Salvage Operation Setback September 3, 2024 In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the status of the tanker #Sounion in the Red Sea, the attempted salvage operation, Russian tankers sailing through the region, the rise in war risk insurance in the Red Sea and the redeployment of US forces to the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb and the Gulf of Aden.