Sal Mercogliano is a professor of history at Campbell University. A former merchant mariner, he hosts the YouTube channel “What’s Going on With Shipping?” and contributes to US Naval Institute Proceedings. Professor Mercogliano also writes articles and op-eds for Sea History magazine, Naval History magazine and gCaptain. His media appearances include: FreightwavesTV, the BBC, ABC, New Zealand TV, SkyNews, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News and CNN.