What's Going on With US Ports? | Are US Ports Ghost Towns? | Is Cargo Sailing from China?

What's Going on With US Ports April 29, 2025 In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the reports that US ports are empty and ghost towns and that no cargo from China is sailing to the United States. #supplychain #containers #tariffs #sailings #containerships Support What's Going on With Shipping via: Patreon: www.patreon.com/wgowshipping Twitter: @mercoglianos Bluesky: @mercoglianos.bsky.social Facebook: @wgowshipping Email: [email protected] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0B9AHrs2P9OPA8ulM3EJ2u Marine Traffic www.marinetraffic.com Ports of Seattle and Tacoma Vessel Schedule https://www.nwseaportalliance.com/cargo-operations/vessel-schedules-and-calendar Port of Savannah Vessel Schedule https://gaports.com/vessel-schedule/ Port of Houston Containership Schedule https://porthouston.com/toolbox/container-terminals/schedules-arrivals/ Port of Los Angeles Cargo Operations Dashboard https://www.portoflosangeles.org/business/operations Port Of Los Angeles Warns 'Difficult Decisions' Ahead As Shipments From China Cease https://www.investors.com/news/trump-trade-war-difficult-decisions-as-china-shipments-cease/ Port of LA's Gene Seroka on tariff impact: Retailers have about 5-7 weeks of full inventories left https://youtu.be/aetILfTwBN0?si=n1t8q-gGuftjx9Mi