Made me think of an old western movie. "You're gonna need to check your anchors in with the Sheriff. Pick'em up on your way out of port." Great show Sal.
I shared your channel with my wife whose father was a merchant marine back in the 1960’s out of Denmark. He unfortunately passed away years ago and I told her nothing would have made me happier than to be able to share shipping news with him. Thank you so much for your hard work!
My dad would have enjoyed Sal's reports immensely as well. He spent all his working days on ships in the Netherlands and passed a decade ago at 95 years old.
@@wgowshipping On the US Coast Guard Ice breakers.. There also keep some smaller ones in the Grate Lakes... Duluth has one stationed there full time, tho there ship is out of port so it is getting filled in by a ship from Mi..
I think it featured in a US national news interview Sal did a while ago. It's so much better than a digital map or other type of globe. Maybe MapMen will even feature it?
Sal,you are enjoyable and easy to listen to. Thank you for speaking so eloquently, without using often overreapeated words such as "like","right?","actually", "basically", and the timeless favorite "uhhmmm"
I was at MacTown in February '02 (the only contract where I wasn't strictly a winterover) when Polar Star apparently lost a screw and started leaking oil around a shaft. The ship was dragging a boom behind it to catch the oil as it broke ice around McMurdo Sound for the cargo ship and oil tanker. The airedales who were detached to the ship (who I was drinking with every evening at the bar, of course) informed me that the ship's crew had taken to calling that action "Operation Buttplug".
@ I went from the firehouse to the power plant for winterover 78-79 . Watching the Polar Star pullin on her first voyage to Antarctica was pretty awe inspiring. It’s a shame they have never built anymore Ice Breakers that are badly needed.
Anyone wanting to know what it's actually like down there for a blue collar schmuck should read "Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica" by the late Nicholas Johnson. The US Antarctic Program is run by a bunch of tyrannical, bureaucratic morons obsessed with maintaining a squeaky clean image, and Nick pretty much poked them in the eyes with a stick with that book. It's a good read -- it's as absurd as MASH, and even more so because the things that happen in that book really happened (I was close to the events in one of the stories).
I am happy to see many other comments here that express just how I feel watching this channel 😊. This is a subject I never thought I'd get into so much - tho you are a wonderful guide through this fantastic ( tho uncharted to me ) subject.😆 Thankyou Sal ... I am thoroughly enjoying catching up with all the previous videos while I wait for your next posts 😊 from Australia 🌏
Sal, my friend, you certainly keep me updated and I thank you from my heart. I relate info as to what is going on throughout the world whether at sea or on land. I appreciate you❤
Thank you Sal, we are always pleased to see you whilst we have breakfast, and we greatly appreciate you sharing the detailed description of world shipping issues. We have learnt so much about not just shipping, but world affairs and politics. Long may you continue to inform and entertain. We look forward to each and every episode.
Cooks islands is an independent country in free association with new zealand. NZ is responsible for defense and overseas relations. More Cook islanders live in NZ than in Cook islands
@@markpickering5133 and they are Polynesian like the Maori, Tahitians, Samoans, and Hawaiians. New Caledonia is Polynesian as well.. Just some unique trivia from a Hawaiian 😁🤙
Great episode Sal - thank you. I know the Coast Guard are favourites of yours - and the expedition you showcase is proof of their commitment to a near-impossible voyage. I'd love to see more about that in a future episode?
According to Finnish media reports I've read, the sequence of events with Eagle S was slightly different from what you said (and what e.g. Wikipedia and some international news articles state): the ship was first asked to move into Finnish waters, it complied, and then it was boarded. So it would not have been boarded in international waters, which may or may not be legally significant. But I am not exactly sure which version is correct.
The authorities said that it was directed by instructions and orders to change course and to raise its anchor chain, which it was observed dragging when it was reached by the coast guard. The authorities stated that they were prepared for other methods should the ship not respond to orders, but they did not spesify what those would have been. It would have needed to be done some way anyway, because the ship was still heading anchor chain down towards still more cables, the Estlink 1 perhaps most notably but also the Balticconnector gas pipeline that was repaired several months ago from another anchor-attack. If I remember correctly, the police stated that it wouldn't have been "juridically riskless" to force the vessel to comply by force in international waters. The coast guard personnel also stated that it would have been risky to "force" the ship of that size, which makes me wonder if what they were thinking of doing was to have the OPV Turva physically tug the ship off its course by force had it not complied. In any case, they would have had to do something had the Eagle S continued on its course towards Estlink 1 before it would have been run over as well.
I appreciate in your first story how you updated us on tanker Eagle S AND gave an overview of incidents since Nord Stream. Reviewing previous incidents in the Baltic is a helpful refresher.
Thanks Sal, for putting this all together. The world of maritime shipping, upon which we all depend, is a complicated, many faceted phenomenon. I am not at all confident that the incoming administration in Washington is up to dealing with any of the situations you described in today's report. Please, keep on it. Your work is important.
When the choices start to hurt the bottom line of companies like Amazon and Walmart, there will be closed door discussions to remand the effects. Sucks for consumers, but ain't a major corp willing to just let their profits take too much of a hit.
Sal - So cool you went on an Antarctic Resupply Voyage !! Re: US energy output - Despite a particular bleater misstating the facts - We are a top oil, gas & LNG exporter in the world. Also, wind energy will go nowhere during the next 4 yrs because a windmill area offshore of a particular bleater's Scottish golf course made the little bleater angry.
It was just admitted in Russian television that damaging the cables was intentional. According to Alexander Kazakov (ex russia deputy secretary of state) reason is cause harm to NATO (bc of Ukraine war). As a finn this kind of actions is nothing new. Russia is always trying to cause harm or probe its neighbours defences. edit. It was also suggested that Russia should attack all baltic states. Remember this is prime time nationwide television in Russia. th-cam.com/video/HQATDINMI-M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=yyW8Rygtp-Z7czcx
@@wgowshippingIlove a man in a uniform ie my dad was USNAVY.I was delighted to meet some of German Navy at German-American Parade (Von Steuben Parade/NYC).It was one of the 1st public gathering post Covid BUT International travel still restricted. So these guys were out of their minds to be in public with some similar looking faces from HOME.Plus they looked GREAT marching in their dress whites.Happy 2025 :greetings from Connecticut (site of 1st Sub base, CG Academy,Electric Boat,Sikorsky Helicopter)
yeah but his wife was pissed... Sal floating in the door... without a pilot.... etc...heh you notice he ain't toasting with us. we need a drink everytime the media is full of shit. none of us would make it till noon.
I really think it's about time that nations started holding registry states accountable when their vessels are found to be non-compliant with standards on port state inspections the current situation is just allowing various "banana republics" (if you don't like that term for a state stop running your maratime registry that gives that term a bad name...) to just allow vessels to evade their responsiblities.
It's not a matter of people not liking the word, it's a matter of you using it entirely improperly and without the historical context which tells us America CAUSED the banana Republic in South America.
In terms of percentages, very few ships get port inspections. While all proper ships get inspections it’s only every other year or three. It’s not every port or ship.
Way back in the early 1970's I was living in Jacksonville, Fla. at that time there was some big talk about offshore wave powered electrical generation. A lot of people had hopes for a great job opportunity dashed, they were even taking job application, as nothing ever came of it. Anheuser-Busch opening a brewery was the only great job opportunity that developed.
I pray my ad algorithms one day know me as well as Amazon knows what shirts sal buys 😂 It's been ten years, maybe they'll recommend me something I'll buy soon..
A little strange that we all of a sudden the last 2 years in the Baltic has alot of ships sabotaging cables and pipes, for seeing before like the other last 40 years nothing like this has ever happened.. strange or what? Tallin? Yes, you said it close enough..😂😂😂
hey thanks im a shipping geek note i was at the launch of the polar star at tacoma boat when i was 10 years old- my father was master machinist over seeing propeller machining best jonathan
Actually finnish coast guard/police boarded the ship only after it was in coastal waters of Finland where their jurisdiction begins. Ship could have continued its journey until Denmark.
The ship was ordered/instructed to enter the territorial waters, it's not sure it could have continued anywhere if it had ignored those orders/instructions.
As a macro addict, we call this de-globalization as nations grow weary of commerce with one another. This is cyclical I believe and jives with the relative strength of the dollar on the DXY. As the dollar is strong compared to other currencies, those countries with dollar denominated debt (almost all of them) find it harder to obtain those dollars to pay their debt. As all these nations owe eachother US dollars (foreign US dollars known as Uerodollars) then one default leads to another. This episode is yet another symptom of shaky global macro economics. Thanks Sal
@andresmartinezramos7513 I'd have to do more research, I'm not sure of the duration of the cycle. May be 150 years, 80 years, or even 40 years? Great question!! IM crazy busy with court but I'll see if I can get back to you on that one with a more accurate response.
We need Sal clones for every industry. We are getting bite-sized bits of news & facts that miss the subtleties of an issue. Nothing is ever black & white and Sal does the best job of distilling all the relevant sides of an issue.
Finland was ready for this and sent a SF quick reaction force to board the ship which was in Finnish waters. My feeling is that Finland, Sweden and even Danemark are ready for any Russian escalation.
Sal, the Coast Guard has a tremendous festival every summer over the birthday of the Coast Guard, 4 August. Over 300,000 people attend. Takes place in Grand Haven, Michigan. Check it out!!
Thanks Sal for your solid and steady coverage of all these incidents. I can't help but feel these things are intentional. Any time China and/or Russia are mentioned in regards to these incidents, one can probably assume it was planned.
Greetings from Finland! Our leaders have given the pirates food (hamburgers, bread etc) and one of the people on board was able to see a dentist. Even though they are terrorists, we treat them with respect.
I saw a banner on one of your shows--from Maritime College (SUNY)? Did you graduate from there? Hello from a SUNY Librarian (Potsdam)! Love your channel! You have so much knowledge and I love that you show information from all those authoritative sites--maps, laws, insurance, etc. Thank you for an amazing channel!
What a great resolution !I am putting it to top of my list .Happy 2025 from Connecticut(You might find it fun to look up Mark TwainHartford/Bethal CT quotes..some o-h-h to true)
That lawyer they got is quite a goofy character. He gives statements that aren't truthful and he's calling questions "stupid" that media had. Seems to enjoy his second break in public knowledge. Except this time people will remember him, just not the way he'd want to 😂
oh man, you made me chuckle lots - red sea safety briefing, Sal you didn't receive your invite yet, they may even treat you with your very special boat to collect you, remote controlled of course - great vid, keep on top of the issues, doing a grand job sir
Hoothies are running out of targets but need to make money somehow. Now looking to become security consultants. This is the best story of the year so far!
Пишут, что якорь нашли и уже подняли. Теперь исследуют, тот ли это якорь или какой другой. They say that the anchor has been found and has already been lifted. Now they're investigating whether it's the right anchor or some other one.
@eerotabell1952 Lots of anchors on a sea bed. It is necessary to establish authenticity. Множество якорей на морском дне. Надо установить аутентичность.
Thanks for your help today. They will frac offshore oil and gas wells now. Many offshore areas that don't have modern seismic surveys that are likely to yield tight oil and gas similar what is found in the Marcellus and Utica in PA. There are over 12,000 OSW WTGs in the world right now. We have OSW ships that are foreign registered working in US waters eight now. The issue right now with OSW costs is higher interest rates as they are capital investment dominated. This also greatly increases the cost of producing ships for the installation of OSW. It would be great to get some US OSW ships built and operating and to expand the US merchant marine. There are now many examples of exactly what kind of ships are needed to economically install this equipment. Last I read on NG was that the EU imported 175 billion cubic meters Russian NG in 2019. In 2023 they only imported 25 bcm. I'm glad that the EU is quickly moving away from Russian NG and towards US LNG and renewables.
Made me think of an old western movie. "You're gonna need to check your anchors in with the Sheriff. Pick'em up on your way out of port." Great show Sal.
Shipping is complicated, with many active fronts and politics, thank you for sorting it all out for us.
Sal, a voice of reason in a sea of madness. Thanks for all the great reporting.
Love the pun ❤
I shared your channel with my wife whose father was a merchant marine back in the 1960’s out of Denmark. He unfortunately passed away years ago and I told her nothing would have made me happier than to be able to share shipping news with him. Thank you so much for your hard work!
My dad would have enjoyed Sal's reports immensely as well. He spent all his working days on ships in the Netherlands and passed a decade ago at 95 years old.
@@timmummert63 Thank you so much Tim!
@@tinacatharinaeden2711 Thanks Tina.
@@wgowshipping On the US Coast Guard Ice breakers.. There also keep some smaller ones in the Grate Lakes... Duluth has one stationed there full time, tho there ship is out of port so it is getting filled in by a ship from Mi..
Once again The Lego globe 🌍 is an invaluable guide in these “ interesting “ times .. Thanks Sal …!
I think it featured in a US national news interview Sal did a while ago. It's so much better than a digital map or other type of globe. Maybe MapMen will even feature it?
For sure, compromise between "ball earth" and "flat earth".
@@wendigo53 Lego Earth 🌍
Sal,you are enjoyable and easy to listen to. Thank you for speaking so eloquently, without using often overreapeated words such as "like","right?","actually", "basically", and the timeless favorite "uhhmmm"
@@dougkratz5269 You are too nice Doug. I still beat myself up for the occasional uhhmm.
I basically agree. 😲
It comes with knowing what you're talking about.
Public speaking experience 😉
I agree Sal is a pleasure to listen to and I learn a few things along the way.
Intelligent humour is why I'm here and I've never been on a boat longer than 38 foot so I'm learning a metric shit ton about shipping
Thanks once again, Sal, for the best and most detailed summary of the state of shipping around the world.
It's a Webinar Sal! You don't have to go to Yemen. Get your questions ready! #1 starts with WTF?
Probably safer, too!
Sal has to try to participate in this! It would make for video gold!
#2 is WTAF?
At least they are trying to stop a genocide. The US just sent billions more to Israel so it continues.
nice use of Saul Goodman. I chuckled a lot.
@@ThatOpalGuy I could not help but think about that when they talked about this lawyer.
I was stationed at McMurdo Station when Polar Star made her first trip -1978
Wow…What stories you could pen.Happy 2025 from Connecticut
I was at MacTown in February '02 (the only contract where I wasn't strictly a winterover) when Polar Star apparently lost a screw and started leaking oil around a shaft. The ship was dragging a boom behind it to catch the oil as it broke ice around McMurdo Sound for the cargo ship and oil tanker. The airedales who were detached to the ship (who I was drinking with every evening at the bar, of course) informed me that the ship's crew had taken to calling that action "Operation Buttplug".
@ I went from the firehouse to the power plant for winterover 78-79 . Watching the Polar Star pullin on her first voyage to Antarctica was pretty awe inspiring. It’s a shame they have never built anymore Ice Breakers that are badly needed.
Anyone wanting to know what it's actually like down there for a blue collar schmuck should read "Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica" by the late Nicholas Johnson. The US Antarctic Program is run by a bunch of tyrannical, bureaucratic morons obsessed with maintaining a squeaky clean image, and Nick pretty much poked them in the eyes with a stick with that book. It's a good read -- it's as absurd as MASH, and even more so because the things that happen in that book really happened (I was close to the events in one of the stories).
Always enjoy watching your channel, and am impressed with your expertise.
I am happy to see many other comments here that express just how I feel watching this channel 😊. This is a subject I never thought I'd get into so much - tho you are a wonderful guide through this fantastic ( tho uncharted to me ) subject.😆
Thankyou Sal ... I am thoroughly enjoying catching up with all the previous videos while I wait for your next posts 😊
from Australia 🌏
Thanks for the kind comments
Sal, my friend, you certainly keep me updated and I thank you from my heart. I relate info as to what is going on throughout the world whether at sea or on land. I appreciate you❤
Thanks!
Thank you Sal, we are always pleased to see you whilst we have breakfast, and we greatly appreciate you sharing the detailed description of world shipping issues. We have learnt so much about not just shipping, but world affairs and politics. Long may you continue to inform and entertain. We look forward to each and every episode.
Once is an accident, twice coincidence, thrice is enemy action.
Мелкая птица.
So small bird.
It is so obvious.
Cooks islands is an independent country in free association with new zealand. NZ is responsible for defense and overseas relations. More Cook islanders live in NZ than in Cook islands
@@markpickering5133 and they are Polynesian like the Maori, Tahitians, Samoans, and Hawaiians.
New Caledonia is Polynesian as well.. Just some unique trivia from a Hawaiian 😁🤙
Just like more Kiwis live in Australia than NZ 😁 🐑
Great episode Sal - thank you. I know the Coast Guard are favourites of yours - and the expedition you showcase is proof of their commitment to a near-impossible voyage. I'd love to see more about that in a future episode?
Much agree..Happy 2025 from Connecticut (yes that one)
Sal’s "surface” -> other folks' "seabed".
According to Finnish media reports I've read, the sequence of events with Eagle S was slightly different from what you said (and what e.g. Wikipedia and some international news articles state): the ship was first asked to move into Finnish waters, it complied, and then it was boarded. So it would not have been boarded in international waters, which may or may not be legally significant. But I am not exactly sure which version is correct.
The authorities said that it was directed by instructions and orders to change course and to raise its anchor chain, which it was observed dragging when it was reached by the coast guard. The authorities stated that they were prepared for other methods should the ship not respond to orders, but they did not spesify what those would have been.
It would have needed to be done some way anyway, because the ship was still heading anchor chain down towards still more cables, the Estlink 1 perhaps most notably but also the Balticconnector gas pipeline that was repaired several months ago from another anchor-attack.
If I remember correctly, the police stated that it wouldn't have been "juridically riskless" to force the vessel to comply by force in international waters. The coast guard personnel also stated that it would have been risky to "force" the ship of that size, which makes me wonder if what they were thinking of doing was to have the OPV Turva physically tug the ship off its course by force had it not complied.
In any case, they would have had to do something had the Eagle S continued on its course towards Estlink 1 before it would have been run over as well.
I appreciate in your first story how you updated us on tanker Eagle S AND gave an overview of incidents since Nord Stream. Reviewing previous incidents in the Baltic is a helpful refresher.
Thanks Sal, for putting this all together. The world of maritime shipping, upon which we all depend, is a complicated, many faceted phenomenon. I am not at all confident that the incoming administration in Washington is up to dealing with any of the situations you described in today's report.
Please, keep on it. Your work is important.
When the choices start to hurt the bottom line of companies like Amazon and Walmart, there will be closed door discussions to remand the effects. Sucks for consumers, but ain't a major corp willing to just let their profits take too much of a hit.
It is a disgrace that the Coast Guard is ignored by the Federal Government. They should have more Ice Breakers and vessels.
ABSOLUTELY! From a family in the Navy ,Marines,Coast Guard AND Merchant Marines…Happy New 2025 with Greetings from Connecticut (Yes that one)
Thank you for all you and your team does. It is appreciated!!
Well...as the team, thank you!
Thanks Sal for reminding me that it's a big world with room for a lot of ideas
Sal - So cool you went on an Antarctic Resupply Voyage !! Re: US energy output - Despite a particular bleater misstating the facts - We are a top oil, gas & LNG exporter in the world. Also, wind energy will go nowhere during the next 4 yrs because a windmill area offshore of a particular bleater's Scottish golf course made the little bleater angry.
Considering Finland’s history with Russia the cable damaged was not an accident.
It was just admitted in Russian television that damaging the cables was intentional. According to Alexander Kazakov (ex russia deputy secretary of state) reason is cause harm to NATO (bc of Ukraine war). As a finn this kind of actions is nothing new. Russia is always trying to cause harm or probe its neighbours defences.
edit. It was also suggested that Russia should attack all baltic states. Remember this is prime time nationwide television in Russia.
th-cam.com/video/HQATDINMI-M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=yyW8Rygtp-Z7czcx
Great contnet and update. Thanks!
5:50 just going to say that was the most informative 5 minutes I have had in years. 👍
Wonderful news about the USCG Polar Star!
Thank you sir!
Hello from the glens of Scotland 🏴
I vacationed in Scotland ( Aberdeen) years ago, beautiful country
I watched Monarch of the Glen as a kid and thought Glen was the house he lived in ..
@@Richard-od7ydyou vacationed in Aberdeen and therefore think Scotland is beautiful?
Excellent coverage of several topics. Thank you for your work in covering these issues and summarizing for us.
Very informative episode. Thank you, Sal.
I came from Jake Broe and am addicted to your channel ever since. Greetings and AHOI from Germany! 😃
Awesome! Thank you!
@@wgowshippingIlove a man in a uniform ie my dad was USNAVY.I was delighted to meet some of German Navy at German-American Parade (Von Steuben Parade/NYC).It was one of the 1st public gathering post Covid BUT International travel still restricted. So these guys were out of their minds to be in public with some similar looking faces from HOME.Plus they looked GREAT marching in their dress whites.Happy 2025 :greetings from Connecticut (site of 1st Sub base, CG Academy,Electric Boat,Sikorsky Helicopter)
Thank you Doc, I needed a drink. Best wishes
yeah but his wife was pissed... Sal floating in the door... without a pilot.... etc...heh you notice he ain't toasting with us. we need a drink everytime the media is full of shit. none of us would make it till noon.
Love this channel from Savannah Ga
There is zero doubt that there will be a horrible oil spill in the arctic route within 5 years.
yep
If Russia is that incompetent in Black sea, one can be sure they will fuckup in Arctic waters too, eventually.
I've veen looking forward to this, thanks Sal!
*Sal
Kinda doubt if you can't spell his name right
@@Atmatan thanks for pointing that out, was typing without my glasses on.
@@janegardener1662 thanks Jane for highlighting this (was typing without glasses on) and it will be changed. Can't see worth beans when they're off!
I really think it's about time that nations started holding registry states accountable when their vessels are found to be non-compliant with standards on port state inspections the current situation is just allowing various "banana republics" (if you don't like that term for a state stop running your maratime registry that gives that term a bad name...) to just allow vessels to evade their responsiblities.
It's not a matter of people not liking the word, it's a matter of you using it entirely improperly and without the historical context which tells us America CAUSED the banana Republic in South America.
In terms of percentages, very few ships get port inspections. While all proper ships get inspections it’s only every other year or three. It’s not every port or ship.
Way back in the early 1970's I was living in Jacksonville, Fla. at that time there was some big talk about offshore wave powered electrical generation. A lot of people had hopes for a great job opportunity dashed, they were even taking job application, as nothing ever came of it. Anheuser-Busch opening a brewery was the only great job opportunity that developed.
Very encouraged with the amount of content!
Great update. Thanks.
Hi Sal! 👋 Greetings from Southern California.
OUR MAN IN YEMEN!
Yikes!
I pray my ad algorithms one day know me as well as Amazon knows what shirts sal buys 😂
It's been ten years, maybe they'll recommend me something I'll buy soon..
Always enjoy your input on the state of things in world shipping. Well done once again.
A little strange that we all of a sudden the last 2 years in the Baltic has alot of ships sabotaging cables and pipes, for seeing before like the other last 40 years nothing like this has ever happened.. strange or what? Tallin? Yes, you said it close enough..😂😂😂
Time for a naval building competition! Go Navy 🇺🇲 & Coast Guard 🇺🇲
hey thanks im a shipping geek note i was at the launch of the polar star at tacoma boat when i was 10 years old- my father was master machinist over seeing propeller machining best jonathan
A-h-h-h Wonderful to hear from craftsman family:to hear the stories.Happy 2025 from Connecticut (yes that one)
Actually finnish coast guard/police boarded the ship only after it was in coastal waters of Finland where their jurisdiction begins. Ship could have continued its journey until Denmark.
The ship was ordered/instructed to enter the territorial waters, it's not sure it could have continued anywhere if it had ignored those orders/instructions.
Thank You!for your services &protection owaterways.Happy2025 with Maritime Greetings from Connecticut USA
As a macro addict, we call this de-globalization as nations grow weary of commerce with one another. This is cyclical I believe and jives with the relative strength of the dollar on the DXY. As the dollar is strong compared to other currencies, those countries with dollar denominated debt (almost all of them) find it harder to obtain those dollars to pay their debt. As all these nations owe eachother US dollars (foreign US dollars known as Uerodollars) then one default leads to another.
This episode is yet another symptom of shaky global macro economics.
Thanks Sal
How many times has this cycle happened in the last 100 years?
@andresmartinezramos7513 I'd have to do more research, I'm not sure of the duration of the cycle. May be 150 years, 80 years, or even 40 years?
Great question!!
IM crazy busy with court but I'll see if I can get back to you on that one with a more accurate response.
oh boy the world is really angry with us
750 views in
Enjoy your reports as always...
Thanks Sal. We appreciate your hard work.
Thanks, Sal 😊
Excellent work on last posts Dr. Sal. Looking forward to this one.
Hey how about a "what ever happened to" bit for the MV Ruby ? That ammonium nitrate freighter everyone was so worried about
It is in dock/harbour on the river Tyne in UK,near Newcastle
And well done Finland!!
Thanks Sal for all the information.
They want to see if they can get a passage tax! I’ve been watching the show since the Suez event. Love the content and commentary! 🥃
I like the Top 5 story videos - sets up the week ahead
We need Sal clones for every industry. We are getting bite-sized bits of news & facts that miss the subtleties of an issue.
Nothing is ever black & white and Sal does the best job of distilling all the relevant sides of an issue.
Surprised the tanker stopped.
Finland was ready for this and sent a SF quick reaction force to board the ship which was in Finnish waters.
My feeling is that Finland, Sweden and even Danemark are ready for any Russian escalation.
Thanks, Sal, from the Western North Carolina mountains. We depend on shipping like everyone else.
Sal, the Coast Guard has a tremendous festival every summer over the birthday of the Coast Guard, 4 August. Over 300,000 people attend. Takes place in Grand Haven, Michigan. Check it out!!
Thanks for another informative episode, Sal! 😊
Thanks Sal for your solid and steady coverage of all these incidents. I can't help but feel these things are intentional. Any time China and/or Russia are mentioned in regards to these incidents, one can probably assume it was planned.
Greetings from Finland! Our leaders have given the pirates food (hamburgers, bread etc) and one of the people on board was able to see a dentist. Even though they are terrorists, we treat them with respect.
Thank you for protecting our waters AND treating our mariners with respect! Happy 2025 Greetings from Connecticut USA
Polar Star is beautiful!
i've never seen a corvette with a helipad before, neat.
Five in a program? Geees' Take a break buddy, but thank you for the updates. 🤪
Love SAL always 😘
Houthis? What's next? Foxes calling for a security meeting on the Henhouse? 🦊 🐔
I saw a banner on one of your shows--from Maritime College (SUNY)? Did you graduate from there? Hello from a SUNY Librarian (Potsdam)! Love your channel! You have so much knowledge and I love that you show information from all those authoritative sites--maps, laws, insurance, etc. Thank you for an amazing channel!
Yes...undergrad.
Cool, thanks from a Coastie!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
very good knowledge Sal
Thanks for the great reporting Sal.
And put your best shirt on when you go to the Houti seminar 😂
Cheers
M/y Utopia IV’s crew trial for Jones Act Negligence finally begins 1/27/2025 in Miami.
Happy New Year to you and yours.
May 2025 have more adventures than excuses
What a great resolution !I am putting it to top of my list .Happy 2025 from Connecticut(You might find it fun to look up Mark TwainHartford/Bethal CT quotes..some o-h-h to true)
Good accurate commentary on the anchorage area in the Gulf of Finland. I have seen a lot of false information about the detention of ships
That lawyer they got is quite a goofy character. He gives statements that aren't truthful and he's calling questions "stupid" that media had. Seems to enjoy his second break in public knowledge. Except this time people will remember him, just not the way he'd want to 😂
he learned a lot as an intern at Saul Goodman law firm.😁
oh man, you made me chuckle lots - red sea safety briefing, Sal you didn't receive your invite yet, they may even treat you with your very special boat to collect you, remote controlled of course - great vid, keep on top of the issues, doing a grand job sir
Love this podcast. Thanks man.
Congratulations on multiple news items involving the Red Sea without mentioning the Bab-el-Madeb! Cheers!
Sal..u have a great show..informative and entertaining..just shagadellic baby...Wayne Reid Queensland Australia
Thanks Wayne, I appreciate it.
Hoothies are running out of targets but need to make money somehow. Now looking to become security consultants. This is the best story of the year so far!
5:35 here in GER we are pretty sure that UKR People were to blame! Private ones.
Though that DOES NOT change the support for UKR in any way.
I used to do 40 port state surveys a year.
Mainly cape class and panamax
Thanks for the information. Yes, your pronunciation of Tallinn seems right, with the 'a' pronounced like the 'u' in tunnel.
Пишут, что якорь нашли и уже подняли. Теперь исследуют, тот ли это якорь или какой другой.
They say that the anchor has been found and has already been lifted. Now they're investigating whether it's the right anchor or some other one.
That was the ship and this is it's anchor. It's not surprise for anyone.
@eerotabell1952
Lots of anchors on a sea bed.
It is necessary to establish authenticity.
Множество якорей на морском дне. Надо установить аутентичность.
@VladimirStepanov-e6h I think it is quite easy to give proof if it belongs to this ship.
. No doubts, yes.
Well done Sal!
This is invaluable analysis. Amazing video.
Thanks for your help today.
They will frac offshore oil and gas wells now. Many offshore areas that don't have modern seismic surveys that are likely to yield tight oil and gas similar what is found in the Marcellus and Utica in PA.
There are over 12,000 OSW WTGs in the world right now. We have OSW ships that are foreign registered working in US waters eight now. The issue right now with OSW costs is higher interest rates as they are capital investment dominated. This also greatly increases the cost of producing ships for the installation of OSW. It would be great to get some US OSW ships built and operating and to expand the US merchant marine. There are now many examples of exactly what kind of ships are needed to economically install this equipment.
Last I read on NG was that the EU imported 175 billion cubic meters Russian NG in 2019. In 2023 they only imported 25 bcm. I'm glad that the EU is quickly moving away from Russian NG and towards US LNG and renewables.
Who's your pal? Just call Sal!
There is no way an anchor is dragged while underway without the ship’s knowledge.
They were also shocked, shocked! to see all that Russian SIGINT gear over in the corner..
..and it's always a vessel coming from Russia which breaks cables.
@@stacymcmahon453
-What's that?
-Uh... Audiophile stuff from a previous crew?
@@andresmartinezramos7513 yeah, im dsure the Acoustics on a Freight ship are... unique... :D
Everyone on the ship would have heard the deafening roar of anchor chain rattling thru the hause pipe
Excellent videos
I appreciate it.
Recently discovered your videos by accident in mid December. Really enjoy them. Thanks.
USN ought to attens the seminar.
Thanks Sal