Ben Vroom Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

Sailing toward a bright future

By Journal on August 22, 2024 Ben Vroom, Carlton Gordon, CMI Maritime Vocation Training Center, College of the Marshall Islands, Danny Wase, Edward Adiniwin, Hugo Bugoro, Juren Ae, Karen Earnshaw, Lina Harry, Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation, Michel Gruther, Monica Gordon, SV Juren Ae, Tarmelu, Teitera Turei, Tony Freddy News Archive

KAREN EARNSHAW Twenty-two students in the College of the Marshall Islands Maritime Vocational Training Center last week moved up to the highest level in their three semester course and are now interns on the SV Juren Ae, which arrived in Majuro at the end of July. According to Ben Vroom, training instructor and temporary captain […]

RMI’s climate-friendly ship

By Journal on May 9, 2024 Ben Vroom, CMI Maritime Vocational Training Center, Gavin Allwright, German Agency for International Development, GIZ, International Windship Association, Juren Ae, Raffael Held, South Korea, SV Juren Ae News Archive

The Marshall Islands’ cargo ship, SV Juren Ae, is in its final stage of construction at the ASIA Shipbuilding Company on Geoje Island in South Korea. According to a release from the German Agency for International Development, which is known in Majuro as GIZ*, this week the dedicated rigging team is focusing their efforts on […]