IS IT TIME TO CREATE A SINGLE FEDERAL MARITIME AGENCY?
Times have changed and we need to change with the times. We have five federal governmental bodies controlling the commercial maritime industry and it’s time we made them one: • The U.S. Coast Guard. It’s now part of the Department of Homeland Security and that is entirely logical as far as its primary duty of guarding the coast is concerned. But the Coast Guard is also responsible for all kinds of regulatory activities that have nothing to do with guarding the coast and will, inevitably, be treated as low-priority in the DHS; • The Maritime Administration. It’s a promotional agency rather than a regulatory one: that’s why it was in the Department of Commerce until the Reaganauts moved it. • The Federal Maritime Commission. It’s a regulatory agency that’s not part of anything. It’s very small and the world would not be much the worse off if it was abolished. • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Keeping the ports and waterways open to shipping may have been a military function in the Civi
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- IS IT TIME TO CREATE A SINGLE FEDERAL MARITIME AGENCY?
