In another thread we have been OT on this subject. The consensus appears to be that it would be desirable to develop efficient Short Sea Shipping in the US, but a lot of things stand in the way of developing it. Even MARAD appears to favour it, but that doesn’t result in any meaningful action, appar…

IMO has issued a concept of a Sustainable Maritime Transportation System that does not only address domestic shipping but the entire Maritime Industry of a country: https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/national-maritime-transport-policy-a-closer-look/ Some of these ideas and advise may apply to th…

[image] DamnYankee: Well yeah but that charming old brick warehouse next to the canal would be much better utilized as a creative space with an artisan cheese shop and a yoga studio. Oh and a place to get your hair blown out for ladies and a barber that gives you bourbon while he manscapes your …

I stand corrected. Good call out

[image] mr.agent: I stand corrected. Honestly, I was hoping there was some other law that provided an exception that I was unaware of. I wouldn’t mind the HMT so much if it was actually being used in full force for the maintenance (or improvement) of harbors as its name implies. Many of the…

Seriously Ombugge? You are still beating this dead horse since like early 2017? I renewed my log in just to ask. Ain’t nothing changed in the US to facilitate or encourage short sea sector so give it up. Maybe after Trump exits the scene, but I doubt it.

[image] _A465B: Seriously Ombugge? You are still beating this dead horse since like early 2017? In the middle of a long string of posts about US short sea shipping I posted an IMO video about National Maritime Transport Policy: [image] National Maritime Transport Policy – A Closer Lo…

That’s the point …. a long string (since like 2016) about short sea shipping in the US. We have explained most every logistical, cost and technical factor associated with the topic, reviewed the past, future and policies affecting it. What else is there to talk about? It ain’t sinister, it is jus…

That is the wrong attitude. Just because something is hard, difficult to get done, or have never been done before, doesn’t mean you should give up. (Just ask JFK) If everybody had that attitude we would still be dragging things along the ground and the Irish would never have invented the wheel. Th…

It is because short sea does not beat the delivery times or costs of rail or road in the USA, or combinations of those factors. It ain’t changing anytime soon because of hard baked into the cake policies that keep fuel cheap and road use in the USA free or very low cost compared to EU (where I gene…

Short sea shipping in the US?

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