December 15, 2020  marked a historic day for Maritime College and the State Maritime Academies (SMAs) – the cutting of steel ceremony that marks the commencement of fabrication for the first National Security Multi-mission Vessel (NSMV). 

New York City and local Bronx residents will once again have the opportunity to celebrate Long Island Sound and all it has to offer at Maritime College in summer 2021, thanks to a grant awarded by the  Long Island Sound Futures Fund (LISFF).

Captain Hugh M. Stephens, Professor of Marine Transportation, was awarded the Medal of Ushakov on November 6, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.