Trump administration review of national maritime strategy delayed

The Harley Marine Services tug Dr. Hank Kaplan passes a containership at the Port of Seattle. Kirk Moore photo.

Four years after the Maritime Administration had promised to develop a national strategy to pump up the maritime industry, the proposal remains stuck in the Washington, D.C., bureaucracy, with no rescue in sight.

The initiative began with much anticipation in 2014 with a series of “listening sessions” in Washington and elsewhere that gathered a variety of views from different maritime sectors. Topics included mariner shortages, lagging port and intermodal freight infrastructure and the decline...

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