Editorial: Things are not going well
Recent maritime headlines are causing concern. Is the public aware of what is happening? Where do we actually stand in terms of maritime blindness? More than half a century ago, the German Maritime Institute and its marineforum set out to spread the "maritime idea" south of the Moin equator, something like this: "Understand that industry and trade, jobs and prosperity depend on the open sea and its access points. If that is too complicated for you, you can be satisfied with the "no shipping - no shopping" sticker for the time being. The trend turned gradually: attentive TV viewers noticed that the background of business news was redecorated from industrial chimneys to sea containers, and from 2000 onwards there was...
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