Happy Juneteenth and Wednesday! We hope the rain didn’t interrupt the festivities for those lucky to be off!
We love a happy ending and a
follow-up story. We wrote on Texas
A&M Galveston Maritime Academy last year in beginning of May on their new
540-foot training vessel arriving. Please
check out our Blog for more details on this modern training vessel. Well, the TS Kennedy is in the news again
this time for saving lives!
Did anyone read the article from
the Greater Houston Port Bureau’s
(GHPB) June News & Events Newsletter republished from Texas
A&M Today called,” Texas A&M Maritime Academy Rescues Three
Stranded at Sea”? The article was about Texas
A&M Galveston Maritime Academy’s training vessel TS Kennedy saved 3 people
who were in need of rescue on a crippled small vessel earlier in June. The TS Kennedy and its cadets and crew were
on their summer at sea voyage on their training ship TS Kennedy when one morning on watch two
cadets spotted the crippled, drifting vessel and notified the captain. The captain and his crew notified the U.S.
Coast Guard (USCG), and they coordinated the rescue of the three survivors who
were rendered aid and once stabilized were transferred to the USCG’s vessel. The summer at sea voyage is a chance for
cadets to get some real-life experience as seafarers, and on this voyage, they
were given the chance to render aid to those in distress which is a rarity even
for experienced mariner. The TS Kennedy is back on route to its first
port of call, Fort Lauderdale, which was expected to reach port last week. We would like to congratulate the TS Kennedy cadets
and crew of a job well done! If you
would like to read more on this life saving voyage, please click the link: Texas
A&M Maritime Academy Rescues Three Stranded At Sea - Texas A&M Today
(tamu.edu)
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).
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 to move your liquid and help reduce your emissions!
We hope you have a great and
relaxing night! Keep dry!