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Maritime cadets have been trained on 50- and 60-year-old ships in the U.S. for too many decades. Well, that’s about to change as obsolete ships at the...

The United States is facing a shortage of qualified mariners. This presents a national and economic security crisis that must be addressed by Washington...

The US government has launched the tanker version of the long-standing Maritime Security Program – find out which vessels and owners are involved.

The Maritime Administration (MarAd) announced that the first nine ships have been enrolled in the Tanker Security Program.

U.S.-flag tanker company Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG) has announced that the Military Sealift Command (MSC) has awarded it’s tanker Overseas Mykonos a time charter contract to assist with the removal of...

The next global war will be waged with artificial intelligence, robots and hypersonic weapons. While our combat capabilities are unmatched, the sealif...

Three Crowley-managed tankers have been chosen by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) to participate in the Tanker Security Program (TSP), aimed at ensuring the availability of fuel supplies for the...

The U.S. Maritime Administration has signed an agreement with Crowley and Stena Bulk to reflag three product tankers into the U.S. registry and add th...

For the past 30 years the U.S. has neglected a core element of its security and continued prosperity—its maritime strength. During that period the nation gradually ceded its economic security by increasing its reliance on other nations’ shipping and shipbuilding.

Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) has been awarded operating agreements for three of its internationally-trading vessels under the Maritime Administration’s new Tanker Security Program (TSP), OSG’s Chief Executive Officer Sam Norton...