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USMMA Suspends Shipboard Training Program

By Paul Benecki

November 3, 2016

The United States Merchant Marine Academy released a statement Thursday indicating that the academy is suspending training on working merchant vessels until “it is assured that [Midshipmen’s] training...

USMMA Lifts Sea Year Stand Down for Federal Vessels

By Paul Benecki

November 3, 2016

On Friday, the United States Merchant Marine Academy announced that it would partially lift last month’s suspension of its core Sea Year training program for undergraduate midshipmen, allowing those s...

Renewing USMMA's Sea Year Program

By Paul Benecki

November 3, 2016

In early 2014, a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy midshipman assigned to a naval auxiliary vessel said that she had been “subject to repeated, unwanted touching” by a civilian crewmate during a port call....

Union Leaders Voice Support for USMMA Sea Year

By Paul Benecki

November 3, 2016

Last week, the leaders of the four major U.S. maritime unions and 13 members of Congress issued letters of support for the reinstatement of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy's Sea Year training program...

USMMA Alumni Begin Sea Year Harassment Review

By Paul Benecki

November 3, 2016

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AAF) has hired a consulting firm to study sexual assault and sexual harassment at USMMA, with specific attention to the Academy's pr...

Scandal Hits as South Korea Restructures Shipbuilding

By The Maritime Executive

November 3, 2016

South Korean president Park Geun-Hye has recently suffered a bizarre and damaging scandal, and in response she has decided to shake up her cabinet leadership – just as her government was poised to beg...

Salvors Prepare to Raise Sunken Tug in B.C.

By The Maritime Executive

November 3, 2016

A salvage barge has arrived at the site of the sinking of the ATB tug Nathan E Stewart near Bella Bella, B.C., but bad weather continues to frustrate salvors' response efforts. Local Heiltsuk trib...

NSAP? Director Speaks at London Tanker Forum

By The Maritime Executive

November 3, 2016

Captain Bill Anderson, Director of MITAGS-PMI-West and head of the Navigation Skills Assessment Program (NSAP®) addressed a meeting of the aptly named Informal Tanker Operators Safety Forum (ITOSF) re...

GE Strengthens Its Presence in ASEAN and China

By The Maritime Executive

November 3, 2016

• Jason Electronics is appointed as GE’s value-added reseller for its Seastream DP systems • The agreement allows more customers in the ASEAN and China region to benefit from GE’s latest digital ma...

ExactEarth to Provide AIS Services to MDA

By The Maritime Executive

November 3, 2016

ExactEarth Ltd. (TSX: XCT), the leading provider of Satellite AIS data services, announces that it has been awarded a four-year $2.7 million (including taxes) contract by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Asso...

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