The Shipping Crisis From a Ship | What's Going On With Shipping?

October 31, 2021

On this episode of What’s Going on With Shipping, host Sal Mercogliano - Chair of the Department of History, Criminal Justice, and Political Science, former merchant mariner, and instructor of Maritime History, Security and Industry Policy - discusses the Shipping Crisis from the deck plates of a ship, and the perspective an American merchant mariner. We use a video recently posted by Bryan Boyle on board Maersk Seletar (I erred in thinking he was on Maersk Pittsburgh, but the ships are on similar services) to talk about issues facing the ships and mariners. We also talk about some reforms that the United States should be enacting to facilitate the movement of cargo between US ports and short seas shipping.

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00:00 Intro
00:49 Bryan Boyle in Savannah
12:21 Maritime Security Program

Current Shipping Delays With Cargo Ships
https://youtu.be/EVEPhAjjiSE

Maersk Pittsburgh - Marine Traffic
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:393407/mmsi:338071000/imo:9342176/vessel:MAERSK_PITTSBURGH

Maersk Pittsburgh Schedule
https://www.maersk.com/schedules/vesselSchedules?vesselCode=Q4A&fromDate=2021-10-01

Maersk MECL1 Westbound Route
https://www.maersk.com/local-information/shipping-from-west-central-asia-to-north-america/mecl1-westbound

Maersk MECL1 Eastbound Route
https://www.maersk.com/local-information/shipping-from-north-america-to-west-central-asia/mecl1-eastbound

The McCown Report - Top 10 US Ports for September 2021
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/september-inbound-boxes-up-16-outbound-down-138-john-d-mccown/

Maritime Security Program
https://www.maritime.dot.gov/national-security/strategic-sealift/maritime-security-program-msp

Biden nominates climate expert to lead Maritime Administration
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/biden-nominates-climate-expert-to-lead-maritime-administration