Feds Mull Letting Foreign Sailboat AISLING Cruise U.S. Coasts
Published Date: 3/18/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Transportation is asking for your thoughts on letting a foreign-built small passenger boat, the S/V AISLING, operate in U.S. coastal waters. This could affect U.S. boat builders and businesses that use American-made vessels. If you want to share your opinion, make sure to comment by April 17, 2026!
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2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Foreign-built boat could affect U.S. builders
The Maritime Administration is asking whether the foreign-built small passenger vessel S/V AISLING should be allowed to operate in U.S. coastwise trade. MARAD specifically wants comment on whether that use would have an undue adverse effect on U.S. vessel builders or on coastwise trade businesses that employ U.S.-built vessels. Submit comments by April 17, 2026.
Foreign vessel may get coastwise endorsement
If MARAD determines there is no undue adverse effect, the U.S. Coast Guard may issue a coastwise trade endorsement allowing the foreign-built S/V AISLING to carry no more than 12 passengers for hire in U.S. coastal trade. That outcome would let the vessel operate commercially in U.S. waters if approved.
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