BUZZARDS BAY, MA - Massachusetts Maritime Academy is pleased announce Sean T. Connaughton as the keynote speaker for the Maritime Education Summit to be held April 15 -17, 2009. Focused on Trends and Pedagogy for the Future, this innovative conference…
BUZZARDS BAY, MA – Massachusetts Maritime Academy is pleased to host a Maritime Education Summit this April 15 -17, 2009. Focused on Trends and Pedagogy for the Future, this innovative conference will attract participants from all segments of the maritime…
CASTINE, Maine – Maine Maritime Academy President Leonard Tyler has announced that Dr. Geraldine Knatz, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles <http://portoflosangeles.org/> , Calif., will address the graduating class at the college’s 66th Commencement on Saturday, May 2,…
The Nautical Institute has today (Wednesday) launched guidance to the industry on the transition from navigating with paper charts to navigating with ECDIS to help navigating officers meet the challenges of the change. The timely publication From Paper Charts to…
CASTINE, Maine, USA -- Maine Maritime Academy’s (MMA) schooner Bowdoin will sail to Newfoundland and Labrador this summer as a traveling ambassador for Celebrating Bartlett 2009, an upcoming Canadian recognition of Arctic exploration. Celebrating Bartlett 2009 will mark the 100th…
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.: Jan. 13, 2009) Crowley Maritime Corporation will enhance its scholarship grants with the Maritime Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport beginning in the fall. The company has pledged to increase its donation from $10,000 to $20,000…
(Vallejo, CA - January 09, 2009)•The California Maritime Academy's Extended Learning Department has posted its catalog of continuing education programs for 2009 on-line at www.maritime-education.com/courses.html Visitors to the site can download the full catalog and/or click on individual course offerings…
Paducah, KY. December 12, 2008. Not only did the 9th Annual River Bell Awards Luncheon at the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) Center in Paducah, KY raise nearly $150,000 to support Ministry on the River, SCI’s program of pastoral care to…
Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA)and SpecTec have entered into a Cooperation Agreement in which SpecTec has agreed to donate AMOS licenses for MMA’s Teaching & Training courses. This is the first license donation partnership with a Maritime Academy in the US…
Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy in Virginia Beach, VA has announced the installation of a Transas ERS4000 Engine Room Simulator. Â The simulator provides state of the art training in marine engineering. It is a complete training system that includes classroom demonstrations and…
HOUSTON, TX. October 30, 2008. Resembling barges held together with rigging, members of the commercial community of the Port of Houston, America's second largest Port in terms of total tonnage, met last week in support of the Seamen's Church Institute…
(Houston -- St. Petersburg) ABS and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) have initiated an extensive joint training program covering survey of Arctic LNG carriers for a team of surveyors drawn from both societies. Classroom instruction in early October…
