in the museum's Beet is the special exhibition Gallipoli: Myth and Memory, which opened in March. (NMRN, www.nmrnportsmourh.org.uk) ... Maersk Line has uploaded to YouTube.com a 3-minute timelapse of the Adrian Maersk as it transits the newly expanded Suez Canal. Online viewers can watch the 11-hour transit in just three minutes , taken from video cameras mounted on the ship's bridge. The newly expanded canal rook almost a year to complete and includes a widening and deepening of 21 miles of the existing canal and a new lane that runs parallel to the old canal. The new depth is just over 78 feet. The expansion cost $8 billion to complete. According to Maersk, the Suez Canal handles approximately 7.5% of the world's seaborne trade; Maersk Line ships make up about 20% of the container ships that transit the canal each year. The expanded canal is expected to reduce transit times from 20 to 11 hours. (Do a search for "maersk timelapse suez" on www.youtube.com. Yo u can also view a similar timelapse posted by Maersk from 2009 if you want to compare the new canal to the old.) ... Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) has a new president, Captain Francis McDonald. Retiring president Admiral Richard Gurnon handed over the leadership of the Academy at a change-of-command ceremony on 10 August after ten years at the helm and after 37 years working at the institution. Captain McDonald is an alumnus of MMA and has most recently served as the school's executive vice president. Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a fu lly
bow as you head into the canal from Buzzards Bay. The US Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) recognizes MMA as one of six
state maritime colleges approved to prepare graduates for federal license examination as third mate, ocean vessels, unlimited tonnage or third assistant engineer, steam or motor, unlimited horsepower. MMA was founded in 1891 as the Massachusetts Nautical Training School. The 55-acre campus has been at the Buzzards Bay site since 1946. Approximately 1,40 0 cadets were enrolled for the 2014-15 school year, with women making up 12% of the student body. In addition to his education at MMA, McDonald has an MS in environmental management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a PhD in law and policy from Northeastern University. He has been with the Academy since 1994 and is the maritime college's ~ 38th president. (MMA, 101 Academy Dr., ~ Buzzards Bay, MA 02532; Ph. 508 8308 5000; www.maritime.edu) ..!,
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