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09/16/2026

⚓ Mariners: The U.S. Coast Guard has officially launched Navita™, the new digital credentialing platform for the National Maritime Center!

We know the old, paper-heavy system caused unnecessary delays. Navita™ offers a guided, user-friendly digital experience that reduces errors, speeds up processing times, and helps you get your credentials and back on the water faster. These enhancements continue the Coast Guard’s efforts to ensure the safe and secure flow of commerce that relies on our ports, waterways, shipping, and merchant mariners.

What you need to know about Navita:

🔹 Safety and credentialing standards remain the same.
🔹 You can now submit applications and track your status online.
🔹 NMC and REC personnel are still here to support you.

Click the link to log in to the new system and check out the blog series today!: https://go.mil/navita

09/11/2026

U.S. Coast Guard’s Navita™ - Planned Actions for Launch:

Navita™ is the U.S. Coast Guard’s new digital system for mariner credentialing. It represents a significant modernization of the mariner credentialing process and is designed to provide mariners with a more intuitive, guided application experience. The system will help applicants identify applicable requirements, provide required information and documentation, and submit more complete applications. These improvements are expected to reduce delays associated with incomplete submissions and streamline application processing over time.

Navita™ will launch on September 14, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. EST

09/11/2026

Twenty-five years ago today, on Sept. 11, 2001, with bridges and tunnels closed and hundreds of thousands stranded in Lower Manhattan, commercial mariners did what they do. Tugboats, ferries, and workboats converged on the waterfront and carried more than 500,000 people to safety in less than eight hours. The largest maritime evacuation in recorded history. No plan. No rehearsal. Just mariners.

https://www.workboat.com/911-boatlift-25-years-later-workboats-lower-manhattan?utm_source=social_facebook&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=911-boatlift-25-years

09/10/2026

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝.

In recognition of the 25th anniversary of September 11th, Maritime College remembers a remarkable moment in maritime history - the largest boat rescue, evacuating hundreds of thousands from Lower Manhattan, in under nine hours. The establishment of a 9/11 Boatlift Monument at Fort Schuyler is a student-inspired, campus-wide initiative aimed at honoring the unsung mariners of that day and in the weeks and months that followed.

Join us in supporting Maritime College as we raise funds to ensure this story of service and sacrifice to rescue, recover, and rebuild is preserved in our nation's memory. We proudly support their efforts to ensure the world never forgets.

Help us bring this vision to life.

To learn more and give: www.sunymaritime.edu/boatlift-monument

09/02/2026

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced legislation that would extend the federal foreign earned income exclusion to qualifying U.S. merchant mariners working aboard U.S.-flag vessels in

08/15/2026

https://www.news.uscg.mil/maritime-commons/Article/4574259/bring-your-maritime-experience-ashore-nmc-hiring-credentialed-mariners-nationwi/

The U.S. Coast Guard’s National Maritime Center is seeking experienced U.S. Merchant Mariners for shoreside federal positions that support the credentialing, training, and examination of the nation’s

07/31/2026

As the U.S. Coast Guard prepares for the initial rollout of Navita™ in September 2026, they want to ensure the maritime workforce is fully prepared for the transition.

As the U.S. Coast Guard prepares for the initial rollout of Navita™ in September 2026, we want to ensure the maritime workforce is fully prepared for the transition. Navita™ is our new digital

07/20/2026

The goal of Navita™ is simple: eliminate the guesswork, reduce administrative delays, and get qualified mariners on the water faster.

For decades, the Merchant Mariner Credentialing (MMC) process has relied on manual, paper-based workflows that inadvertently create bottlenecks for both mariners and the Coast Guard. Navita™ shifts mariner credentialing from a reactive, error-prone paper process to a proactive, guided digital experience.

For decades, the Merchant Mariner Credentialing (MMC) process has relied on manual, paper-based workflows that inadvertently create bottlenecks for both mariners and the Coast Guard. Navita™ shifts

07/17/2026

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05/21/2026

The U.S. Coast Guard is modernizing the mariner credentialing experience through the development of NAVITA, a new digital platform designed to streamline the MMC application and issuance process for mariners.

NAVITA, Latin for ‘sailor’, is part of the Coast Guard’s broader digital transformation effort focused on improving user experience, modernizing prevention-related systems, and reducing administrative burdens for maritime stakeholders.

For many mariners, the credentialing process involves cumbersome paperwork, multiple sub missions, and lengthy back-and-forth communication with the National Maritime Center. NAVITA will offer a user-friendly and modern experience that simplifies credential application submission, reduces common errors, and improves transparency throughout the process.

The effort is driving toward one simple goal: making it easier for mariners to get the credentials they need so they are ready to work.

“This is about more than replacing a system,” said RADM Wayne Arguin, assistant commandant for Prevention Policy. “It’s about designing services around the mariner experience and improving the public’s interactions with — and trust in — the Coast Guard.”

The Coast Guard Mariner Credentialing Program is currently conducting user testing and working closely with stakeholders to better understand mariner needs and identify opportunities to improve the user experience. Early testing and feedback are shaping the platform ahead of its initial rollout in September 2026.

The initial version will allow mariners to set up their profiles and submit credentials and medical applications. System updates will be released periodically; stay tuned for more announcements!

NAVITA also represents the first major step in a broader effort to modernize prevention-related services and systems across the Coast Guard. And it is the latest effort to improve Coast Guard technology. The Service recently released its Digital Transformation Strategy, a roadmap to improve the Coast Guard’s information gathering and sharing.

Ultimately, NAVITA will create a more efficient, transparent, responsive, and user-friendly experience for mariners.

As development continues, the Coast Guard will provide regular updates, additional information, and user-focused resources leading up to launch. More information on NAVITA and future updates is available on the National Maritime Center website.