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August 6, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Visits ARC Ship in Port of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD – On Thursday, July 29, 2021, American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier Group was pleased to join Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and other state and local officials in welcoming U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to the Helen...

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July 21, 2021
Green Waves the U.S. Flag Maritime Industry and Sustainability

THE U.S.FLAG MARITIME INDUSTRY believes that the world’s waters and its ecosystems are vital to our future. This American industry has the most competent, trained, and skilled personnel world-wide, committed to making the U.S.-flag shipping industry a global leader...

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June 25, 2021
The Fourth Arm of Defense: America’s Merchant Mariners

By James Caponiti From its earliest days when the American colonies were dependent on trade with Europe, the United States has been reliant on merchant shipping. During the fight for independence beginning in 1775, an effective American strategy was...

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May 21, 2021
Secretary Pete Buttigieg Remarks for National Maritime Day May 20, 2021

Thank you, Midshipman Vega for that introduction. It’s an honor to address this distinguished group of maritime industry leaders, veterans, Federal employees, and of course, U.S. Merchant Mariners. I want to thank Acting Administrator Lessley for her leadership, and...

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April 28, 2021
MM&P Applauds Appointment of Celeste Drake to Lead Administration’s “Buy America” Office

As a follow-up to his Jan. 25 Buy America Executive Order, President Biden has named former AFL-CIO trade official Celeste Drake as the first director of the administration’s Made in America Office. “MM&P enthusiastically supports the appointment of Celeste...

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April 25, 2021
A Turning Point for the U.S. Flag Fleet

The strength of the U.S.-flagged, U.S-crewed merchant marine fleet continues to be an essential linchpin for economic security, military readiness, and the availability of good jobs with strong wages and benefits in the domestic maritime industry. However, for decades,...

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April 16, 2021
MAERSK MOVING TO CARBON NEUTRAL SHIPPING

Maersk is a world leader in logistics and has long been committed to environmental leadership. We are headquartered in Copenhagen Denmark and our North American Headquarters is in Florham Park, New Jersey. We operate over 700 container vessels globally...

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April 13, 2021
SC Ports opens state-of-the-art Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal

The Leatherman Terminal, which has been 20 years in the making, is a generational milestone for SC Ports and for South Carolina. The terminal sits along the Cooper River in North Charleston, near Charleston Harbor. Its cranes can be...

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April 12, 2021
Essential, invisible: Covid has 200,000 merchant sailors stuck at sea

Brian Mossman says he has read “Moby Dick” nearly 200 times. The 61-year-old captain of the container ship Maersk Sentosa says he revisits the Melville classic nearly every voyage, because each time reveals something new about the people who...

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April 6, 2021
Maersk Adds U.S. East Coast Weekly Service

Maersk North America has announced the launch of a new service linking ports in Vietnam and China with the United States East Coast via the Panama Canal. “Importers are looking for more U.S. East Coast gateways in their Asia/North...

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