Good point. Could it be size of their merchant fleets vs what we need?
Did some work during undergrad days on an oceanographic ship. Third mate fresh out of Kings Point bemoaned the shrinking of the merchant fleet. He zeroed in on the Lykes Line.
Nonsense. It was the growth of flags of convenience after WW2 that undercut the US and European flags by allowing the recruitment of third world crews with third world payscales (when they were paid).
You can always have a federal income tax exclusion for mariners while at sea. We do that for military members in a combat zone, which only needs to be one day per month. I remember tanker crews flying into and landing in a combat zone on the last day of a month, then taking off on the first day of the next month. Two months, no taxes.
Shout out to US Merchant Marine graduate, Jack Perkuhn, 1976!
Fred Perkuhn helped train me in NYC Turn Verein and Berkeley, CA 1968-1974.
Jack stared on Broadway “Oliver”! The Artful Dodger, about 1966. Jack and I were good childhood friends! Jack cheered for me when I won First Prize in Floor Exercise, 1967-1968. I won First Prize All Around in 1976, Long Island City.
Jack went Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY … I went OIS Newport, Road Island.
Please say hi to Jack Perkuhn! Thank you! Nurse Jane
My merchant mariner Dad looks on from a faraway sea and smiles. 'tis a worthy task to re-build the fleet he loved so then; and does yet. Fair winds, all ye...
This is utter bullshit. MSC has a manning issue because they treat Civmars like they're military and don't pay them competitively. We already make more officers than the industry can absorb and have spent the last generation making it harder for those who don't attend academies to become licenced. How about instead MSC start paying properly and not leaving guys on ships without relief? Not hiring shitbirds as unlicenced would also be tremendously helpful.
The National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMV) for the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) training mission will all soon be online. Getting people signed up for the training and excited about a career in the Merchant Marine is needed. I think Salvatore R. Mercogliano would be the person to ask as to how we do that. All the pieces to start this program are in place.
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The thing that killed the US Merchant fleet was the cost of labor.
If that were true, the Norwegians and Danes would not have any merchant fleet.
Good point. Could it be size of their merchant fleets vs what we need?
Did some work during undergrad days on an oceanographic ship. Third mate fresh out of Kings Point bemoaned the shrinking of the merchant fleet. He zeroed in on the Lykes Line.
Nonsense. It was the growth of flags of convenience after WW2 that undercut the US and European flags by allowing the recruitment of third world crews with third world payscales (when they were paid).
I don’t see any hope for the U. S. Merchant Marine without high tariffs.
Why would anyone build a ship in America or hire an American crew if it can be built and manned cheaper elsewhere?
It’s not personal. It’s just business.
If Captain Sadler has some other ideas I would love to hear them.
You can always have a federal income tax exclusion for mariners while at sea. We do that for military members in a combat zone, which only needs to be one day per month. I remember tanker crews flying into and landing in a combat zone on the last day of a month, then taking off on the first day of the next month. Two months, no taxes.
Better yet-- no income taxes on mariners sailing on Foreign Articles -
Shout out to US Merchant Marine graduate, Jack Perkuhn, 1976!
Fred Perkuhn helped train me in NYC Turn Verein and Berkeley, CA 1968-1974.
Jack stared on Broadway “Oliver”! The Artful Dodger, about 1966. Jack and I were good childhood friends! Jack cheered for me when I won First Prize in Floor Exercise, 1967-1968. I won First Prize All Around in 1976, Long Island City.
Jack went Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY … I went OIS Newport, Road Island.
Please say hi to Jack Perkuhn! Thank you! Nurse Jane
My merchant mariner Dad looks on from a faraway sea and smiles. 'tis a worthy task to re-build the fleet he loved so then; and does yet. Fair winds, all ye...
This is utter bullshit. MSC has a manning issue because they treat Civmars like they're military and don't pay them competitively. We already make more officers than the industry can absorb and have spent the last generation making it harder for those who don't attend academies to become licenced. How about instead MSC start paying properly and not leaving guys on ships without relief? Not hiring shitbirds as unlicenced would also be tremendously helpful.
The National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMV) for the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) training mission will all soon be online. Getting people signed up for the training and excited about a career in the Merchant Marine is needed. I think Salvatore R. Mercogliano would be the person to ask as to how we do that. All the pieces to start this program are in place.