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Acting Director, Office of Congressional and Public Affairs Maritime Administration/MARAD U.S. Department of Transportation
Brooke Brzozowske is the Maritime Administration’s Acting Director of the Office of Congressional and Public Affairs. In this role...
For Actions on December 31, 2018
Gallant Ship Award Citation:
On 31 December 2018, bound from Japan to Canada, the U.S.-flag Central Gulf Lines RO/RO vessel MV GREEN LAKE received a distress call from the Panamanian-flag ship MV SINCERITY ACE, then suffering fire and...
This feasibility study assesses the applicability and design of hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion technology for a research vessel targeted as a replacement for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) R/V Robert Gordon Sproul. General parameters of the study included vessel performance (...
For Actions on June 23, 1986.
Gallant Ship Award Citation:
On June 23, 1986, fire broke out at the Hess Oil Terminal, Brooklyn, New York. The fire ignited combustibles on the decks of two tank barges, S.T. 65 and S.T. 85, light with gasoline bottoms, moored at Pier 5. Several...