U.S. Maritime Industry Needs Better Business Case to Offer More Support to DoD, Says Panel
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The U.S. commercial maritime industry needs more business incentives to make changes that support the Defense…
MARAD Head ‘Not At All Confident’ Ready Reserve Fleet Could be Crewed in a Crisis
The head of the Maritime Administration “was not at all confident” that all the ships in the Ready Reserve Fleet…
Threats to Merchant Ships Growing; Mariners Face Pirates, Lethal Drones
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Electronic spoofing, jammed communications and navigation systems, armed drone attacks and pirates are challenges American crews…
TRANSCOM Rethinking Sealift in Future Conflict for New Study
A military mobility study due out in June will place a greater emphasis on smaller, lower-draft vessels that will ferry…
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…
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…