September 8, 2021 This episode of What's Going on With Shipping looks at the sentencing of 8 crewmen on board MSC Gayane after catching the ship with nearly 20 tons of cocaine on board, worth $1.3 Billion in the port of Philadelphia in 2019. Host: Sal Mercogliano - Chair of the Department of History, Criminal Justice and Political Science at Campbell University, former merchant mariner and adjunct professor of Maritime Industry Policy at the US Merchant Marine Academy. Watch: U.S. Coast Guard Crew Chases Down Narco Sub in the Pacific https://gcaptain.com/watch-u-s-coast-guard-crew-chases-down-and-boards-drug-smuggling-submersible/ Marine Traffic: MSC Gayane https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:5318625/mmsi:636018276/imo:9770763/vessel:MSC_GAYANE/_:1329c2a00b914182c4f52b4b1c701df2 Case closed: How drug ring hid $1B worth of coke on a single ship Unsealed investigation report on MSC Gayane case sheds light on smuggling op https://www.freightwaves.com/news/case-closed-how-drug-ring-hid-20-tons-of-coke-on-a-single-ship