For Capt. Paul C. LaMarre III, the maritime industry isn’t a career choice as much as it is a family inheritance — and, in his words, “all I’ve known my entire life.
For Capt. Paul C. LaMarre III, the maritime industry isn’t a career choice as much as it is a family inheritance — and, in his words, “all I’ve known my entire life.” In a recent interview with Maritime Reporter TV, Captain LaMarre gives unique insights on the operating efficiently, effectively and safely on the Great Lakes system – the United States’ ‘Fourth Sea’ – and with passion, intellect and purpose advocates for a strong U.S. maritime industry.
A third-generation Great Lakes mariner, LaMarre’s earliest memories aren’t anchored to theme parks or campgrounds, but to the working waterfront: freighters and tugboats, the unmistakable mix of sights, sounds and smells that define the Lakes. His father spent 51 years with one of the main tugboat companies on the Great Lakes, is enshrined in the Great Lakes Maritime Hall of Fame, and is also known as a Great Lakes marine artist and company founder in the region’s shipping community.
That granite foundation — history, identity, and the lived reality of maritime commerce — is what LaMarre points to as the “foundation for everything else.” And it’s a theme he returns to again and again: an industry can’t chart its future without understanding the
Content Original Link:
" target="_blank">
