Maritime trade is like a spider web. A slight disturbance in one spot is fealt throughout the entire web...giving notice to the looming spider. This is great reporting, Sal. Thanks!

Sal, your life is fascinating.

So happy for you getting to share information and other discussions. So proud of you being recognized as someone worth sharing conversation with. Just smiles for me. Thanks for sharing. ❤❤❤love

best channel ever for shipping i was able to show my husband how convoluted shipping is as he was about to invest in some odd company. TY

Even gray days can be beautiful too, it is just your state of mind; appreciate your positive spirit and enthusiasm in what's going on with shipping. Great job, I loved the title of this video.☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️Gray 🩶 skies are going to clear up. Too bad about the conflict brewing up.😮

@stuffnthingsb.c4043

23 күн бұрын

I live in Vancouver were it’s gray out 6-7 months of the year. Just gotta keep your head up and find beautiful people like sal. Keep strong. 😊

@Richard-od7yd

23 күн бұрын

30 ft. Seas in the Gray of the North Atlantic to me where a thing of wondrous beauty when I was BMOW onboard my Destroyer .It was like the Victory at Sea Movies but real !! I LOVED IT 🫡

Glad you have professional influence. America needs ppl like you. 🖖😎🍻

Sal living his best life. 🤠 Good insight as always.

WHOA!! first couple minutes I had Aloha shirt withdrawells 😵

@user-kz8mq8co8i

23 күн бұрын

Send them to me. I sure am too ignorant to know anything to add. I just have to listen and check it out. Did that! I’ll accept the shirts. ❤

Thank you for democratizing this information!

Welcome to Germany - I am a keen fan ever since the Red Sea crisis started and live not too far away in Bremen!

I started watching your channel for the excellent information on a subject I'd never thought of much before. If I ever stop it will be because I had to enter AA.

Great rundown Sal, much appreciated. I've lived in Ukraine a decade (Ukrainian wife) and I only found out about your chan when Ward Carroll suggested his viewers sub to yours. Been a faithful viewer ever since. I'm mostly an aerospace fan, but ships (and trains) also interest me greatly. Engineering marvels that move a lot of tonnage. I'll give you some help with "Novorossiysk" - you pronounced it "Novo-risk" - no big deal, I'll give you some phonetics to improve that - NOR--VOR-ROW-SISK - say that quickly and you'll be close enough! 😉👍

@wgowshipping

23 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@irongron

23 күн бұрын

@@wgowshipping YW Sal! oh, one clarification with the phonetics - row as in ROWing boat, not to be confused with an argument or "row" (like owl) as the Brits say it.

Nice report. I appreciate how you lay off the politics and just deliver the facts.

@DartXL

23 күн бұрын

It's hard to put politics aside when all this naval power is precisely designed to sustain genocide and intimidate people around the world.

Oh, wow, the Mt. Whitney. Spent a couple days aboard many years ago. Increased my appreciation of Navy personnel, but also confirmed that sea life (living off whatever fits under your bunk) was not for me.

Thanks for sharing some of you social life, featuring some young people, and best of all your analysis of what is happening in red and black sea

So cool! Sal in Kiel with that great refreshing cold tea 😊

Glad you were on a weird ship and on board the ship. Also getting a tour and really having a great time. Good for you! Your presentation must have been fascinating!

Sal, you clean up nice. 😉😉 See you were enjoying a german beer?! Another very interesting show. Always look forward to a new video👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍

Great for Texas Maritime Cadets! Good for Texas! Thanks Sal!

Awesome! Suit, tie and a "Bab al-Mandab" in hand - ah! I can almost smell the salty sea air and Old Spice from here! #Cheers

A big thank you ( SAL) 😊 for your very informative reporting on this very important SHIPPING issue 😊❤ you do what NO media outlets are willing to report on. Very detailed my all things world shipping friend 😊❤

Salvatore R. Mercogliano ..... OW! I felt your mom yelling from here! It made me ***wince*** (Does she ever say: "So, NOW he's a DOCTOR?!") :) Thank you for the video. Fascinating and informative as usual. Peaceful Skies.

Thank you so much for this informative and engaging update!

Great seeing the crew at work & RR.. BTW I was at lowes trying to buy instock doors and windows some are 5 weeks out of stock till.. They are also doing inventory next 3 days. Price reflecting from imports.. Sal set them ship straight ~

Looking good in that suit brother Sal. Thanks for another great video. You always make me seem smart when I regurgitate the information you gave me. I've been saying bab-el-mandeb like it's going out of style.

Great recap of two major events impacting everyone.

Thanks for the update's Sal.

Thankfully I had a beer handy. I never know when you are going to mention the water between the two pieces of land. Another drink🐪🍺⚓

I see you were drinking a Paulaner. Me too. I having their Hefe-Weizen. I get it at Costco when it's available.

Thanks Sal

Great video again!! Thanks for the updates!

Fantastic brew in hand! Nice.

Thanks for the update.

Great report and update, thanks.

@wgowshipping

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Surprisingly amazing content. I have been aware of the shipping/import process through my own manufacturing business while at the same time being anti globalist due to the ultimate unsustainability of the trajectories. I guess that makes me a bit of a hypocrite as well. I hope your videos are shown to students everywhere to give them something to ponder. Do we really need to import/export chicken and drinking straws all over the plant just to save a dime while ignoring the impacts that are conveniently glossed over. It seems that the more centralized the supply market becomes, the potentially less resilient societies become. BTW I came over from Banolirio Cheers Bubba!

Thank you Sal. Interesting life you have.

Schöne Grüße nach Kiel!

That was a great episode. Enjoy your bab el- mandab drink. Lol love it. Thanks

Thank you young men!

@WALTERBROADDUS

23 күн бұрын

And ladies....

Aggies, we are everywhere.

@jackthompson6296

23 күн бұрын

How can you spot if someone is an Aggie? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you

I was embarked on Mt Whitney when I was with COMSECONDFLT back at the turn of the century when MTW was the flagship and stationed in Norfolk. I haven't had a chance to get back on board since when went to the split crew model years ago and moved to Italy.

If you're recording with your phone, please use landscape - eyes are horizontal, not vertical! The rest of your videos are really good to watch.

@wgowshipping

23 күн бұрын

👍

@jean-clauderainville677

19 күн бұрын

​@@wgowshipping...and adjust the audio, was a bit low at the start of the video 😊 Cheers!

one of the best updates

Interesting the other command ship is in Vietnam right now. Can't think of both being out and about in this manner at the same time.

awesome to see ya here grüße ;)

Thanks for the report. Gotta' watch those Texas boys. They're always up to something.

To extend your metaphor, the Red Sea has become a Black & Blue sea.

Are the Kiel Sea Power talks/lectures video taped anywhere?

Saudia Arabia was mentioned which has long borders along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf but I do not hear any mention about them doing something. Keep in mind that they were fighting the Houthi for a long time a few years ago. It’s also the 6th highest military budget in the world.

@alanhamford2538

22 күн бұрын

Esteemed British Medical Journal, LANCET, has put the number killed in Gaza at 186,000+ (July 2024). Saudi Arabia does not want to share in genocide.

Well then, looks like I owe you a subscription. Thanks for covering the Ukrainian Black Sea Trade Initiative!

0:15 Ah, you toned down the Sigma styleflex in Germany. Smart man.

After a few beers, unrestricted naval warfare starts to sound quite enticing. o/

Sal, can you explain how the hybrid crews work? Who's in charge of what and who has ultimate authority?

Ill have a drink ready for next time

I have a friend sailing south from Suez in the Red Sea right now on a sailboat. Anywhere I can see info on latest attacks ? They refuel in Djibouti.

Please adjust the volumes... I turned up the volume on your naval yard video and then I got BLASTED when it went back to your vlog.

I was lucky enuff to do baltops, lots if work, but great time.

Hey Sal, can you give us an update on the ports in Texas after Hurricane Beryl passed through? From what I saw on Marine Traffic, there are dozens of container ships and tankers waiting outside the ports. Will these port congestions further exacerbate the current already high freight prices?

Crushing a beer on an aircraft carrier! Dam

Why has GMT time been changed to UTC time and what is the difference, when was this done please?

The U-Boat memorial on the Kiel fjord in Heikendorf is very moving. Also, U-995 is on display a little farther north in Laboe (she's a Type VIIC, as in "Das Boot").

Dang, Professor, glad to see your profile rising! Good man and I'm not just saying that because I'm an enamored para-social hanger-on. It is an interesting thing, though, I do think there will be a better 'service' to render to people that NEED a parasocial connection due to disability or whatever in the future and this strange window of persons preforming media roles better than the media is will close. I hope. Haha the para social app of the future will be like uber drivers that are couples that go on a date for you wearing a google street maps camera, basically. VR is gonna be bananas.

Love the tie, only thing that'd make it better is if you got it with Camel Cash.

Nice shirt !

Hi, really wanted you to maby help explain what happend off the coast of South Africa on 09 Jul, 18 crew members were rescued but nothing is known about why the ship was listing and thus far the vessel Ultra galaxy is presumed to have sunk

I see you switched to Gatorade, after all those Bab-el-Mandebs you must have quite a hangover 😂

@GrahamCStrouse

8 күн бұрын

And a very sore liver…

WW2 shipping history shows NOBODY's shipping is safe.

The Black Sea shipping routes will depend on Turkey; if the Dardanelles are closed both the Ukraine , Russia and the other Black Sea Countries will suffer. If that happens don't be surprised if the Houthi's acquire some sophisticated weapons.

Sal, I would love to be on that ship for a few hours. I am a sailor andhave had contact with Pirates; have been dropped by helicopter on a shrimp boat in the Gulf--but this 79 yo F would enjoy that party. ❤❤❤❤

DID you Go to the U-Boote Memorial ?

@wgowshipping

23 күн бұрын

I did.

Houthis had another attack today on a ship near Nishtun, Yemen

Button down, tye, and a beer!!!

What is going on with the USN? The Ike withdrew?

Gig 'em, Sea Aggies

Und gleich mal ne Halbe in der Hand beim Filmen I see you are enjoying the local culture!

I was just thinking to make your show more entertaining well of course it already is it always just throw a few extra Bob Mendes

nice shirt

Did the US promise to protect the trade near the end of WWII?

Sal. You didn’t answer the question of what happens if both the Black Sea and the Red Sea have significant wartime escalations simultaneously. How seriously could this affect global shipping and grain prices?

Why isn't turkey checking the ships and for ukraine hit rostov on don. To me, it is still ukrain is only hitting military to keep the moral high ground Is the tonnage overview for other choke points?

@GunShark0

23 күн бұрын

@@leodelachambre9499 Ukraine and "moral high ground" do not belong in the same sentence.

Sal, learning a lot about shipping since discovering your videos around the Dali disaster. Thanks! Gotta ask one thing: what's with the toasts for the Bab-el-Mandep?

@wgowshipping

23 күн бұрын

@@jonathanbixby9253 It started early on and someone recommended a drinking game every time I say Bab el-Mandeb.

@jonathanbixby9253

23 күн бұрын

@@wgowshipping Good game!

I was like what's the red see then i realized and was like duh Geo major here

On today's episode of What's going on with shipping: See or Sea or C, it's all the same when you Bab Al-Mandab, with Sal [and Me] ehh

The Black Sea seems like a case of non-nuclear deterence working, so far.

Alcohol on a U.S. Navy Ship?? Boy did you get the Royal Treatment. The Russians did deploy Sea Mines off the Coast of Ukraine and some broke lose during Sea storms and I have seen videos of these drift mines being blown up along the Coasts of Bulgaria, Romania & Turkey, in one case a mine even washed ashore, and others were destroyed within beach range and sharks were not major threat to beach goers.

@wgowshipping

23 күн бұрын

@Sugarmountaincondo It has been Russian and Ukranian mines as they all break loose. But mines don't care who they hit.

Egypt has to be very upset with losing Suez Canal revenue. The Saudis can't be happy with an Iranian proxy on their border (Houthis in Yemen). Waiting for Egypt & Saudi Arabia to develop a joint plan to counter/suppress the Houthis once they can do so without being called anti-Palestinian.

@cyberninjazero5659

23 күн бұрын

Saudi is slowly but surely making peace with both Iran and the Houthis, so this has more or less stopped being their problem

@WALTERBROADDUS

23 күн бұрын

Not going to happen. It's been close to a year now. 😅

@GunShark0

23 күн бұрын

Don't hold your breath.

@allanbeamer7110

23 күн бұрын

Your comment reminds me of that scene from "Lawrence of Arabia" where the Arabs all arrive in Damascus together, but... break down in to petty tribal bickering to the point the British HAVE to take control. 100+ yrs later, not much has seemingly changed. Unfortunately. 😂

@captnmark

23 күн бұрын

The demand for Marlboros is going to drop dramatically. 😅

Aquatic Aggies? Ugh, they're spreading.

Historically, hasn’t Russia always pushed to have access to warm weather ports to speak in general? This has been non-negotiable for them as a country. Just saying , so for Ukraine to take them on over this important issue was a real non starter. I am not a good writer but this has just stumped me from the beginning of this conflict/war.

@SpaceCop

23 күн бұрын

well they definitely wanted to own the perimeter of the azov sea, at the cost of innumerable lives

@KermitFrazierdotcom

23 күн бұрын

Thank God for Global Warming making the "North East Passage" a viable trade route.

@WALTERBROADDUS

23 күн бұрын

If your basic point that Crimea is a non-starter? You would be correct. Nobody in the West is seriously considering that going back to Ukraine. And Ukraine trying to take it back is ridiculous.

@GunShark0

23 күн бұрын

​​@@WALTERBROADDUS nobody? You sure about that bubba? I seem to recall every major western country sending lots of equipment, money and intelligence with the goal of helping Ukr do exactly that, as recently as last year. And it failed miserably.

@WALTERBROADDUS

23 күн бұрын

@@GunShark0 very sure. This has been going on since even the Obama administration. Nobody is talking about that. Nor do the people in the region want it either. Only Zelinski is pushing that idea. And whoever has the next administration, is not going to back any change either.

Look at you all dressed up like a professor or something! 😀 🍻

This time I had a cup of coffe to drink by time time "babelmandeb" comes.

Woah.... Serious brass. Any thoughts on the recent elections in Europe and how they are going to affect some of these operations going forward? Will we see the UK and France have a change of defense policy? And was there any off the record discussions on the POTUS and the leadership situation here.

How peaceful, sending a informative message from a warship... The irony and cynical approach is not lost on me...

I will ask again what is different for the Houthi? In the past the west would dive in eyes closed bay doors open on someone like this and now we cannot find them? Are they launching from caves?

@GunShark0

23 күн бұрын

@@nbrown5907 basically, yes. Also, the US is out of money and munitions.

Early in the war we were all horrified that the Russians were destroying the infrastructure of Ukraine and shipping all of the heavy equipment home. If that really happened there can't be so much production going on right now. And with those labor shortage and the bombed out areas. There can't be anything to send!

Hmm, what could we do that would prompt the Houthis to stop their attacks?

@thompjackson

23 күн бұрын

Hmm, if only we had some bright minds working on that one!

Yes, but doesn't China own most of the Ports that ships now go past or through? Isn't these new shipping diversions giving more power. Choke hold coming around Australia and up near Vietnam coming.

Is there any honest broker third party that could bring these two sides to a negotiation table?

@synupps877

23 күн бұрын

The US doesn't want Russia and Ukraine to negotiate an end to the proxy war which is very much related to the expansion of the Nuclear Annihilation Threatening Organization.

@thompjackson

23 күн бұрын

Peace is a very simple solution but the US is allergic to it.

@allangibson8494

23 күн бұрын

Russia isn’t honest. The Ukraine war is an illegal Russian land grab.

Of course your tie has camels on it.

Setting up millions of people to depend on food grown in other countries isn't short sighted and cruel at all.

Military surface vessels are a thing of the past. Russia (or perhaps Ukraine/Nato) proved this. I am sure many people think the Russia Navy is inept but the fact of the matter is that any Navy is going have extreme trouble in a peer to peer fight. Air and sea based drones, missiles (hypersonic) and of course satellites... In WW2 even just finding an Aircraft carrier was difficult. But if I had to guess we now all know where each others capital ships are at all times using satellites.. perhaps extended cloud cover could maybe help you evade satellites but the tech might exist to keep track of a 200 million pounds floating in an ocean even with cloud cover. And you can also flood the ocean with sensors and get real time data if a huge wake is being thrown up by something.