White House Puts Forward Former Maersk Executive As New MARAD Nominee
The White House sent the Senate a new nominee to lead the U.S. Maritime Administration, according to a Congressional notification.…
USNS Mercy is ‘Open for Business’ Says Hospital Ship’s Top Doc
SAN DIEGO — A day after pulling into its temporary home in the port of Los Angeles the hospital ship…
Trump Gives USNS Comfort a Send-Off as Hospital Ship Departs for New York
USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) pushed off from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., minutes after remarks from President Donald Trump praising the whole…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 23, 2020
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
Navy Hospital Ship Mercy Expected to Head to Seattle as Part of Pentagon Response to Coronavirus
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) was a hub of activity Thursday, as it took on a…
Wittman Pushing Navy to Buy Used Cargo Ships
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) wants to know why the U.S. military’s surge sealift capability has yet to…
MARAD: National Military Sealift Strategy Expected Soon
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A National Maritime Strategy, expected to address the various deficiencies facing the nation’s sealift capacity, is finished…
Report: U.S. Sealift Lacks Personnel, Hulls, National Strategy
An aging and inactive government fleet dependent on a shrinking pool of merchant mariners to get underway is how a…
Test of Ready Reserve Force Exposes Need For Newer Ships, More People
ARLINGTON, Va. — When U.S. Transportation Command tested the ability of the nation’s maritime Ready Reserve Force to set sail…
Report: U.S. Shoulders Steep Price to Protect Merchant Ships in Strait Of Hormuz
The Navy pays a steep price keeping an aircraft carrier with escorts on station to deter attacks on oil tanker…
TRANSCOM Stress Test Practiced Cargo Delivery Through Mine- and Sub-Filled Waters
Running dark and nearly silent, last month a convoy of Military Sealift Command ships practiced delivering people and gear to…