Cameron on Transportation
What It’s Like When Your Life, Your Love and Your Lady are At Sea in the U.S. Merchant Marine
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Looking for a career in transportation with good pay, incredible job security, free room and board and a chance to “sea” the world? Check out the U.S. Merchant Marine. Though the U.S. is heavily dependent on overseas imports, most of the big container ships and tankers serving our ports are not American. But under federal law, any shipping between U.S. ports must be on vessels owned, built, flagged and staffed with U.S. crews. Although there are only about 200 U.S. vessels that meet those “Jones Act” criteria, they all need crews.