New Florida tug company formed

Marine Towing of Port Canaveral LLC has acquired the Port Canaveral operations and assets associated with E.N. Bisso & Son Inc.’s acquisition of the ship-assist operations once owned by Seabulk Towing Holdings Inc. “Marine Towing is a highly regarded provider of ship assist services in the industry,” Capt. John Murray, Port Canaveral CEO, said in a statement. “We are pleased to…
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Rebuilding the U.S. Merchant Marine

In the United States there are seven four-year maritime academies where students can graduate with a baccalaureate degree, and an unlimited third mate or third engineer license.  The federal academy is located at King’s Point, New York.  There are also six state academies: Maine Maritime at Castine, the State University of New York Maritime College at Throggs Neck; Massachusetts Maritime…
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African Lightning

African Lightning

The American South African Line, was founded in 1925 to operate cargo and passenger services from New York to West and South Africa.  Ten years later, a service was inaugurated to East African ports and Mauritius and in 1948 the company was restyled as Farrell Lines.  One of the fleet of ships operated by the company in the years following…
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