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Article: Where have all America's mariners gone? (Recruitment & Training).
- Article from:
- Marine Log
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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"We must not accept the continued overall decline in U.S.-flag tonnage. A decline in U.S.-flag tonnage means a decline in U.S. jobs--something I will not accept."
Those strong words were spoken by U.S. Maritime Administrator Captain William Schubert at the Feb. 22 board meeting of the Maritime Trades Dept., AFL-CIO in New Orleans. The decline in the U.S.-flag merchant fleet has resulted in a shortage of mariners that could "potentially cripple a large-scale, sustained overseas conflict, like the Persian Gulf War." He pledged to give the issue his "highest priority."
Since his appointment last year, Schubert has had to hit the ground running, dealing ...