JUNE 18, 2014 — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Acting Maritime Administrator Paul “Chip” Jaenichen visited the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY, Monday, to celebrate the rechristening of the
MAY 8, 2013 — U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have written the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General urging him to seriously examine the roles that senior
JUNE 20, 2013 — Crowley Maritime Corporation presented U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Midshipman James R. Cameron with the company’s Maritime Security Enhancement Award, during the academy’s 2013 graduation awards convocation in
MAY 9, 2013 — The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association & Foundation has lost out in the latest round to fight its eviction from the Academy’s Kings Point, NY, campus. (See
APRIL 24, 2013 — The Inspector General of the Department of Transportation is being asked to review sexual assault and harassment prevention policies and reporting procedures established by the U.S. Merchant Marine
MARCH 4, 2013 — Crowley Maritime Corp. President, Chairman and CEO Tom Crowley became an honorary alumnus of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Kings Point, NY, during a special banquet
AUGUST 21, 2012—NASA and the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) have signed a memorandum of understanding to transfer NASA’s solid rocket booster recovery ship, 176 ft M/V Liberty Star, to the National Defense
AUGUST 20, 2012 – Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Philip H. Greene, Jr., has been named vice president of TOTE, Inc. He will join TOTE, Inc. in early September 2012, leading efforts
Wärtsilä has donated a controllable pitch propulsion system to the Engineering Department at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. A dedication ceremony on April 24, served as recognition of the full scale
John Parrott, President of Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc. (TOTE), was honored earlier this month by his alma mater, the U.S. Merchant Maritime Academy, with the 2011 Outstanding Professional Achievement Award. The
