New NAMEPA guide connects students to maritime careers
24 Jul

New NAMEPA guide connects students to maritime careers

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(WESTON, Conn.) — The North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) has released its newest workforce development and maritime awareness resource: Maritime Exploration Guide, a dynamic and accessible guide created to introduce students, educators, counselors and families to the vast opportunities that exist within the maritime industry. Rooted in NAMEPA’s mission to Save Our Seas, this new guide goes beyond…
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AMP welcomes more than 1,100 U.S. maritime graduates
01 Jul

AMP welcomes more than 1,100 U.S. maritime graduates

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(WASHINGTON) — The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, congratulates the more than 1,100 graduates from America’s maritime academies who make up the Class of 2025. These graduates now join the 650,000 men and women of the American maritime workforce, a vital component of U.S. national, homeland and economic security. This new generation of mariners…
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Coast Guard updates credit for service on ATBs, ITBs
26 Jun

Coast Guard updates credit for service on ATBs, ITBs

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(WASHINGTON) — In light of the current shortage of mariners, the U.S. Coast Guard has considered the barrier to mariner career progression presented by Title 46 CFR 11.211(d), Service on Articulated Tug Barges (ATB) and Integrated Tug Barges (ITB). This regulation limits the crediting of sea service based on the aggregate tonnage of the ATB or ITB to a two-for-one…
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Nunan, Wulf end leadership tenure at Kings Point
25 Jun

Nunan, Wulf end leadership tenure at Kings Point

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(WASHINGTON) — Vice Adm. Joanna Nunan, 14th superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), and Deputy Superintendent Rear Adm. David Wulf have announced their departures. This brings to an end their tenure committed to the quality of the midshipman experience at Kings Point. Among their last official duties at the academy was to preside over the Class of…
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Port of Long Beach awards $355,000 in scholarships
30 May

Port of Long Beach awards $355,000 in scholarships

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(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — The Port of Long Beach on Wednesday presented $355,000 in scholarships to 190 local high school and college students interested in studying and training in port-related fields including engineering, environmental science, maritime law and technical trades. The scholarships were announced at the port’s annual Celebrating Education event, which brings together students, educators, policy makers and business…
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Bill calls for Coast Guard to modernize merchant mariner credentialing exam
14 May

Bill calls for Coast Guard to modernize merchant mariner credentialing exam

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(WASHINGTON) — This week, U.S. Reps. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., and Mike Ezell, R-Miss., introduced the Mariner Exam Modernization Act, which directs the U.S. Coast Guard to develop and implement a plan to modernize the merchant mariner credentialing exam, aiming to eliminate redundancies and improve efficiency within 270 days of receiving recommendations from a dedicated working group. “The men and women…
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Coast Guard Academy now offering interdisciplinary engineering
05 May

Coast Guard Academy now offering interdisciplinary engineering

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(NEW LONDON, Conn.) — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy (CGA) has launched a new academic major. Interdisciplinary engineering (IDE) prepares future officers for careers across a wide spectrum of Coast Guard missions. IDE is open to cadets beginning with the Class of 2028. The new academic major advances an interdisciplinary approach to prepare cadets to serve in a wide variety…
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NMC works through credential delays, cancels bulletin
23 Apr

NMC works through credential delays, cancels bulletin

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(MARTINSBURG, W.Va.) — On Tuesday, Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB) 06-23 titled “Merchant Mariner Credentialing Delays” was canceled. The National Maritime Center (NMC) is no longer experiencing merchant mariner credential (MMC) issuance delays, therefore the verification of authority afforded in MSIB 06-23 is no longer required. All mariners sailing under the authority of their credential should have a valid MMC…
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NMC update: CPR requirement for original officer endorsement
23 Apr

NMC update: CPR requirement for original officer endorsement

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(MARTINSBURG, W.Va.) — The U.S. Coast Guard will accept completed training or continued competence in STCW basic training (BT) as meeting the requirement for CPR for an original officer endorsement, per 46 CFR 11.201(i). This action is being taken to relieve the burden on mariners seeking to obtain a merchant mariner credential (MMC). Original applicants for officer endorsements are required…
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