On this episode of What's Going on With Shipping, host Sal Mercogliano – Chair of the Department of History, Criminal Justice, and Political Science, former merchant mariner, and instructor of Maritime History, Security and Industry Policy – discusses recent comments regarding the reduction of vessels in the anchorages off Southern California and an Op-Ed by Frank Coles on the plight of mariners.

Frank Coles: Out of Sight Means Out of Mind
https://gcaptain.com/frank-coles-out-of-sight-means-out-of-mind/

US Labor Secretary Visits Top West Coast Ports as Union Talks Loom
https://gcaptain.com/us-labor-secretary-visits-top-west-coast-ports-as-union-talks-loom/

Recent Progress at Our Ports: Robust Inventories and New Moves toward Greater Velocity
https://www.whitehouse.gov/nec/briefing-room/2021/11/29/recent-progress-at-our-ports-robust-inventories-and-new-moves-toward-greater-velocity/?utm_source=twitter

Port of Los Angeles SIGNAL Report
https://signal.portoptimizer.com/

Port of Long Beach WAVE Report
https://polb.com/port-info/wave-weekly-advance-volume-estimate/

Marine Exchange of Southern California FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/Mxsocal

Secretary Walsh Visits Port of Los Angeles
https://youtu.be/wkabuoqRsO8