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Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Fagan testified at a Senate public hearing entitled Coast Guard Oversight: Sexual Assault and Harassment

A civilian engineer serving on a Navy transportation vessel has filed a lawsuit claiming she was sexually assaulted by the ship’s captain in her bed — an attack she said the service could have prevented with adequate security and safety policies.

This comes after another federal sex trafficking and forced labor lawsuit was previously filed by a former employee against the Jacksonville-based shipping giant.

A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a sex trafficking and forced labor lawsuit against Jacksonville-based Crowley can proceed. The judge also granted Crowley’s motion to dismiss five of...

By John Konrad (gCaptain) It’s been over a year since Midshipman X, US Merchant Marine Academy student Hope Hicks, took the brave step of sharing her story of being raped...

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HOPE HICKS' COMPLAINT AGAINST MAERSK HAS BEEN FILED AND DOCKETED WITH THE COURT. HOWEVER, DUE TO A PROCEDURAL ISSUE RELATED TO FILING A COMPLAINT BY A...

A U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) midshipman who shook the maritime industry last year when, under the moniker Midshipman-X…

Maersk Line, Limited is being hit with two lawsuits claiming the shipping company failed to protect U.S. Merchant Marine Academy mishipmen from sexual assault and harrassment, the law firm representing...

On a 1,000-foot cargo ship in the middle of the ocean, the 19-year-old student felt trapped. Trapped by the crew member she said sexually harassed and groped her, and trapped