There’s little question that plastic pollution is amounting to critical damage in the marine environment. According to the Ocean Conservancy, 8 million metric tons of plastic enter our ocean every year. Change is necessary. Governmental action is necessary. However, the effective method of…
NAMEPA Waterway Cleanup: World Ocean Day 2021! Join NAMEPA and Fairfield Chemical Carriers as we host a clean up on World Ocean Day! Visit World Ocean Day 2021 - NAMEPA for more information Information Date: June 8, 2021 Time: 1:00 PM…
Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW), hosted by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, gathers people together from across the U.S. and around the world to engage in a dialogue on how to sustain the health of our ocean and Great Lakes.…
June 4th, 2021: The North American Marine Protection Association (NAMEPA) is teaming up with their corporate member, Fairfield Chemical Carriers to co-host a multi-location clean up in honor of World Ocean Day. On June 8th from 1:00-3:00pm, volunteers from NAMEPA…
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…
Lisa Piastuch, Director of Education and Outreach at NAMEPA is presenting on April 15th at 1900 to the Corinthians Long Island Sound Fleet Winter GAM. She will be discussing whales, other marine mammals in LIS, the NY Bight, and how the changing…
The theme centered around Earth Day 2021 is Restore our Earth but what does Restore Our Earth truly mean considering the current climate change situation the global community has found itself in. The word restore means to bring back, to reinstate, to return to a…
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…
Have you ever seen a living fossil? If you ever visited the Atlantic coast of North America, you probably have! The Atlantic or American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is considered a living fossil due to its lineage, predating the dinosaurs…
In the ever-increasingly connected world, trade has never been more important. The accelerated pace of global society shows the demand for goods and services to be transported faster and more efficiently every day. To do so requires shipping. The shipping…