The wonders of technology at sea, and ashore.
The two are rarely seen in the same sentence anymore. And, (partly) because of it, the brain drain from the global mariner pool will continue unabated. But, there’s much more to the broken equation than that…
Domestic Port Security as it relates to visiting mariners remains nothing more than a charade, intended to make the general public feel a little bit better. Reader response to my first column tells how and why.