In recent decades, piracy incidents, especially off the Horn of Africa, reached high levels, impairing regional shipping and ...

THE STCW Convention adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the specialized agency of the United Nations ...

Seventy-five Israel seamen received their certificates as deck and engine room officers in Israel’s merchant marine at graduation exercises here yesterday. The certificates were granted after the men ...

TOPEKA — KaeVon Bonner is almost the old man of Seaman basketball. The senior has been playing varsity basketball for his entire career and he’s simply not slowing down in his final season. “It’s ...

The Merchant Building, the tallest downtown Columbus building in three decades, has reached its full height of 350 feet. This 32-story mixed-use development will feature a hotel, residential units, ...

In June 1775 in Machias, Maine (then part of Massachusetts), townspeople refused to provide the British with lumber to build barracks for their troops, resulting in the British bringing in the armed ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — On Friday evening, in the Grand Ballroom of LiGreci’s Staaten, nearly 250 guests joined together to celebrate the Seamen’s Society for Children and Families’ Hope Gala. Attendees ...

Jacob Adams is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to Jacob. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has restored to prominence a painting of Jesus Christ at the U.S. Merchant Marine ...

The moving and restoration of a giant decades-old painting of Jesus by U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) could potentially be met ...

Twelve British seafarers have been recognized for going above and beyond the call of duty, receiving the prestigious Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service which is celebrating its 20th ...