Category: Massachusetts Maritime Academy

  • Department of Labor awards $13.8M in shipbuilding workforce development funding

    Department of Labor awards $13.8M in shipbuilding workforce development funding The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the award of nearly $14 million in funding to support the development of programs aimed at reinvigorating and rebuilding the U.S. maritime industry and shipbuilding workforce. Administered by the department’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs, the department awarded…

  • AMP welcomes over 1,100 maritime academy graduates to the industry

    AMP welcomes over 1,100 maritime academy graduates to the industry The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the U.S. domestic maritime industry, today congratulated the more than 1,100 new graduates from America’s maritime academies. These new maritime academy graduates now join the 650,000 men and women in the American maritime workforce: a key component…

  • TOTE to fund $90,000 Massachusetts Maritime scholarship program

    TOTE to fund $90,000 Massachusetts Maritime scholarship program The TOTE Group is to fund a $90,000, three-year scholarship program at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The program was announced when MMA’s new training vessel, Patriot State, made its first port of call on its inaugural Sea Term in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on January 25th. An open…

  • MMA training ship Patriot State set for first Sea Term voyage

    MMA training ship Patriot State set for first Sea Term voyage Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s new National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) training ship, TS Patriot State, is set to make its first extended voyage. The ship, which arrived on campus on October 10, 2024, is set to embark on its inaugural Sea Term, departing on Saturday,…