Rusting remenants of the once great US Merchant Marine fleet as seen at the Reserve Fleet moored near Fort Eustis. US Navy Photo After World War II the United States had the largest and newest fleet of commercial ships in the world. World trade has roughly doubled every tens years since the Allied victory in Japan yet the US Merchant Fleet has been in steady decline.

Today the United States has one of the oldest fleets in the world and is ranked 21nd in terms of tonnage . Who is to blame for the decline? Are the US maritime unions […]

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