USA Maritime congratulates MIRAID President Jim Patti on being selected for the Marine Society of New York’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, to be presented at a Marine Society event on March 27, acknowledges Jim’s fifty-five years of advocating for the U.S.-flag maritime industry in Washington, DC. In addition to his position as President of the Maritime Institute for Research and Industrial Development, a position he has held since 1985, he has served as Chair of USA Maritime and as the International President of the International Propeller Club of the United States.