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NEW DATA SHOW GROWING GLOBAL DEMAND FOR TRAINED MERCHANT MARINERS
August 18, 2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration issued the following press release:

Only months after graduation ceremonies were held on campuses across the nation, approximately 85 percent of 2008 graduates with merchant marine licenses from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and six state maritime academies have found employment afloat in the maritime industry or in the U.S. military, according to data released by the Maritime A . . .

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