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Tankers For The Pacific War: A Capability Crisis

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A recent news article published in the CIMSEC by Stephen M. Carmel states that tankers for the pacific fight : A crisis in capability.

Without enough fuel

The Department of Defense is projected to need on the order of one hundred tankers of various sizes in the event of a serious conflict in the Pacific.1 The DoD currently has access it can count on – assured access – to less than ten. Not only does the U.S. lack the tonnage required to support a major conflict in...

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FreightWaves Classics/Fallen Flags: American President Lines still lives under new ownership (Part 1)

Pacific Mail Steamship Co.'s SS Tennessee. (Image: California State Library)

Overview

APL, which was formerly called American President Lines Ltd., is a Singapore-based container shipping company. It is a subsidiary of French shipping company CMA CGM and operates an all-containership fleet, which includes more than 150 vessels.

Near the end of the Great Depression, the U.S. government took control of the financially strapped Dollar Steamship Co. The government transferred the company’s assets to the newly formed American President Lines in 1938. Singapore-based shipping...

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