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Dr. Shashi Kumar

Dr. Kumar is the academic dean at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. Previously, he was the founding dean of the Loeb-Sullivan School of International Business and Logistics at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. The opinions expressed in this article are the author's own and do not represent the views of either his employer or the U.S. Maritime Administration.

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U.S. Merchant Marine and World Maritime Review
The maritime industry has had a remarkable run over the past five years, which I have chronicled in... Read More
2009 U.S. Merchant Marine and World Maritime Review
Recovery may come in 2010, but the present is not rosy for shipping. The 2008 Annual Review... Read More
U.S. Merchant Marine and World Maritime Review
The global maritime sector could have done without the year 2009. Such is the view of those... Read More
'Down to the Seas'
The Merchant Marine facilitates globalization, but faces a severe shortage of qualified mariners... Read More
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