What the Ship! Supply Chain; Containerships; Chlorine Explosion; Jones Act & US Seizes a Yacht

What the Ship! Supply Chain; Containerships; Chlorine Explosion; Jones Act & US Seizes a Yacht

What's Going on With Shipping?
June 29, 2022

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - former merchant mariner and maritime historian - discusses the Top 5 Maritime Stories as of June 29, 2022. The first topic deals with the article by Lori Ann LaRocco and the situation of ports in Asia, Europe, and the United States. Are we heading for a report for the fall of 2021 this fall? Second, orders for new containerships are up, and the focus is on small handy-size and those that can sail through the Panama Canal. Third, the loading accident of a compressed container of Chlorine in Aqaba, Jordan has resulted in the death of at least ten, with over a hundred hospitalized. What caused the container to drop from the crane? Fourth, many people are yelling for a suspension or waiver of the US coastal provisions, known as the Jones Act. What will be the real implications of such a waiver and will actually solve anything? Finally, the US has seized and sailed a sanctioned Russian yacht to San Diego from Fiji under the American flag...but the US decided not to use an American crew; why?

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00:00 Introduction
00:36 1. Supply Chain
07:12 2. Containerships
11:57 3. Chlorine Explosion
18:54 4. Jones Act
27:53 5. US Seizes a Yacht

1. Viewpoint: The jaws of trade squeezing the supply chain
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/vie...

Clogged Warehouses and Rail Delays Herald New Supply Chain Woe
https://gcaptain.com/clogged-warehous...

Checking In On Southern California’s Containership Backup
https://gcaptain.com/checking-in-on-s...

2. Container-ship building spree not over yet; new orders still rising
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/con...

3. Multiple Casualties, Hundreds Injured After Toxic Gas Cylinder Explodes at Jordan’s Aqaba Port -Incident Video
https://gcaptain.com/toxic-gas-cylind...

4. Report: Gunvor Requests Jones Act Waiver to Deliver Gasoline to U.S. East Coast
https://gcaptain.com/report-gunvor-re...

JPMorgan Says Waiving the Jones Act Unlikely to Ease Pain at the Pump
https://gcaptain.com/jpmorgan-says-wa...

American Maritime Partnership Slams Calls for Jones Act Waivers to Help Lower Gas Prices
https://gcaptain.com/american-maritim...

Surging Tanker Rates Make Interesting Case for Jones Act Fleet
https://gcaptain.com/surging-tanker-r...

5. Russian Superyacht Docks In San Diego Flying American Flag
https://gcaptain.com/russian-superyac...