Given historical and current events, will be starting this thread to post on Seapower, the oceans as our global commercial commons and most important strategic domain, and all ships, vessels, boats, etc, floating & submerged, that interest me. "Look always to your moat!" 
Always be sensible discussing #Seapower
In peace & war, the sea & its sailors are - esp if you speak English - your most crucial strategic doman. The ships at sea as combatants & escorts & cargo/POL carriers plus your ports/wharves/railheads all join up to make supply chains work ... Our most precious infrastructure
This very good visual should focus the mind on what truly matters ... why fleets, naval and merchant, matter so much to the life and death of nations, especially in the Anglosphere, as the British Empire spread by sea ... and why our ancestors were, wisely, 'offshore balancers'
To put today's crisis in perspective: snap shot from the approaches to Long Beach port. Every ship waiting has a next sail for a next 'job'. You can see the concertina effect when ships cannot offload cargo & load new cargo & sail on-nightmare for rail, trucks ... and Insurers
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