America's First Maritime Strategy: The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 | What's Going on With Shipping?
August 23, 2021
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as posted by the channelOn this episode of What's Going on With Shipping, Sal Mercogliano - Chair of the Department of History, Criminal Justice and Political Science at Campbell University, former merchant mariner, and adjunct professor of Maritime Industry Policy at the US Merchant Marine Academy - discusses the United States first National Maritime Strategy, the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly known as the Jones Act. He discusses the current situation faced by American exporters attempting to get their goods on board foreign flagged and owned ships and compares it to the situation the US faced in 1914 that led to the creation of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920.
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