Sustained scientific observations and monitoring are crucial for measuring ocean change, providing valuable data that contributes to a better understanding of oceanography, biodiversity, and the ...

In the early hours of March 26, the MV Dali, a 985-foot cargo ship weighing in whole over 91,000 tons, smashed into a supporting pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. The ship ...

It is no secret that the American commercial shipbuilding industry is struggling. The U.S. Merchant Marine fleet is small, aging, and will be unable to provide the U.S. military with significant ...

It was my pleasure on Nov. 10 to participate in the dedication of the U.S. Merchant Marine emblem alongside the emblems of the Armed Services of the United States at Veterans Memorial Plaza in ...

In June 1775 in Machias, Maine (then part of Massachusetts), townspeople refused to provide the British with lumber to build barracks for their troops, resulting in the British bringing in the armed ...

U.S. military sealift capabilities are falling far behind China’s, particularly in terms of the number of vessels available for a major conflict (“China’s Advance Exposes U.S.’s Supply-Line Weakness,” ...

Big, gray, merchant marine transport ships could eventually be anchored in Humboldt Bay waiting to be deployed. The United States Maritime Administration or MARAD is interested in storing Ready ...

It’s time for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point to get a superintendent who knows the ropes firsthand. Facebook/U.S. Merchant Marine Academy - USMMA Our nation once had a huge fleet of ...

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision with a merchant ship near Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday night, a Navy spokesperson said Thursday.