Some interesting reading on the results of the election from a maritime perspective: https://www.tradewindsnews.com/insight/congress-is-waking-up-to-us-maritime-vulnerability-will-that-survive-the-election-/2-1-1731767 & https://www.tradewindsnews.com/insight/trump-will-now-build-his-team-some-na…

I’ve heard through my former coworkers at AMO, that dispatch is looking for engineers with LNG endorsements and steam licenses. As for a Jones Act Waiver, I don’t think one would be needed. Apparently in America’s Cup Act of 2011, there was rider amendment that allowed the return of the LNG Gemini…

[image] highseasmechanic: looking for engineers with LNG endorsements and steam licenses. Christ good luck finding anybody with that combo. Also those ships would be 45+ years old. I can’t imagine thats the route they’re going with this.

All you liberal, progressive fucks can bite me. If the maritime industry is doomed it’s because of the maritime college’s focus on all these non-license environmental majors and they cannot produce enough licensed mariners to crew our ships. And because your government entitlement programs destroye…

[image] Cheng: America has spoken and your chosen path of how the country should go is irrelevant. The non delusional voters will realize their mistake soon enough when Trump and the GOP fucks everything up again. The country will be a better place when hateful selfish fucks like you are all…

Yeah sweetcheeks, you absolutely will.

Let me guess. You didn’t vote for change?

[image] Cheng: You didn’t vote for change? No, back when Obama was running I was a Republican. I have since learned the error of my ways.

[image] Cheng: the direction this country went the previous three and a half years Record booming economy, record wages, the lowest inflation in the world, overall an amazing time to be an American. Only delusional fools like you think there’s anything wrong with the last 4 years.

If people believed that noise, Harris would have won. You will never admit it but Biden/Harris were a colossal failure. You know it in your heart. Sleep safe…

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The story as I’ve heard it is Crowley is reflagging some old hunk of junk to run to Puerto Rico. I don’t understand how that works unless they’re getting some kind of waiver. Maybe somebody else knows more.

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