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Training & Education

Kings Point – it is a federal school with heavy pressure all the efforts to mandate the building of horribly over- from ‘woke-Washington’ – fared the best, with just under priced LNG carriers won’t change that.

20% of their graduates being female. At the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, efforts have

Marad’s Dr. Shashi N. Kumar, Ph.D. and Master Mari- long been underway to adjust the school’s course line for ner is a Deputy AA/National Coordinator MET at the U.S. future mariner education. About seven years ago, fully

Maritime Administration. Possibly no one else on the planet one-third of all deck graduates left Buzzards Bay with tug knows more about the U.S. mariner situation, and certainly, endorsements, and all deck license candidates (with a nod no one is working harder to de