by Women Offshore | Sep 12, 2018 | Featured Sea Stories |
A chief mate on a container ship, Seattle native Christy Pekara has her eyes set on becoming the first female captain on her vessel. Christy Pekara’s love for the water stemmed from her childhood. She grew up in the Cascade Foothills of Washington State,...
by Women Offshore | Aug 21, 2018 | Featured Sea Stories |
From diving and fishing off her family’s boat to working on an offshore installation, Lucy Faulkner thrives on the water. Guided by her father who taught her safety at sea from a young age, Lucy Faulkner spent her weekends fishing and diving off her...
by Women Offshore | Aug 7, 2018 | Featured Sea Stories |
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...
by Women Offshore | Jul 17, 2018 | Featured Sea Stories |
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 Andrew Zimmerman | Jul 10, 2018 | Blog, Early Wave Makers, Featured Sea Stories |
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...
by Wendy Laursen | Jun 26, 2018 | Featured Sea Stories |
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....
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