Category Archives: Merchant Marine

MARAD: U.S. Must Address Military Sealift Vessel and Crew Shortage

By: John Grady

May 9, 2019 4:07 PM

SATTAHIP, Thailand—A UH-60 Black Hawk is raised from Military Sealift Command’s voyage-charter, general purpose, heavy-lift vessel MV Ocean Grand at the pier in Sattahip, Thailand. Military Sealift Command Far East photo.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The few American-built and-operated tankers available to carry fuel for aircraft, tanks, fighting vehicles and trucks into war zones throws into sharp relief the strategic sealift problems facing the nation, a senior Maritime Administration official told USNI News on Tuesday.

TRANSCOM, MARAD Want to Speed Up Purchase of Used Ships for Reserve Fleet

By: John Grady

March 7, 2019 7:37 PM

National Defense Reserve Fleet Suisun Bay, Calif. in 2014. US Navy

Faced with skyrocketing costs to repair the U.S.’s aging fleet of reserve merchant ships, the heads of the U.S. Maritime Administration and U.S. Transportation Command officials are pushing a program to buy more used vessels to fix a mobility at-sea readiness gap. Read More →

Kearsarge ARG, 22nd MEU Enter U.S. 6th Fleet Area Of Operations

By: Ben Werner

December 26, 2018 10:51 AM

The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group steams in formation on Dec. 24, 2018. Navy photo.

The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) spent Christmas in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations, after rescuing a British merchant sailor shortly after leaving homeport.

Panel: Chinese Investments to Boost Trade Come as U.S. Commercial Shipping in Decline

By: John Grady

October 2, 2018 3:00 PM

Chinese sailors watch a People’s LIberation Army Navy (PLAN) ship pull into Djibouti. Xinhua Photo

China, through its ongoing One Belt/One Road Initiative, is increasingly challenging the United States’ ability “to move freely in a business environment and across the oceans,” the retired vice admiral heading one of the nation’s top trade groups said Monday. Read More →

U.S. Surface Warfare Officers Will Now Use Logbooks to Record Time at Sea

By: Sam LaGrone

September 14, 2018 11:19 AM

Photo of a sample page of the new Mariners Skills logbook for US Navy surface warfare officers. US Navy Photo

Surface warfare officers are borrowing a lesson from naval aviators and will now keep a logbook of their time underway throughout their career, according to a new Navy instruction obtained by USNI News. Read More →

Official: U.S. Military Sealift Capacity is ‘On the Ragged Edge’

By: John Grady

April 11, 2018 9:55 AM

National Defense Reserve Fleet Suisun Bay, Calif. in 2014. US Navy

NATIONAL HARBOR. Md. – The merchant fleet that would carry the U.S. military to war is in dire need of recapitalization and might not prepared to fight its way to a conflict zone, said a panel of officials tasked with oversight of military sealift. Read More →

MARAD: U.S. Short Almost 2,000 Mariners to Supply American Forces in War

By: John Grady

March 8, 2018 3:27 PM

RRF vessel SS Cornhusker State off the coast of Haiti, February 2010. MARAD Photo

If push comes to shove, the U.S. doesn’t have enough mariners to move tanks, personnel carriers, ammunition, medicines, food and water into a hot zone in a prolonged crisis, the head of the Maritime Administration said Thursday. Read More →

Singapore Safety Report on USS John S. McCain Aug. 21, 2017 Collision

March 8, 2018 7:46 AM

The following is the Singapore Ministry of Transport March 8, 2017 report: Safety Investigation Into Collision Between Alnic MC and The USS John S McCain in Singapore Territorial Waters on 21 August 2017. Read More →

On Fire for A Week, Iranian Tanker Sinks in South China Sea

By: Ben Werner

January 16, 2018 6:17 PM

MT Sanchi burning off the coast of China after a Jan. 6 collision. South Korean Coast Guard Photo

After burning for more than a week in the South China Sea, an Iranian tanker bound for South Korea sank over the weekend, leaving a large oil spill fouling the water, as the next shipment between the countries prepared to set sail.

VIDEO: U.S. Navy P-8A Looking for Crew of Burning Iranian Tanker

By: Ben Werner

January 8, 2018 2:01 PM

MT Sanchi burning off the coast of China after a Jan. 6 collision. South Korean Coast Guard Photo

The U.S. Navy sent a P-8A aircraft to assist the international search and rescue effort in the East China Sea following a Saturday collision between two commercial vessels. Read More →

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Category Archives: Merchant Marine

MARAD: U.S. Must Address Military Sealift Vessel and Crew Shortage

TRANSCOM, MARAD Want to Speed Up Purchase of Used Ships for Reserve Fleet

Kearsarge ARG, 22nd MEU Enter U.S. 6th Fleet Area Of Operations

Panel: Chinese Investments to Boost Trade Come as U.S. Commercial Shipping in Decline

U.S. Surface Warfare Officers Will Now Use Logbooks to Record Time at Sea

Official: U.S. Military Sealift Capacity is ‘On the Ragged Edge’

MARAD: U.S. Short Almost 2,000 Mariners to Supply American Forces in War

Singapore Safety Report on USS John S. McCain Aug. 21, 2017 Collision

On Fire for A Week, Iranian Tanker Sinks in South China Sea

VIDEO: U.S. Navy P-8A Looking for Crew of Burning Iranian Tanker

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