Agreement Creates Training Opportunities for Students
Maritime Administrator Sean T. Connaughton and John M. Murray, president and chief executive officer of , LLC, recently signed an agreement for cadets from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and state maritime academies to take their training voyages on Hapag-Lloyd vessels.Maritime cadets must have sailing time on working vessels in order to qualify as licensed mariners. Currently, there is a worldwide shortage of licensed mariners, and maritime academies have geared up to train more students. Students will begin to serve on the foreign-flag vessels in October.The Hapag-Lloyd group is the world’s largest liner shipping company. Its vessels…
New Training Agreement Opens Maritime Job Opportunities
Maritime Administrator Sean T. Connaughton and Gunther Keitel, Executive Vice President of Great American Lines, Inc., signed an agreement for cadets from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and state maritime academies to take their training voyages on Great American Lines ships. Maritime cadets must have sailing time on working vessels in order to qualify as licensed mariners. There is currently a worldwide shortage of licensed mariners, and maritime academies have geared up to train more students. The agreement was signed on graduation day at Kings Point. Keitel and Connaughton are both graduates of the academy, and Connaughton pointed out how different the employment situation is for today’s graduates than it was for him and his classmates.
