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Former Coastie here, I know boat stuff, enforced boat stuff. Only on stuff under my jurisdiction right? Or stateless...
Anybody ever wonder why almost all cruise liners are NOT documented in the US of A? Look into it...There's a reason.
I couldn't enforce US laws on foreign documented vessels without a SNO from their home country. When a foreign boat ties up here its a Customs boarding or some pollution regulation check. Other than that the life jacket's or basic safety stuff you use on a liner, may not comply with US specifications. So what we say you need to float in the USA, the nation of Denmark might or might not care. We the USA don't care what the folks in Denmark think and don't enforce it when they are here in-port.
All we care about is they don't pump crap into our bays. That being said, foreign laws may or may not consider stuff, safe or clean, the same way as we do in America. We have specific rules and regs for our documented boats, other countries...maybe?
It's really tough, really, really tough for a US cruise line to get all the goodness to be to get US documented, almost impossible. And really expensive. So much better to go to nations who don't care a lot to get documented. Enjoy your cruise. Check the documentation...hehe.-WW
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