b'22American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comCan building nuclear merchant ships revitalize the U.S. maritime?By George Lauriat, AJOTCan building commercialpointed out, it has been more nuclearpoweredmerchantthan a decade in the making. ships revitalize the U.S. mari- London-based CORE POWER timeindustry?MikalBe,is supported by over 65 share-chairman and CEO of COREholders worldwide that include POWER thinks so and makesamongtheirranks,global BREAKBULK QUARTERLY a compelling argument that ashipping companies, some of nuclear-powered U.S. flaggedthe worlds largest shipown-merchantfleetisnotonlyers,majorshipyards,ship-viable but vitally essential toping banks and multinational the nations economic future.tradinghouses,illustrating Wind energy: Which way willThe idea of a U.S. flaggedthe size, scope and commit-nuclear merchant fleet may atment of the collaboration. the wind blow? firstblushseemfarfetched, as the United States is many decades removed from being The Trump administrations executive order temporarily pausedamajorcommercialship-wind power development in the U.S. In May a coalition of Dem- buildingpower.ButBes ocratic state attorneys general challenged the EO with a lawsuit.company CORE POWER has alreadytakencriticalsteps Which action prevails is the key to wind powers future in the U.S. to lay the groundwork for a nuclear merchant ship reality. By E.C. Lauriat, AJOT Core Powerand them ayd ay suit that it was an unlawful attempt to freezeLiBertyProGram Mikal Be, chairman and CEO On the first Monday in May a coalitionthe development of wind energy.In a nutshell, CORE POW- of CORE POWERofDemocraticstateattorneysgeneralrepre- CampbellsNewYorkstatecounterpartERs mission is to build nuclearWhat brings this collabo-senting 18 States and the District of Colum- Attorney General Letitia James, concurred andpowered commercial ships andrationofpeopleandindus-bia, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Bostonciting in her remarks the damage the halt to windfloatingnuclearpowerplanttriestogetheristhedesire againsttheTrumpadministrationsmovetopower could cause, This administration is devas- platforms.Theprivatelyheldto see and be a part of what halt wind power development. Massachusettstating one of our nations fastest-growing sourcescompany is now just over six(REVITALIZEcontinued Attorney General Andrea Campbell said of the(BLOWcontinued on page 24) years old, although as Be hason page 26)'