Dr. Salvatore R. Mercogliano is Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History, Criminal Justice, and Political Science at Campbell University. He holds a PhD in Military and Naval History from the University of Alabama and a B.S. in Marine Transportation from SUNY Maritime College (1989). A former merchant mariner with a 2nd Mate unlimited tonnage license, he sailed as 3rd Mate on USNS Comfort during the Persian Gulf War and served with the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command. He is an adjunct professor at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, where he has taught Maritime Industry Policy for more than 17 years, and has served as a visiting professor at West Point. He is the author of Fourth Arm of Defense: Sealift and Maritime Logistics in the Vietnam War (Naval History & Heritage Command, 2017) and host of What's Going On With Shipping, a YouTube channel with more than 500,000 subscribers and 500 videos analyzing global shipping and maritime geopolitics. He has testified before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on American shipbuilding and serves as a trustee of the National Maritime Historical Society. His analysis has appeared on CNN, Fox News, Bloomberg, MSNBC, BBC, Al Jazeera, NPR, PBS, and the Associated Press.
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D., What’s Going on With Shipping As a historian and analyst of American maritime policy, the actions by China do demonstrate
Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. – The Navy oiler – a tanker designed to refuel other ships while at sea – shuddered from the hit. Almost immediately,
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. (Opinion) – Maersk Gibraltar is not a remarkable containership for 2023. She pales at 10,100 TEUs (twenty-foot
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. The loss of Newark firefighters Augusto Acabou (45) and Wayne Brooks Jr., (49) on board the Grimaldi Lines
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. – When Russia invaded Ukraine early on February 24, 2022, many predicted a short conflict. Russia drove on the
by Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. (gCaptain) This Veteran’s Day we remember the thousands of Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 had a profound impact on shipping in the Black Sea. To prevent
Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. A year ago, MV Ever Given rammed its bow into Asia, ran its stern onto Africa, and her midships straddled the Suez Canal for
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. The escalation in tension between Ukraine and Russia has many wondering what impact such a potential conflict could have on
by Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. – Last week the White House released their second statement on the current supply-chain crisis. The initial blog
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. Two years after MV Golden Ray capsized while departing the port of Brunswick, Georgia early in the hours of September 8,
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. – Two years ago, the United States Transportation Command, in conjunction with the Navy’s Military Sealift
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. (gCaptain) The cyberattack upon the Colonial Pipeline on Friday, May 7, 2021 has resulted in the shutdown of a major
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. – The recent announcement by the Canadian government to suspend all cruise ship visits until February 2022 due to
Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. – June 5, 2020 marks the centennial of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly referred to as the Jones Act.
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. – In his autobiography, The Second World War, Winston Churchill said of the Battle of the Atlantic, “The only thing
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. – In the annals of maritime history and popular culture, the Mutiny on the Bounty holds a lofty place and remains
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. – National Maritime Day (May 22) came a month earlier than usual with the announcement by the Maritime
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. – On Friday, March 13, 2020, the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) announced that their ocean-going cruise
Update March 13, 2020 – President Trump today signed into law the “Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2020,” a bill to
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