several days with Rustom Dastoor of P&O =orts and we spoke this morning. Told him of the St. Croix =pportunity in transshipment, cargo activity and Jones Act =tatus. Their focus is solely managing & operating and a =evelopment project is outside their scope and more with the =arent. Ask me to send some in

o significantly =ontributing to the economic decline was/is 1) =nforcement of US minimum wage laws, driving employment underground - or =ust out 2) Jones Act, severely hampering =rade 3) Bloated Government costs and =olicies (overpaid, underworked, too generous pensions), and 4) Welfare/disability cultur

rine does not apply, the Court's own research reveals that the Ninth Circuit has held that the doctrine of forum non conveniens is inapplicable to Jones Act and FELA cases j because each Act contains a mandato venue provision. See Creative Technology, Ltd. Aztech System Pie, Ltd., 61 F.3d 696, 700 (9