What the Ship (Ep 64) | 5 Initiatives to Revise the U.S. Maritime Industry | Better Call Sal

What's Going on With Shipping?
December 26, 2022

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University and former merchant mariner - discusses five initiatives to reform the US maritime industry:
1. Reform the Military Sealift Command
2. Bring Back the US Maritime Service
3. Maritime Colleges & Universities
4. Reform the Jones Act and Passenger Vessel Services Act
5. National Maritime Strategy

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00:00 Introduction
00:55 1. Reform The Military Sealift Command
1 Out of 5 Ships in The US Navy Does Not Have USN Sailors Aboard...They Have Merchant Mariners!
https://youtu.be/-xITDrr0YOk

The United States Military's Fleet of Commercial Sealift Vessels is OLD and NEEDS Replacement!
https://youtu.be/iXPnRMryx4M

Military Sealift Command Leadership
https://www.msc.usff.navy.mil/Leadership/

Royal Fleet Auxiliary
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/the-fighting-arms/royal-fleet-auxiliary

08:06 2. United States Maritime Service
General Information of the United States Maritime Service
https://books.google.com/books?id=bATVAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=united+states+maritime+service&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-v5Op35f8AhUPm2oFHfZwB2YQ6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false

Rear Admiral, Ann C. Phillips, US Navy (Ret.)
https://www.maritime.dot.gov/office-administrator/key-personnel/rear-admiral-ann-c-phillips-us-navy-ret

United States Navy - Strategic Sealift Officer Force Playbook
https://www.navyreserve.navy.mil/Portals/35/SSO%20Documents/SSO%20Playbook.pdf

17:32 3. Maritime Colleges and Universities (MCU)
Maritime Academies
https://www.maritime.dot.gov/education/maritime-academies/maritime-academies

Centers of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education (CoE)
https://maps.dot.gov/portal/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/af9f7aa0f5b14431ad01f564db232031

Consortium of State Maritime Academies
https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?id=D000049683

23:00 4. Revise Jones Act and Passenger Vessel Services Act
Jones Act Waiver, Again! | Charter Rates Increase for LNG Tankers | China Wants More Gas!
https://youtu.be/H-dqlrJt2-E

The Cruise Industry, Cruise Ships & Passenger Vessel Services Act - WHAT IS GOING ON IN UTAH EDITION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTRAOPU_Rgk

36:17 5. National Maritime Strategy
The Decline of the U.S. Merchant Marine
https://youtu.be/kJn0bCWx_9g

Merchant Marine Act of 1920 - America's First National Maritime Strategy
https://youtu.be/94WxkwLJMok

Goals and Objectives for a Stronger Maritime Nation: A Report to Congress
https://www.maritime.dot.gov/sites/marad.dot.gov/files/docs/outreach/policy-papers-and-fact-sheets/12561/national-maritime-strategy.pdf