Later this week, State University of New York Maritime College will receive a historic delivery — a state-of-the-art new training ship christened Empire State. The arrival of this vessel, the first of ...

A former merchant marine captain – who’s traveled in and out of the Baltimore port "a number of times" – explained what happens when a mechanical error occurs ...

In June 1775 in Machias, Maine (then part of Massachusetts), townspeople refused to provide the British with lumber to build barracks for their troops, resulting in the British bringing in the armed ...

Back in December, U.S. Sen. Scott Kelly (D-Arizona), U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana), and then-Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Florida) (now the president’s National Security Advisor) co-sponsored a bill to ...

A cargo ship captain accused of raping a female Merchant Marine Academy cadet and attempting to assault another after plying both with spiked alcoholic drinks has surrendered his mariner's license, ...

Big, gray, merchant marine transport ships could eventually be anchored in Humboldt Bay waiting to be deployed. The United States Maritime Administration or MARAD is interested in storing Ready ...

A former electrician on an international shipping vessel gave up his mariner's license last week after facing administrative charges from the Coast Guard that he sexually harassed a teenage U.S.

In the early hours of March 26, the MV Dali, a 985-foot cargo ship weighing in whole over 91,000 tons, smashed into a supporting pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. The ship ...

A civilian mariner on a Military Sealift ship alleges that the ship’s captain raped her after being drugged by a spiked drink while ashore, according to a federal complaint filed Wednesday. Elsie E.

As the Merchant Marine ships ferried the P.O.W.s to Germany, the prisoners had to do menial chores such as chipping and painting at sea under the supervision of the Merchant Mariners and the Armed ...

The bipartisan, bicameral bill will fuel U.S. economy, strengthen national security by responding to China’s threat over the oceans. Currently, the number of U.S.-flagged vessels in international ...

Five area men were among the more than 1,000 killed in a surprise World War II German attack on an Allied port in Italy that ...