Working in retail, Laura McFalls longed for a new purpose and career path. Little did she know at the time, a jump into the energy industry would lead her to a life offshore, sometimes hundreds of miles away from land. Laura McFalls, from Reston, Virginia, just...
Currently a deck cadet at California Maritime Academy, Amelia Herrman is eager to set sail into the workforce to be a maritime pilot. An adventurous career at sea started in high school when Amelia Herrman’s mother obtained a job at the Port of Tacoma and met a...
A role model on the water, Marissa Cap is a first assistant engineer on board an oil tanker who champions women in the industry. Marissa Cap graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Engineering and a USCG Unlimited 3rd Assistant...
By 1942, during what would later be referred to as the “Second Happy Time”, German U-boats sank more tonnage than the United States could produce. Lurking off the Eastern seaboard, U-boats were a real threat to our ability to ship finished goods and raw material to...
In 2014, when Lisa Lutoff-Perlo took over as CEO and President of Celebrity Cruises, she was the first and only woman to lead one of Royal Caribbean Cruises’ brands and the first and only female CEO of a publicly traded cruise line on the New York Stock Exchange....
During the Women In Maritime Leadership Conference this year, Women Offshore Rep, Sheila LaFleur sat down with Erin Vernand to discuss her career as a marine engineer, powering large ships all over the world. Meet Erin Vernand from sunny San Diego. Erin is a graduate...
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