History presentation is terrific. I would have loved you as an instructor. I tidied in Illinois and got to teach myself during 35 years in Houston. I did not take my sailboat but did enjoy making sails and rigging ready for racing. I also did that in Rhode Island and on Lake Superior. Thank you.
8/24/21: just saw yur video showing history of 1920 Jones Act then UN charts comparing US & China in many category's. Dr.Sal another great job educating us on details of shipping, blocking US exports by international ship owners! Where are our congressmen?🤔 Another great video/lecture!👍👍👍
Great job Sal. I thought I knew all about this, but learned a few new (old) things from you with this episode. This historical context is much appreciated. Thanks.
Awesome video as always 👌 you might want to change your thumbnail to something that grabs the eye and is less busy at a glance. Hope your channel keeps on growing, your opinion is well valued.
I’ve read about The Jones Act! I’m pretty much an expert in the Alaska Northwest Passage shipping route. Not really, but I did read a lot of graduate papers on this subject. It’s a fascinating Act, but with far less ships being built in the US, parts of it need updating. Would you agree? Particularly with regard to US disaster aid reaching US Territories in a timely and efficient manner.
Hi Sal--love your content. You mentioned that you could send the congressional record on the debate for the Merchant Marine Act of 1920---can you post it with this video? Maybe i missed it? Thanks!
I have a second comment that relates to an earlier video you did and your enlightening me in the comments. Your discussion in this video is about the US being 21st is in Dead Weight Tons (DWT). Your introduction is not real clear that you are talking about DWT and not numbers of vessels. I mentioned in the comments of the earlier video by numbers we are not that bad. Over 3000 vessels. The majority of these by number, as you correctly pointed out to me, are pleasure craft and ferries. But a lot of the DWT is made up of these other ferries and pleasure craft vessels. They include towboats and tugboats as well. So 21st likely overstates our real position in the world of shipping. Many of these are captive vessels that generally do not leave the Great Lakes or our river systems. The number of ocean going tankers, bulkers and container ships is a mere drop in bucket. We have lost the infrastructure to build these vessels. We have lost the manufacturing skills and knowledge to make these vessels as well. Find a pattern maker or a machinist or millwright or a fabricator or tool maker. By the way, if you want to see some of the pleasure craft and yachts that fill the numbers watch some of the videos from Haulover Inlet in Miami. The values of the crafts are stunning.
You are exactly correct as MARAD only lists 181 ships over 1,000 gross tons. The list from the Review of Maritime Transport are ships over 100 gross tons, hence the large number. The wealth and cost of those vessels are in private ships, ferries, offshore craft and inland/port vessels.
OMG, Really I was injured in a Convoy accident and was sent to a hospital ship during Shield/Storm! I wonder if it was that ship. I wasn't there very long as I remember it, they sent me back to Germany soon after.
with all the accidents and dangers at sea, isnt air actually a better way of shipping? Air, truck, train, barge. Cargo ships have grossly over-extended themselves - in more than one way
The problem is just sheer tonnage. One Ultra Large Container Ship can carry 220,000 tons. A C-17 of the USAF can carry 70 tons...that is 3,142 flights. That is one ship.
It's all well and good to call for the creation of a strong US merchant marine, but how would you achieve that? There are only two levers policy makers can use, and neither are very feasible. 1) They can put restrictions on foreign owned shipping firms or 2) provide extensive US tax payer subsidy/funding for the construction of an American fleet. Imposing cabotage restrictions on foreign fleets will lead to huge diplomatic blowback and tit for tat trade wars. I very much doubt US politicians have the stomach for that. Likewise, raising hundreds of billions in tax payer money to fund US fleet construction is likewise a political non-starter. Thus, any calls for a resurgent US merchant marine just sounds like wistful dreaming.
Michael, I agree that past options as you listed are usually the ones that are floated. However, with the change in fuels and propulsion, and the dire state of the American merchant marine and the military finally realizing the gravity of the situation there may be more innovative methods. One of the big ones is making easier to invest in American maritime ventures and providing some assurances of cargo for carriers. Also, incentives to ship on US flag vessels and an improved tax structure for companies and mariners would also be beneficial. I think it is too much to say, it is gone and it is time to move on. The US maritime sector has been in the bottom before.
@@wgowshipping Improved tax structures are just another way of spending tax payer money by other means. Giving a tax break/credit for a particular investment is the same as not collecting the tax. I doubt very much that giving new tax breaks to the domestic shipping industry is going to go over well either. Look at the problems congress is having just providing support for child care or government healthcare. No. The only choice we have is to keep the Jones act as is or scrap it and allow a free for all. Congress is incapable of doing anything else.
History presentation is terrific. I would have loved you as an instructor. I tidied in Illinois and got to teach myself during 35 years in Houston. I did not take my sailboat but did enjoy making sails and rigging ready for racing. I also did that in Rhode Island and on Lake Superior. Thank you.
Oh ! you were on the USN Comfort! I remember writing all the ships during Gulf War, including Comfort.
Sal needs every Thumbs Up that he can get.
Another great video Sal and I first started watching you when you and GCaptain did your first video.
8/24/21: just saw yur video showing history of 1920 Jones Act then UN charts comparing US & China in many category's. Dr.Sal another great job educating us on details of shipping, blocking US exports by international ship owners! Where are our congressmen?🤔 Another great video/lecture!👍👍👍
This maritime history is really interesting, Thanks Sal!
SO special, thank you 🌺
AWESOME LOVED THIS VERY RELLEVENT TO OUR TIME
will you please present this history lesson to our congress today!!!!!
Great job Sal. I thought I knew all about this, but learned a few new (old) things from you with this episode. This historical context is much appreciated. Thanks.
Hat tip to our good friend Dr. Rodney Carlisle at the 00:23:10 mark!
Awesome video as always 👌 you might want to change your thumbnail to something that grabs the eye and is less busy at a glance. Hope your channel keeps on growing, your opinion is well valued.
Thanks for the advice. I am working on a new one for that exact reason.
You know it's bad when we can't export anything when some are saying upwards of 15% inflation this year.
I’ve read about The Jones Act! I’m pretty much an expert in the Alaska Northwest Passage shipping route. Not really, but I did read a lot of graduate papers on this subject. It’s a fascinating Act, but with far less ships being built in the US, parts of it need updating. Would you agree? Particularly with regard to US disaster aid reaching US Territories in a timely and efficient manner.
Hi Sal--love your content. You mentioned that you could send the congressional record on the debate for the Merchant Marine Act of 1920---can you post it with this video? Maybe i missed it? Thanks!
How about talking about Maersk's plan for a green methanol-powered vessel.
I have a second comment that relates to an earlier video you did and your enlightening me in the comments. Your discussion in this video is about the US being 21st is in Dead Weight Tons (DWT). Your introduction is not real clear that you are talking about DWT and not numbers of vessels. I mentioned in the comments of the earlier video by numbers we are not that bad. Over 3000 vessels. The majority of these by number, as you correctly pointed out to me, are pleasure craft and ferries. But a lot of the DWT is made up of these other ferries and pleasure craft vessels. They include towboats and tugboats as well. So 21st likely overstates our real position in the world of shipping. Many of these are captive vessels that generally do not leave the Great Lakes or our river systems. The number of ocean going tankers, bulkers and container ships is a mere drop in bucket. We have lost the infrastructure to build these vessels. We have lost the manufacturing skills and knowledge to make these vessels as well. Find a pattern maker or a machinist or millwright or a fabricator or tool maker.
By the way, if you want to see some of the pleasure craft and yachts that fill the numbers watch some of the videos from Haulover Inlet in Miami. The values of the crafts are stunning.
You are exactly correct as MARAD only lists 181 ships over 1,000 gross tons. The list from the Review of Maritime Transport are ships over 100 gross tons, hence the large number. The wealth and cost of those vessels are in private ships, ferries, offshore craft and inland/port vessels.
OMG, Really I was injured in a Convoy accident and was sent to a hospital ship during Shield/Storm! I wonder if it was that ship. I wasn't there very long as I remember it, they sent me back to Germany soon after.
I hope we ... or Mercy... helped you along.
with all the accidents and dangers at sea, isnt air actually a better way of shipping? Air, truck, train, barge. Cargo ships have grossly over-extended themselves - in more than one way
The problem is just sheer tonnage. One Ultra Large Container Ship can carry 220,000 tons. A C-17 of the USAF can carry 70 tons...that is 3,142 flights. That is one ship.
do tug boats fall under cabotage, in the us?
It's all well and good to call for the creation of a strong US merchant marine, but how would you achieve that? There are only two levers policy makers can use, and neither are very feasible. 1) They can put restrictions on foreign owned shipping firms or 2) provide extensive US tax payer subsidy/funding for the construction of an American fleet. Imposing cabotage restrictions on foreign fleets will lead to huge diplomatic blowback and tit for tat trade wars. I very much doubt US politicians have the stomach for that. Likewise, raising hundreds of billions in tax payer money to fund US fleet construction is likewise a political non-starter.
Thus, any calls for a resurgent US merchant marine just sounds like wistful dreaming.
Michael, I agree that past options as you listed are usually the ones that are floated. However, with the change in fuels and propulsion, and the dire state of the American merchant marine and the military finally realizing the gravity of the situation there may be more innovative methods. One of the big ones is making easier to invest in American maritime ventures and providing some assurances of cargo for carriers. Also, incentives to ship on US flag vessels and an improved tax structure for companies and mariners would also be beneficial.
I think it is too much to say, it is gone and it is time to move on. The US maritime sector has been in the bottom before.
@@wgowshipping Improved tax structures are just another way of spending tax payer money by other means. Giving a tax break/credit for a particular investment is the same as not collecting the tax. I doubt very much that giving new tax breaks to the domestic shipping industry is going to go over well either. Look at the problems congress is having just providing support for child care or government healthcare. No. The only choice we have is to keep the Jones act as is or scrap it and allow a free for all. Congress is incapable of doing anything else.