Today's episode of The REAL gCaptain Podcast was recorded in the wake of the Blue Highway Conference hosted by SUNY Maritime College. We report on major work being done by MARAD and maritime industry stakeholders to defibrillate the once vibrant but now ailing near coastal and inland waterway transportation system. In this podcast we ask the … [Read more...]
SUNY Maritime Brings Home Top Rankings
With high school seniors across the US get busy applying for college, SUNY Maritime College in New York City has won an unprecedented set of awards for 2018. The college was recognized for its overall educational quality, the earning potential of its graduates, career placement rates and the value of its engineering programs. According to the Princeton Review, SUNY … [Read more...]
Conference Hopes To Respark US Marine Highways
Roads around the New York metro area, and up and down many parts of the East Coast, are increasingly congested. The congestion increases air pollution, leads to poor roads, and slows the flow of people and goods throughout the region. Heavy cargo transported on trucks have damaged our roads and bridges. Most other maritime nations (especially in Europe) are well ahead the US … [Read more...]
Sailors Team Up With Fort Schuyler To Offer STCW Like Training To Boaters And Kids
By John Konrad (gCaptain) The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), revolutionized training in the maritime industry by giving mariners hands on and practical safety training. Now one organization is using that model to train boaters. Despite heavy rain and unseasonably cold temperatures in the Bronx … [Read more...]
SUNY Maritime College Gets $300 Million to Build New Training Ship
The $1.3 trillion U.S. government spending bill signed by President Donald Trump on Friday includes $300 million in federal funding to build a new National Security Multi-Mission Vessel to replace the Empire State VI as SUNY Maritime College's training ship, the state maritime academy announced Friday. In a letter to the Maritime College Community, RADM Alfultis, President … [Read more...]