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🚢 By Land and By Sea Podcast – an attorney breaking down the week in supply chain

 🎙️ Captain’s Log – “Ports, Policy, and Polar Ambitions”

 🗓️ June 13, 2025

The Maritime Professor® presents By Land and By Sea Podcast – an attorney breaking down the week in supply chain

 with Lauren Beagen (Founder of The Maritime Professor® and Squall Strategies®)

This week, I’m unpacking six timely stories shaping maritime and trade policy:

🎂 250 Years of the U.S. Merchant Marine

 Reflecting on the enduring role of merchant mariners in national defense and global commerce—past, present, and future.

🧊 A Billion-Dollar Bet on U.S. Icebreakers

 Canada’s Davie Shipbuilding eyes Texas for a new Arctic-class shipyard to revive American icebreaker production.

📦 Ports Prepare for a Summer Surge

 Retailers front-load container volumes before August’s tariff hike—creating a compressed peak season from LA to Savannah.

🚢 USTR Section 301 Tariff Shift – What It Means for Maritime

 New proposed fee model targets Chinese-built and Chinese-operated vessels, with an open comment period for exports of LNG and fee restructuring for MSP vessels.

🌐 ATON Modernization Expands Across Four Districts

 The U.S. Coast Guard proposes navigation aid updates in Districts 1, 5, 7, and 8 - mariners, pilots, and port stakeholders, take note.

🏛️ Policy Watch: Port Security, Cyber Risk, and U.S.-Flag Cargo Preference

 Key bills in Congress target future Chinese port investment, crane software security, and U.S.-flag vessel support. Plus: Sang Yi steps in as Acting Maritime Administration (MARAD) Administrator.

🐎 WISTA USA New England Polo Event – June 28!

 Tickets and sponsorships are now open for the summer’s most fun maritime networking event at Newport Polo Grounds. 

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