By Captain G. Andy Chase, Professor of Marine Transportation, Maine Maritime Academy In this modern age, all maritime schools are spending a great deal of money and time buying and training [...]
By Art Pine, images by Robert Almeida Step aboard a naval vessel these days, and you quickly see a stunning breadth of high-technology equipment. Navigating? Today’s ship is the province of GPS receivers [...]
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Photo By Christian Conover Having just recently departed for their summer winter training cruise, Mass Maritime Cadets got a surprise call from the state department… Cape Code Online tells us:
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