI were exempted from the Jones Act in the 30's. You are correct Fran Thanks to the Jones Act Exemption, the USVI is exempt from the Jones Act, a cabotage law which requires freight moving between U.S. ports to be carried on U.S. flag vessels.
Freight between U.S. ports (including Puerto Rico) and the USVI may also be carried on foreign flag vessels. So what's the Fast Ferry issue?
Chuck W.
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Re: Roadtown Fast Ferry suspends service to repair the Ferry
[Re: tpcook]
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03/29/2019 02:43 PM
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woodsnwine
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RTFF posted the following which I found on the British Virgin Islands facebook feed....
"Please Note:
"Due to the diligent work of our mechanical team, Road Town Fast Ferry will resume normal services to STT tomorrow. Thanks for your cooperation and we apologize once again for any inconvenience caused."
RTFF"
"We're not here for a long time, we're here for a good time!
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Re: Roadtown Fast Ferry suspends service to repair the Ferry
[Re: jphart]
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03/30/2019 07:43 AM
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Jones Act refers to FREIGHT - not passengers.
Passenger Vessel Services Act refers to Passengers.
https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/23/~/the-jones-act-%26-the-passenger-vessel-services-act True that, but since the Jones Act was being discussed I replied to that discussion.
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