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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.
Episodes
148 episodes
How FMC’s Incentive Principle Limits Weekend Detention Charges
A $500 bill shouldn’t be able to move markets, but that’s exactly why we wanted to unpack the Evergreen detention case and the DC Circuit’s latest word on the FMC’s incentive principle. We walk through the real-world question hiding inside a ti...
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Search And Rescue Still Runs On Empty Wallets (... a quick chat with Rear Admiral John Mauger, USCG (Ret.) to help make sense of it)
The Coast Guard is still standing the watch, launching rescues, protecting ports, and keeping maritime commerce moving, but the pay story behind the uniform is far messier than most people realize. When a partial government shutdown hits the De...
Fund The Coast Guard Now (alt title: The Coast Guard Is Still Caught in the Shutdown)
Coast Guard funding shouldn’t be a footnote, yet the consequences are landing squarely on mariners, ports, and the companies trying to keep ships moving. We break down what a continued government funding lapse means in real operational terms, i...
Cargo First: A Maritime Strategy Conversation
Cargo drives fleets. Fleets sustain mariners. And if we’re serious about maritime dominance, commercial cargo has to be part of the strategy. This week I wanted to connect a few threads that illustrate how the day-to-day mechanics of ocean ship...
Captain's Log: Where geopolitics and global ocean shipping intersect...
Emergency fees. Geopolitical chokepoints. Antitrust guardrails. Funding gaps that quietly slow the Coast Guard. Maritime policy isn’t moving in one lane right now, and I wanted to connect the dots while the industry is trying to keep cargo movi...
Ports, Policy, and the Future of U.S. Maritime Infrastructure with Matt Leech, Ports America's CEO
Port terminals are the one place where global ocean trade physically becomes the U.S. economy and that handoff is far more fragile, expensive, and policy-driven than most people realize. I’m joined by Matt Leech, President and CEO of Ports Amer...
Meet the Federal Maritime Commission’s New Chair Laura DiBella and hear how a business-minded Chair plans to protect shippers and consumers.
A leadership shift at the Federal Maritime Commission can change how every container moves and how every consumer pays. We sit down with Chair Laura DeBella for a candid, fast-paced tour of her path from real estate and rural economic developme...
We Read 41 Pages Quickly So You Can Start Here - Immediate Impressions of the Maritime Action Plan
A 41-page Maritime Action Plan just reframed the future of U.S. shipping, and we dove in the moment it dropped. Lauren welcomes shipbuilding specialist Caitlin Hardy to unpack what’s real, what’s next, and where the biggest leverage points are—...
Your Couch Helped Break The Supply Chain, Remember?
Rates may be easing, but the real story is reliability. We open with a change at the Port of New York and New Jersey, where a long-running absenteeism problem finally meets stricter rules—small news on the surface, big implications for crane pr...
FMC Leadership Heats Up A Frozen Week
Leadership, enforcement, investment, data, and training all hit the throttle this week—and the supply chain is going to feel it. We kick off with Commissioner Dabella’s rapid move to FMC chair and why that shift matters: the chair sets prioriti...
Closing The Harbor Tax Loophole And A Milestone Transit
Cargo shouldn’t pick ports based on loopholes. We unpack why a long-ignored gap in the harbor maintenance fee has pushed high-value containers toward Canada and Mexico, and how a renewed push from the Federal Maritime Commission is putting Sect...
Maritime Power Moves And A Manifest Preview (Guest: Pam Simon, Founder of Manifest - Future of Supply Chain)
Headlines move cargo now. The FMC has reopened its probe into Spain’s reported port access denials and just raised MSC’s civil penalties to $22.6M, calling months of reefer overcharges a “practice,” not a glitch. We break down what this data‑dr...
A Positive Case for Ocean Alliances; Using Zim Discussions as a Teachable Moment
Ocean shipping conversations often blur the line between alliances and consolidation. This episode breaks down how carrier alliances function in practice, why vessel sharing can improve routing and efficiency, and how ownership changes raise ve...
From Harbor Commissioner To Global Regulator: Lessons From Mario Cordero, CEO, Port of Long Beach
🚢 A special By Land and By Sea Podcast episode — and a bittersweet moment in maritime leadershipThis week, I had the privilege of s...
How New FMC Moves, A Safer Suez, And A Court Ruling Could Reshape Your Supply Chain
Big policy moves rarely arrive one at a time. We dig into a trio of shifts changing how shippers, carriers, and NVOCCs plan: the FMC’s latest civil penalty settlements, early signs of a safer Suez Canal, and a targeted court decision that trims...
Boston To Beijing: Maritime Strategy Now
From Buzzards Bay to Beijing — this week was all about maritime strategy in motion.Lauren recaps highlights from the Second Annual Massachusetts Maritime Strategy Conference, where federal and state leaders worked to align the Com...
Dr. Sal goes to Washington; a conversation with Sal Mercogliano fresh off his Senate hearing appearance
Fresh off the Senate’s Sea Change: Reviving Commercial Shipbuilding hearing this week, Dr. Sal Mercogliano joins us to share everything he didn’t get to say on the record. We unpack his “Ships for America” warning, his proposa...
FMC Nominees & the Arctic Watch: The Future of Maritime Policy and Chokepoints
Senate hearings meet Arctic geopolitics. This week’s episode breaks down how U.S. maritime nominees outlined plans to rebuild industrial strength and restore competitiveness—while Russia and China formalized their Northern Sea Route partnership...
China’s Maritime Tit-for-Tat: The Trade War Moves to the Waterfront
Headlines scream trade war, but our radar shows choreography. We unpack how the U.S. Section 301 vessel fees and China’s mirrored port charges operate like a controlled conversation—clear signals with tight guardrails—while cargo keeps moving a...
When Trade Shifts, Data Steers: Lessons from Quebec City (AAPA Convention)
This week’s episode connects the dots between ports, policy, and technology — from new AI cargo safety tools to China’s retaliatory port fees and the U.S.–Finland icebreaker deal. Fresh off the AAPA Annual Convention in Quebec City, Lauren brea...
Ports, Policy, and People: A Conversation with Carl Bentzel (NAWE)
If you’ve ever wondered how “90% of everything” actually reaches your doorstep, this conversation pulls back the curtain. I’m joined by Carl Bentzel—former FMC Commissioner and now Executive Director of the National Association of Wat...
Building Maritime Strength: A Conversation with Shipyard Expert Caitlin Hardy of Ness Sea Consulting
🎧 Short Summary Shipyards sit at the very heart of America’s maritime future, operating as both industrial engines and strategic assets essential to national security. In this conversation with Caitlin Hardy, Founder of Ness Sea ...
Ships, Fees, and Thieves: The New Maritime Chessboard
Season 5 of By Land and By Sea continues with a Captain’s Log edition—a fast, plain-language rundown of the biggest moves reshaping U.S. maritime policy and global shipping.The maritime landscape is being reshaped through...
Balancing Innovation and Tradition: A Conversation with Acting Maritime Administrator Sang Yi
Season 5 kicks off with Acting Maritime Administrator Sang Yi, bringing his merchant marine background, Navy Reserve service, and policy expertise to MARAD at a pivotal time. We discuss the success of the NSMV/VCM program, the reb...
S4.E29 - Season Finale: Maritime Voices, Industry Debates, FMC Budget, and What’s Next
🚢 By Land and By Sea Podcast – an attorney breaking down the week in supply chain 🎙️ Captain’s Log – “Season Finale: Maritime Voices, Industry Debates, and What’s Next” 🗓️ Week of July 26, 2025