US-flag shipping wants new President Joe Biden to step up to bolster the industry, beginning with getting US mariners priority Covid-19 care.
Among the top things industry figures told members of a House of Representatives subcommittee covering shipping the Biden administration could do was moving mariners up the queue for vaccination against the respiratory illness.
"Most importantly, we are asking that American mariners and cadets working aboard US-flagged vessels be given expedited access to the Covid-19 vaccine," said USA Maritime president James Patti during a hearing on the pandemic and its effect on...
