Happy Wednesday!
Did anyone read the article from
the Greater Houston Port Bureau’s (GHPB) Port Bureau News Newsletter Second
Quarter 2023 Edition this week called,” Texas A&M Galveston Receives New Training
Ship TS Kennedy”? Back in March we went
to the Monthly GHPB’s Commerce Club Luncheon, and the guest was Col. Michael E.
Fossum, Vice President of Texas A&M Galveston and Chief Operating
Officer and Superintendent of the Maritime Academy. One of the things Col. Fossum spoke about was
they were expecting a bigger training vessel.
Well, it has arrived! At the end
of April, Texas A&M Galveston Maritime Academy received their
training vessel from Massachusetts’ Maritime Academy, it can accommodate all
the cadets in the academy. The ship called;
“TS Kennedy” is a 540-foot vessel that will allow the cadets yearlong
training. Col. Fossum also spoke about
they were being built by the Department of Transportation, MURAD Division
a state-of-the-art vessel, and it was due to be completed 2025. Well, that vessel now has a name, “NSMV Lone
Star State.” It sounds like April was a
good month for the Galveston Texas A&M Maritime Academy. If you would like to read the article about the
TS Kennedy or NSMV Lone Star State vessels, please click the link: Texas
A&M at Galveston Receives New Training Ship TS Kennedy - Greater Houston
Port Bureau (txgulf.org).
You
could check out our Blog on Thursday March 9th, 2023, if you want to see what
else Col. Michael E. Fossum spoke about. Please click the link: Energy
Specialists Consulting News & Info: Learnings from the Commerce Club
Luncheon on Thursday, March 9, 2023 (nrgspecialistsnews.blogspot.com).
If you would
like more information about the Maritime Academy at Texas A&M in Galveston or any of its
other programs, please click the link: Texas
A&M University at Galveston - Texas A&M Galveston, TX (tamug.edu).
If
you would like to learn more about the training and emergency relief vessel
being built for the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration
(MARAD), please click the link: National Security Multi-Mission Vessels | MARAD (dot.gov).
Don’t forget to check out our ESC’s
website or contact us via the email in the blog, if
you have a project you would like to see get off the ground!
We hope you have a great and
relaxing night!