Maritime Insurance Adapts to Rising Cyber Threats

By Ed McNamara, CEO at Armada Risk Partners. Increasingly complex and sophisticated cyberattacks on the maritime industry are soaring at unprecedented levels. There have been numerous successful cyberattacks and ransomware incidents targeting ports, airports and shipping. The cyber threat landscape is increasingly dangerous as ports have become critical digital and physical hubs for global commerce. With this rise in sophisticated […]

Navigating the Future: Electric Vehicles Aren’t the Only Answer

By David Tyler, Co-Founder & Director of Artemis Technologies.  2025 is the year of ambitious sustainability goals, with urban jungles like New York City prioritizing dollars spent towards initiatives that actively make a positive climate impact. Transportation accounts for nearly 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and while some ground has been made towards implementing […]

Crowley Announces California State University Maritime Academy Recipients of Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarship

Jake Jacobsen '25 and Jan Johnson '26 are the recipients of the Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarships

By Crowley. California State University Maritime Academy (Cal Maritime) deck cadets Jake Jacobsen and Jan Johnson have been awarded Crowley’s Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarships. The scholarship recognizes the cadets’ success and their dedication to a career in the maritime industry. Jacobsen, entering his final year at Cal Maritime, is studying marine engineering technology […]

Historic Robinson Bay Tugboat Transferred to Great Lakes Maritime Academy

The Tugboat Robinson Bay Credit: US DOT

By the U.S. Department of Transportation. Massena, N.Y. – Today, the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) proudly completed the formal transfer of the Robinson Bay tugboat to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy during a ceremony at Snell Lock. This celebrated vessel, originally built in 1958, will now serve as a training platform for the Academy’s […]

The Critical Role of U.S. Mariners and the Jones Act in National Defense

OSG Mariners

By Sam Norton, CEO of Overseas Shipholding Group. A nation that chooses to prioritize a strong defense capability must recognize the critical importance of logistics to the broader mission, particularly the vital role that maritime logistics will play when the combat theatre is distant.  While some, if not many, of the assets needed to meet these requirements […]

How the Jones Act Fleet Powered Florida’s Fuel Recovery After Hurricane Milton

Crew of the Crowley Liberty wave to pilots in Louisiana as the ATB prepares to sail to Florida.

By VOICES Staff. In the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, the resilience of Florida’s fuel supply chain was put to the test. When the storm hit the Gulf Coast on October 9, there were concerns that fuel shortages could hit quickly throughout the state. But as we’ve seen time and again, the American maritime industry was […]

U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell Receives Legislator of the Year Award

U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell Accepts Legislator of the Year Award from the Great Lakes Maritime Task Force

By Great Lakes Maritime Task Force. On Monday, October 28, 2024, the Great Lakes Maritime Task Force (GLMTF) recognized Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell for her efforts advocating for the Great Lakes Navigation System and the American workers that ensure a resilient maritime supply chain which drives the nation’s economic base. “The Great Lakes are not […]

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Announces Matson Partnership to Protect Whales.

A WHOI-developed Whale Detection Camera is mounted on the deck of the Manulani. Matson vessels Manoa and Matson Kodiak have also installed WHOI’s Whale Detection Cameras to help reduce vessel strikes and gather the real-world use data WHOI needs for its research and continued technology development. (Image courtesy: Dan Zitterbart, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

By Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Ship-mounted camera systems provide real-time detection and increased response time, can reduce the number of whales killed by vessel strikes Woods Hole, Mass. (Oct. 15, 2024) – Vessel strikes and entanglement are some of the leading causes of injury and death to marine animals such as whales. Increasingly urbanized waterways, […]

Hurricane Aftermath in Florida: Fuel Deliveries Highlight Misconceptions About the Jones Act

By Sam Norton. Among the multitude of current challenges facing residents of Florida’s west coast communities hammered by back-to-back hurricanes is a widely reported shortage of gasoline.  It is predictable that Jones Act opponents will use the fuel crisis spawned by these natural disasters to recycle old tropes pinning the root cause of empty fuel stations on […]