Build a Quadrant
Navigate your way through summer by building your own quadrant!
The Figurehead
May people have seen the figureheads on ships but may not know what a figurehead actually is and why they adorn the bows of many ancient ships.
Lecture: Maritime ESG
Randy Giveans from Navigator Gas will cover the rules and regulations for maritime ESG. Anuj Chopra with ESG Plus will discuss implementation.
Build a Lighthouse
Light the way for summertime by building a lighthouse with us and your little one! Buy a craft bag in the gift shop or do it at home! Each month we will do a new craft! On scheduled open gallery days, kids can do the craft in Kids Cove! Our first month is a DIY…
The Future of Energy
In February of 2022, the Houston Maritime Center and UTC Overseas welcomed Former Secretary of Energy, Dr. Ernest Moniz, into our gallery for a reception and award presentation for Dr. Moniz’s efforts in the maritime energy transition. Dr. Moniz enjoyed a brief tour of our gallery, finding interest, especially in several models that reminded him…
Lecture: Decarbonization
companies are reducing carbon, new technologies in the industry, what innovations we expect to see in the near future, and what we hope the maritime industry will look like by 2050.
Lecture: Supply Chain Disruption with Margaret Kidd
Margaret Kidd, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain & Logistics Technology at the University of Houston, and Houston Maritime Center Board Member, discusses Supply Chain Disruption and how to manage shipping logistics issues and concerns.
Decarbonizing the Maritime Industry
The marine industry is in a state of continuous improvement, as it looks at various options to reduce and remove carbon from it’s fuel sources, driven by regulatory, social and financial pressures
A Warfare of Dockyards
This month’s lecture covers the exploits of the self-taught shipbuilders, Noah and Adam Brown, who over the course of the war of 1812 built everything from gunboats to ships of the line with nothing but hand-powered tools.
Hurricane Laura – Triumph Over Nature
aumont, and Mammoet, the Houston Maritime Center presents Triumph Over Nature, a minidocumentary about how the Gulf Coast shipping industry prepares for hurricanes and how ongoing preparedness resulted in favorable outcomes for all parties involved in a shipment during Hurricane Laura in 2020.