Shippers, Port Chiefs Say Baltimore Disaster Exposes How US Maritime Policy Is Lost at Sea

After decades of under-investment in the nation’s port infrastructure and maritime industries, American-flagged ship operators, domestic seaport operators, and maritime commerce analysts called on the federal government to ā€œfund port infrastructure projects at the level on par with other modes of transportationā€ during a joint April 5 Congressional hearing in the Port of Miami.
ā€œThe very unfortunate incident last week in Baltimore Harbor is making the case that our prosperity, which relies to a great extent on maritime trade, is not as secure as it once was,ā€ Heritage Foundation Senior Research Fellow Brent Sadler testified before the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s Coast Guard & Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, and the House Homeland Security Committee’s Transportation & Maritime Security Subcommittee…. Original News Source Link – Epoch Times

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