Maritime Transportation & Engineering
Father And Son Together On Summer Sea Term
This summer, James P. (Jim) Gompper, Texas A&M Maritime Academy commandant, and James H. (Jim) Gompper '21, Texas A&M University at Galveston former student and summer sea term deck watch officer, are sailing together on TS Kennedy as part of ... Read More
Marine Engineering Technology Makes Innovations In Training
The Department of Marine Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University at Galveston is leading the industry’s future with new opportunities for hands-on education. Read More
Spring Graduate Camron Chueca, “Ready To Get To Work”
During his senior year of high school in Orange, Texas, Camron Chueca ’24 planned to attend Texas A&M University in College Station for his bachelor’s degree after receiving a letter of acceptance into the university. Read More
Texas A&M Maritime Academy Announces Local Events
With Summer Sea Term (SST) 2024 quickly approaching, the Texas A&M Maritime Academy announced two public events here in Galveston to mark the start of the sea term. Read More
Texas A&M Is Reducing Tuition For Non-Resident Merchant Mariner License Students
Texas A&M University at Galveston is reducing fees for current and future out-of-state students seeking a merchant mariner license from the Texas A&M Maritime Academy following approval of a new regional fee structure by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. Read More
Texas A&M Maritime Academy Announces Ports Of Call For Summer Sea Term 2024
On February 8, the Texas A&M Maritime Academy announced the ports of call for Summer Sea Term 2024 (SST '24). Read More
Separating Seafaring Fact From Fiction In Netflix’s “Leave The World Behind”
In the first twenty minutes of Netflix's new movie, "Leave The World Behind," an oil tanker runs aground on the coast of Long Island in an area full of beachgoers. Read More
Texas A&M Celebrates Keel Laying For New Training Ship
On December 6, Texas A&M University at Galveston, the Texas A&M Maritime Academy, TOTE Services, LLC and Philly Shipyard, Inc. celebrated the keel laying for the fourth National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) destined for the Texas A&M Maritime Academy in Galveston, Texas in 2025. Read More
Keel Laying Ceremony Steeped In Tradition
On December 6, the Texas A&M Maritime Academy and Texas A&M University at Galveston will celebrate the keel laying of the new training ship, Lone Star State. Read More
Corps Commander Summits Campus Leadership
Eager to start his freshman year at Texas A&M University at Galveston the following fall, on March 8, 2020, Gunnar Pierson '24 was in his home state of Georgia, ready to hike the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail. Read More