Now, unfortunately, post-World War II, with the globalization--liberalization, so-called--of trade, the rise of the IMO and the chase around the world to the least regulation and the cheapest possible, most abusable labor in the merchant marine industry, most of requirement number 1 is gone, the vibrant merchant fleet.
DeFazio critiques the impact of globalization on the U.S. merchant fleet.
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