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When you graduate and decide to sail on your license you can live anywhere you want, including in NYC. It is most convenient when starting your career to live near a union hall because you will have to appear at the hall in person to get a ship, at least until you become established in the industry. Most commonly you will work something like 3-4 months on and 3-4 months off. The shipping company will fly you to wherever you are picking up your ship then fly you back to your home base when you get off the ship. So it does not matter where you live. If you want to fulfill your obligation and sail locally in NYC, you can always work on the ferry system and come come every night. The possibilities are many depending on your priorities.
The effects of the Baltimore tragedy are obviously huge in the short term because of the amount of ship traffic in that port. However, every effort will be made to reopen that port as soon as possible, so long term effects will be little to none.
The effects of the Baltimore tragedy are obviously huge in the short term because of the amount of ship traffic in that port. However, every effort will be made to reopen that port as soon as possible, so long term effects will be little to none.
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Shoreside there are some, but I believe more in the Elizabeth area where the main part of the port is. There are several tug/barge companies also, mostly on Staten Island but some in Brooklyn too I am pretty sure.
I don't think the impact will be as big as people think. Yes, there is an initial scramble to adjust but even in the short term Baltimore was not that big of an east coast port. You have Philadelphia (just as busy) and Norfolk (Much busier) in close proximity and you can go just a bit further to Charleston and New York (both much busier already) I honestly don't understand why you would even send cargo in/out of a port that requires a 12-hour transit when you pass right by an even larger port 1-2 hours inside Chesapeake. I get there has been long term investment in certain products but anything other than those specialized products may find itself long term going elsewhere.
I think the biggest long term impact will be increased requirements for tug escorts. Local ports will start requiring all ships over a certain size instead of just certain ship types (oil/chemical/LNG) and for potentially a longer duration of the transit. Some ports may put on hold plans to upgrade ports to handle the biggest ships and charterers may reshuffle their fleets a bit in terms of what ships are visiting what ports. The maritime industry is actually able to adjust pretty quickly to things like this because this isn't the first time a port or waterway has been closed for a significant period of time.
There will also be some serious look at the infrastructure around the ports.
I don't think the impact will be as big as people think. Yes, there is an initial scramble to adjust but even in the short term Baltimore was not that big of an east coast port. You have Philadelphia (just as busy) and Norfolk (Much busier) in close proximity and you can go just a bit further to Charleston and New York (both much busier already) I honestly don't understand why you would even send cargo in/out of a port that requires a 12-hour transit when you pass right by an even larger port 1-2 hours inside Chesapeake. I get there has been long term investment in certain products but anything other than those specialized products may find itself long term going elsewhere.
I think the biggest long term impact will be increased requirements for tug escorts. Local ports will start requiring all ships over a certain size instead of just certain ship types (oil/chemical/LNG) and for potentially a longer duration of the transit. Some ports may put on hold plans to upgrade ports to handle the biggest ships and charterers may reshuffle their fleets a bit in terms of what ships are visiting what ports. The maritime industry is actually able to adjust pretty quickly to things like this because this isn't the first time a port or waterway has been closed for a significant period of time.
There will also be some serious look at the infrastructure around the ports.
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Like avoiding the Suez Canal and Red Sea because Houthi threat.
Or in the past avoiding Suez because a sideways stuck ship backed up many ships/cargos