Later this week, State University of New York Maritime College will receive a historic delivery — a state-of-the-art new training ship christened Empire State. The arrival of this vessel, the first of ...

A former merchant marine captain – who’s traveled in and out of the Baltimore port "a number of times" – explained what happens when a mechanical error occurs ...

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 ...

The Trump administration announced its plans Friday for expanding the nation’s commercial shipbuilding and maritime ...

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 ...

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 ...

A cargo ship captain accused of raping a female Merchant Marine Academy cadet and attempting to assault another after plying both with spiked alcoholic drinks has surrendered his mariner's license, ...

A former electrician on an international shipping vessel gave up his mariner's license last week after facing administrative charges from the Coast Guard that he sexually harassed a teenage U.S.

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 ...