The Dutch-built wind turbine installation vessel Aeolus carries a top-range crane that can lift 1,600 tons. It can work in 135 feet of water thanks to 279-foot legs, each weighing 1,280 tons. These capabilities are necessary to handle next-generation…
President Joe Biden wants the United States to generate enough offshore wind energy to power 10 million homes by 2030, and his administration is looking to assist the burgeoning sector. Specifically, the administration has proposed $3 billion in federal…
Mariners spend less time online than the average landlubber with constant access to Wi-Fi and 5G cell towers, but they often rely on the internet more for managing their lives. Paying bills, shopping or connecting with family and friends…
Sailors from the Ivory Coast participate in a hostage rescue drill with the Ghanaian navy in 2017. Sponsored by U.S. Africa Command, the exercise was designed to improve cooperation between Gulf of Guinea and West Africa…
C.W. was a cook on a Military Sealift Command (MSC) vessel. The ship’s chief steward, the head of the civilian hospitality crew, began spending a lot of time in the galley, just standing around and socializing. “He would dawdle,”…
In 2016, after seven years of regulatory battles, the Block Island Wind Farm went online and the first watts produced from a turbine built on America’s continental shelf traveled to an energy grid. At the time, the Obama administration…
In the brief cellphone video recorded by a crewmember on the offshore supply vessel (OSV) Remas, the pirates walk back and forth on the deck of the ship, clenching their guns and using them to point as they order…
Civilian mariners with the Military Sealift Command release anchor chain pins on the submarine tender USS Frank Cable while on deployment in the Arabian Sea. Seafarer unions hope to collect penalty pay for MSC mariners who…
A degree from a maritime academy usually spares one from the pain of checking job websites throughout a day, hoping a suitable position has popped up since they last hit refresh.
While the world embraced social distancing and self-isolating amid the spread of the coronavirus, the Military Sealift Command (MSC) required thousands of civilian mariners, or “civmars,” to stay on U.S. Navy ships, sharing tight quarters and cramped workspaces.
