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Feb 22 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
What the Ship? Ship Fires Update, Supply Chain, Ukraine-Russia, Global ... via @YouTube
1⃣ Around $400 Million Worth of Cars Could be Lost in Felicity Ace Fire

H/T @MikeSchuler & @gCaptain

gcaptain.com/around-400-mil…
2⃣ Project44: Asian ports see rising congestion

@loriannlarocco @AmericanShipper @FreightWaves

freightwaves.com/news/project44…
3⃣ Ukraine Crisis: Wall Street Should Forget Putin And Start Counting Ships

H/T @johnkonrad & @gCaptain

gcaptain.com/ukraine-crisis…
4⃣ Global Trade ‘Likely To Be Subdued’ This Year After Hitting Record in 2021 -UN Trade Body

H/T @UNCTAD @UNCTADTrade

gcaptain.com/global-trade-s…
5⃣ Senator Introduces Bill to ‘Level the Playing Field’ in U.S. Offshore Sector

H/T @MikeSchuler @gCaptain

gcaptain.com/senator-introd…

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Sal Mercogliano 🚢⚓🧭🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ Profile picture
Feb 23
1/Your moment of #sealift comes courtsey of the @USMC.

Latest word is USNS GySgt Fred W. Stockham of Maritime Prepositioning Squadron 2 based in Diego Garcia, which has just completed an extensive shipyard availablity, along with its cargo, has been told not to backload. Image
2/The ship arrived at the Marine Corps Depot at Blount Island on Feb 14 and was scheduled to commence backload as part of the routine maintenance cycle. @MSCSealift & the crew were told that is was cancelled. The ship will be shifted into a reduced operating status.
3/ The ship is one of three LMSRs assigned to MPSRON 2. Sisler is currently up in Norway conducting an exercise and USNS Seay is in the shipyard in Boston scheduled to backload next.

There are questions about some of the other ships. Image
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Sal Mercogliano 🚢⚓🧭🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ Profile picture
Feb 23
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. ImageImageImageImage
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. ImageImage
From @EIAgov, the US (26%), Qatar (24%) and Russia (20%) provide 70% of all of Europe LNG. Image
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Feb 12
1/I presented my paper "World War II Expeditionary Logisitics and Support in the Pacific" at the 2022 Virtual Expeditionary Warfare Conference.

The focus was on early WWII Pacific naval logistics, specifically oil and repair from Dec 41 to Feb 43...
2/Most histories - @navy1944 & #IanToll - focus on the exploits of the fast carrier task forces and the six @USNavy carriers: Enterprise, Lexington, Saratoga, Yorktown, Hornet & Wasp.

Yet, behind the scenes, these fast carriers required an extensive logistics network...
3/Built for commercial service under Merchant Marine Act of 1936, these tankers included national defense features: high speed, twin screws & provisions for guns/comms.

Six of them served as fast oilers in the Pacific: Neosho, Cimarron, Platte, Kaskaskia, Guadalupe & Sabine...
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Dec 14, 2021
1/Why are @PortofLA & @portoflongbeach slowing down in Oct & Nov?

@mattschrap of @harbortruckers
hits it on the head with his assessment of the primary impediment at the 15:00 mark.

100,000+ EMPTY CONTAINERS IN THE PORTS.

bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…
2/Ocean shipping containers do not typically venture far from the harbors. What most people see on the roads and highways are not intermodal containers, but 40 or 53ft trailers. The material from overseas is offloaded at sites close to the port and repacked for delivery.
3/When you hear about a truck shortage, it is not one of trucks & drivers. For a truck to load, it has to bring a chassis to load a container on. Usually, it has an empty to return. As the terminals are full, there is little room to store them, making moving boxes slow.
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Dec 13, 2021
What the Ship is Going on?
Dec 13, 2021

1⃣ Abandoned Mariners
2⃣ @IMOHQ Elections & Expansion
3⃣ @PortofLA/@portoflongbeach, @PortVancouver & #AlmiranteStorni Update
4⃣ China Shipping & Ningbo Closure
5⃣ New US Training Vessels

1⃣Leaking Hull, Hazardous Cargo: Aboard a Stranded Ship No One Would Help

H/T @WSJ, @drewhinshaw & @JoeWSJ

wsj.com/articles/aband…
2⃣International Maritime Organization Elects New 40-Member Council

H/T @gCaptain @MikeSchuler

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Nov 26, 2021
China is imposing quarantines of up to 7 weeks for cargo ship crew, and it's bad news for the supply chain

businessinsider.com/shipping-suppl… via @businessinsider
One of the most under reported stories is the attempt by China to grow their influence in the shipping industry for their seafarers. Since many ships call at China, this new restriction makes employing Chinese nationals more challenging.

Top 5 seafarers:
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China’s Covid Zero Policy Towards Seafarers Escalates Supply Chain Crisis

"China’s increasingly extreme Covid Zero policies are standing in the way of a full recovery for the shipping industry and prolonging a crisis that’s snarled ports."

gcaptain.com/chinas-covid-z…
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