Why No Ships to the USA?

What's Going on With Shipping?
Feb. 1, 2024

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discussed the reason why no Ultra Large Container Vessels (ships capable of carrying more than 16,000 TEUs - Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) are sailing to the United States.

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00:00 Introduction
00:53 Where in the are all the World's containerships?
04:17 What are Ultra Large Container Vessels?
10:32 Why No ULCV in the US?
14:32 Conclusions

Marine Traffic
www.marinetraffic.com

Evolution of Containerships
https://transportgeography.org/conten...

List of largest container ships
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...