Who Is In Charge of America's Maritime/Shipping Crisis in Our Ports? | Whats Going on With Shipping?

September 30, 2021

In this episode of What’s Going on With Shipping, Sal Mercogliano - Chair of the Department of History, Criminal Justice, and Political Science at Campbell University, former merchant mariner, and instructor in Maritime Industry Policy at the US Merchant Marine Academy - discusses the continuing maritime crisis in our ports and examines who is in charge of dealing with this issue. In the video, he examines the roles of the Federal Maritime Commission, the Maritime Administration, the recently appointed Port Liaison, and commercial entities like the World Shipping Council who represent all the containership carriers.

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