What the Ship (Ep 88) | Containers | Strikes Averted | Mississippi River | Black Sea | Buffett

What the Ship (Ep88) | Updates: FSO Safer, P&O Ferries, Panama Canal & Car Carrier Fires | Container Liner Profit | US and Australian Unions Approve Contracts | Mississippi River Dropping & Grain Exports | Black Sea: Grain and Oil | Passing of Jimmy Buffett

What's Going on With Shipping?
Sep 4, 2023

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the Top 5 Maritime News Stories as of September 3 , 2023.

#supplychain #fsosafer #POFerry #panamacanal #fremantlehighway #carcarrier #ilwu #pma #mississippi #grain #blacksea #russia #ukraine #oil #jimmybuffett

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00:00 Introduction

00:41 Recaps
The remarkable story of how Yemen’s oil tanker disaster was averted by crowdfunding
https://www.theguardian.com/environme...

UN Says Critical Work Still Needed on FSO Safer
https://gcaptain.com/un-says-critical...

Seven days a week, £6 an hour — life on board P&O Ferries
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/p-...

Panama Canal Wait Times Surged in August
https://gcaptain.com/panama-canal-wai...

Panama Canal latest: how each shipping segment is being impacted
https://splash247.com/panama-canal-la...

Marine Insurers Publish Recommendations for Safe Carriage of Electric Vehicles
https://gcaptain.com/marine-insurers-...

06:23 1. Container Line Profits
Container Shipping Lines Rake In $8.9 Billion Profit in Q2
https://gcaptain.com/container-shippi...

Carrier operating margins fall into single digits for first time in 3 years
https://splash247.com/carrier-operati...

Port of New York and New Jersey moves the most TEUs since October 2022
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/por...

CMA CGM Finalizes Terminals Acquisition at Port of New York and New Jersey
https://gcaptain.com/cma-cgm-finalize...

Rebound in trans-Pacific container shipping rates has stalled
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/reb...

10:25 2. US & Australian Unions Approve Contracts
West Coast Dockworkers Approve New 6-Year Labor Contract
https://gcaptain.com/west-coast-dockw...

Woodside and Australian Unions Reach In-Principle Agreement on LNG Contract
https://maritime-executive.com/articl...

12:23 3. Mississippi River Dropping
Freight Rates Surge As Mississippi River Water Levels Drop
https://gcaptain.com/freight-rates-su...

Mississippi, Ohio Rivers Drying Up for a Second Straight Year
https://gcaptain.com/mississippi-ohio...

USDA Agricultural Transportation Open Data Platform
https://agtransport.usda.gov/

USDA Grain Transportation Report
https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/defaul...

19:23 4. Black Sea: Grain and Oil
Russian Drone Attack Hits Danube Port Infrastructure – Ukraine
https://gcaptain.com/russian-drone-at...

Russia and Turkey to Discuss Alternative to Black Sea Deal
https://gcaptain.com/russia-and-turke...

India Tightens Rice Exports In Threat To Global Food Prices
https://gcaptain.com/india-tightens-r...

Two More Ships Leave Ukrainian Black Sea Port Under Temporary Corridor
https://gcaptain.com/two-more-ships-l...

Russia-Ukraine War Shifts To Black Sea Oil
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-Ne...

Kazakhstan Diversifies Oil-Export Routes With Tanker Purchases
https://gcaptain.com/kazakhstan-diver...

Oil Tanker Earnings Plummet Amid Outlook for Deeper OPEC+ Curbs
https://gcaptain.com/oil-tanker-earni...

26:11 5. Jimmy Buffett & Conclusion