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The Decline of the U.S. Merchant Marine
What's Going on With Shipping?
February 5, 2022
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 major issues, causes, and events that have led to the decline of the U.S. merchant marine from the end of the Second World War to the modern day.
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00:00 Intro
01:55 Post-World War Two
05:18 Maritime Administration
06:30 Labor
09:11 Emergence of Open Registries
12:34 New Shipping Technologies
20:37 Merchant Marine in National Defense
26:00 Decline of International & Coastal Fleets
28:00 US Merchant Marine Today
28:51 Impact on Shipyards
31:34 Size of Merchant Marine as % of the World
33:05 Conclusion
The Decline of U.S. Shipbuilding
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Number and Size of the U.S. Flag Merchant Fleet and Its Share of the World Fleet
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Vessel Inventory Reports Nov 2021
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