What the Ship is Going On? Timber Ship Fire, Vancouver, White House Help, LA/LB & Military Sealift

What’s Going on With Shipping?
December 6, 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 Top 5 Maritime Stories (MV Almirante Storni timber ship fire off Sweden, Port of Vancouver Update, The White House is Here to Help?, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have record number of ships holding for offload, and the state of military sealift) for December 6, 2021.

00:00 Intro

00:33 1. Fire Burns on Timber Ship M/V Almirante Storni Off Sweden
https://gcaptain.com/photos-fire-burns-on-timber-ship-m-v-almirante-storni-off-sweden/

Marine Traffic: MV Almirante Storni
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:758359/zoom:14

04:38 2. Vancouver port trucker strike averted as union reaches deal with 2nd carrier
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/vancouver-port-trucker-strike-averted-as-union-reaches-deal-with-2nd-carrier

Marine Traffic: Port of Vancouver
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-123.5/centery:48.9/zoom:10

07:48 3. White House port envoy details strategy for supply chain fluidity
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-house-port-envoy-lays-out-channels-to-supply-chain-fluidity

Analysis: Fixing port congestion takes politics and patience
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/analysis-fixing-port-congestion-takes-politics-and-patience

14:05 4. It’s official: 96 container ships are waiting to dock at SoCal ports
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/its-official-96-container-ships-waiting-to-dock-in-southern-california-ports

New Counting Method Suggests U.S. Ship Logjam Is Longer Than Ever
https://gcaptain.com/new-counting-method-suggests-u-s-ship-logjam-longer-than-ever/

Ships in California logjam now stuck off Mexico, Taiwan and Japan
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ships-in-california-logjam-are-now-stuck-off-mexico-taiwan-and-japan

Viewpoint: Blasting through the West Coast congestion bluster
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-blasting-through-the-west-coast-congestion-bluster

COSCO Ship Loses Containers During Pacific Crossing
https://gcaptain.com/cosco-ship-loses-containers-during-pacific-crossing/

Marine Exchange of Southern California: Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Mxsocal

19:18 5. Navy says congressional cuts would put MARAD sealift plans even further behind schedule
https://breakingdefense.com/2021/11/navy-says-congressional-cuts-would-put-marad-sealift-plans-even-further-behind-schedule/

Turbo Activation: Ready, Set…SEALIFT!
https://gcaptain.com/turbo-activation-ready-set-sealift/

23:23 Conclusion