#145 Sal Mercogliano - Shipping Makes The World Go Around, Lessons From The Sea, And How To Build A Maritime Career

Sal Mercogliano is the Chair of the Department of History, Criminal Justice and Political Science at Campbell University in North Carolina. He is a former merchant mariner, and the author of Fourth Arm of Defense: Sealift and Military Logistics during the Vietnam War. Sal is a frequent contributor to gCaptain and other maritime outlets. Lastly, he is also the brilliant host of What’s Going On With Shipping on YouTube. The popular Maritime Show that breaks down global shipping in an exciting way,In this episode we cover: - How Sal got the shipping bug- The difference between working afloat and ashore - Why Japan, China, and Korea dominates ship building- The role of US in Maritime and Shipping going forward- Sal’s best advice to make a great career in the industryPartnerQuartr is the new way of doing company research. Their first mission is to enable access to conference calls, investor presentations, transcripts and earnings reports as frictionless as possible – straight to your pocket. Their second mission is to create a completely new way for companies to reach their investors, and vice versa - to change the way people look at Investor Relations. Our initial core product is now available for both iOS and Android, and stay tuned for additional features during the coming year. Quartr is 100% free, include companies from 12 markets today, and plan to add more during the year. Download the app here: https://quartr.se and follow them on twitter here.Follow Vonheim on Twitter and YouTube:YouTube: Christopher VonheimTwitter: @chrisvonheimThe Frantzen & Vonheim LetterJoin our letter to receive first hand insights from us: eepurl.com/htJXsT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.