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This article highlights a crucial challenge for the US maritime industry. While attracting new US mariners is essential, exploring talent from Latin America and the Caribbean could provide a much-needed boost. Streamlining credentialing processes for qualified mariners from these regions could unlock a significant pool of skilled personnel with the consequent redeployment of US mariners currently employed in non-essential roles to be transitioned to fill critical gaps. #maritimeindustry
Help Wanted: US Maritime Industry Struggles to Fill Key Gaps
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#Antigua and #Barbuda play a major part in #caribbean navy and #seafaring history. Nelsons Dockyard (yes named after Horatio Nelson) in English Harbour naturally protects ships and cargo from hurricanes. In 1671 the first recorded ship to enter English Harbour was a yacht, the Dover Castle. It was chartered to the King by a Colonel Stroude for the use of the Governor. in 1704 Fort Berkeley was listed as one of twenty forts around the coast of Antigua. By 1707 naval ships used English Harbour as a station, but no facilities had yet been built for ship maintenance or repair. By 1723 English Harbour was in regular use by British naval ships and in September of that year the harbour gained a reputation as a safe natural harbour when a hurricane swept ashore 35 ships lying in other ports in Antigua, while HMS Hector and HMS Winchelsea both moored in English Harbour, suffered no damage! We can only imagine how horrific that was and what a revelation it was to realise how safe English Harbour was. Consequently In 1728 the first Dockyard, St. Helena, a capstan house for careening ships (that is to ground a vessel at high tide to expose the hull for repairs ), a stone storehouse, and three wooden sheds for the storage of careening gear. Naval operations in English Harbour soon outgrew the small original dockyard and plans were made to develop the western side of the harbour with more facilities. Today Antigua has a vibrant and bustling modern #port handling a plethora of cruise #ships for its burgeoning tourism (well why not with a beach for every day of the year !) not to mention the constant flow of goods arriving on island by #Airfreight and #Seafreight from around the world - supplying local people and business and making the Logistics of Island Living easy to manage #GlobalReachLocalFocus #EnglishHarbour #NelsonsDockyard #cargo #logistics #supplychain
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Hello LinkedIn friends, family, and acquaintances, today is NATIONAL MARITIME DAY - May 22! Each year on May 22nd, National Maritime Day recognizes the launch of the maritime industry in the United States. The celebration also honors America’s Merchant Marines for their contributions and sacrifices for our country. Special acknowledgment is given to ships and seafarers that have held a prominent place in our nation’s history. As one of the oldest industries, its time-honored traditions compose a full and rich history. Celebrations and ceremonies around the country recognize the people our maritime nation depends on. Each year the Department of Transportation holds a national ceremony in Washington D.C. at the Department of Transportation headquarters. While the holiday commemorates a transatlantic event, U.S. maritime industry encompasses nearly every state in the nation with workers transporting vessels on lakes, rivers, and oceans. Employment opportunities aren't limited to shipyards either. The maritime industry also calls for workers with expertise in fishing, aquaculture, processing, diving, and transportation, just to name a few. #NationalMaritimeDay #DallasHarrisTips+
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Read about AWO’s participation in the Waterways Council, Inc. fly-in on Capitol Hill, Maritime Administration (MARAD) upcoming mariner work-life balance symposium, and more in this edition of the AWO Letter https://ow.ly/HzIB50QBef6 #maritime #waterways
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Sharing the 9/11 story of my friend Michael Day -- Now a Rear Admiral in the US Coast Guard. Proud to know you sir! Below is quoted directly from the "Old Salt Blog" Sep 11, 2021 episode: "There are moments in history when an individual makes the right choice at exactly the right moment and it makes all the difference. Such was the case with LT. Michael Day on the morning of September 11, 2001, in New York harbor.... When the towers fell, the US Coast Guard lost much of its communications. LT Day was dispatched in a cutter to serve as a “relay to pass information.” What he saw was nightmarish, out of the smoke, myriads of people driven by the fire and ash to the water’s edge, in desperate need of rescue. At this moment, it could have gone disastrously wrong. The US Coast Guard has a wide range of jobs and responsibilities, both civilian and military, from maritime safety to drug interdiction to combat operations in times of war. It would have been easy for LT. Day or his superiors to fall back on rule-driven procedures, to try to take things by “the book,” even if in this case the “book” simply didn’t apply. Under normal conditions, the Coast Guard would be expected to take charge of a rescue, but in this case, there were far too many people who needed saving and far too few Coast Guard cutters. Rather than trying to assert control, Day asked for help. He called out on his VHF radio, “All available boats. This is United States Coast Guard. Anyone wanting to help with the evacuation of Lower Manhattan report to Governor’s Island.” LT. Day realized that he had a powerful resource in the waters around him — the mariners of New York harbor. They brought special skills and knowledge to the evacuation. Having worked the waterfront, these mariners knew it better than anyone else and that local knowledge was critical. They were also part of a community. They knew and understood each other. Having worked together, they knew that they could rely on one another. And as mariners, they were more than ready to do anything necessary to help those in trouble. The boat lift was on. More than 100 boats from more than 60 companies responded to LT. Day’s radio call. The evacuees would be carried to safety by ferries, fireboats, tugs, private yachts, dinner and excursion boats — virtually anything that was afloat in the harbor. Before the tumultuous day’s end, an estimated 500,000 people would be evacuated, an evacuation larger than that at Dunkirk in the early days of World War II. The mariners of New York created a spontaneous and nearly miraculous evacuation as the Coast Guard helped to coordinate. Rather than try to impose order to the rescue, the Coast Guard provided guidance and leadership but largely let what happened happen. Michael Day, the lieutenant who made the initial radio call, was appointed on-scene commander for the evacuation."
The largest maritime evacuation in history
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We are from Dubrovnik, in other words, shipping runs through our veins. Personally, as a little child, and thanks to my Father the late great Captain Ivan I. Coric, I was on big ships for most of my childhood and to this day I feel most comfortable aboard, even tough I’ll admit I’m always a bit scared when I climb up. When you’re in shipping you meet lots of people from all over the world and this teaches you about life and how to be a good communicator. My people were the original diplomats and the republic never waged a war, instead it maneuvered with diplomacy and decorum throughout centuries, and this is something I think about often in my day to day life while negotiating on behalf of my clients for various projects. Strategically located, Dubrovnik became a powerful maritime force and also benefitted from the influence of many cultures through shipping and maritime trade. The shipbuilders of Dubrovnik were far known, hence ship built “in the manner of Dubrovnik” meant #durable, #strong and #simple #construction. In the mid 16th century Dubrovnik owned over 180 large ships with total burden of 36000 kars (one kar=2/3 of tons). This fleet was valued at about 700000 ducats. In those times credit transactions and naval insurance brought great profits to Dubrovnik Republic as Dubrovnik passed law on naval insurance as early as 1568. In the time of decline and recession of maritime trade in the Mediterranean, in the 18th century, caused by discovery of new sea routes, Dubrovnik still had consulates in over 80 cities. The fleet of Dubrovnik, including fishing boats, totaled 673 sailing ships, of which 255 larger ships sailed to foreign waters, and 230 were ocean ships. In the most glorious days the fleet of Dubrovnik equalled the fleet of Venice, but was incomparably weaker than the fleet of the Netherlands. #shipping #captainsdaughter #sealife #sail #tankers #maritimetrade
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For 4,000 years mariners have gone to sea in ships and boats, and for 4,000 years a certain number of those mariners and ships and boats have not returned. During the history of seafaring, mariners have made many mistakes and those that survive learn to change their behaviour. These lessons are translated over the years into traditions. Old mariners pass on these traditions to young mariners.
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Happy Merchant Navy Day to you! Today we celebrate the amazing work of seafarers, shipping, and the importance of maritime trade. Ships deliver more than just food, fuel and goods, they bring with them prosperity. They are the manifestation of a world which works well together. The concept that trade = peace is an important one, especially given the tinder box of conflicts simmering globally. Today is a chance to look back to remember the past sacrifices of those within the Merchant Navy, but also to look to the present and future. Today we can hopefully stir in others the same pride and recognition of the importance of the sea, of ships…and of seafarers. Alas, the wider public does not know enough of the importance of the maritime industry. It is fantastic that so many public buildings are raising the Red Ensign, this is a chance to (literally and metaphorically), fly the flag. That is important, it shows we exist, and allows a point of discussion with those perhaps ignorant of how 95% of trade around them happens. Hopefully, we can get the message out that our standards of living would be eroded without the Merchant Navy, and would live in a lesser world if it wasn’t for the hard work, dedication, bravery, stoicism and strength shown by our seafarers, and the vast and vital industry which underpins them. Fly your Red Ensigns proudly.
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It Is Time to Rethink Red Sea Convoys! | The Houthis Have Diverted 2 Out Of 3 Ships Around Africa What's Going on With Shipping? June 14, 2024 In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the latest Houthi attack against MV Tutor using an Unmanned Surface Vessel and killing a merchant mariner onboard (the fourth mariner killed since the start of the attacks in November 2023). Should the world navies adopt a new strategy and utilize convoys to run ships through the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb, and the Gulf of Aden? #supplychain #houth #redsea #shipping #navies #gulfofaden #babelmandeb 1️⃣Shipping Situation 2️⃣Change in Operation Prosperity Guardian & European Union Naval Forces Operation Aspides Operating Procedures 3️⃣New Convoy Operation/Time for Earnest Will 2.0? https://lnkd.in/ehHWzQTD
It Is Time to Rethink Red Sea Convoys! | The Houthis Have Diverted 2 Out Of 3 Ships Around Africa
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