Bill to Bar Entry for Ships That Visited Expropriated Ports Reintroduced
Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., is leading a bipartisan effort to convince Mexico to stop its effort to seize the port owned by Vulcan Materials Company, on the Caribbean coast.
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The Alabama-based company mined limestone and exported gravel to Florida on the property; the former Mexican president said he hoped cruise ships would call on that port.
The bill, first introduced in 2024, (see 2409240027), would prohibit both passenger ships and cargo ships from calling on U.S. ports if they visited the former Vulcan port.
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., said in the press release, "The threats toward Vulcan’s lawfully permitted, U.S.-owned deep-water port from the Government of Mexico, even under a new president, have not ceased."
The actions of the Mexican government to close quarries and take the port by eminent domain are still in arbitration.
A House companion bill was introduced by Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas.