Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ Profile picture
Chair Dept of History, Crim Justice & Pol Science, Faculty Athletic Rep @campbelledu, Maritime Historian, Mariner, Firefighter & What's Going On With Shipping?

Feb 23, 2022, 7 tweets

What would a shut down or disruption in the Black Sea mean?

#Ukraine wheat exports set for a record year and they provide a large amount of the world's coarse grains and corn.

From the @UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport for grain imports/exports by % for 2020.

Ukraine accounts for 10 percent of world grain.

It makes me what to recommend Nick Lambert's latest book on WWI & the real justification for the Gallipoli Campaign.

From @EIAgov, the US (26%), Qatar (24%) and Russia (20%) provide 70% of all of Europe LNG.

Qatar Says 'Almost Impossible' to Quickly Replace Russian LNG Supplies to Europe

gcaptain.com/qatar-says-alm…

The Qatari LNG fleet is the largest in the world and places them in an excellent position to dominate the trade, even with US exporting more LNG than Qatar.

Yet, another reason for the US have its domestic fleet of LNG carriers.

And look what showed up in my mailbox today!

Okay...not sure why the photo reversed...but I appreciate all the humor from the twitterverse!

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