Rear Adm. Joanna Nunan retired from the U.S. Coast Guard in November 2022 after 35 years of service and was appointed Superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at King’s Point, NY, the following month – the USMMA’s 14th Superintendent and the first woman to hold the position. A 1987 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Nunan’s early career…
Robert Allan Ltd. is known around the world for its sleek, innovative and high-performance tugboats. But the firm got its start in the 1920s designing yachts, small ferries and fishing vessels. The company, which is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, didn’t design many tugboats until the 1950s. The timing coincided with a broader shift within the industry from wooden hulls…