What the Ship (Ep 124): Red Sea | OOCL Violet Tariff | Global Containers | Matson | Ship Fires

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What the Ship! (Ep 124) | Red Sea, the Houthi & an American Strategy | Tariffs Paid from Cargo on OOCL Violet | Global Container Impact | Matson Take on Tariffs | NTSB on Fighting Shipboard Fires May 7, 2025 In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the top 5 Maritime Stories as of May 7, 2025. #supplychain #houthi #tariff #container #containerships #matson #Ntsb #fire Support What's Going on With Shipping via: Patreon: www.patreon.com/wgowshipping Twitter: @mercoglianos Bluesky: @mercoglianos.bsky.social Facebook: @wgowshipping Email: [email protected] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0B9AHrs2P9OPA8ulM3EJ2u Marine Traffic marinetraffic.com 00:00 Introduction 00:31 1. Red Sea, Houthis & US Strategy Operation Rough Rider https://news.usni.org/2025/04/29/operation-rough-rider Tracking Maritime Attacks in the Middle East Since 2019 https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/756ca769315d4b879ca7fdd6bd4a82be Trump says Houthis will stop attacking ships in the Red Sea https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1153371/Trump-says-Houthis-will-stop-attacking-ships-in-the-Red-Sea US-Houthi ceasefire not expected to spur imminent Red Sea return https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1153384/US-Houthi-ceasefire-not-expected-to-spur-imminent-Red-Sea-return US-Houthi Ceasefire Deal Does Not Include Israel https://gcaptain.com/us-houthi-ceasefire-deal-does-not-include-israel/ 12:11 2. Tariffs World’s Trade Superhighway Feels Strain From US-China Decoupling https://gcaptain.com/worlds-trade-superhighway-feels-strain-from-us-china-decoupling/ 16:43 3. Container Trade Globally New bookings data points to US import plunge in May and June https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1153372/New-bookings-data-points-to-US-import-plunge-in-May-and-June Asia-Europe rates under strain amid shifting capacity from China-US trade https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1153366/Asia-Europe-rates-under-strain-amid-shifting-capacity-from-China-US-trade Vietnam’s Shipments From China, to US Reach Record High Amid Trade Fraud Crackdown https://gcaptain.com/vietnams-shipments-from-china-to-us-reach-record-high-amid-trade-fraud-crackdown/ Container futures rally as US-China trade hopes outweigh Red Sea ceasefire https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1153373/Container-futures-rally-as-US-China-trade-hopes-outweigh-Red-Sea-ceasefire Boxships back up across Northern Europe https://splash247.com/boxships-back-up-across-northern-europe/ 20:44 4. Matson Matson provides inside look at severe tariff disruptions to transpacific trade https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1153368/Matson-provides-inside-look-at-severe-tariff-disruptions-to-transpacific-trade 22:16 5. Shipboard Firefighting ‘Profoundly Concerned’: NTSB Chair Calls Out Training Gaps in Shipboard Firefighting https://gcaptain.com/profoundly-concerned-ntsb-chair-calls-out-training-gaps-in-shipboard-firefighting/ Nightmare on Blount Island https://folioweekly.com/2025/04/15/nightmare-on-blount-island/ Opinion: What Two Fires In 2020 Should Have Warned Us About in Port of Newark https://gcaptain.com/opinion-what-two-fires-in-2020-should-have-warned-us-about-in-port-of-newark/