For over 40 years, the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) has operated vessels throughout the state and the city of Kodiak that are designed to carry passengers and vehicles all the way up to large freight containers. In these latter years, the increase in ferry traffic has caused a need for improvements to the Kodiak…

The Nimitz Marine Facility (MarFac) in Port Loma, CA completed a five-year, $20.9 million rehabilitation project. MarFac is the home port and technical support center for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of California San Diego research facility and deep-sea research vessels. The prior wharf and pier were 48 years old and in…

Situated in Kings Point, New York on Long Island is a service academy like none other. The United States Merchant Marine Academy is a federal service academy operated under the Department of Transportation rather than the Department of Defense like other service academies. According to its website, the USMMA “educates and graduates leaders who are…

Did you know American made mooring bollards are located on Liberty Island? They are because of the perfect storm. On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy approached landfall in an unusual event where a hurricane hit New Jersey and New York. Over 40 people died, the tunnels and subways flooded, hospitals were evacuated and numerous businesses…