Heroes at Sea
Heroes at Sea Register Here! Last year, “Heroes at Sea” was created to raise awareness about the role of the mariner, and to pay tribute to seafarers around the world. Engaging in a walk, jog, cycle and/or swim, participants were…
Safety at Sea Seminar & AMVER Awards
Virtual Event May 20, 2021 at 2:00 PM Register Here! View the Agenda & Sponsors Here!
Day of the Seafarer: Heroes at Sea
View the letter here Dear Maritime Supporter: The perils of working on the sea have been documented since man first sailed. Through the millennia, mariners continue to provide communities with the food, supplies and energy needed to survive and thrive.…
NAMEPA Sea Worthy News: May 2021
This month NAMEPA celebrates Safety at Sea! Don't forget to check out this month's newsletter. Topics include tankers and their response to the COVID-19 pandemic, seafarers & the COVID-19 vaccine, a firsthand experience in a maritime academy, and NAMEPA's spring…
SECTOR SPOTLIGHT – TANKER SECTORS RESPONSE TO STRUGGLES OF COVID-19 WHILE IMO2020 REALITIES and 2030/2050 EXPECTATIONS CONTINUE TO IMPACT
As the tanker sector emerges from the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic, it continues to dust itself off and march forward towards the environmentally sustainable future that it undeniably the only way forward. The tanker sector will now be in…
Getting seafarers vaccinated is the key to solving the crew change crisis
The lifeblood of global trade is shipping. It is how we get over 90 percent of our goods, medicines, devices, and food. And it is thanks to seafarers that we have these things that we need for our daily routines. The global economy depends on the world’s 2 million seafarers who operate the global…
Seaworthy News – Maritime Education Provides an Important Gateway for Students to Work in the Shipping Industry
To an outsider, the maritime industry can often seem a daunting, foreign and rather archaic industry. For students in maritime education programs, the maritime industry opens up to them after they graduate, and it is not foreign or daunting at all. While rare, it is possible for…
NAMEPA’s Maritime Sustainability Program Receives Global Recognition Industry’s First CSR/ESG Standard Wins Green4Sea’s Initiative Award
April 21, 2021: Green4Sea has announced that the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) has won the 2021 Green4Sea Initiative Award for its CSR/ESG (Corporate Social Responsibility/Environment, Social and Governance) Maritime Sustainability Program. The Green4Sea award is given to…
90% less plastic in oceans can become reality: Maersk renews and expands partnership with NAMEPA Awardee, The Ocean Cleanup
In January, A.P. Moller-Maersk announced its extension and expansion of its partnership with The Ocean Cleanup, a foundation dedicated to ridding the oceans of plastics. Maersk will provide end-to-end supply chain services to The Ocean Cleanup, in addition to offshore…
The 21st century: Age of Sail
Imagine this: you are on a ship sailing around the world trading goods from faraway places—the open sea glimmers as the sun skitters across its surface, all the way to the horizon. A powerful gust of wind sweeps through the…