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By Land and By Sea
By Land and By Sea – An Attorney Breaking Down the Week in Supply Chain
Welcome to By Land and By Sea, a weekly podcast hosted by maritime attorney Lauren Beagen—Founder of The Maritime Professor® and Squall Strategies®.
Each episode breaks down the latest developments in global ocean shipping, surface transportation, and supply chain regulation—in plain language. Whether it's a new rule from the Federal Maritime Commission, a tariff shift from USTR, or a regional port policy taking shape, Lauren explains what’s happening, why it matters, and what it means for your business.
Designed for industry professionals, regulators, shippers, and anyone curious about the mechanics behind global trade, By Land and By Sea offers timely insights at the intersection of policy, logistics, and law.
⚖️ Educational, not legal advice.
🌊 Straightforward, insightful, and actionable.
Because, as we say every week: OCEAN. SHIPPING. MOVES. THE. WORLD.
By Land and By Sea
Latest Episodes
Intermodal 101 - A Discussion with Anne Reinke on the Future of Intermodal Freight
The container doesn’t magically appear at your warehouse when it comes off the vessel, and that gap between “arrived at port” and “delivered” is where intermodal either shines or breaks. We sit down with Anne Reinke, President and CEO of the In...
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Cargo Theft Is Hiding in Plain Sight - a chat with the Cargo Theft Mitigation King himself, Scott Cornell
Cargo theft is getting smarter, quieter, and easier to mistake for normal business and that’s exactly why it’s so dangerous. A compromised email, a clean-looking bill of lading, a driver who seems legitimate, and suddenly a real shipment is del...
FMC at Full Power: Bob Harvey sworn in, Budget Hearings, and Why Cargo Is Still the Whole Game
The FMC is back at full power, and if that sounds like inside baseball, it is actually a real operational shift for global ocean shipping. With Bob Harvey sworn in, all five Federal Maritime Commission seats are filled again, which restores the...
No Workforce, No Maritime Strength: FMC Comm’r Max Vekich on National Maritime Day
Ships don’t move cargo, people do and when we forget that, every “maritime dominance” plan turns into a slogan. National Maritime Day gives us the perfect excuse to zoom out from vessels and policy memos and look at the real engine of ocean shi...
A Pandemic-Era Freight Deal Becomes A Constitutional Fight - is the FMC unconstitutional...?
A $45.6 million award at the Federal Maritime Commission sounds like the whole story until the losing side walks into federal court and starts arguing about the Constitution. We take you from a nuts-and-bolts ocean shipping fight over minimum q...
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