U.S. Shipping CEO Calls for Foreign Seafarers Amidst US Merchant Marine Pay

From a 2017 MARAD report: https://www.maritime.dot.gov/sites/marad.dot.gov/files/docs/mariners/1026/mwwg-report-congress-finalr3.pdf

“However, the maritime labor unions, which represent mariners on 158 of the 176 commercial ships and all the government-owned ships and are contractually committed to crewing the surge fleet…”