U.S.-Flag Fleet “Sails In” to Washington to Meet With Legislators

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Vol. 49, No. 3
May - June 2013
The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO
Official Voice of the International
Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots
Maritime Industry Urges U.S. Action on STCW Regulations
Watchdog Agency “Sees No Evidence” That TWIC Has Increased Security
MM&P Officers Aboard New MLL Containerships; APL Phases Out C-10s
Table of Contents
Vol. 49, No. 3 May-June 2013
Letter From the President
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Our families and the next generation of mariners are relying on us to
protect the U.S. Merchant Marine.
News Briefs
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MM&P officers aboard six new MLL containerships in ship-for-ship fleet
upgrade; Coast Guard medical evaluation program must be changed,
unions say; government watchdog agency calls for halt in TWIC reader
rollout “until it is clear that the card increases security”; new Washington
State Ferry moves closer to completion; APL phases out C-10s; APL
Belgium to replace APL Japan; MM&P, sister unions and contracted
companies go to the Capitol in defense of Food for Peace program; key
legislators call for revitalization of U.S.-flag fleet.
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Vol. 49, No. 3
May - June 2013
The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO
Official Voice of the International
Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots
Maritime Industry Urges U.S. Action on STCW Regulations
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Hull view of Maersk Denver, one
of the new K-class ships purchased
by Maersk Line, Limited (MLL).
MM&P Licensed Deck Officers will
sail aboard six new MLL vessels in a
ship-for-ship replacement of six older
vessels under contract with MM&P.
Watchdog Agency “Sees No Evidence” That TWIC Has Increased Security
MM&P Officers Helm New MLL Containerships; APL Phases Out C-10s
From the p resident
The Challenge Before Us
Union Brothers and Sisters,
Once again in the history of our chosen profession, foreign wars
are winding down and the U.S.-flag merchant marine is being
consigned to the dustbin. While all is not lost, the merchant
marine must rally before our industrial capacity sinks to a point
of no return.
The Obama administration’s attack on the PL-480 Food for
Peace program makes it clear that many in the executive branch
of our government are clueless about the value of our industry.
The Food for Peace program was designed to alleviate suffering in foreign countries while at the same time promoting U.S.
exports and U.S. jobs. Given the nature of Food for Peace, it is
incomprehensible that the administration could propose turning it into a cash give-away program.
The agency promoting this travesty, USAID, has provided
absolutely no credible evidence that doling out cash to third
parties would provide more relief than physically delivering
food. What’s more, the concept that U.S. foreign aid programs
could continue to be supported in this era of austerity and budget cuts without any secondary benefit to American workers,
farmers and taxpayers, makes one wonder how far from reality
the policy-makers in Washington really are.
Maritime labor and our allies in the maritime industry as
well as in agriculture are rallying Congress to fight off this
latest attack. As we go to press, thanks to the efforts of Senator
Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and others in Congress on both
sides of the aisle, we have made progress. However, the fight to
preserve the Food for Peace program in particular and cargo
preference in general is far from over. Even more significantly,
a look at the condition of the U.S. merchant fleet makes it clear
that effective action is necessary now if it is to continue as an
economic and military force.
President Obama’s administration would almost certainly
not be in office without the support of labor. The President ran
on a platform of providing jobs for Americans, but maritime
workers have been left high and dry. The pending appointment
of a new Secretary of Transportation is welcome news to anyone
who hopes for more than fatuous lip-service. Further change is
required at the Department of Transportation (DOT). Despite
statements to the contrary by appointed officials at DOT, repairing a pier and a few buildings at the U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy does not demonstrate our government’s commitment
to the U.S. merchant marine. If our administration has determined to allow our industry to wither and die, it is our duty
to inform the country of the economic and national security
repercussions that will follow.
Fortunately, our
friends in Congress,
the Department
of Defense and
its transportation
agency, the U.S.
Transportation
Command
(USTRANSCOM)
understand the
gravity of the situation. Also, there is
reason for optimism
at the U.S. Maritime
Administration
(MARAD). The
promotional agency
of the U.S. merchant marine has the dedicated personnel and
ability to advocate for and enforce many of the laws and regulations pertaining to our industry. MARAD, with effective leadership and industry support, could be more effective. MARAD
must be given the support it needs by the administration and
within DOT.
What is lacking, besides leadership, is a coherent national
maritime policy. While the same could also be said about many
other American industries, it has not always been that way
for the U.S.-flag merchant marine. This needs to change if we
are to do more than fight delaying actions while the industry
continues to melt away. Since the loss of the House Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries in 1995 and the enactment
of the life-saving Maritime Security Act of that year—if not
well before that during the Reagan era (when, among other
things, the Construction Differential Subsidy Program was
killed and the Operational Differential Subsidy Program was
crippled)—our maritime industrial policy has foundered.
Various champions in Congress and elsewhere in government
have stepped into the breach to keep us afloat since that time.
However, by sheer passage of time the effect of a rudderless
and incoherent maritime agenda continues to take its toll.
The decline in the number of ocean-going vessels in the U.S.
merchant marine is sufficient to tell the story. In 1990 there were
approximately 450 U.S.-flag commercial vessels in domestic
and international trade. Today, there are fewer than 200. Less
than two percent of our foreign trade is carried aboard U.S.flag vessels. The critical mass necessary to maintain a viable
merchant marine is fading away ship by ship.
continued on page 2
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From the president (continued)
Of course, at least in theory, national maritime policy already
exists. It consists of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 and its
many amendments. The preamble to the Act states:
TITLE I – DECLARATION OF POLICY
SECTION 101. It is necessary for the national defense
and development of its foreign and domestic commerce
that the United States shall have a merchant marine
(a) sufficient to carry its domestic water-borne
commerce and a substantial portion of the waterborne export and import foreign commerce of the
United States and to provide shipping service on
all routes essential for maintaining the flow of such
domestic and foreign water-borne commerce at all
times,
(b) capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in
time of war or national emergency,
(c) owned and operated under the United States flag
by citizens of the United States insofar as may be
practicable, and
(d) composed of the best-equipped, safest, and most
suitable types of vessels, constructed in the United
States and manned with a trained and efficient
citizen personnel, and
(e) supplemented by efficient facilities for shipbuilding
and ship repair.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United
States to foster the development and encourage the
maintenance of such a merchant marine.
This is a fine statement of policy. It was enacted to ensure
that we had economic and military independence. But those
familiar with our industry know that in 2013, this is a policy
in name only. Action is required. We must demand it of our
national leaders.
While implementing a coherent national maritime policy in
line with the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is a long reach in the
current political environment, a starting point to regenerating
our industry is insistence by Congress that the executive branch
take every reasonable step to enforce our existing laws. Cargo
Preference, the Jones Act and the Maritime Security Program
are the most obvious and topical examples. Without clear and
unequivocal support for these programs, the financial resources
needed to modernize and expand the U.S.-flag fleet will not be
available.
Without more ships and the capacity to build them, the
Jones Act and the U.S. merchant marine are doomed. Outgoing
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood treated the audience
at the DOT Maritime Day 2013 commemoration to a classic
example of Washington, D.C., doublespeak when he touted his
agency’s support of the Title XI Ship financing program. The
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reality is that no Title XI funding for new commitments has
been requested by Secretary LaHood or the administration.
For the merchant marine, infrastructure means ships.
Without ships, the enemies of the U.S.-flag merchant marine
will not need to repeal the Jones Act. It will simply become
irrelevant and our merchant marine will get in line with those
of Canada and Australia—other nations that lost their maritime
industries when their shipbuilding capacity and cabotage laws
were allowed to wither.
Our mission at MM&P is to demand more from our government. We are carrying out that objective by establishing Maritime Advisory Committees with our allies in major
U.S. ports. These committees bring labor and management
together as local constituents to the offices of our Congressional
representatives.
The newly established and bipartisan Congressional
Maritime Caucus is the fruit of our efforts. Further, two bills
recently introduced in Congress, HR 1678, the “Saving Essential
American Sailors (SEAS)” Act and HR 949 the “Invest in
American Jobs Act” indicate that some in Congress understand the gravity of the situation. The first bill, introduced
by Congressmen Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Scott Rigell
(R-Va.), would reverse the drastic cuts made to the cargo
preference program at the end of last year, reductions that were
made prior to the administration’s plan to decimate what is left
of the Food for Peace program. The second bill, introduced
by Congressman Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), would require U.S.
ownership and crews for vessels working in the exclusive economic zone of the United States. Whether these bills will see the
light of day given the current Congressional logjam is open to
question. There is no doubt, however, that with our prompting,
our friends in Congress have the ability to push the administration to enforce the laws and regulations that are already on the
books. They have the ability to demand competent and effective leadership at DOT and MARAD: leaders who understand
that our country’s economic and military security depend on a
capable merchant marine.
We are pledged to work with our friends in Congress, in
labor and in industry to put the U.S.-flag fleet back on an even
keel. We ask for your help in this effort. We are looking for
volunteers for our local maritime advisory committees, for
members willing to write letters to their members of Congress
and for contributions to our Political Action Fund, the MM&P
PCF. Our families and the next generation of American mariners are counting on us.
Fraternally,
Don Marcus
MM&P International President
To learn more about the MAC Program, go to bridgedeck.org and click
on “Your Voice in Congress” under “DC Action.” To contribute to the PCF,
go to bridgedeck.org and click on “Protect Your Job.”
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news briefs
MM&P Officers Aboard New MLL Containerships
Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) has purchased and is reflagging eight newer
and larger containerships to upgrade
the ocean transportation services
provided to its U.S. military, government and commercial customers.
MM&P Licensed Deck Officers will
sail aboard six of the new vessels in
a ship-for-ship replacement of six of
the older vessels currently under contract with MM&P. The total number
of ships under MM&P contract with
MLL will be unchanged.
MLL’s investment of approximately
half a billion dollars will improve the
quality of service to the Middle East
and Mediterranean Sea from the U.S.
East Coast, a company spokesperson
said. The vessels are about 10 years
younger than the outgoing ships,
offering improved fuel efficiency and
environmental performance. Since 2000, MLL has invested
over $1.75 billion dollars to modernize its fleet in support of
the U.S. government and military.
“These eight newer vessels, along with the global transportation network that connects them, demonstrate our
commitment to our customers,” said MLL President and
CEO John Reinhart. “We are proud to serve the U.S. military
and to deliver U.S. food aid worldwide.” He said the new
ships would increase reliability and shrink the fleet’s environmental footprint. “The efforts of the mariners onboard the
transitioning vessels and colleagues ashore have been excellent,
assuring a timely and smooth progression of the reflagging
process,” he added.
The vessels will join Maersk Line’s weekly Middle East
Container Line service (MECL1) throughout May and June.
This route serves commercial customers and the U.S. military,
and transports U.S.-grown food aid. MECL1 will be the industry’s only direct U.S. flag service to and from the U.S. East Coast
and Pakistan, and the service includes a new stop in Algeciras,
Spain.
All eight vessels will join the Maritime Security Program (MSP) and Voluntary Intermodal
Sealift Agreement (VISA). “We are pleased to bring more modern and useful assets into the MSP
and VISA fleets,” said Reinhart. “The vessels will augment our nation’s security and sustain jobs
for the U.S. Merchant Marine, the fourth arm of our national defense.”
The eight incoming vessels are named in honor of American cities that have brought industrial vitality to the U.S. economy through manufacturing, finance, transportation and exports:
Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Denver, Detroit, Hartford, Memphis and Pittsburgh.
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Photos courtesy of MLL
Captain Craig A. Rumrill takes
the helm of newly flagged-in MV
Maersk Denver. The other MM&P
officers aboard the vessel at the
time were Chief Mate Travis A.
Shirley, Second Mate Erik T. Cox
and Third Mate Joshua Sturgis.
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news briefs (continued)
Coast Guard Medical Evaluation Program
Must Be Changed, Maritime Unions Say
The Coast Guard’s merchant mariner medical review program is based on a flawed concept and should be replaced as
soon as possible with an efficient, workable system, according to official comments submitted to the docket in May by
MM&P, the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA)
and the American Maritime Officers (AMO). The unions are
urging changes in the program to align it with commonly
accepted national and international norms for fitness-of-duty
evaluations.
The present medical evaluation process is
not compatible with the long duration of
shipboard assignments of many mariners.
Congress has directed the Coast Guard to seek public comment on its merchant mariner medical evaluation program.
The Coast Guard Commandant must submit to Congress an
assessment of its current program, as well as alternatives to it.
The Commandant’s assessment must include an analysis of
how the Coast Guard could make medical fitness determinations for mariners using a system similar to the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) National Registry of
Certified Medical Examiners program and the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) Designated Aviation Medical Examiners
program.
Under its current system, the Coast Guard employs a small
staff of “evaluators” who rely exclusively on paperwork to monitor changes in the medical condition of more than 200,000
mariners nationwide. Because the “examiners” never actually
examine any of the mariners whose condition they are called
on to evaluate, they often demand costly and time-consuming
medical specialty consultations, imaging procedures and laboratory tests, many of which are unnecessary.
Of major concern to mariners employed in the international
trades—where assignments are four months aboard ship and
out of contact with the Coast Guard followed by four months
off duty—is that the indefinite time lines, delays in the process
and the scheduling of multiple appointments for doctors, testing
and evaluations can result in the medical evaluation not being
completed in time to meet their reassignment date. The result
for the mariner can be four months of lost employment and
eight months loss of income and benefits.
“This is an unacceptable and highly stressful consequence of
the present program that is based on the premise that mariners
are continually available to interface with the system and that all
appointments can be scheduled in a timely manner,” the unions
say. “The present medical evaluation process is not compatible with the long duration of shipboard assignments of many
mariners.”
Another important factor: the extremely high cost of the
medical procedures—many of which are not necessary—
demanded by the Coast Guard evaluators. “A mariner without
insurance coverage may be subject to many thousands of dollars
in expenses as a result of these burdensome and medically
questionable procedures,” the unions say. “In some instances
these costs will be shifted to insurance carriers and ultimately to
maritime employers and health plans. But more likely these tests
will be deemed to be ‘medically unnecessary’ by most insurance
carriers, so that the costs must be borne by the mariner.” The
costs have become a significant barrier to employment to both
existing mariners and new entrants to the industry.
The unions argue in favor of decentralizing the medical
examination process to a network of designated and qualified
medical practitioners, a system that has been used successfully
for years in the airline and trucking industries.
All Aboard the Ketchikan Ferry!
Three experienced captains who belong to the MM&P United Inland
Group–Pacific Maritime Region crew the Ketchikan Airport ferries. They
are Terry Carlin, Ken Lewis and Clint Peavey. The ferries, which transport
vehicles and passengers between the city and the airport, are operated by
Ketchikan Gateway Borough. Together, Carlin, Lewis and Peavey have
almost 60 years of experience in the maritime industry.
Ketchikan, which is known as “the Salmon Capital of the World,” is the
southeastern-most city in Alaska. Its economy is based on tourism and
fishing. The Misty Fjords National Monument is one of the area’s major
attractions. Ketchikan is named after Ketchikan Creek, which flows through the town.
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Watchdog Agency Says Congress Should Halt Work
on TWIC “Until It Is Clear That It Works”
Although a DHS report concluded that TWIC cards and
readers “provide a critical layer of port security,” GAO said no
data to support the claim had been collected.
“For example,” GAO investigators said, “the DHS assumption
that the lack of a common credential could leave facilities open
to a security breach with falsified credentials has not been
validated.” The agency said that these and other issues “call into
question the program’s premise and effectiveness.”
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not shown
that any improvements in maritime security have resulted from
its Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
program, according to the Government Accountability Office
(GAO). GAO is a watchdog agency tasked with evaluating
the costs and benefits of government programs. In a study
released during the first week of May, the agency said Congress
should halt further work on the TWIC program “until it is
clear that it works.” TWIC is administered by two agencies that
operate under the DHS umbrella, the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) and the U.S. Coast Guard.
GAO investigators made the remarks in the context of
the agency’s evaluation of a DHS pilot test aimed at assessing
TWIC card reader technology. “The test’s results were
incomplete, inaccurate and unreliable for informing Congress
and for developing a regulation about the readers,” GAO
said. The agency said TSA “did not collect complete data on
malfunctioning TWIC cards.” GAO also said that participants
in the reader pilot program did not document instances of
denied access.
TSA officials said that problems—including readers
incapable of recording—prevented them from collecting
complete and consistent data. For this reason, TSA said it could
not determine whether the operational problems encountered at
its pilot sites were due to TWIC cards, the readers or the users,
or to a combination of all three.
MM&P has gone on record since the inception of the
TWIC program with questions about its effectiveness.
“After more than a decade and hundreds of millions of
dollars spent, TSA has produced an ID card that is flawed and
has conducted a pilot program to produce ID card readers that
is also a failure,” commented Congressman John Mica (R-Fla.),
chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on Government Operations.
Nearly 2.3 million cards have been issued since 2007, of
which more than one million are now or will soon be due for
renewal. Since the program’s inception, MM&P has consistently
gone on record with questions about its effectiveness and
objections to the costs of compliance for mariners and other
covered workers.
144-Car Ferry Moves Closer to Completion
Photo courtesy of
Vigor Industrial
Construction of the Washington State Ferry MV Tokitae took a major
step forward this spring. Vigor Industrial is building the state’s new
144-car ferries at its Seattle shipyard. A major milestone occurred on
March 5, when the superstructure was moved onto the hull while both
structures were in floating drydocks.
The 1,100-ton superstructure, fabricated at Nichols Brothers Boat
Builders on Whidbey Island and barged to Vigor, was too heavy to lift
by cranes. Instead, the team at Vigor put the superstructure in one of
the facility’s three floating drydocks and put the hull in another. After
lining the drydocks up end-to-end, the team adjusted the buoyancy
of each drydock to align the top of the hull with the bottom of the
superstructure. Working with heavy lifting contractor Omega Morgan,
the team laid down 600 feet of track to bridge the distance between
the hull and the superstructure. The transfer operation, which lasted
five hours, is the subject of a video posted at http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=JllGqjVrqfQ.
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APL Phases Out C-10s; APL Belgium to Replace APL Japan
APL has announced that it will phase out and scrap the
four C-10s now operating in the SZX Service: the President
Adams, President Jackson, President Polk and President
Truman. The vessels have been the mainstay of APL’s U.S.flag service since their introduction into the fleet in the late
1980’s. Eric Mensing, president and CEO of APL Maritime
Ltd., said the company had made the difficult decision
because of market pressures related to the global economic
downturn and the wind-down of the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
The company said the C-10s would be phased out of
U.S.-flag service on arrival in Singapore during the months
of June and July.
With the scrapping of the C-10s will come a reconfiguration of the APL service that connects the U.S. East
Coast with the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent and
APL’s President Adams, one of the four vessels that the company plans to phase out.
Singapore. APL will operate five U.S.-flag ships in the reconfigured East Coast service. As part of the company’s ongoing
modernization program, the APL Japan will be removed from U.S.-flag service and swapped out with the APL Belgium as the replacement vessel for the APL Japan.
In the Pacific, APL’s U.S.-flag fleet also includes five C-11 ships, each with capacity of 4,832 TEUs, which operate in the U.S. West
Coast–Asia market. Those vessels and their services will not be affected by the scrapping of the four C-10s.
“These difficult decisions are made in an attempt to better position the company and remaining ships for continued success,”
Mensing said. “I want to take this opportunity to thank each crewmember for their safe and efficient service and I know that you will
continue to provide both through this transition period.”
Answers to frequently asked questions regarding the phase-out of the C-10s have been posted in the Members Only section of
www.bridgedeck.org.
“United, the U.S.-Flag Maritime Industry Can
Weather the Storm,” MM&P International President Says
MM&P and its allies are working hard on Capitol Hill to
beat back attacks against the “three pillars” that support the
existence of the U.S.-flag fleet, says MM&P International
President Don Marcus. The Jones Act, cargo preference
statutes and the Maritime Security Program (MSP) are all
being threatened, but the work being done by the Maritime
Advisory Committees (MACs) constituted by MM&P and
allied groups are having a positive effect. Marcus made the
remarks in an interview with Maritime TV’s Dave Gardy.
Mike Jewell, president of the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial
Association (MEBA) was also interviewed for the broadcast.
In the interview, Marcus speaks out against the 2012 cuts
to the cargo preference program, which lowered the share of
goods to be carried on U.S.-flag ships from 75 percent to 50
percent. He also strongly criticizes the Obama Administration
proposal to replace food aid cargo carried by American ships
with cash payments. “Giving cash to non-governmental
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organizations is absurd,” Marcus says, and would compromise
the success of the food aid program.
MM&P and MEBA are among the groups fighting to
protect the industry by working to establish and consolidate
support on Capitol Hill. “We have to yell to get people’s
attention,” Marcus says. “Fortunately some in Congress are
paying attention now.” He notes that organizations such as
the Department of Defense and U.S. TRANSCOM continue
to speak out in recognition of the essential role that America’s
merchant fleet plays in supporting our country’s defense and
security.
He says that despite the many challenges, he remains
confident, especially in light of the work being done by
MM&P and allied groups to promote awareness. “We believe
our industry can weather the storm if we stand together in
Washington,” he says.
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Bipartisan Group of Legislators Urges President Obama
to Continue Food for Peace Program
A group of 30 legislators spearheaded by Congressmen Elijah
E. Cummings (D-Md.) and Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) have
written to President Obama urging him to support U.S.
humanitarian food aid, strengthen U.S. farm production and
preserve the U.S.-flag merchant fleet by maintaining level
funding for the Food for Peace program in his fiscal year
2014 budget. Cummings is the ranking Democrat on the
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Hunter is the chair of the House Coast Guard and Maritime
Transportation Subcommittee.
“The purchase of food from U.S. farmers and its subsequent
shipment on U.S.-flagged vessels has helped support U.S. farm
production and preserve the U.S. merchant marine,” the members wrote in the April 5 letter. “Reductions in funding for this
program—or changes in how it operates—would significantly
reduce the amount of U.S. farm products our nation could provide to those in need around the world. It would also threaten
U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Mari Carmen Aponte boards Matson’s MV Moku
our national security preparedness by reducing the domestic
Pahu as a shipment of food aid is discharged in the port of Acajutla. Supporters
of the food aid program cite its role in diplomacy as well as its importance to
sealift capacity on which our U.S. military depends.”
America’s farmers and the U.S.-flag fleet.
Since 1954, the United States has provided aid to the world’s
poorest communities through the Food for Peace program, in
which U.S. agricultural products are shipped on U.S.-flag merchant vessels to food-insecure nations. For six decades the program has fed millions at risk of starvation and strengthened the capacity
of local communities around the world to respond to natural and man-made disasters.
“In recent years, there have been significant cuts to the Food for Peace budget,” the legislators wrote. “Any additional cuts—or
changes in the way the program is implemented—would reduce U.S. food aid to vulnerable populations while putting jobs in our agricultural and maritime sectors at risk.”
Globe Wireless Service Change
May Affect E-Mail Delivery to Ships
Maritime communications service provider Globe Wireless has informed MM&P that it is discontinuing its “Shore Account Service,”
which allows shore-side organizations to send e-mail to third-party ships.
The change in service could affect delivery to ships of The Wheelhouse Weekly and communications from MM&P International
Headquarters and MM&P Vice Presidents. If your ship receives communication via HF radio on Globe-email (not through a company
e-mail address), please advise us of the new company-supplied address to use for the Weekly by sending an e-mail to communications@
bridgedeck.org.
Globe Wireless explained the reasons for the new service policy in a letter to MM&P, which reads in part: “In the last three years,
we are seeing broadband solutions being implemented on board ships which have drastically reduced the cost of data transmissions.
Ten years ago the cost to send 1 MB to a ship was around $100. Today that is significantly reduced to a few dollars. Now more and more
ship-owners are installing flat fee internet services reducing the cost per MB even further. An increasing amount of shipping companies
are therefore allowing third parties to send e-mail to their ship at their expense… This has eroded the economic feasibility of maintaining Shore Account service levels.”
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May - June 2013
Hawaii Ports Maritime Council
Meets With Sen. Mazie Hirono
Members of the Hawaii Ports Council met
recently with Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), a
staunch advocate for the American Merchant
Marine. (Left to right) Bonny Coloma, port agent
of the Marine Firemen’s Union; Marc Yamane,
president of the International Union of Elevator
Constructors; Luke Kaili, port agent of the
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association; Sen.
Mazie Hirono; Hazel Galbiso, port agent of the
Seafarers International Union; MM&P Honolulu
Port Agent Randy Swindell; and Al Lardizabal of
the Laborers International Union.
Positive Findings on Jones Act
and Puerto Rico Continue to Reverberate
The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) has contacted key
legislators to highlight the Government Accountability Office
(GAO) report on Puerto Rico and American shipping, which
underlines the fact that our country’s national security and
military preparedness depend heavily on the Jones Act. MM&P
and MIRAID are both members of the American Maritime
Partnership.
The Jones Act is the law that mandates the use of vessels
that are American-crewed, -built and -owned to move cargo
between two U.S. ports. AMP underlined the findings of the
GAO report in a letter to House Subcommittee on Seapower
and Projection Forces Chair Randy Forbes (R-Va.) and Ranking
Democrat Mike McIntyre (N.C.).
“A decline in the number of U.S.-flag vessels would result
in the loss of jobs that employ skilled mariners needed to crew
the U.S. military reserve and other deep-sea vessels in times of
emergency,” the report concluded. “According to DOD officials, to the extent that Jones Act markets are unable to sustain
a viable reserve fleet, DOD would have to incur substantial
additional costs to maintain and recapitalize a reserve fleet of its
own.” The GAO also said that loss of the Jones Act could result
in “significant effects on shipyards and the shipyard industry
base needed by DOD.”
In finding that “the original goal of the [Jones] Act remains
important to military preparedness,” GAO made three additional points: a strong domestic fleet is necessary to ensure a
supply of seafarers for times of national crisis; the American
domestic fleet is a cost-efficient way to provide military
sealift; a strong national shipyard base is essential to military
preparedness.
“As you know, DOD and the U.S. Navy heavily rely on
commercial mariners, including many from the U.S. domestic
fleet, for a variety of critical national security roles,” said AMP.
“DOD has previously estimated that replacing the commercial
maritime industry with military vessels would cost billions of
dollars.”
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MSC Commanders Hail America’s Merchant Mariners
Rear Adm. Thomas K. Shannon, who assumed the leadership of Military Sealift Command (MSC) in May from Rear Adm. Mark H.
Buzby, has high praise for American mariners. Shannon came to MSC after serving as commander of Carrier Strike Group One in San
Diego. A graduate of Maine Maritime, he began his career as a cadet aboard Sealand merchant ships.
“I admire sailors and I respect them,” Shannon said in a recent speech at the Army-Navy Club in Washington, D.C. “Our country
and our Navy get a lot done on their backs every day. I have enormous respect for what they do for a living.”
Among those who saluted Shannon and Buzby at the Change of Command ceremony were MM&P International SecretaryTreasurer Steve Werse, Atlantic Ports Vice President Don Josberger, Federal Employees Membership Group Vice President Randall
Rockwood and Norfolk Representative Mark Nemergut.
Rockwood, who was among the speakers at the ceremony, expressed MM&P’s deep appreciation for Buzby’s service to the United
States and for his commitment to the mariners serving aboard the vessels under his command.
“It’s been an honor and the privilege of a lifetime to serve as the Commander of MSC and represent this team of sailors, civilian
mariners and shore-based civil servants who are truly the lifeline of support for our Navy and military worldwide,” Buzby said. He said
he plans to remain active in the industry and “continue to be a strong advocate for our issues and for mariners.”
The ceremony was held May 10 aboard USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), which is crewed by licensed deck officers who belong to the
MM&P Federal Employees Membership Group.
MM&P International President Don Marcus
(left), with incoming Military Sealift Command
Commander Rear Adm. Thomas K. Shannon, MEBA
President Mike Jewell and former MSC Commander
Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby.
Photo courtesy of MEBA
Greetings From
USS Frank Cable!
Licensed Deck Officer David W. Schon took time out from his work aboard
the USS Frank Cable to send greetings to the rest of the MM&P fleet. Schon
is a member of MM&P’s Federal Employees Membership Group (FEMG).
The USS Frank Cable is one of the Military Sealift Command’s submarine
tenders and one of the 15 ships in MSC’s service support program.
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May - June 2013
U.S.-Flag Maritime Industry Takes Defense
Of Food Aid Program to Halls of Congress
MM&P members and officials were part of a 135-person delegation that visited the offices of 157 members of the House and
Senate in May to underline the important role played by the
American maritime industry in the country’s security, economy
and national defense. The meetings were part of the fourth
annual Maritime Industry Congressional Sail-In. Among those
who participated were 61 “freshmen” legislators, many of whom
had little familiarity with our industry.
MM&P officials who spoke with members of Congress
during the Sail-In were: International President Don Marcus;
International Secretary-Treasurer Steve Werse; Atlantic Ports
Vice President Don Josberger; Pacific Ports Vice President Dave
Boatner; and United Inland Group Vice President Mike Murray.
MIRAID President C. James Patti played a central role in developing the communications strategy for the Sail-In and organizing
the meetings.
In discussions with members of Congress and their staffs,
representatives of MM&P, the other maritime unions and U.S.flag vessel operators underlined the importance of cargo preference laws and the PL 480 Food for Peace program, which is now
threatened with elimination. A major focus of the discussions:
the hundreds of thousands of Americans who work directly or
indirectly for the U.S.-flag fleet and the contributions they make
to the nation’s economy.
MM&P members and MM&P-contracted ships were prominently featured in the Congressional Sail-In brochure that was
given to each legislator and staffer with whom the maritime
groups met. Pictured in the brochure were MM&P members Sly
Hunter, Angel Irlanda and Shawn Pavlovich. Vessels belonging to
AmNav, Horizon Lines, Matson and Waterman/Central Gulf were
also featured.
MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer Steve Werse and Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association Secretary-Treasurer Bill Van Loo were part of a group that
met with West Virginia Democrat Nick Rahall (right) and Maryland Republican Andy Harris (left). The other members of the group were: Terry Turner of Turner
Pollard; Jerry Eker of Maersk; Kevin Traver of the Navy League of the United State; and Bob Zuckerman of Horizon Lines.
Is Your TWIC Card
Nearing Expiration?
MM&P United Inland Group San Francisco Regional Representative Ray
Shipway was part of a group that met with Hawaii Representative Colleen
Hanabusa. The other members of the group were: Craig Montesano of the
American Waterways Operators; Mike Golonka of Crowley; Susan Hayman
of Foss; and Mark Sickles of Weeks Marine.
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It’s been five years since the TWIC program was phased in,
and many of us have TWICs that are nearing expiration. The
merchant mariners’ document (MMD) is not valid without a
valid TWIC. When the TWIC expires,
a mariner cannot work on his or her
license. Remember to renew your TWIC
well in advance of your expected back
to work date. Some members report
they have received their new TWIC in
a few days; others report having to wait
over a month. To renew your TWIC, go
to twicprogram.tsa.dhs.gov or call the
TWIC Help Desk at 1-866-DHS-TWIC
(1-866-347-8942).
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Kudos to USNS Walter S. Diehl
Security Team
Two leaders of an embarked security team have received awards at
the suggestion of their ship’s master. Chief Boatswain’s Mate Jason
Christopher and Master at Arms First Class Mark Kozee were awarded
medals onboard the USNS Walter S. Diehl for outstanding leadership
and achievement. Christopher was presented the Navy and Marine
Corps Commendation Medal and Kozee received the Navy and Marine
Corps Achievement Medal. “I have been performing this job for 32-plus
years now, as both a naval oﬃcer and Military Sealift Command
CIVMAR mariner,” said Capt. P. Todd Christian, a member of the
MM&P Federal Employees Membership Group (FEMG). “This team’s
professionalism is the most impressive that I have ever had the pleasure
to witness and enjoy.”
USNS Walter S. Diehl Master P. Todd Christian (second from left)
nominated the leaders of his ship’s embarked security team for special
recognition. (Left to right) Jason Christopher, Bobby J. Summers and
Mark Kozee. The awards ceremony was attended by all the ship’s oﬃcers.
Brusco Tug & Barge v. MM&P
A Win for the Union, But the Battle Continues
On Dec. 14, 2012—thirteen years after MM&P filed a petition
with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking to
represent “mates, deckhands and engineer/deckhands” employed
by Brusco Tug & Barge in Washington State—the NLRB certified
MM&P, once again, as the representative of those employees.
But employees of Brusco in Washington State will have to
wait even longer to have their desire to be represented by MM&P
fulfilled because the company continues to refuse to abide by the
NLRB order.
“MM&P will continue to fight to vindicate the rights
and aspirations of all mariners, including mates
and masters, to be represented by our union,” says
MM&P International President Don Marcus.
The saga began in the fall of 1999 when Brusco’s employees
in Washington State asked MM&P to represent them in collective bargaining. MM&P filed a petition seeking to represent all
“mates, deckhands, and engineer/deckhands.” Brusco argued
that the mates were “supervisors” and not “employees” entitled to
representation under the National Labor Relations Act.
Following an NLRB hearing, the agency’s Director for the
Washington Region found that the mates were indeed employees
entitled to union representation. The NLRB then held an election among the bargaining unit employees and a majority voted
to be represented by the union. Brusco, however, refused to
bargain with MM&P.
Since the petition was filed in 1999, two hearings have been
held. Three different NLRB Regional Directors and two separate Boards have found the mates to be “employees” and not
“supervisors.”
And despite the fact that Brusco has a contract with MM&P
covering employees, including captains and mates, in its
California operations, the company continues to refuse to abide
by the NLRB order regarding its employees in Washington State.
On May 24, 2013, the company filed an appeal (Request for
Review) of the NLRB order before the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit.
“Without a doubt, a system that allows the statutory rights of
employees to be hijacked by their employer in this manner for 13
years is broken,” says MM&P International Counsel Gabriel A.
Terrasa. “It is time for Brusco to do what is right for its employees and afford them their legal right to be represented by the
union.”
“MM&P will continue to fight to vindicate the rights and
aspirations of all mariners, including mates and masters, to be
represented by our union,” says MM&P International President
Don Marcus.
The NLRB decision is posted at nlrb.gov/cases-decisions/
board-decisions under Case Number 359 NLRB No. 43.
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Former MM&P President Honored
by Marine Society of New York
Former MM&P President Tim Brown was honored in April by the Marine
Society of New York. (Above) Sandy Hook Pilots Peter Rooss, Andy
McGovern and Tim Ferrie presented Brown (far left) with an original
lithograph from the Noble Maritime Collection, Staten Island.
MM&P Government Relations Director Klaus Luhta with Contracts Officer
Lars Turner and MM&P member Margaret Meehan.
Unions, Employers and Maritime Schools
Urge U.S. Action on STCW Regulations
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should move
forward quickly with a final ruling on regulations to implement the international Standards of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping (STCW), say the nation’s maritime unions and
U.S.-flag shipping companies. The risks of inaction include
disruption of the operation of U.S.-flag ships and their possible
detention by Port State Control officials in foreign ports for
non-compliance with international standards.
In a May 15 letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, MM&P
and the rest of the group said the rulemaking, which has been
under review at a DHS departmental level “for a considerable
length of time,” has the strong support of the entire American
merchant marine, including labor, management and major
training facilities.
“The rulemaking would adjust U.S. regulations to coincide
with the latest STCW amendments,” the group told Napolitano.
“Please note that the amendments strengthen the convention.
While the initial convention could be described as bringing
nations with low standards up to the level of developed nations,
the current amendments are described as bringing the world’s
standards to a higher level. As a leading maritime nation, the
U.S. must be a party to this increase in professionalism.”
The most recent amendments improve measures to pre-
May - June 2013
vent fraud and contain new certification requirements for able
seafarers, new requirements for training in electronic charts
and systems, new requirements for security training and new
training guidance for personnel serving in polar waters. The
requirements mean adjustments must be made in some training
curricula and that U.S. seafarers will have to take new courses.
Since all course curricula must be approved by the U.S. Coast
Guard under the rules being reviewed by DHS, the industry
cannot move forward unless the agency acts. “It is essential
that these rules be published and implemented,” said MM&P,
MITAGS and the other organizations that signed the letter.
“These new training standards will increase the competency
and efficiency of the workforce and result in fewer costly maritime casualties that often damage the environment.” The rules will align U.S. standards with the STCW
Convention signed by 135 nations, including the United States.
All signatory nations are bound to apply the provisions of the
convention to all ships in international trade under their flag
and to all ships entering their ports. Many of the new requirements come into force as early as next January.
The group said that under the circumstances, it “respectfully requests that [Napolitano] direct her office to expedite the
clearance of the rulemaking.”
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Rep. Elijah Cummings: “We Must Act Now
To Preserve the U.S.-Flag Fleet”
Supporters of the U.S.-flag fleet, including professional mariners and representatives of American shipping companies, should write to their senators and representatives to urge rejection of the food aid cuts contained in the Administration’s
FY 2014 budget, says Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).
Cummings, who was honored by the maritime industry on May 7 at the
annual “Salute to Congress” dinner, has consistently been a powerful advocate
for merchant mariners and the U.S.-flag fleet. He has introduced legislation, HR
1678, the “Saving Essential American Sailors Act,” to reverse cuts to cargo preference enacted in 2012 as part of a last-minute compromise on a transportation bill.
“Our country’s mariners don’t need ‘worker adjustment programs,’ they need
cargoes,” Cummings told the audience at the event, which recognizes members of
Congress for exemplary support of the U.S.-flag fleet.
“If these vessels leave the flag [because of cargo preference cuts] they will not
return,” Cummings said. “If we don’t take action, we will not have an American
Merchant Marine. But it doesn’t have to be that way.”
He urged supporters of our industry to contact their members of Congress to
reject the changes that are being proposed in the Food for Peace Program. “We
must concentrate on what we’re fighting for and on what our vision is,” he said.
At the Salute to Congress dinner, MM&P International
President Don Marcus (left) and MM&P International
Secretary-Treasurer Steve Werse (right) congratulate Rep.
Elijah Cummings, who was honored for his support of the
U.S.-flag fleet.
(Left to right) MM&P United Inland Group (UIG)
Vice President Mike Murray, Congressman
Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), HMS Ferries President
Greg Dronkert and UIG San Francisco Regional
Representative Ray Shipway.
(Left to right) MM&P International President Don Marcus,
HMS Ferries President Greg Dronkert, MM&P Atlantic
Ports Vice President Don Josberger, MM&P Offshore
Group Member Lilly Gallo and MM&P International
Secretary-Treasurer Steve Werse.
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May - June 2013
Maritime Day Commemoration
Brings Calls to Revitalize U.S.-Flag Fleet
Congressman John Garamendi is urging fellow policy-makers in Washington
to reject an administration budget proposal that would phase out the Food for
Peace Program.
Photos by Nick Barton
Supporters of the American Merchant Marine called for a
renewed focus on the country’s merchant fleet during the
National Maritime Day Ceremony in Washington, D.C.
“On Maritime Day, we should not only remember the past,
but consider what we can do to reinvigorate the U.S.-flag fleet
and rebuild U.S. shipbuilding capacity,” said Congressman John
Garamendi (D-Calif.), a speaker at the ceremony, which was
held at Maritime Administration (MARAD) headquarters inside
the Department of Transportation Building. “When less than
one and a half percent of the 78 percent of U.S. exports carried
by ship travel on U.S.-flag vessels, we have a problem,” he said.
Garamendi criticized the Obama administration’s proposal to
change the PL 480 Food for Peace Program into a voucher program. “The Jones Act is under attack. Cargo preference is being
whittled away. Government agencies treat cargo preference as a
hindrance. [The Administration proposal to end Food for Peace]
will kill American jobs on land and on sea and further reduce
the number of ships in the U.S.-flag fleet,” he said.
SUNY Maritime College President Rear Adm. Wendi
Carpenter was the official National Maritime Day honoree.
She received the Merchant Marine Medal for Outstanding
Achievement for her support of relief efforts following Hurricane
Sandy. In the aftermath of the storm, Carpenter arranged for 600
relief workers to be boarded and fed on the TS Empire State.
“I’m honored to be here to recognize the sacrifices of hundreds of thousands of mariners, many of whom have given their
lives over the years,” Carpenter said. “Especially during national
disasters such as Sandy, a strong merchant marine is essential
to our country,” she said. “I personally believe that maritime is
generally under-appreciated by policy-makers and historians,”
she added.
Carpenter is the second woman to head one of America’s
maritime colleges. She was introduced by Deputy Maritime
Administrator Chip Jaenichen. MM&P was represented at the
ceremony by International President Don Marcus, International
Secretary-Treasurer Steve Werse, Atlantic Ports Vice President
Don Josberger and MIRAID President C. James Patti.
MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer Steve Werse (left) and Atlantic Ports
Vice President Don Josberger (right) congratulate Maritime Day honoree Rear
Adm. Wendi Carpenter. The SUNY Maritime president received the Merchant
Marine Medal for Outstanding Achievement for her support of relief efforts
following Hurricane Sandy.
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MV Green Bay and MV Green Ridge
Call at Port of Baltimore
Photos by Nick Barton
Waterman Steamship Company’s MV Green
Bay and Central Gulf Lines MV Green Ridge
docked at the port of Baltimore in April.
MM&P officials and headquarters staffers were
able to pay a visit to the MV Green Bay, where
the licensed deck officers took a break from
their busy work schedules to pose for a photo.
(Left to right) Maryland Pilot Christopher S.
Yearwood, Green Bay Chief Officer William
Cumming, MM&P International President Don
Marcus, Green Bay Master Tom Bagan, Third
Officer Mohamed (Mike) El-Mobdy, Second
Officer David Bennett and MM&P Contracts
Officer Lars Turner.
MV Green Bay at Dundalk Terminal in the Port of Baltimore in April.
Navy League Urges Congress
To Reject Proposal to Decimate Food Aid Program
The drastic changes in the Food for Peace Program proposed in
President Obama’s FY 2014 budget would put our nation’s sealift
capacity and 44,000 American jobs at grave risk, says the Navy
League of the United States. In a May 7 letter to the majority and
minority leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate,
the League said that elimination of the Food for Peace Program
would seriously undermine the American Merchant Marine and
risk “leaving our economy and our military… at the mercy of
foreign actors and foreign governments.”
The proposal included in President Obama’s 2014 budget
would replace PL 480 U.S.-originated food aid shipments with an
international voucher program. It comes on the heels of a severe
blow to the U.S.-flag fleet: elimination last summer of one-third
of U.S. food aid cargo preference—without Congressional hearings or any advance notice to the industry—as part of a last-minute compromise on a transportation bill. The Navy League told
Congressional leaders in its May 7 letter that last year’s cuts had
already cost the fleet at least four U.S.-flag vessels and more than
200 U.S. mariner jobs.
“The U.S. government relies on the U.S.-flag, U.S.-crewed ships
in a public-private partnership with the Department of Defense
to ensure the trusted and reliable transportation of critical cargo
anywhere in the world at any time—especially during times of
national emergency,” the Navy League said. “Because we can rely
upon the U.S.-flag commercial fleet, our nation achieves significant savings by not having to replicate with federal assets those
11,500 mariners and 100 commercial ships in international trade.
To recreate the capacity it obtains from the U.S.-flag commercial
industry, the Department of Defense would have to incur an additional $9 billion in capital costs and $1 billion in annual operating
costs.”
The letter was signed by Navy League Executive Director
Bruce K. Butler on behalf of the organization’s 47,000 members
and 250 councils. “Leveraging the private fleet is a good deal
for the taxpayer and certainly offsets any putative savings to be
achieved under the Administration’s PL 480 elimination scheme,”
Butler wrote.
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Port of San Francisco
Celebrates 150th Anniversary
Blue & Gold Fleet joined San Francisco Port Director Monique
Moyer in the wheelhouse of a Blue & Gold Ferry during the port’s
150th anniversary celebration in April. For the celebration, MM&Pcontracted Blue & Gold donated use of one of its ferries, manned top
to bottom by members of the MM&P United Inland Group.
At the Port of San Francisco’s 150th Anniversary celebration: United
Inland Group Regional Representative Ray Shipway (left) with MM&P
Branch Agent Jeremy Hope and ILWU Secretary-Treasurer and San
Francisco Port Commissioner Willie Adams.
(Front row, left to right) Port of San Francisco Executive Director Monique
Moyer, Deckhand Mark Menchavez and Captain Dushan Crawford. (Back
row, left to right) Deckhands Ramon Romero and Keith Martin, Blue & Gold
Fleet Director of Operations Pat Murphy, Pier 39 President Taylor Safford
and Deckhand Keith Martin.
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Please visit www.bridgedeck.org to see our redesigned website! We’ve simplified navigation, posted new photos of our members and contracted vessels, and added more information about the work that the union and its advocacy arm, MIRAID, are
carrying out in Washington, D.C., to defend members’ interests.
We’ve also added a Twitter feed and links to the MM&P Facebook page and YouTube channel. And don’t forget: on
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MM&P Members
Join the Council of American Master Mariners!
If you are a member of the Masters, Mates & Pilots, you should consider becoming a member of
CAMM: the nationwide professional organization of active and retired ship masters and pilots in the
American Merchant Marine.
Why Join CAMM?
CAMM makes our voice stronger.
As a professional organization, CAMM is a member of the International
Federation of Ship Masters Associations (IFSMA), which is in turn a member
of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of the United Nations.
CAMM’s international presence is an added boost to the representational
efforts that are already being made on your behalf by the International
Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots.
CAMM works tirelessly to advance the professional profile
of our industry.
CAMM is dedicated to improving maritime and nautical science by promoting the exchange
of information and experience among professional ship masters and members of allied
professions.
CAMM is on your side.
CAMM is dedicated to promoting an efficient, prosperous American Merchant Marine. The
expertise of CAMM members is well recognized throughout the world maritime community.
There are frequent requests to CAMM to provide expert witness testimony in maritime legal
cases.
CAMM builds partnerships.
CAMM is devoted to fostering a spirit of common purpose among all organizations whose
members believe in the importance of a strong U.S.-Flag Merchant Marine. CAMM works
closely with professional mariner organizations around the world to protect the rights of
licensed seamen from all nations.
CAMM’s issues are your issues.
CAMM is active today on fronts that include simplifying and rationalizing the credentialing
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Join CAMM today to have a voice in policy issues
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news FROM M
ITAGs
Members Who Sail on the Great Lakes
At MITAGS for LAP Class
Members of the MM&P United Inland Group who sail on the
Great Lakes take advantage of the winter lull in shipping to take
license advancement and other classes at MITAGS. In the photo
are participants in a recent License Advancement Program
(LAP) course. (Left to right) Steve Pfiester (Key Lakes Shipping);
Chris Edyvean (instructor); James P. Schultz and Jeff Porinchok
(Grand River Navigation). “We encourage all unlicensed and
licensed members to keep moving up the ladder,” says MM&P’s
Great Lakes & Rivers Regional Representative Charles Malue.
“Food Lifeline” Gets a Hand From Staff
at MITAGS-PMI West Coast
Ten staffers at the MITAGS-PMI West Coast Campus in Seattle decided
to add a new twist to their annual holiday food drive last year by volunteering at “Food Lifeline,” a non-profit organization dedicated to ending
hunger in western Washington State.
Food Lifeline encourages the food industry to donate unmarketable
but usable food that would otherwise be discarded. Local restaurants
and caterers contribute prepared food and fresh produce is collected
from wholesalers and retailers. Local grocery retailers also donate meat,
dairy, fresh produce and baked goods.
The PMI Team arrived at the sorting warehouse on the morning
of Dec. 21, and got to work after a brief tour of the facility, says PMI
Director Bill Anderson. “Each group gets a different task depending
on what was donated that day or week,” he explains. “In our case, we
donned hairnets and aprons, washed up, gloved up, and started repackaging both salt and bread mix. The salt came in 5-lb bags, and for food
shelters to use the salt it needs to be repackaged in a smaller, 5-lb bag
with appropriate labeling. At the end of the morning, we had flour and
salt floating in the air, but several pallets of perfectly good food ready for
distribution that afternoon.”
PMI staff lent a hand over the holidays to an organization that collects
food from restaurants, caterers and other local and national sources
and distributes it to people in need. After a hard day’s work: (left to
right) Emily Hopkins, Mike Mielke, Justin Bell, Christine Klimkowski,
Adam Goodrich, Pasha Amigud, Jenny Pitzen, Ted Quanstrom, Bill
Anderson and Amy Anderson.
Nigerian Labor Congress
at MITAGS
Members of the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) participated in the
MITAGS Management Communications & Leadership Course this
year and last. The sessions took place in September 2012 and February
2013. Members of the group met with MM&P representatives for a
briefing on labor unions and labor law in the United States. The focus
of the Nigerian labor project is on leadership, coalition-building, and
strategic planning from the perspective of the U.S. trade union experience. In the photo, members of the group with MM&P International
President Don Marcus.
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May - June 2013
Directory of MM&P Offices
International Headquarters
700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B
Linthicum Heights,
MD 21090-1953
Phone: 410-850-8700
Fax: 410-850-0973
[email protected]
www.bridgedeck.org
International Officers
Donald J. Marcus
President
410-850-8700 ext. 121
[email protected]
Steven E. Werse
Secretary-Treasurer
410-850-8700 ext. 116
[email protected]
Executive Offices
George Quick
Vice President
Pilot Membership Group
410-691-8144
[email protected]
Klaus Luhta
Director of Government
Relations
410-691-8139
[email protected]
Beverly Gutmann
International Comptroller
410-850-8700 ext. 112
[email protected]
Diane Chatham
Executive Administrator
410-691-8131
[email protected]
Communications
Lisa Rosenthal
Communications Director
410-691-8146
communications@
bridgedeck.org
Legal Department
Gabriel Terrasa
International Counsel
410-691-8148
[email protected]
May - June 2013
Randi Ciszewski
U.S. Navy Civil Service
Pilots Representative
Executive Office
MM&P Headquarters
Linthicum, MD 21090-1953
Office: 732-527-0828
Cell: 202-679-7594
Fax: (732) 527-0829
[email protected]
Press Contact
Klaus Luhta
Director of Government
Relations
410-691-8139
[email protected]
MM&P Health & Benefit,
Vacation, Pension, JEC
and IRA Plans
Patrick McCullough
Administrator
Randall H. Rockwood
Vice President
Executive Office
MM&P Headquarters
[email protected]
410-691-8131
Randi Ciszewski
Representative
Executive Office
MM&P Headquarters
Office: 732-527-0828
Cell: 202-679-7594
Fax: (732) 527-0829
[email protected]
Wayne Farthing
Vice President-Gulf Ports
Nell Wilkerson
Representative
13850 Gulf Freeway, Suite 250
Houston, TX 77034
Phone: 281-464-9650
Fax: 281-464-9652
[email protected]
[email protected]
Offshore Membership Group
MM&P Plans
700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A
21090-1996
Phone: 410-850-8500
Fax: 410-850-8655
Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522
[email protected]
Hours: Monday – Friday
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET
Federal Employees
Membership Group
Houston
Jacksonville
David H. Boatner
Vice President-Pacific Ports
Wayne Farthing
Vice President-Gulf Ports
Don F. Josberger
Vice President-Atlantic Ports
Liz Pettit
Representative
349 E. 20th St.
Jacksonville, FL 32206
Phone: 904-356-0041
Fax: 904-353-7413
[email protected]
Boston
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Dan Cartmill
Ron Colpus
Dan Goggin
Representatives
Marine Industrial Park
12 Channel St., Suite 606-A
Boston, MA 02210-2333
Phone: 617-671-0769
Fax: 617-261-2334
[email protected]
David H. Boatner
Vice President-Pacific
Wendy Karnes
Representative
533 N. Marine Ave.
Suite A
Wilmington, CA 90744-5527
Phone: 310-834-7201
Fax: 310-834-6667
[email protected]
[email protected]
Charleston
Miami/Port Everglades
Elise Silvers
Representative
1529 Sam Rittenberg Blvd.
Suite 1B
Charleston, SC 29407
Phone: 843-766-3565
Fax: 843-766-6352
[email protected]
Andrea Fortin
Representative
540 East McNab Rd., Suite B
Pompano Beach, FL
33060-9354
Phone: 954-946-7883
Fax: 954-946-8283
[email protected]
Honolulu
Randy Swindell
Representative
521 Ala Moana Blvd., Ste 254
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808-523-8183
Fax: 808-538-3672
[email protected]
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New Orleans
Sue Bourcq
Representative
300 Mariner’s Plaza, Ste 321B
Mandeville, LA 70448
Phone: 985-626-7133
Fax: 985-626-7199
[email protected]
New York/New Jersey
Seattle
Don F. Josberger
Vice President-Atlantic
35 Journal Square, Suite 912
Jersey City, NJ 07306-4103
Phone: 201-963-1900
Fax: 201-963-5403
[email protected]
[email protected]
Kathleen O. Moran
Representative
15208 52nd Ave. South
Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98188
Phone: 206-441-8700
Fax: 206-448-8829
[email protected]
Norfolk, Va.
Tampa
Mark Nemergut
Representative
Interstate Corporate Center
6325 North Center Dr. Ste 100
Norfolk, VA 23502
Phone: 757-489-7406
Fax: 757-489-1715
[email protected]
Laura Cenkovich
Representative
202 S. 22nd St., Suite 205
Tampa, FL 33605-6308
Phone: 813-247-2164
Fax: 813-248-1592
Hours: 9:00 AM-2:00 PM ET
[email protected]
San Francisco
Jeremy Hope
Coast Agent
Sandy Candau
Representative
548 Thomas L. Berkley Way
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 415-777-5074
Fax: 415-777-0209
[email protected]
[email protected]
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Eduardo Iglesias
Representative
MM&P
1055 Kennedy Avenue
Suite 914, ILA Building
San Juan, PR, 00920
Phone: 787-724-3600
Fax: 787-723-4494
onday-Friday
Hours: M
9:00am – 1:30pm ET
[email protected]
Pilot Membership Group
George A. Quick
Vice President
3400 N. Furnace Rd.
Jarrettsville, MD 21084
Phone: 410-691-8144
Fax: 410-557-7082
[email protected]
East Coast
Regional Representative
Timothy J. Ferrie
201 Edgewater St.
Staten Island, NY 10305
Phone: 718-448-3900
Fax: 718-447-1582
[email protected]
Gulf Coast
Richard D. Moore
8150 S. Loop E.
Houston, TX 77017
Phone: 713-645-9620
[email protected]
West Coast
Boston Pilots
Kip Carlson
Pier 9, East End
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415-362-5436
[email protected]
Martin McCabe
President
256 Marginal Street, Bldg 11
East Boston, MA 02128
Phone: 617-569-4500
Fax: 617-569-4502
Alaska Marine Pilots
Canaveral Pilots
Carter Whalen
President
P.O. Box 920226
Dutch Harbor, AK 99692
Phone: 907-581-1240
Fax: 907-581-1372
[email protected]
Ben Borgie
Doug Brown
Co-Chairmen
Box 816
Cape Canaveral, FL 32920
Phone: 321-783-4645
[email protected]
Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots
Charleston Branch Pilots
Bobby G. Grumbles
P.O. Box 2767
Corpus Christi, TX 78403
Phone: 361-884-5899
Fax: 361-884-1659
Whit Smith
6 Concord St.
P.O. Box 179
Charleston, SC 29402
Phone: 843-577-6695
Fax: 843-577-0632
Associated Branch Pilots
Columbia Bar Pilots
Mike Lorino Jr.
3813 N.Causeway Blvd.
Suite 100
Metairie, LA 70002
Phone: 504-831-6615
James Brady
100 16th St.
Astoria, OR 97103-3634
Phone: 503-325-2641
Association of Maryland Pilots
Columbia River Pilots
Eric Nielsen
President
3720 Dillon St.
Baltimore, MD 21224
Phone: 410-276-1337
Fax: 410-276-1364
[email protected]
Paul Amos
President
13225 N. Lombard
Portland, OR 97203
Phone: 503-289-9922
Biscayne Bay Pilots
Andrew D. Melick
Chairman
2911 Port Blvd.
Miami, FL 33132
Phone: 305-374-2791
Fax: 305-374-2375
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Coos Bay Pilots
Charles L. Yates
President
686 North Front St.
Coos Bay, OR 97420-2331
Phone: 541-267-6555
Fax: 541-267-5256
May - June 2013
Crescent River Port Pilots
Mobile Bar Pilots
Saint Johns Bar Pilots
James “Jimmy” Cramond
President
8712 Highway 23
Belle Chasse, LA 70037
Phone: 504-392-8001
Fax: 504-392-5014
J. Christopher Brock
President
P.O. Box 831
Mobile, AL 36601
Phone: 251-432-2639
Fax: 251-432-9964
Timothy J. McGill
President
4910 Ocean St.
Mayport, FL 32233
Phone: 904-249-5631
Fax: 904-249-7523
[email protected]
Galveston-Texas City Pilots
Northeast Marine Pilots
John Halvorsen
P.O. Box 16110
Galveston, TX 77552
Phone: 409-740-3347
Fax: 409-740-3393
Joseph Maco
243 Spring St.
Newport, RI 02840
Phone: 401-847-9050
Toll Free: 1-800-274-1216
Grays Harbor
Pilots Association for the
Bay & River Delaware
San Juan Bay Pilots
P.O. Box 9021034
San Juan, PR 00902-1034
Phone: 787-722-1166
St. Lawrence Seaway Pilots
Stephen G. Cooke
1104 36th Ave., Ct. N.W.
Gig Harbor, WA 98335-7720
Phone: 253-858-3778
Hawaii Pilots Association
Tom Heberle
President
Pier 19-Honolulu Harbor
P.O. Box 721
Honolulu, HI 96808
Phone: 808-532-7233
Fax: 808-532-7229
[email protected]
J.R. Roche
President
800 S. Columbus Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Phone: 215-465-8340
Fax: 215-465-3450
Port Everglades Pilots
Andy Edelstein
Douglas McAuliffe
Co-Directors
P.O. Box 13017
Port Everglades, FL 33316
Phone: 954-522-4491
Houston Pilots
Puget Sound Pilots
Robert L. Thompson
Presiding Officer
203 Deerwood Glen Drive
Deer Park, TX 77536
Phone: 713-645-9620
Frantz A. Coe
101 Stewart St. - Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-728-6400
Fax: 206-448-3405
Key West Bar Pilots Association
Sabine Pilots
Michael McGraw
P.O. Box 848
Key West, FL 33041
Phone: 305-296-5512
Fax: 305-296-1388
Mark D. Taylor
Presiding Officer
5148 West Pkwy.
Groves, TX 77619
Phone: 409-722-1141
Fax: 409-962-9223
www.sabinepilots.com
May - June 2013
Roger S. Paulus
President
Richard Tetzlaff
MM&P Branch Agent
P.O. Box 274
733 E. Broadway
Cape Vincent, NY 13618
Phone: 315-654-2900;
Fax: 315-654-4491
San Francisco Bar Pilots
Peter McIsaac
Port Agent
Kip Carlson
MM&P Representative
Pier 9, East End
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415-362-5436
Fax: 415-982-4721
Sandy Hook Pilots
Peter Rooss
Branch Agent
201 Edgewater St.
Staten Island, NY 10305
Phone: 718-448-3900
Fax: 718-447-1582
Savannah Pilots Association
Southeast Alaska
Pilots Association
Richard Gurry
President
1621 Tongass Ave. - Suite 300
Ketchikan, AK 99901
Phone: 907-225-9696
Fax: 907-247-9696
[email protected]
www.seapa.com
Southwest Alaska
Pilots Association
Eric R. Eliassen
President
P.O. Box 977
Homer, AK 99603
Phone: 907-235-8783
Fax: 907-235-6119
[email protected].
Tampa Bay Pilots
Allen L. Thompson
Executive Director
1825 Sahlman Dr.
Tampa, FL 33605
Phone: 813-247-3737
Fax: 813-247-4425
Virginia Pilot Association
J. William Cofer
President
3329 Shore Dr.
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Phone: 757-496-0995
Western Great Lakes
Pilots Association
Robert Krause
President
1111 Tower Ave., P.O. Box 248
Superior, WI 54880-0248
Phone: 715-392-5204
Fax: 715-392-1666
William T. Brown
Master Pilot
550 E. York St.
P.O. Box 9267
Savannah, GA 31401-3545
Phone: 912-236-0226
Fax: 912-236-6571
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United Inland
Membership Group
Michael Murray
Vice President
Cleveland
Charles Malue
1250 Old River Rd. 3rd Floor
Cleveland, OH 44113
Phone: 216-776-1667
Fax: 216-776-1668
[email protected]
Juneau
Ron Bressette
229 Fourth St.
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone: 907-586-8192
Fax: 907-789-0569
[email protected]
Portland
John Schaeffner
2225 N. Lombard St. - No. 206
Portland, OR 97217
Phone and Fax: 503-283-0518
[email protected]
Seattle
Michael Murray
Vice President-UIG
Tim Saffle
144 Railroad Ave., Suite 222
Edmonds, WA 98020
Phone: 425-775-1403
Fax: 425-775-1418
[email protected]
[email protected]
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Eduardo Iglesias
MM&P
1055 Kennedy Avenue
Suite 914, ILA Building
San Juan, PR, 00920
Phone: 787-724-3600
Fax: 787-723-4494
Hours: Monday-Friday
9:00am – 1:30pm ET
[email protected]
Patrick McCullough
Administrator
Glen Paine
Executive Director
Atlantic & Gulf Region Health,
Pension and Education,
Safety & Training Funds
Wilmington
Raymond W. Shipway
533 N. Marine Ave.
Wilmington, CA 90744-5527
Phone: 310-549-8013
Fax: 310-834-6667
[email protected]
Wendy Chambers
Account Executive
Associated Administrators Inc.
4301 Garden City Drive, Ste 201
Landover, MD 20785
Direct Line: 301-429-8964
Member Calls:
1-800-638-2972
MIRAID
Pacific Maritime Region
Pension & Benefit Plans
C. James Patti
President
1025 Connecticut Ave., NW
Suite 507
Washington, DC 20036-5412
Phone: 202-463-6505
Fax: 202-223-9093
[email protected]
Masters, Mates & Pilots
Federal Credit Union
San Francisco
Raymond W. Shipway
548 Thomas L. Berkley Way
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 415-543-5694
Fax: 415-543-2533
[email protected]
MM&P Maritime Advancement,
Training, Education &
Safety Program (MATES)
Kathy Ann Klisavage
Manager
MM&P Headquarters
Phone: 410-691-8136
Fax: 410-859-1623
Toll-Free: 1-800-382-7777
(All U.S. and Puerto Rico)
[email protected]
Columbia Northwest
Marine Benefit Trust
Patrick McCullough
Administrator
700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A
21090-1996
Phone: 410-850-8500
Fax: 410-850-8655
Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522
[email protected]
Hours: Monday-Friday
8:30 AM– 4:30 PM ET
Maritime Institute of
Technology & Graduate
Studies (MITAGS)
Glen Paine
Executive Director
692 Maritime Blvd.
Linthicum Heights,
MD 21090-1952
Main Phone: 410-859-5700
Toll-Free:
Admissions: 1-866-656-5568
Residence Center: 1-866-900-3517
BWI Airport Shuttle
(avail. 24 hours a day):
1-866-900-3517 Ext. 0
Fax:
School: 410-859-5181
Residence: 410-859-0942
Executive Director:
[email protected]
Admissions:
[email protected]
www.mitags.org
Pacific Maritime
Institute (PMI)
Gregg Trunnell
Director
1729 Alaskan Way, S.
Seattle, WA 98134-1146
Phone: 206-441-2880
Fax: 206-441-2995
Toll-Free: 1-888-893-7829
[email protected]
www.mates.org
Northwest Maritime
Pension Trust
Randy G. Goodwin
Account Executive
P.O. Box 34203
Seattle, WA 98124
Phone: 206-441-7574
Fax: 206-441-9110
Southwest Marine Health,
Benefit & Pension Trust
4201 Long Beach Blvd.
Suite 300
Long Beach, CA 90807
Toll-Free: 1-888-806-8943
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May - June 2013
CROSS’D THE FINAL BAR
Everett A. Blum, 97, Feb. 21.
A pensioner since 1986 and
a resident of Portland, Ore.,
he last sailed for American
President Lines as second mate
aboard the SS President Grant.
In his spare time he enjoyed
being with his grandchildren
and great-grandchildren. His
son Kal, grandchildren Jaman,
Josephina, Mercedes and Kiva,
and five great-grandchildren
survive him.
Melvin J. Brown, 84, Feb. 26. A pensioner since 1998 and a
resident of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., he last sailed as third mate
aboard the Thomas W. Lamont for U.S. Steel Great Lakes Fleet.
Willard J. Burley, 81, Jan. 31. A pensioner since 1995, he last
sailed for Waterman Steamship Company as second mate aboard
the Sam Houston.
William Patrick Crawford, 91, March
20. A noted author of maritime trade
books, including Mariner’s Celestial
Navigation and Mariner’s Weather, he
served as a merchant seaman in the
Atlantic, Pacific and MediterraneanMiddle East war zones, becoming an
unlimited shipmaster by the time he was
21. After the war he practiced admiralty
law until joining in the operation of the
family training school for shipmasters and officers, Crawford
Nautical School. He taught at the school’s locations in New
Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle for almost six
decades.
Bill had a fierce intelligence, insatiable curiosity and
undeniable charm. His memory lives on through his family, the
many seafarers he taught and others whose lives he touched.
“Bill had an amazingly productive life and improved the
lives of many mariners,” said MM&P International President
Don Marcus. “It is hard to imagine anyone single-handedly
contributing more to the lives of seafarers during the heyday of
our merchant marine.”
He is survived by his wife Dorothy, thirteen children
Patricia, Thomas, John, Christine, Andrew, Daniel, Joseph,
Robert, Timothy, James, Margaret, Catherine and William, 19
grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
May - June 2013
Timothy M. Holl, 54, May 18. A
resident of Oakland, Calif., he last sailed
for MM&P as a San Francisco Bar Pilot.
A native son of San Francisco, Tim
followed his affinity for the sea and
sense of adventure to the California
Maritime Academy, graduating in 1983.
After a short foray into the tugboat
world at Redstack, he went to sea
aboard the Apex Marine tanker Golden
Endeavor, carrying petroleum and grain
cargos worldwide, and earning the year of sea time needed for
an unlimited second mate and inland master license.
He returned to San Francisco and worked 10 years for
Crowley Maritime, until that company closed its local
operations. He sailed in coastal towing, Alaska, ship assist and
as company pilot on the large 450 oil barges and dry cargo
barges when they called in the Bay.
Tim worked as captain in virtually every maritime enterprise
on San Francisco Bay—launches, ferry boats, dredging, ship
assist, bunker barges—eventually gaining 19 years of towing
experience. He was accepted into the Pilot Training Program in
2004 and became a San Francisco Bar Pilot in 2005.
Tim was an avid outdoorsman, mastering and enjoying the
challenges of sailing, surfing, skiing, white-water kayaking, rock
and ice climbing, back-packing and snow camping. He enjoyed
sharing those adventures with family and friends.
A special maritime tribute was paid to his memory on
May 30, when the Vessel Traffic Service held a minute of
radio silence, and for 24 hours every pilot at work on the Bay
added Captain Holl’s unit designator “Echo” behind their own
designators in all radio communications.
Tim is survived by his wife Laura and sons Ian and Eric.
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Cecil H. Lamb, 77, Jan. 26. A resident
of Boerne, Texas, and a pensioner since
1996, he last sailed for Sealand Service
as master of the Sealand Hawaii. In his
spare time, he enjoyed golf, gardening
and stamp collecting. He was a member
of the Knights of Columbus and
enjoyed being involved in the ACTS
community. He is survived by: his wife
Gloria; children Melinda Zibart and
Cecil H. Lamb III; brother Paul; and five
grandchildren.
William J. Lindros, 87, Feb. 18. A pensioner since 1985 and a
resident of Carver, Mass., he last sailed for Marine Transport Co.
as master of the Marine Chemist. In his spare time, he enjoyed
playing golf, bocce and cards. He was a member of the Kingston
Hilltop Athletic Club. He is survived by his wife Jeanette and his
daughters Gayle David, Nancy Watson, Patricia Kruskall and
Ruth Paton.
John P. Mastin, 86, Feb. 12. A resident of Mobile, Ala., and
a pensioner since 1987, he last sailed as third mate for Lykes
Brothers Steamship Company. In his spare time, he enjoyed
fishing, hunting, repairing motors and spending time with his
dogs Duke, Rufus and Weegee. His wife Dorothy and daughter
Beth survive him.
David A. McLean, 83, Jan. 29. A pensioner since 1994 and a
resident of Wilmington, N.C., he last sailed for AHL as second
mate aboard the ST Solar.
Robert Rivera, 92, Feb. 3. A resident of Rimrock, Ariz., and a
pensioner since 1996, he last sailed for United States Lines as
second mate aboard the American Reservist.
William W. Wong, 71, a
pensioner since 1986 and a
resident of Livingston, N.J., he
last sailed for Sealand Service as
third mate aboard the Sealand
Crusader. In his spare time, he
enjoyed investing, traveling
and spending time with his
family. He is survived by his
wife Pamela, Mathew Wong and
Jeffrey Wong.
Dale E. Wyman, 89, Jan. 30. A resident of Henderson, Nev.,
and a pensioner since 1989, he last sailed for Vessel Charters
as second mate aboard the SS Santa Adela. In his spare time,
he enjoyed reading, watching Westerns, drinking beer and
spending time with his brother and friends. His wife Nora, five
children and grandchildren survive him.
Richard H. Yearick, 93, Jan. 20. A pensioner since 1985 and a
resident of Harrisburg, Pa., he last sailed for Ocean Bulk Ships as
third mate aboard the SS Overseas Harriette.
George Thomas, 56, April 5. Master of the U.S Army Corps of
Engineers Dredge Potter and a longtime member of the MM&P
Federal Employees Membership Group, he died aboard his
vessel. In the photo, members of the crew hoist the flag aboard
Potter to half-mast.
Crossing the Bar
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For tho’ from out our bourne Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
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May - June 2013
Protect Your Job and Protect Your Future
Contribute to the PCF!
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encourage your shipmates to do the same.
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Honor Roll of
PCF Contributors
In the following pages, MM&P salutes the union members, pensioners and employees
who are making our voice heard in Washington, D.C.
Commodores’ Club ($500 or more)
Jenaro A. Asteinza
Evan B. Barbis
Robert C. Beauregard
Theodore E. Bernhard
David H. Boatner *
James P. Brennan
Kenneth J. Carlson, Jr.
Randi Ciszewski
Darren W. Collins
Kevin G. Coulombe
Robert Darley P
In Memory of
Charlie Darley
Danny Duzich
John W. Farmer, III
D. Wayne Farthing
William D. Good Jr. P
In Memory of
William Good, Sr.
Edward W. Green
Samuel A. Hanger P
Harold J. Held *
Rudolph A. Hendersen P
Edward B. Higgins, Jr. P
James F. Hill *
Brian H. Hope
Eduardo Iglesias
Scott E. Jones P
Christopher G. Kavanagh
John Kelly
Jonathan F. Komlosy
Lawrence T. Lyons
Charles W. Malue
George E. Mara
Donald J. Marcus *
Richard W. May P
Patrick McCullough
Sean T. McNeice *
Paul F. McQuarrie
Richard Moore * P
In Memory of
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C. Michael Murray *
In Memory of
Jon Peterson
F. John Nicoll *
Paul H. Nielsen P
Joseph O. O’Connor * P
Henry M. Pace P
Glen M. Paine
In Memory of
Capt. Glen Banks
Peter J. Parise, III
Francesco P. Pipitone
George A. Quick *
Dana V. Ramsdell P
Michael A. Rausa
Dave Romano
Paul Rooney P
Lisa Rosenthal
Timothy C. Saffle
John J. Schaeffner
Steven P. Shils P
Raymond W. Shipway
James Stebbins P
Carl W. Stein
Thomas E. Stone
Conor J. Sullivan
Deatra M. Thompson
J. Lars Turner
Peter M. Webster
Steven E. Werse *
Ronald C. Wilkin
Stanley M. Willis P
Captains’ Club (between $250 and $499)
Larry D. Aasheim
Walter K. Allison P
Hans W. Amador
Thomas E. Apperson
Timothy M. Arey
Brian D. Arthur
Thomas A. Bagan
Matthew P. Bakis
Andrew J. Banks
Kenneth A. Bhear
James K. Boak, IV
Ronald Bressette
Bruce M. Bridewell
Timothy A. Brown P
Harvey L. Bryning P
Robert B. Burke
Todd J. Campbell
James A. Carbone P
Konstantinos Catrakis P
Nicholas A. Christian
Bent L. Christiansen P
Timothy D. Clearwater
Dean R. Colver P
Andrew R. Corneille
Barry V. Costanzi
Vincent J. Cox P
Matthew C. Craven
Samuel J. Crawford
Thomas B. Crawford
George M. Darley
In Memory of
Charlie Darley
Thomas A. Delamater
Sean M. Doran
Ornulf C. Dorsen P
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Dorothy Dunn P
In Memory of
Darrell Dunn
Christopher Edyvean
Glen E. Engstrand
Eric L. Eschen
Malvina A. Ewers P
In Memory of
Franklin Ewers
Peter K. Fileccia
Ryan K. Foster
James E. Franklin P
Eric R. Furnholm
Kenneth N. Gaito
David C. Goff P
John A. Gorman P
Charles A. Graham P
Kyle P. Grant
Robert H. Groh P
Beverly J. Gutmann
In Memory of
John Trimmer
Curtis B. Hall
Kyle J. Hamill
Michael K. Hargrave P
Samuel W. Hartshorn, Jr. P
Joseph D. Henderson
Charles E. Hendricks
Christopher S. Hendrickson
Andrew W. Hetz
Alan G. Hinshaw
Darin L. Huggins
John R. Humphreys
Jeff H. Idema
William H. Imken
Lawrence E. Ingraham P
Thomas P. Jacobsen P
Arthur S. Jefferson P
Christian Johnsen
Eric B. Johnson
Donald F. Josberger
Clyde W. Kernohan, Jr. P
Robert T. Kimball
Richard J. Klein P
George W. Koch, Jr. P
Brian M. Koppel
John E. Larson P
Roch E. Lavault P
Donald D. Laverdure
David A. Leech P
William C. Mack
Richard Madden
Brett J. Marquis
Daniel J. Martin
Jerry E. Mastricola
Robert G. Mattsen
Thomas C. McCarthy
Charles L. McConaghy P
Michael J. McCormick P
Ann Marie McCullough
James P. McGee
Daniel F. McGuire P
Kevin J. McHugh
Kurt A. Melcher
Albro P. Michell, Jr. P
Andrew C. Miller
Doris F. Miller
Steven J. Miller
Michelle Mitchell
Peter W. Mitchell P
Steven R. Moneymaker
John M. Morehouse
Jaime Morlett
Brian A. Mossman
Philip D. Mouton P
John J. Murner
Kellen S. Murphy
Nicholas J. Nowaski
Derek D. Nystrom
John J. O’Boyle
James P. Olander P
Patrick B. O’Leary
James E. O’Loughlin
Robert P. O’Sullivan
Robert R. Owen
Antonios Papazis P
Michael Parr
Vasilios L. Pazarzis P
Wesley C. Penney
Ernest C. Petersen P
Albert D. Petrulis P
Peter A. Petrulis
Rick Pietrusiak
Norman A. Piianaia P
Jonathon S. Pratt
Stephen F. Procida
Lloyd S. Rath P
John P. Rawley
Scott B. Reed
Javier Riano P
In Memory of Eric Lake,
Paul V. Parker,
Arthur Holdeman &
Capt. J.C. Smith
Bruce Rowland
Edward B. Royles P
Randy E. Rozell
Mark Ruppert
Kenneth Ryan
James J. Sanders
Michael A. Santini
Scott D. Saunders
George W. Schaberg P
Robert H. Schilling P
John F. Schmidt
Paul T. Schulman
Marilyn J. Shelley
George J. Single
Svietozar Sinkevich
Peter S. Smith P
Robert R. Spencer P
James K Staples
Einar W. Strom P
David A. Sulin
Stacey W. Sullivan
Travis L. Sutton
Kevin M. Tapp
Richard N. Thomas
John S. Tucker P
Shawn M. Tucy
Roy K. Valentine, Jr.
Charles W. Viebrock P
Ruffin F. Warren
Steven D. Watt
Terry Joe Williams
These pensioners or survivors are singled out for special mention.
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Mohamed A. Abbassi P
Robert G. Abbott
Scott Adams
Jeffrey D. Adamson
Owen B. Albert
Frederick W. Allen P
George Lowe Allen
John Allen P
Murray G. Alstott P
John E. Antonucci P
Bruce M. Badger P
Bruce H. Baglien
Albert M. Balister
Charles K. Barthrop P
Brian W. Bassett
Steve J. Batchelor, Jr. P
Edward S. Batcho, Jr. P
Mary Ellen Beach P
Olgierd C. Becker
Leo P. Bednarik
Derek J. Bender
David L. Bennett
George Berkovich P
Shankar Bhardwaj
Anthony Bijan
Geoffrey Bird P
Earl R. Blakely P
John H. Bloomingdale
Jennifer Bono
John R. Boyce
William H. Boyce, Jr.
Warren J Bragg
Frank W. Branlund P
Anthony A. Brantley
Allan R. Breese P
Jeffrey C. Bridges
Anders K. Brinch, Jr.
Richard S. Brooks P
C. B. J. Brown P
Michael S. Brown P
Wardell E. Brown P
Michael C. Browne
Andrew D Brunhofer
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Bert D. Burris
Joseph A. Byrne
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Timothy Carey P
Michael J. Carolan
William R. Carr P
Dylan E. Carrara
Belinda Carroll
Chriss B. Carson
Robert J. Carter, Jr .
Juan C. Carvajal P
Thomas J. Catalanotto P
Christoforos Catsambis P
John C. Chapman P
Hao Cheong
Hong Cheong
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Paul Christ P
Christian R. Christiansen
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Laurence S. Christie
Michael R. Christle
Pete Ciaramitaro
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Garrett H. Clark P
Paul E. Coan
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James J. Colamarino P
Kent P. Comeau P
John V. Connor P
Richard W. Conway
Mark A. Cooper
Russell C. Cooper
Gary J. Cordes P
Daniel Corn
Nicole J. Cornali
Michael F. Cotting
Scot A. Couturier
David E. Cox P
Erik Cox
John M. Cox P
Linda Cramp
James Crandall P
Richard W. Crane P
Jacob A. Crawford
Anthony E. Crish P
John F. Cronin P
Todd C. Crossman
Dale S. Dubrin P
Julie Duchi
John T. Duff P
In Memory of Capt. John Hunt
George Dunham P
David S. Dwyer
Robert W. Eisentrager P
Bijan J. Emami
Barrett T. Enck
David K. Engen P
Robert E. England P
Josh Ervasti
William J. Esselstrom
Edward M. Evans P
Stanley J. Fabas
Eddo H. Feyen P
Peter S. Grate
A. Scott Gregory
Paul A. Gregware, Jr. P
Paul J. Grepo
Stanley V. Griffin P
Mike F. Gruninger
Jorge Gutman
Timothy J. Hagan
John H. Hagedorn P
Brandt R. Hager
Daniel S. Hall
Kenneth J. Halsall
James D. Hamblett P
Dianna L. Hand
Bertil J. Haney
Brandon L. Hatfield
Edward Crowe P
Kirk W. Cully
James M. Cunningham
Peter S. Curtis
Erik V. Cutforth
George Cutucache
Omar D’Abreu
Robert A. Dalziel P
Robert K. Damrell P
Andrew M. Davis
George A. Defrain
Ronald T. Degrazia P
Nicholas Deisher
Marguerite Delambily P
In Memory of Robert Delambily
Joseph F. Delehant P
Freedom K. Dennis
Denny Dennison
Edward J. DesLauriers P
Charles A. Dickman P
Bernard J. Diggins
Ralph DiMattia
John J. Dolan P
John M. Dolan
Lyle G. Donovan
Jerome J. Dorman P
Lee C Dortzbach
Robert Drew P
Harry A. Filkins P
Keith W. Finnerty
Russel W. Finstrom P
William H. Fisher, III
Gary D. Frame
James L. Frank
William W. Fransen
Kevin L. Franssen
James L. Fraser P
Jan M. Fraser P
J. Peter Fritz P
Lilian M. Gallo
Nicholas P. Garay
Naldo R. Garcia
Larry A. Gardner
Allen Garfinkle P
Angelo F. Gazzotto P
Francis G. Gilroy
Patrick N. Glenn
Hans Peter Godskesen P
Howard Goldberg P
Joseph M. Goldstein
Bradley D. Goodwin
Gregory A. Goolishian, Jr.
Gerald M. Gordon P
Joseph D. Graceffa P
Walter A. Graf, Jr
Edward Gras P
Michael C. Hayes
John J. Healey
Patrick J. Hennessy
Thomas E. Henry P
Kevin Hereid
Michael C. Herig
William H. Hermes P
Earl W. Herring P
James D. Herron P
Edward Hervias
Jeffrey S. Hill P
Lawrence W. Hill
Lawrence J. Hines P
Daniel R. Hobbs P
John A. Hobson
Roland E. Hobson
Richard G. Hoey
Clifford E. Hoitt
Kurt Holen P
Joseph E. Hood
Jeremy R. Hope
Shimon Horowitz
Robert B. Howard P
David H. Hudson
Nicole L. Humphreys
John D. Hutsell
Clark S. Inman P
George S. Ireland, III P
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John P. Jablonski
John P. Jackson, Jr.
Patrick Jacobs
Allen H. Jensen P
George Jerosimich
Joseph Jimenez
J. Kevin Jirak P
Melvin J. Jones P
Erik P. Jorgensen P
Marty L. Joseph
Christopher R. Kalinowski
Timothy Kalke
Eleftherios G. Kanagios P
Georgios C. Kanavos P
Steven W. Kanchuga P
James J. Kelleher, Jr.
John P. Kelley
Eric S. Kelm
Hugo W. Kenyon
Joseph E. Keyes
Brian J. Kiesel
Elsie Kimball
In Memory of Philip T. Brown
Timothy R. Kincaid
Roger C. Kirk
James D. Kitterman
Robert E. Klemm P
Henry C. Knox-Dick P
Lowell J. Knudsen P
James E. Kobis
David K. Kopra
Mirko Kozulich P
Damian Krowicki
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Nikita Kushelevsky P
Anthony C. Lafayette P
Cecil H. Lamb P
Mark C. Landow
William C. Laprade
Thomas P. Larkin
Ryan W. Leo
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Gary W. Lightner
Thomas N. Lightsey, Jr. P
Ian Lim
Leif H. Lindstrom P
James R. Londagin
John A. Long P
Michael W. Long
Douglas M. Lord
Curtis I. Love
Peter J. Luhn
Klaus D. Luhta
John T. Lutey
John J. Lynskey P
Thomas P. MacKay, Jr.
Michael MacLean
William J. Mahoney P
Richard T. Manning
Todd M. Mara
Nicholas A. Marcantonio
Edward T. Markuske
Thomas C. Marley P
John P. Marshall
Eugene W. Mayer, Jr.
Joshua S. Mazsa
Alton R. McAlister P
Rodney D. McCallen P
Leonard McCarthy P
Joseph T. McCawley P
Brent A. McClaine
Richard B. McCloud P
Edwin McDermon, Jr. P
Michael G. McDevitt
Thomas D. McDorr P
John J. McEntee
Steven A. McKittrick
John J. McNally P
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Francisco Medal
Francis X Meier, Jr.
Louis A. Mendez
Andrew J. Merrill
Donald J. Metzger, Jr.
Stephen P. Meyers
Mark P. Michals
William L. Miles
Joseph E. Miller
Cloyde L. Miner P
Bruce D. Mitchell P
David A. Mociun
Jose Montero P
Cesar A. Montes P
Dale A. Moore P
Nicholas C. Moore
John H. Morin, Jr. P
Keith Morton
Paul A. Mospens
John Moustakas P
Charles P. Moy P
Darrin N. Muenzberg
Curtis G. Murray P
Brad Musselman
Douglas J. Nagy
Daniel S. Nakos
Roland L. Nalette P
Eric B. Nelson P
Kenneth R. Nelson P
Michael E. Nelson P
Mark J. Nemergut P
Joseph W. Neudecker, III
Frank G. Neuman P
Joseph W. Neuman P
Thomas D. Neumann P
Edward Barrett Newman
George B. Nichols P
Michael L. Nickel P
Norman C. Nielsen P
Charles L. Norfleet P
Mary E. O’Brien
Gregory S. Oelkers
Peter R. Ohnstad, Jr. P
Hans P. Olander
Jeffrey W. Olmstead P
Eugene A. Olsen P
Michael B. O’Toole
Shawn D. Ouellette
Jeffrey J. Oyafuso P
Everett L. Page P
Steven A. Palmer
William L. Palmer, III
George K. Pappas P
C. James Patti
Roger S. Paulus
Georg Pedersen P
Christine E. Pekara
Joseph L. Perreault P
Henry Petersen P
Ronald A. Peterson
Madeline Petrelli
Ioannis M. Petroutsas P
Kerry D. Phillips
Ratanawan Phurchpean
William E. Phurrough P
Peter J. Piaseckyj P
Arthur E. Pierce P
Kirk C. Plender
Bradley P. Plowman
Alfred S. Polk
Joseph L. Pospisil, Jr. P
May - June 2013
James A. Potter P
Carmon L. Pritchett P
D. Scott Putty
Kevin C. Quinn
Ronald M. Radicali
Lance E. Raleigh
Thomas W. Ramsden
Charles C. Rau, Jr.
Bruno P. Ravalico P
John P. Redfearn P
Frank E. Reed, Jr.
Walter A. Reimann P
Robert A. Reish
Mark D. Remijan P
Keith W. Restle P
James G. Rettke
John J. Reynolds
Steven Roberto
James J. Robinson P
Randall H. Rockwood
Angel J. Rodriguez
Hector J. Rodriguez
Thomas J. Sgardelis P
Rafik A. Shahbin
Plamen M. Shapev
Harry L. Shaver P
Daniel S. Shelton
Paul Shepard
Travis A. Shirley
Robert H. Sienel
Harold V. Sipila P
Ernest P. Skoropowski P
William R. Slaughter P
Luke Sloane
Gerald V. Smeenk P
Brendan S. Smith
Francis X. Smith P
Frederick Smith P
Joseph S. Smith
Michael D. Smith
Richard D. Smith
Glen E. Smith, Jr. P
Frank W. Snell P
Wade Spaulding
John M. Rodriguez
Steven M. Rose
Craig A. Rumrill
David C. Ryan P
Thomas M Ryan
Koutaiba A. Saad
Donald R. Sacca
Roberto H. Salomon P
Philip F. Same
Edmund J. Santos, Jr.
Paul B. Savasuk
John L. Schiavone P
Charles R. Schmidt P
Gary R. Schmidt P
Gary W. Schrock P
Andrew Schroder P
Henry L. Schroeder P
William F. Schumacher P
Jason N. Scoran
Benjamin L. Scott
Guy J. Scotten P
Brian Spillane
Joseph B. Stackpole P
Egon K. Stage P
Paul W. Stallings P
George Stauter P
James W. St Clair P
A.H. Stegen P
Richard C. Stephens P
Robert W. Stevenson P
John G. Stewart
Robert C. Stone P
Glenn D. Strathearn P
Peter K. Strez
Christopher Stringer
Tore Stromme P
Charles A. Stukenborg P
Harold A. Stumme P
Joshua C. Sturgis
Andrew C. Subcleff P
Ryan T. Sullivan
Joseph M. Surmann P
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Chris D. Sweeny P
Randy Swindell
Adjuto Tavares
Thomas F. Taylor
Brandon M. Teal
Antoine I. Tedmore P
Thomas D. Tetard P
Richard Tetzlaff
Arthur Thomas P
David W. Thompson
Stephen N. Thompson P
Gary E. Tober P
W.H. Toohey, III
Adam Torres P
Joe Mark Tuck
Daniel C. Tucker P
Peter A. Tupas
James L. Turman P
Robert S. Underwood
Edward J. Usasz P
Jose L. Valasquez P
Justin D. Valentine
Charles Van Trease P
Stephen R. Vandale
Peter R. Veasey
Dean C. Ventimiglia
Glenn E. Viettone P
William F. Vogeley P
Ren W. Vurpillat P
David J. Wade P
Nancy L. Wagner
Honoring MM&P Women Officers
Jack K. Walker
Gregory S. Walsh
Harold G. Walsh P
Harry Walton P
Andrew A. Wargo P
Jerome P. Watts
William H. Weiss P
Michael K. Welch
William J. Westrem
Eugene K. Whalen P
Gordon S. White P
Peter H. White
Michael Wholey P
Aaron M. Widerman
Stephen N. Wikstrom P
Paul A. Willers
Stanley Williams
James T. Willis P
John A. Willis P
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James G. Wilson
John R. Wilson P
Steve Wines
Jon C. Winstedt
John B. Winterling P
Dewitt L. Withington
Kahai H. Wodehouse
Christopher G. Woodward
Nathan A. Woodward
Janusz A. Wozniak P
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