> But maritime specialists call hopes for a Lazarus-like revival of U.S. shipbuilding unrealistic, saying it would require decades of consistent federal support. Imposing hefty fees on Chinese ships now, before American-made alternatives exist, would only raise freight costs and snarl global supply chains, they said.
> “It appears to be written by people who have absolutely no idea how the maritime supply chain works,” said Lars Jensen, chief executive of Vespucci Maritime, a consultancy in Copenhagen.
Par for the course
skepticalbob on
This is unironically a very good idea, but will take a long time to reach any kind of critical mass. We should look to allies for some shipbuilding, like SK.
morotsloda on
He should make a law to require any shipments between American ports to be done by ships constructed in the US and crewed by Americans. It’ll go very well with the rest of his protectionist agenda
FuckFashMods on
I fucking hate these headlines.
TrixoftheTrade on
MAGA thinks the economy is run like an RTS, where we just need to “build more shipyards” to “build more ships”
ashsolomon1 on
I HATE TOMMY LEE JONES ACT
TheloniousMonk15 on
Nothing says build more ships like mass deporting the workforce who woukd gladly do this line of work.
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> But maritime specialists call hopes for a Lazarus-like revival of U.S. shipbuilding unrealistic, saying it would require decades of consistent federal support. Imposing hefty fees on Chinese ships now, before American-made alternatives exist, would only raise freight costs and snarl global supply chains, they said.
> “It appears to be written by people who have absolutely no idea how the maritime supply chain works,” said Lars Jensen, chief executive of Vespucci Maritime, a consultancy in Copenhagen.
Par for the course
This is unironically a very good idea, but will take a long time to reach any kind of critical mass. We should look to allies for some shipbuilding, like SK.
He should make a law to require any shipments between American ports to be done by ships constructed in the US and crewed by Americans. It’ll go very well with the rest of his protectionist agenda
I fucking hate these headlines.
MAGA thinks the economy is run like an RTS, where we just need to “build more shipyards” to “build more ships”
I HATE TOMMY LEE JONES ACT
Nothing says build more ships like mass deporting the workforce who woukd gladly do this line of work.