In this episode of Maritime Industry Today, Sal Mercogliano - Associate Professor of History at Campbell University (www.campbell.edu), former merchant mariner, and instructor in Maritime Industry Policy at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (www.usmma.edu) discusses the recent speech given by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) on his effort to repeal the Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886. Senator Mike Lee: The PVSA is Bad News https://youtu.be/WVuE51pEknw Traveling with Bruce https://www.youtube.com/user/brucefrommert The Shiplife https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC404kEt4oyD8CNsMU735dvg Cruise Mapper https://www.cruisemapper.com/ Cruise Market Watch https://cruisemarketwatch.com/ Carnival https://www.google.com/finance/quote/CCL:NYSE Royal Caribbean https://www.google.com/finance/quote/RCL:NYSE Norwegian Cruise https://www.google.com/finance/quote/NCLH:NYSE Cruise Industry News - Orderbook https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/cruise-ship-orderbook.html Chantiers De L'Atlantique https://chantiers-atlantique.com/en/ Meyer Werft https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/index.jsp Meyer Turku https://www.meyerturku.fi/en/meyerturku_com/index.jsp Fincantieri https://www.fincantieri.com/en/products-and-services/cruise-ships/ MV Werften https://www.mv-werften.com/en/home.html The $24bn dash for cash that kept Carnival afloat https://www.ft.com/content/033f6161-7fb7-4936-8f3b-d78afec94cb2 Merger of Yards in South Korea, China Will Control Global Shipbuilding https://www.wsj.com/articles/merger-of-yards-in-south-korea-china-will-control-global-shipbuilding-11564653601 Franco-Italian shipbuilding merger collapses https://www.ft.com/content/abac9ebc-775e-457c-95b4-d6e283908a21 Hidden Harbors: China’s State-backed Shipping Industry https://www.csis.org/analysis/hidden-harbors-chinas-state-backed-shipping-industry Study on Competitiveness of the European Shipbuilding Industry https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/10506/attachments/1/translations/en/renditions/na