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Ship Talk: Why the U.S. Doesn't Have a Merchant Navy Why does the United Kingdom refer to its commercial fleet as the "Merchant Navy," while the United States calls it the "Merchant Marine"? In this episode of Ship Talk, we dive into the wartime history, legal distinctions, and poignant...

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Puget Point Capitalvor 13 Tagen

You missed the chance to name it "Talking Ship"

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Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️vor 13 Tagen

We may have to use that.

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Watched his latest on Gulf rerouting. The detail on vessels discharging at Khor Fakkan and moving containers overland to Jebel Ali matched what we were seeing in the market. Sal does the operational homework most commentators skip.

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Rambling Rodeovor 13 Tagen

The UK has perhaps the smallest Navy, they can't even go to sea.... I remember during the War on Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq, the UK was issued US hardware becasue there eqiuptment was so outdated.

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Igor Nevesvor 13 Tagen

Names carry doctrine. “Navy” makes commerce sound like a national arm; “Marine” sounds like an industry. That framing difference shows up later in budgets, shipyards, and how seriously a country treats sealift.

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Bjarkigdvor 13 Tagen

Speaking of WWII and memorials, the Faroe Islands is the only country with a national remembrance day for those lost at sea, 1st Nov, which came about as a direct consequence from WWII. Roughly 0.6% of the population lost at sea, all merchant marines and fishermen.

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