MARAD Chief David Matsuda, in his July 14 2010 testimony to the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, outlines what is next for domestic maritime affairs. In a laundry list of as many as ten items on the plate of DOT’s maritime modal arm, shortsea shipping ranks all but dead last in terms of MARAD’s priority list.
Maritime Security Council’s Spring 2010 International Congress reaches beyond piracy and provides solutions for ensuring the security, transparency and accountability for cargo moving through the supply chain.
Germanischer Lloyd has begun offering training to those seafarers wanting to come ashore and make it big
A navigation safety tool with a rapidly increasing number of applications – some appropriate, some questionable
Northrop Grumman delivered PCU New Mexico to the Navy 4 months early.
Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53) arrived in Mombasa, Kenya, Nov. 18, beginning a nearly two-month long international outreach and maritime security mission.
The last Missouri, a legendary battleship, saw action in World War II, the Korean War, the Persian Gulf War, and was also the site where Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and many other U.S. and Allied officers accepted the unconditional surrender of the Japanese at the end of World War II Sept. 2, 1945.
Initiated modern maritime security program
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Shipbuilding oppotunities are growing in Canada, according to Peter Cairns (VAdm-retired), head of the Shipbuilding Association of Canada