Latest Maritime Administrator Steve Kamall News & Updates

Washington, March 19 (IANS) The United States lacks the commercial maritime base needed to sustain military sealift in a crisis, Pentagon and maritime officials told lawmakers, warning that decades of decline in shipbuilding, cargo access, and fleet capacity have left a critical logistics gap.Testifying before a joint congressional hearing on mobility readiness, Maritime Administrator Steve Kamall said the problem was structural and long-standing. “The United States is not experiencing a tempo…