If you took the quiz we published and want to become a maritime pilot, it’s time to get into study mode for your upcoming pilot exams! Below, Captain Amanda Wallace sets you up to be on course! Are you getting ready to take that pilotage exam? Well,...
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....
It is not every day that a father can tag along with his daughter in her profession. It is exceptionally rare when a daughter is a professional mariner. Recently, a father joined his daughter on board a bulk carrier that she navigated outbound Norrköping, Sweden....
Over the next ten years, many of the nation’s maritime pilots will retire. Qualified mates can fill these soon to be available roles. Today, Women Offshore explores how to become a harbor pilot in the State of Florida.A maritime pilot is the pinnacle of the...
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