March 28, 2021
The cost of the mega containership Ever Given blocking Suez Canal traffic exceeds $9B a day but the cost of bringing these ships into poor and highly populated cities like Newark, New Jersey is much higher.
gCaptain (OpEd) When a mega containership like the Ever Given docks in the United States its over 20,000 TEU’s of containers are dumped on our cities and the environmental and health consequences and road damage is enormous. Our poorest children are dying, climate change is accelerating, and bridges are collapsing under the weight of heavy cargo boxes. This problem is bigger because in a few weeks the Ever Given will disappear from Suez but our cities will continue to be forever choked with boxes.
Commandant, United States Coast Guard
Admiral Karl L. Schultz assumed the duties as the 26th commandant of the United States Coast Guard on June 1, 2018. As commandant, he oversees all global Coast Guard operations and 41,000 active-duty, 6,200 reserve, and 8,500 civilian personnel, as well as the support of 25,000 Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteers. He previously served from August 2016 to May 2018 as commander, Atlantic area where he was the operational commander for all Coast Guard missions spanning five Coast Guard Districts and 40 states. He concurrently served as director, DHS Joint Task Force-East, responsible for achieving the objectives of the DHS Southern Border and Approaches Campaign Plan throughout the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Region, including Central America.
government lapse and your nonpay. you as members of the armed forces should not be expected to shoulder this burden. ultimately i find it unacceptable that coast guard men and women have to rely on food pantries and donation s to get through day to day life as service members. unacceptable, that s what the commandant is calling the hardships they are experiencing because of the shutdown. joining me now is julia ainsley, national security and justice reporter. julia, it s really hard to believe that we expect these people to respond to emergencies, to patrol the borders. they are part of our national security. they are part of border patrol and drug interdiction and they re not exempted as being essential. that s the case admiral schultz is making in this video, which is unusual. we haven t seen other people from the armed forces or d.h.s. which has a similar mission come forward. his message to his workers, he
chris newly commissioned admiral carl schultz become the 26 coast guard commandant this summer. he joined the 100 foot cutter for this running mission and show a four speed a half-dozen vessels and a rescue helicopter took part in the exercise. simulating airdrop rescues and vessel interception. security is something i think about every day. the overall boat traffic in new york harbor has increased in the last decade. the coast guard is tasked with every situation from a booze cruise to a possible terror attack. the maritime domain is absolutely essential to the national security. absolutely essential to economic prosperity and essential to the global reach as a world power. the coast guard touches all of that. admiral schultz commanded the first response to hurricane irma, maria and harvey last year. overseeing the rescues of nearly 12,000 people. eric: just traffic and we thank them for their service and glad that they are out on the waves. arthel: yes we do thank them. and t
days. there s also a nuclear power plant nearby, the brunswick nuclear power plant that duke energy has taken the steps to shut down. two power units that they are shutting down ahead of what s expected to be winds in excess of 75 miles per hour sustained. jake? miguel marquez in carolina beach, north carolina, as they brace for the storm. moments ago the pentagon said all branches of the u.s. military are strategically pre-positioned across the storm zone with hundreds of aircraft vehicles, ships and personnel ready to respond to hurricane florence critical to that response and relief efforts. that, of course, will be the coast guard and joining me is the commandant of the coast guard, admiral schultz. thanks for being here, and i know you re a few minutes away from heading south. actually you re going down south tomorrow. how is the coast guard preparing? jake, thanks for the opportunity to be here. the coast guard is preparing. this storm has been tracking at a pretty steady tra