President Trump wants to bulk up the U.S. maritime industry and have more shipping handled by vessels under the flag of the United States.
That will take merchant mariners, and they're in very short supply. Traverse City is home to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, one of just seven such academies in the country.
We go aboard a training tugboat on Lake Michigan to learn more about how they train and what the future might hold as demand for these jobs continues to grow.
