Starbound, a 72-foot ketch, recently made the 225-mile voyage from northern Maine to Narragansett Bay to begin its new mission as a platform for youth education and adventure. The vessel is currently under a long-term charter by a local non-profit…
BHP Billiton today welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission to the Productivity Commission as it considers improvements to the workplace relations framework in Australia.BHP Billiton’s submission includes recommendations for a number…
Austal USA combined two classes to graduate a total of 48 members of Austal’s cutting-edge four-year apprenticeship program yesterday at a formal ceremony held at the Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center. The graduates received their…
Confident Captain/Ocean Pros has teamed up with Safe/Sea and weather service Commander’s Weather to provide a seminar on how weather and meteorology affects mariners. According to the organizers, the two-day seminar is packed with professional…
The Maritime Training Academy announced the launch of its new diploma in maritime security today. The Surrey, UK-based distance learning center said the diploma in maritime security will commence April 1st, 2015 and will consist of 11 modules including ISPS code…
With an eye on the future, subsea services provider Bibby Offshore said it understands the importance of valuing and investing in the workforce of tomorrow, as highlighted by its successes at the 2014 Oil and Gas UK Awards, where it won in the…
Stephen Horvath, a first class cadet at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, was recently granted a two-year Fulbright Scholarship to study renewable energy technologies in Finland during the 2015-2016 academic year and the 2016-2017 academic year…
The basic nature of maritime casualties, salvage and wreck removal has evolved rapidly over the last few years. Ships and offshore constructions have become more technologically elaborate, and in many cases simply bigger and more complex than ever…
The crew of the U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), painted the ship’s anchor gold March 19, 2015, after being awarded the Retention Excellence Award, for fiscal year 2014.Throughout the year, Mount Whitney maintained an overall retention rate of 88…
Too many times, we are simply not aware of what we do not know. That said; if the first quarter of 2015 brings only one thing into crystal clear focus, then that would probably involve the reality that the human element of maritime operations…
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced the graduation of 105 students in the fourth class of the '3rd Year Program,' which MOL introduced with the goal of developing crewmembers who will uphold strict safety standards in vessel operation…
Sailors assigned to the U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) painted a local elementary school in Rijeka, Croatia, March 11-17, 2015.The Sailors started the community relations (COMREL) project at Nikola Tesla Elementary School in Rijeka…
Ghanaian navy sailors joined a German navy maritime interdiction operations (MIO) team and a U.S. Navy medical trainer for three days of maritime security training at Naval Base Tema, Ghana, ending March 18, 2015.The training took place…
A new diesel generator simulator has been delivered to Pearl Harbor naval facilities by the TechSolutions program at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), officials at ONR announced March 18. High-fidelity 3D software will allow Sailors…
America’s maritime strength depends upon U.S. merchant mariners who serve aboard ocean-going commercial, sealift, and military vessels. That’s why the Maritime Administration (MARAD) places such a high priority on education at the United States…
