"...the Jones Act, the law requires shipping between American ports be done with American-built, American-flagged vessels, which the ASG doesn't operate. An exemption known as the third proviso, however, apparently accommodates goods that make part of the journey via rail in Canada.
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Hence, when transporting its catch from Dutch Harbor, Alaska to the east coast (via the Panama Canal), ASG used to unload in Canada and move its products over 30 miles on trains by way of the New Brunswick Southern Railway. Beginning around 2012, though, ASG found a different (and presumably cheaper) solution at another port just a few miles from the U.S.-Canada border: the 200-foot-long Bayside Canadian Railway.
When ASG's cargo is unloaded from the ship, it's then packed on a truck, which is then driven onto a flatcar on the track. A small shunter locomotive moves the car up and down the track; having completed its mandatory rail journey in Canada, the truck then drives off the train and down the road a couple miles to the U.S. border where it can now legally cross. You can see a video of it in action below, and yes, it looks as ridiculous as it sounds."
https://www.thedrive.com/news/44445/canada-has-a-railroad-for-fish-thats-only-200-feet-long-heres-why
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Hence, when transporting its catch from Dutch Harbor, Alaska to the east coast (via the Panama Canal), ASG used to unload in Canada and move its products over 30 miles on trains by way of the New Brunswick Southern Railway. Beginning around 2012, though, ASG found a different (and presumably cheaper) solution at another port just a few miles from the U.S.-Canada border: the 200-foot-long Bayside Canadian Railway.
When ASG's cargo is unloaded from the ship, it's then packed on a truck, which is then driven onto a flatcar on the track. A small shunter locomotive moves the car up and down the track; having completed its mandatory rail journey in Canada, the truck then drives off the train and down the road a couple miles to the U.S. border where it can now legally cross. You can see a video of it in action below, and yes, it looks as ridiculous as it sounds."
https://www.thedrive.com/news/44445/canada-has-a-railroad-for-fish-thats-only-200-feet-long-heres-why