[QUOTE=tugsailor;99163]Should the US have an international registry? That is, allow vessels in foreign trade to flag or reflag US, but only require that a certain percentage of the crew (mostly officers) be US citizens. I believe that this is what some of the European countries do.[/QUOTE]
That is the way it works already. Those ships can’t operate in Jones Act trade, that is the only restriction along with the percentage of US crew. They can sail foreign all they like.