Tournament: Crestian | Round: 6 | Opponent: Cypress Bay | Judge: Alex Fields
Plan

Plan: The United States federal government should normalize its trade relations with Cuba
Relations

Now is key for US-Latin American ties, the alternative is a permanent collapse in relations
Shifter et al 12 (Michael, President of Inter-American Dialogue, the leading US center for policy analysis, exchange, ¶ and communication on issues in Western Hemisphere affairs. the Dialogue brings ¶ together public and private leaders from across the Americas to address hemispheric ¶ problems and opportunities. Consists of 100 distinguished citizens from throughout ¶ the Americas includes political, business, academic, media, and other nongovernmental leaders. Fourteen Dialogue members served as presidents of their countries ¶ and more than two dozen have served at the cabinet level. “Remaking the Relationship: The United States and Latin America,” April, IAD Policy Report, http://www.thedialogue.org/PublicationFiles/IAD2012PolicyReportFINAL.pdf//Tang)
Simply addressing an unfinished…  overhaul hemispheric relations.
Cuba policy prevents effective US Latin America relations – that’s key to global cooperation on climate change and preventing nuclear terrorism
Shifter et al 12 (Michael, President of Inter-American Dialogue, the leading US center for policy analysis, exchange, ¶ and communication on issues in Western Hemisphere affairs. the Dialogue brings ¶ together public and private leaders from across the Americas to address hemispheric ¶ problems and opportunities. Consists of 100 distinguished citizens from throughout ¶ the Americas includes political, business, academic, media, and other nongovernmental leaders. Fourteen Dialogue members served as presidents of their countries ¶ and more than two dozen have served at the cabinet level. “Remaking the Relationship: The United States and Latin America,” April, IAD Policy Report, http://www.thedialogue.org/PublicationFiles/IAD2012PolicyReportFINAL.pdf//Tang)
Cuba, too, poses … effective approach to the problem.
Latin American relations spur global cooperation on climate change
Edwards 11 (Guy, Research Fellow at the Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University, “Domestic politics frustrate U.S. - Latin American cooperation on climate change,” 11/7, http://www.globalconversation.org/2011/11/07/domestic-politics-frustrate-us-latin-american-cooperation-climate-change//Tang)
As U.S. influence in Latin … with the U.S. and Canada.
Global cooperation is key to effective emissions reductions
CFR 13 (Council on Foreign Relations, independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher, “The Global Climate Change Regime,” 6/19, http://www.cfr.org/climate-change/global-climate-change-regime/p21831//Tang)
Climate change is one of … adaptation—will need to be global too.

Climate change acts as a conflict multiplier, escalating threats and drawing in major powers
Knickerbocker 07 (Brad, Staff Writer for Christian Science Monitor, “Could global warming cause war?”, Apr 19, http://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/r14/2007/0419/p02s01-usgn.html//Tang)
For years, the debate over … implications for international security."
Warming is the only existential threat
Deibel, 7 - professor of IR at National War College
(Terry, “Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today Anthropogenic – caused by CO2, 2007)
Finally, there is one major …existence of life on this planet.

Nuclear terror causes extinction
Ayson 10 - Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand at the Victoria University of Wellington
(Robert, “After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 33.7, InformaWorld)
But these two nuclear … meet with a devastating response.
Latin American relations are key to providing crucial energy security – status quo risks oil shocks
Brune 10 (Nancy, works on energy security and national security issues at Sandia National Laboratories. She is a Truman National Security Fellow, as well as a member of Women in International Security and the Pacific Council on International Policy, “Latin America: A Blind Spot in US Energy Security Policy”, July 26, http://www.ensec.org/index.php?option=com_contentandview=articleandid=250:south-of-the-border-americas-key-to-energy-securityandcatid=108:energysecuritycontentandItemid=365//Tang)
For more than a decade, … our long term security needs. 

Oil Volatility is likely and inevitable
Clayton 12 (Blake, fellow for energy and national security at the Council on Foreign Relations, “The Real Reason Energy Traders Are Losing Sleep,” 10/3, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/10/03/the_real_reason_energy_traders_are_losing_sleep?page=full//Tang)
Ask the leaders of OPEC… than anything OPEC does.

Supply shocks are distinct – studies prove that even a small shock now would disrupt the economy
Erwin 11 (Sandra, editor of National Defense Magazine, “30 Cut in U.S. Oil Imports Would Avert Future Catastrophe, Study Warns”, 11-1, http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=577//Tang)
A group of retired U.S. military… and keeping more dollars at home.

Economic collapse causes war
Royal 10 Jedediah Royal, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, 2010, “Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises,” in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-215
First, on the systemic level,...  ancillary to those views.

US Cuba policy is the vital internal link – greater economic engagement is the litmus test for engaging all of Latin America
Perez, 10 ¬– JD, Yale Law (David, “America's Cuba Policy: The Way Forward: A Policy Recommendation for the U.S. State Department” 13 Harv. Latino L. Rev. 187, Spring, lexis)
Anti-Americanism has become the…  throughout Latin America, and would go a long way toward creating goodwill.
Multilat
US leadership is unsustainable without a highly visible commitment to multilateralism
Lake, 10 – Professor of Social Sciences, distinguished professor of political science at UC San Diego (David A., “Making America Safe for the World: Multilateralism and the Rehabilitation of US authority”, http://dss.ucsd.edu/~dlake/documents/LakeMakingAmericaSafe.pdf)
The safeguarding of US authority requires … lead the way to a new world order.
Plan is a powerful symbol of multilateral commitment
Burgsdorff, 9– Ph. D in Political Science from Freiburg University, EU Fellow at the University of Miami (Sven Kühn von, “Problems and Opportunities for the Incoming Obama Administration”, http://aei.pitt.edu.proxy.lib.umich.edu/11047/1/vonBurgsdorfUSvsCubalong09edi.pdf)
6.3 How would the international community react?  … steps  towards effective multilateralism.

Reliance on unilateralism will collapse US leadership and cause global wars
Montalvan 10, a 17-year veteran of the U.S. Army including multiple combat tours in Iraq, master's of science from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism (Luis, “Multilateralism is Essential for Peace in the 21st Century” Huffington Post, 4/23, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/luis-carlos-montalvan/multilateralism-is-essent_b_550332.html)
Unilateralism is the wrong approach … create rather than divide common ground.
The alternative to multilateralism is unilateral militarism – the plan establishes a model for hemispheric diplomacy that sustains US leadership
Grandin 10 – teaches history at New York University and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Greg, “Empire's Senescence: U.S. Policy in Latin America,” New Labor Forum, 19:1, Winter 2010, pg. 14-23)
Washington’s relations with Latin America…  and political paralysis quicken the U.S.’s fall.
Multilateral hegemony solves great power wars – the alternative is apolarity
Kempe 2012, Frederick Kempe, president and chief executive officer of the Atlantic Council, a foreign policy think tank and public policy group, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Atlantic Council since December 1, 2006, and is a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University's Saïd Business School, April 18, 2012, “Does America still want to lead the world?”, http://blogs.reuters.com/thinking-global/2012/04/18/does-america-still-want-to-lead-the-world/,)
For all their bitter differences… two decades is willing or capable of filling.
AND – American involvement is inevitable – decline causes lash out and great power wars
Brzezinski 12 Zbigniew, national security advisor under U.S. President Jimmy Carter, PHD, JAN/FEB, “After America”, http://www.foreignpolicy.com.ezproxy.baylor.edu/articles/2012/01/03/after_america?print=yesandhidecomments=yesandpage=full,)
Not so long ago, a high-ranking Chinese official…  there would normally be conflict.
The plan creates a credible model for multilateral conflict resolution
Dickerson 10 – Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, paper submitted in fulfillment of a Master of Strategic Studies Degree at the US Army War College (Sergio M, “UNITED STATES SECURITY STRATEGY TOWARDS CUBA,” 1/14/10, http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a518053.pdf)
At the international political level…  that continues to undermine any real diplomatic progress 

This gives the momentum and credibility to solve hotspots around the world
Dickerson 10 – Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, paper submitted in fulfillment of a Master of Strategic Studies Degree at the US Army War College (Sergio M, “UNITED STATES SECURITY STRATEGY TOWARDS CUBA,” 1/14/10, http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a518053.pdf)
The Ambassador’s first actions must … bringing true peace for years to come.
Hotspots all risk escalation to global nuclear war
Bosco 6 (David, assistant professor of International Politics, is a past Fulbright Scholar and senior editor at Foreign Policy magazine, aerved as a political analyst and journalist in Bosnia and Herzegovina and as deputy director of a joint United Nations/NATO project) July “Forum: Keeping an eye peeled for World War III” http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06211/709477-109.stm_
¶ The understanding that small but violent … France, Russia or China would respond militarily.
Specifically a multilateral shift towards benign hegemony is key to building institutions of global governance
Beeson and Higgott 03 (Mark, Winthrop Professor in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Western Australia, Richard, Professor of International Political Economy at the University of Warwick. He was president of the Australasian Political Studies Association. In 2008 the Academy of Social Sciences conferred the award of Academician on him, “Hegemony, Institutionalism and US Foreign Policy: ¶ Theory and Practice in Comparative Historical Perspective”, Dec 15-17, http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv.php?pid=UQ3A10402anddsID=mb_rh_birm_03.pdf//Tang)
The contemporary era in US … is the key difference ¶ between the two eras.

Cooperative global governance is key to solve multiple scenarios for extinction
Kupchan 12 *Charles Kupchan is a professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations No One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn, book
For the West to speak out against political repression …agree on an ideological foundation for the next world.

Commitment to multilateral institutions is key to prevent impending US-China war
Economist 10 (Newspaper covering world politics, “China and America are bound to be rivals, but they do not have to be antagonists,” Dec 2, http://www.economist.com/node/17629709//Tang)
TOWARDS the end of 2003 and early … It is up to them to ensure that the 21st is different.
Extinction
Wittner 11 (Lawrence, Ph.D. in History from Columbia University in 1967, and has taught since then at Hampton Institute, at Vassar College, at Japanese universities (under the Fulbright program), and at the State University of New York/Albany, where he is currently Professor of History emeritus. A former president of the Council on Peace Research in History (now the Peace History Society), he has written extensively on the history of peace movements and on the history of United States foreign policy. He has received major fellowships or grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, the MacArthur Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the United States Institute of Peace.  “Is a Nuclear War With China Possible?” 11/30, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-wittner/nuclear-war-china_b_1116556.html//Tang)
While nuclear weapons exist… nuclear production facilities over the next decade
Any step short of unconditional removal won’t create the same symbol of multilateralism
Vivanco 6- LLM from Harvard Law School, Americas director of Humans Rights Watch
(Jose Miguel, “Restraint, not force, will bring change to Cuba”, humans rights watch, 12/22/06, http://www.hrw.org/news/2006/12/21/restraint-not-force-will-bring-change-cuba)
This reluctance would be understandable but misguided… acting like Goliath will Cuba stop looking like David.

Tournament: Crestian | Round: 3 | Opponent: Lexington | Judge: Brett Bricker
1AC SSS
Plan

Plan: The United States federal government should economically engage in a short-sea shipping strategy with Mexico for the purpose of trade.

1AC Autoindustry
U.S. and Mexican trade is integrated—improvements in productivity of either bolsters competitiveness
Wilson et al 13 (Christopher E. Wilson, Eric L. Olsen, Miguel R. Salazar, Andrew Selee, Duncan Wood, Woodrow Wilson Center, Mexico Institute, January 2013, “New Ideas for a New Era: Policy Options for the Next Stage in U.S.- Mexico Relations”, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/new_ideas_us_mexico_relations.pdf, JS)

At a time when Mexico is poised to experience robust economic growth, a manufacturing renaissance AND
 strengthen the competitiveness of manufacturers throughout the whole region.

Current ground border infrastructure threatens production shut down—plan solves
Wilson et al 13 (Christopher E. Wilson, Eric L. Olsen, Miguel R. Salazar, Andrew Selee, Duncan Wood, Woodrow Wilson Center, Mexico Institute, January 2013, “New Ideas for a New Era: Policy Options for the Next Stage in U.S.- Mexico Relations”, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/new_ideas_us_mexico_relations.pdf, JS)

An Evolving Context¶ The Advent of Advanced Manufacturing and the Return of North American
AND
potential to shut down production until the needed parts arrive at their destination.¶ 

Short sea shipping solves congestion—increases capacity and allows more production
Ogle 13 (Sam Ogle, Editor of Automotive Supply Chain Magazine, automotive Logistics Leaders, and 360 Media Ltd., Automotive Supply Chain, 9 Jan 2013, “Short sea can help solve capacity issues out of Mexico”, http://www.automotivesupplychain.org/features/151/77/Short-sea-can-help-solve-capacity-issues-out-of-Mexico/, js)
The challenge for the automotive supply chain concerns the availability of sufficient transportation AND
 and distributors is, “will the capacity be there when needed for increased production?”¶ 

Scenario 1 is competitiveness

Mexico is key to U.S. competitiveness because of joint production—specific to auto-industry
Wilson 12 (Christopher Wilson, associate at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC and the author of the 2011 Wilson Center report Working Together: Economic Ties between the United States and Mexico, 7/26/12, “U.S. Competitiveness: the Mexican Connection”, Issues in Science and Techbology, p_wilson, JS)
The massive volume of commerce and investment is important, but the depth of regional integration AND
growing 51 and 72, respectively, between 2009 and 2011.

Auto-industry is key to strong manufacturing and military readiness
Clark 8 (Wesley K. Clark, Wesley K. Clark, a retired Army general and former supreme allied commander of NATO, is a senior fellow at the Burkle Center for International Relations at the University of California at Los Angeles, November 17, 2008, “What’s Good for G.M. Is Good for the Army”, The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/opinion/16clark.html)
AMERICA’S automobile industry is in desperate trouble. Financial instability, the credit squeeze and AND
any federal assistance plan would not be just an economic measure. This is, fundamentally, about national security.

Collapse emboldens enemies—leads to great power wars
Spencer 2K (Jack Spencer, Research Fellow at Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic POlocy Studies, 9/15/2000, “The Facts About Military Readiness”, The Heritage Foundation, http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2000/09/BG1394-The-Facts-About-Military-Readiness, JS)
¶ In recent months, the major foreign policy issue of the 2000 presidential election campaign has been AND
nations from acting aggressively in regions of vital national interest, thereby preserving peace.

Scenario two is econ
We’ll identify two internal links
Auto-industry key to jobs—extremely large multiplier effect
CAR 10 (Center for Automotive Research, study was researched and written by Sustainable Transportation and Communities Group at CAR, April 2013, “Contribution of the Automotive Industry to the Economies of All Fifty States and the United States”, https://mpcms.blob.core.windows.net/6864e884-8313-4d1f-97b8-696c824cfd60/docs/ffbdcd18-ed82-4a48-8e31-f580b90a8e2e/car-contribution-of-auto-industy-to-50-states.pdf, js)

study shows that these 1.7 million direct jobs contribute to an estimated:
AND
 Estimated personal tax payments of roughly $10 billion

AND Congestion underlies a multibillion dollar drag on the economy – chokes any possible recovery
Needham, 11 Report: Traffic congestion costs billions, weighs on the economic recovery, Vicki, The Hill, http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/801-economy/184105-report-traffic-congestion-costs-billions-weighs-on-the-economic-recovery
Traffic congestion is costing billions every year, further threatening the nation’s economic recovery AND
If we want a strong economy, doing nothing is not a productive option.”

Economic collapse causes war
Royal 10 Jedediah Royal, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, 2010, “Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises,” in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-215
First, on the systemic level, Pollins (2008) advances Modelski and Thompson's (1996) work on leadership cycle theory,
AND
As such, the view presented here should be considered ancillary to those views.

1AC Shipbuilding

Increased support for short sea shipping sustains the shipbuilding industry
Raymond, 05 Charles, President and CEO Horizon Inc. “Short Sea Shipping: Long On Benefits”,
http://www.inboundlogistics.com/cms/article/short-sea-shipping-long-on-benefits/
To help meet the current congestion crisis on U.S. highway systems and rail networks, the Department of Transportation and the U.S. Maritime Administration are promoting short sea shipping as an environmentally friendly, timely, AND
 waterways requires a real commitment on the part of U.S. political leaders.

And, the plan sends a signal to the shipbuilding industry – leads to further shift away from land transit
Munoz, 11 January 11, The Obama Infrastructure Plan, and Another Shipyard Closes, OP-ED by Tony Munoz, Editor-in-Chief of the Maritime ExecutiveMagazine and the MarEx Newsletter, http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/obama-infrastructure-plan-and-another-shipyard-closes
As President Obama announced his robust infrastructure investment program touting an immediate
AND
Imagine a budget surplus for the arts, education, mass transportation, and health care for the poor.
And, a strong maritime and shipbuilding industry is a vital pre requisite to credible naval hegemony
Alberto, et al., 5 (Lieutenant Colonel Ronald P., U.S. Army, Colonel Michael G. Archuleta, U.S. Air Force, Lieutenant Colonel Steven H. Bills, U.S. Air Force, Commander William A. Bransom, U.S. Navy, Mr. Kenneth Cohen, Department of State, Commander William A. Ebbs, U.S. Navy, George Manjgaladze, Ministry of Defense, Republic of Georgia, Commander Elizabeth B. Myhre, U.S. Navy, Audrea M. Nelson, DA, Robert L. Riddick, Department of Defense, Colonel Christopher M. Ross, U.S. Army, Julia N. Ruhnke, DA, Lieutenant Colonel Gregory M. Ryan, U.S. Marine Corps, Colonel David D. Thompson, U.S. Air Force, Commander Hugh D. Wetherald, U.S. Navy, Dr. Mark Montroll, faculty at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Dr. Michael Farbman, USAID, faculty at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Captain David B. Hill, U.S. Coast Guard, faculty at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, “SHIPBUILDING”, The Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, 2005, http://www.ndu.edu/icaf/programs/academic/industry/reports/2005/pdf/icaf-is-report-shipbuilding-2005.pdf, Deech)
In conclusion, our study found that the tremendous advantage the US enjoys in naval power directly AND
does not occur, unit cost will continue to skyrocket out of proportion to the value to the nation of the vessel.

Naval power solves war and multiple scenarios for extinction
Forbes 13 “American Seapower: A Global Navy for a Global Mission” Randy Forbes; chairman of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee and Co-Chairman of the Navy-Marine Corps Caucus; April 8, 2013 http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2013/04/08/american_seapower_a_global_navy_for_a_global_mission_106530.html
Why does the United States maintain such a robust Navy? It's a fundamental question we should be AND
 a powerful Navy is "not a provocation to war... it is the surest guaranty of peace."
And, causes and escalation of every transnational threat – the ship building industry is key
NLUS, 12 – a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating our citizens about the importance of sea power to U.S. national security and supporting the men and women of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and U.S.-flag Merchant Marine and their families (Navy League of the United States, “Maritime Primacy and Economic Prosperity: Maritime Policy 2012-13”, Navy League of the United States, 1/21/12, http://www.navyleague.org/files/legislative_affairs/maritime_policy20122013.pdf | AK)
Global engagement is critical to the U.S. economy, world trade and the protection of democratic
 AND
 to remain an effective fighting force. Taking care of our wounded warriors is fundamental.

Solves global nuclear war
Brooks, Ikenberry, and Wohlforth ’13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University in the Department of Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College “Don’t Come Home America: The Case Against Retrenchment,” International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51)

A core premise of deep engagement is that it prevents the emergence of a far more dangerous global security
AND
U.S. military capability and that of potential rivals is by many measures growing rather than shrinking. 85
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AND – American involvement is inevitable – decline causes lash out and great power wars
Brzezinski 12 Zbigniew, national security advisor under U.S. President Jimmy Carter, PHD, JAN/FEB, “After America”, http://www.foreignpolicy.com.ezproxy.baylor.edu/articles/2012/01/03/after_america?print=yesandhidecomments=yesandpage=full,)
Not so long ago, a high-ranking Chinese official, who obviously had concluded that America's
AND
American power creates order where there would normally be conflict.
Increased naval power is critical to maintain nuclear primacy and credibility
Vego, 8 — professor of operations at the Naval War College, former commanding officer in the former Yugoslav Navy and former West German merchant marine (Milan N., “On Naval Power”, Joint Forces Quarterly, July 2008, http://www.ndu.edu/press/lib/pdf/jfq-50/JFQ-50.pdf, Deech)
Blue water navies play a critical role in providing support to national and military (or theater) strategy as a part of AND
 Federation, Britain, France, and the People’s Republic of China.

Loss of primacy leads to nuclear war – perception heightens the link
Caves 10 – John P. Caves Jr., Senior Research Fellow In The Center For The Study Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction At The National Defense University, January 2010, “Avoiding A Crisis Of Confidence In The U.S. Nuclear Deterrent,” Strategic Forum, No. 252
AND
WMD) on a scale far more catastrophic than what nuclear-armed terrorists alone could inflict.

1AC Solvency

Short sea shipping is a viable alternative for rail and truck shipments across the border
Ogle 13 (Sam Ogle, Editor of Automotive Supply Chain Magazine, automotive Logistics Leaders, and 360 Media Ltd., Automotive Supply Chain, 9 Jan 2013, “Short sea can help solve capacity issues out of Mexico”, http://www.automotivesupplychain.org/features/151/77/Short-sea-can-help-solve-capacity-issues-out-of-Mexico/, js)

At the beginning of August 2012, the port of San Diego received more than 1,000 Mexican-built
AND
 to be more creative. Take the capacity that does exist and relieve pressure off road and rail.”¶ 

Auto-companies recognize Mexico as the best place for production—including the U.S. Big Three
Ogle 13 (Sam Ogle, Editor of Automotive Supply Chain Magazine, automotive Logistics Leaders, and 360 Media Ltd., Automotive Supply Chain, 9 Jan 2013, “Short sea can help solve capacity issues out of Mexico”, http://www.automotivesupplychain.org/features/151/77/Short-sea-can-help-solve-capacity-issues-out-of-Mexico/, js)

Mexican automotive production is at an all-time high and forecast to increase significantly over the AND
 and a long tradition and experience within the sector.¶ 

No investment right now because of the “chicken and egg situation”—plan makes the first move
Ogle 13 (Sam Ogle, Editor of Automotive Supply Chain Magazine, automotive Logistics Leaders, and 360 Media Ltd., Automotive Supply Chain, 9 Jan 2013, “Short sea can help solve capacity issues out of Mexico”, http://www.automotivesupplychain.org/features/151/77/Short-sea-can-help-solve-capacity-issues-out-of-Mexico/, js)

Pasha has some 15 years experience in dealing with short-sea shipping. “We were the NVOCC (Non AND
mode of transportation which helps to keep competition as keen as possible?”¶ 

The US is key- proximity and transportation experience
MTLA 6 (Maritime Transport and Logistics Advisors, Lawrence Henesey, affiliate member of MTLA, Mark Yonge, Managing Member, for presentation at the 2006 TRB Annual meeting, “Short Sea Shipping in the United States: Identifying the Prospects and Oppurtunities”, 25 January 2006, http://www.maritimeadvisors.com/pdf/SSSTRB2006WhitePaper.pdf, js)

New Short Sea Shipping services are being introduced at an increasing pace in the U.S. and between AND
 awareness of transportation related problems, issues and alternatives.