Buzby: Declining Ship Numbers, Opportunities Causing Merchant Marine Talent Loss
The Maritime Administration’s top official warns of “a bleed-off of talent” in the merchant fleet because there are fewer ships…
Study Says Navy Logistics Fleet Would Fall Short in High-End Fight
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy is struggling to find support to buy new logistics ships, even as a new study…
Official: U.S. Military Sealift Capacity is ‘On the Ragged Edge’
NATIONAL HARBOR. Md. – The merchant fleet that would carry the U.S. military to war is in dire need of…
U.S. Facing Looming Shortage of Merchant Mariners
By 2022, the United States will need “70,000 new people” for the nation’s maritime fleet, but the Merchant Marine Academy…