Blue & Gold Fleet Wins Contract for Bay Area Ferries

Vol. 47, No. 6 Nov. - Dec. 2011 The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO

Official Voice of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots

Blue & Gold Fleet Wins Contract for Bay Area Ferries MM&P Pilots Group VP George Quick Honored for Seafarer Advocacy Work Awards to Crews of Horizon Producer, USNS Bridge and USNS Safeguard Coast Guard Proposes Sweeping Changes to Licensing Regulations Keep Maritime Off the Chopping Block: Support the PCF! news briefs

Table of Contents The Master, Mate & Pilot (ISSN 0025-5033) is the official Vol. 47, No. 6 November-December 2011 voice of the International Organization Letter From the President 1 of Masters, Keep maritime off the chopping block: support the MM&P Political Mates & Pilots (International Marine Division Contribution Fund. of the ILA), AFL-CIO. © 2011 IOMMP. News Briefs 2 Published bimonthly at MM&P Pilots Group Vice President George Quick and our members MM&P Headquarters, 700 Maritime Blvd, Suite B, aboard Horizon Producer, USNS Bridge and USNS Safeguard Linthicum Heights, MD honored by maritime community; USCG proposes changes in licensing 21090-1953. regulations; Horizon Eagle celebrates three years without lost-time Phone: (410) 850-8700 injury; MM&P members in Hawaii on the front lines; Horizon Lines ends E-mail: [email protected] FSX service. Internet: www.bridgedeck.org Periodicals postage paid at Cover Story 10 Linthicum Heights, MD, and additional offices. Members of MM&P’s United Inland Group who work at Blue & Gold Fleet are celebrating a big victory: a five-year operating and POSTMASTER maintenance contract with WETA, the regional agency that manages Please send changes to: The Master, Mate & Pilot Bay Area ferry services. 700 Maritime Blvd, Suite B Linthicum Heights, MD MM&P Health & Benefit Plans 12 21090-1953 Open enrollment for dependents aged 19-26; long-term care insurance Timothy A. Brown open enrollment; new vision care benefit cycle; voluntary disability Chairman, Editorial Board Lisa Rosenthal insurance; pensioner COLA; change to rules regarding pensioner Communications Director employment aboard military vessels; reimbursement of Medicare Part B premiums. INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS Timothy A. Brown, President Don Marcus, Secretary-Treasurer MM&P Offshore Scholarship Winners 16 VICE PRESIDENTS News From MITAGS 17 David H. Boatner, Offshore Pacific Wayne Farthing, Offshore Gulf MM&P Federal Credit Union News 18 C. Michael Murray, United Inland Open a credit union account and never be late with your dues again. George A. Quick, Pilots Randall H. Rockwood, FEMG Steven Werse, Offshore Atlantic MM&P Directory 19 Postal Service Statement of Ownership 23 Cross’d the Final Bar 24 Beck Notice 25

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Vol. 47, No. 6 Nov. - Dec. 2011 The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO About the Cover The Navy Jack is a symbol of resistance that dates back to Blue & Gold Fleet has signed a new the American Revolution. In accordance with a resolution

Official Voice of the International contract with WETA, which manages made by the delegates to Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots Bay Area ferry service. MM&P's United the 75th Convention of the Inland Group represents the LDOs and International Organization maintenance engineers employed by of Masters, Mates & Pilots, every issue of The Master, Blue & Gold Fleet Wins Contract for Bay Area Ferries Blue & Gold. Kvichak Marine Industries MM&P Pilots Group VP George Quick Honored for Seafarer Advocacy Work Mate & Pilot includes a Awards to Crews of Horizon Producer, USNS Bridge and USNS Safeguard in Seattle built the WETA ferries and Coast Guard Proposes Sweeping Changes to Licensing Regulations photograph of the historic Keep Maritime Off the Chopping Block: Support the PCF! designed this photo montage of the ferry flag. Gemini “in triple vision.” news briefs FROM THE PresiDENT Keep Maritime Off the Chopping Block Contribute to the MM&P Political Contribution Fund Dear Sisters and Brothers: porters in Congress are moving forward with legislation to guard I have not written many columns over the past three years, against this happening again in the future. but the current situation in Washington, D.C., makes this one A special note regarding MARAD is in order here. More than necessary. a year ago, MARAD was tasked by Congress with identifying First, it was the Department of Energy. Next, it was the ways to boost American-flag shipping. Instead, the agency Maritime Administration issued a report based on incomplete information whose main (MARAD). Then the conclusion—that in the deep-sea commercial sector, it often House of Representatives. costs more to use U.S.-flag ships—isn’t news to anyone. This is Then MARAD again. particularly galling since MARAD’s mission is to promote the Month after month, it American Merchant Marine. seems as if the only thing Meanwhile, in the House of Representatives, self-proclaimed that changes is who is “budget hawks” have been trying to dramatically cut food aid and going after the U.S.-flag other programs that provide cargo for U.S.-flag ships. merchant marine and one or more of our programs. Help us help those who fight for us! The only constant seems to Contribute to the PCF! be that someone is always The battle will only intensify next year: people running for trying to make American elected office will once again try to scapegoat our programs and seafarers the scapegoats for our jobs. The Senate campaign in Hawaii is a good example of everything that is wrong how far some politicians will go to promote themselves by attack- with our nation’s economy. ing the Jones Act. To listen to these voices, you would think that if U.S.-flag ship- Without friends in Congress willing to stand up to those who ping requirements were eliminated, our economy would some- would wipe out our industry and send our jobs overseas, our how miraculously be strengthened. Or that if American maritime programs will simply disappear. Unless our PCF has the neces- jobs were sent overseas and even more Americans put out of sary resources, we will not have the help we need in Congress. work, our economy would somehow be stronger. I have never seen the situation as challenging as it is today. To say that these attacks are misguided is a gross understate- The simple truth is that if we don’t elect maritime supporters to ment. We know, and our friends and supporters know, that our Congress, we stand to lose our U.S.-flag fleet. fleet contributes significantly to America’s military, economic If you have contributed to the PCF in the past, thank you and and homeland security. But like it or not, American maritime please do so again. If you haven’t contributed before, now is the jobs and the programs that guarantee the very existence of the time to stand with your MM&P Brothers and Sisters to support U.S.-flag merchant marine are at great risk. legislators who, regardless of party or political philosophy, share Join the fight to protect our fleet and your own our conviction that the United States needs a strong, competitive job by contributing to the MM&P PCF! U.S.-flag merchant marine. Earlier this year, the Department of Energy (DOE) decided to Fraternally, ignore the law and deny U.S.-flag vessels their rightful share of Timothy A. Brown cargoes financed with DOE loan guarantees. MARAD did noth- International President ing to protect these American jobs. The decision was reversed only thanks to the unrelenting pressure from our allies on Capitol Hill. The Members’ Only section of www.bridgedeck.org has more information Then MARAD decided to grant an unprecedented number about the PCF, including a list of candidates who have received support in this election cycle. If you would like to know more, please contact MM&P of Jones Act waivers for the movement of domestic oil. Our sup- International President Timothy Brown ([email protected]) or MIRAID President Jim Patti ([email protected]).

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 1 - November - December 2011 news briefs Industry Honors MM&P Pilots Group Vice President and Our Members on Horizon Producer and MSC Ships

Several hundred U.S.-flag maritime industry representatives gathered in New York City on Oct. 28 to honor MM&P Pilots Group Vice President George Quick and a cadre of other maritime professionals. Quick was recognized for a career dedicated in large part to the protection of the legal and human rights of the world’s seafarers. In recognition of the caliber of his advocacy work, the United Seamen’s Service awarded him the Admiral of the Ocean Seas 2011 Special Recognition Plaque. “Throughout his career, Capt. George A. Quick has been a powerful voice for the world’s seafarers,” said MM&P International President Tim Brown in presenting the award. “His focus on the promotion of international and national regulations that recognize the role of the human element in shipping has led to concrete improvements in the lives of seafarers the world over, as well as to a heightened recognition of their role as maritime professionals in the global economy.” Quick has been an MM&P member for more than 60 years, 29 of them as vice president of the union’s Pilot Membership Group. He is a member of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) delegation to the International Maritime “Capt. George Quick is a powerful voice for the world’s seafarers,” said MM&P International President Tim Brown (left) in presenting the award to Quick. Organization (IMO), the London-based United Nations organization with the responsibility for the regulation of international shipping. His international work has included “The entire global economy, which supports the standard participation in the IMO’s Flag State Implementation Committee, of living of each one of us, depends on shipping and on the the Facilitation Committee, the Maritime Safety Committee, seafarers who spend their working lives at sea,” Quick said in and the subcommittees on Navigation Safety and Standards of accepting the award. “Far more must be done in the context of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping. the maritime transportation security system to recognize the human rights of seafarers and ensure that they are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.” continued

Horizon Producer officers and crew were honored for rescuing two fishermen Members of the MM&P Pilots Membership Group presented George Quick off the coast of Puerto Rico. (Left to right) MM&P Atlantic Ports Vice (far left) with a framed print that depicts the USS New York and the pilot President Steve Werse, MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer Don boat New York, and carries an inscription recognizing Quick for his work on Marcus, Horizon Producer Second Mate James McAfee and Horizon Producer behalf of the world’s mariners. Pictured are MM&P Pilot Representatives (left Capt. Mark Ruppert. to right) Kip Carlson, Tim Ferrie, Richard Moore, and MM&P International President Tim Brown.

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Licensed deck officers aboard three ships represented by MM&P were honored for heroism and humanitarian work during the course of the 2011 AOTOS Awards ceremony. The crew of Horizon Producer received the mariners’ plaque for rescuing two fishermen in a small boat on the verge of sinking on Jan. 29 in the waters off Puerto Rico. MM&P members aboard the Producer at the time were Capt. Mark Ruppert, Chief Mate David Cunningham, Second Mate James McAfee and Third Mate Fred Schick. The officers and crews of Military Sealift Command ships USNS Bridge and USNS Safeguard were recognized at the ceremony for their heroic humanitarian work in the wake of the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Capt. Steven Perdue is the civil service master of Bridge and Capt. Edward Dickerson is the civil service master of Safeguard.

United Inland Group Vice President Mike Murray MM&P and MEBA at AOTOS. (Left to right) MEBA legislative team members Matt (right) with Saltchuk Resources President Tim Engles. Dwyer and Ryan Lehman, MM&P Contracts Director Lars Turner, MEBA Secretary- Saltchuk owns MM&P-contracted companies that Treasurer Bill Van Loo and MM&P Director of Government Relations Klaus Luhta. include Foss, AmNav and ACTC.

Coast Guard Proposes Changes in U.S. Licensing Regulations The Coast Guard is proposing sweeping changes in U.S. requirements for the issuance of credentials to both officers and ratings under its interpretation of the new Manila Amendments to the international STCW Code. The general thrust of the Coast Guard’s proposal is to create a pathway for any mariner to move from entry level to unlimited ocean master by means of onboard experience and assessment. MM&P has filed comments objecting to the lowering of standards and the deskilling of officers’ positions on large ocean-going ships. The Coast Guard proposes, for example, that a 1600 GRT master could have the tonnage limitation removed to an unlimited ocean master’s license after six months of service on his limited license. Assessments could be signed off on by any mariner with a license higher than the mariner being assessed, a situation that could clearly raise the risk of fraudulent assessments, undermining the integrity of the licensing system. The Coast Guard also proposes that a third mate could qualify for unlimited ocean master with 36 months’ sea service, without any time as chief mate. The focus, inappropriately, is on increasing the supply of higher level license holders, rather than ensuring that the mariners in question possess the necessary experience, abilities and skills to safely operate and manage large ocean-going ships. This is a strange position for the Coast Guard to take given the public’s zero tolerance for maritime accidents and the resulting environmental damage. The USCG Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) met at USCG Headquarters Oct. 5-7 to consider the Coast Guard’s proposals. During the course of the meetings, MM&P expressed its concerns and debated with the interests that are pushing to reduce standards. The Coast Guard proposals are still a work in progress. What the final regulations will contain remains to be seen. To view the Coast Guard’s proposed regulations and comments to the docket, go to www.regulations.gov and search for Docket No. USCG-2004-17914.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 3 - November - December 2011 news briefs (continued) Grand River Navigation Adds New ITB MM&P-contracted Grand River Navigation (GRN) announced it has acquired a new ITB. The ship will soon be on its way to the Lakes from the Gulf of Mexico. “I’m always glad for the addition of more jobs for our members who sail on the Lakes,” said MM&P Great Lakes Regional Representative Charlie Malue. The new, as-yet unnamed ITB will start running on the Lakes in the spring of 2012. GRN already has a fleet of three ships and three ITBs.

CNO Pilots Visit MM&P Headquarters

Aboard MV Malaspina MM&P Regional Representative Ron Bressette visited recently with MM&P licensed deck officers aboard the Alaska Marine Highway System’s MV Malaspina while the vessel was underway from Haines, Alaska, to Juneau. (Left to right) Third (Left to right) Capt. Dave Pryor, MM&P Federal Employees Mate Keith Hillard, Third Mate Tammy Giezentanner, Chief Membership Group Representative Randi Ciszewski, Capt. Doug Mate Derek Nystrom, MM&P Regional Representative Ron Scott and MM&P International Counsel Gab Terrasa. The group Bressette, Second Mate Maurice Alto and Capt. Mark Sundt. met at MM&P headquarters this fall to discuss issues affecting The Malaspina can carry 500 passengers and 88 vehicles. the civil service pilots represented by MM&P.

E-Navigation Is Topic of Discussion at IMO Safety of Navigation Meeting MM&P member John Carlisle, MM&P Director of Government Relations Klaus Luhta and MM&P Capt. Kevin Coulombe of the Maersk Wyoming attended the International Maritime Organization Safety of Navigation (NAV 57) meeting in London this past summer. Luhta served as delegate for the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF). Carlisle and Coulombe represented the Nautical Institute. MM&P is one of the 715 ITF member unions. “The decisions made at IMO have continued significant implications for the MM&P membership,” Luhta said. “We are fortunate to have a seat at the table where we can influence policy and continue to protect the interests of the seafarer.” Delegates to the June session of the NAV subcommittee deliberated an e-navigation strategy that would allow for standardization and integration of emerging tech- (Left to right) MM&P members John Carlisle, Klaus nologies aboard ships. Virtual aids to navigation and satellite AIS were also among Luhta and Kevin Coulombe participated in last summer’s IMO Safety of Navigation Subcommittee the topics discussed. meetings, which focused in part on e-navigation.

November - December 2011 - 4 - The Master, Mate & Pilot MSC Labor-Management Forum at MITAGS Senior managers at MSFSC and MSC met with maritime union leaders and staff at MITAGS in October in the context of the annual Labor-Management Forum. Unions participating in the event included MM&P, the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association, the Seafarers International Union, the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific and the Marine Firemen’s Union. The participants discussed ongoing collaborative efforts to engage employees through union representatives for the overall benefit of the command.

At the Labor-Management Forum: (left to right) MM&P Federal Employees Membership Group (FEMG) At the Labor-Management Forum, Rear Adm. Buzby Vice President and MSC Capt. Randall Rockwood, MSC Commander Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, talks with MM&P Federal Employees Membership MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer Don Marcus, MEBA President Mike Jewell and SIU Executive Group Representative Randi Ciszewski. Vice President Augie Tellez.

MSC Welcomes Newest T-AKE Ship Military Sealift Command (MSC) accepted delivery of dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS William McLean in a ceremony at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego. MM&P Licensed Deck Officers will sail aboard the 689-foot vessel, the 12th of 14 dry cargo/ammunition (T-AKE) ships scheduled for delivery to the Navy by the end of 2012. “MSC plays such an important role in the support of the Navy, and the T-AKEs are the future of that role,” said Capt. Robert Baus, McLean’s civil service master. “It’s very exciting to be a part of this process. I have an outstanding crew, and we are all looking forward to getting underway for a mission.” Eleven of the dry cargo/ammunition ships are expected to serve in the Combat Logistics Force (CLF). The remaining three will be attached to maritime prepositioning squadrons, which strategically place combat cargo at sea for rapid delivery to mili- “I have an outstanding crew, and we are all looking forward to getting underway tary forces on land. When fully crewed, McLean will have a crew for a mission,” says McLean’s Civil Service Master Robert Baus. of 124 civil service mariners and 11 Navy sailors. The ship will begin conducting CLF missions in the summer of 2012 following a series of sea trials.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 5 - November - December 2011 news briefs (continued) Capt. Robert Crowley Honored for 35 Years at Helm of AMHS Ferry Tustumena The State of Alaska has recognized Robert Crowley, a long- time member of MM&P’s United Inland Group and captain of the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) ferry Tustumena, for a remarkable 35 years of service to the ferry system and the people of Alaska. In an interview with journalist Wes Hanna of the Kodiak Daily Mirror, Crowley said that his interest in working on the Tustumena began in 1976, when he saw the vessel docked at its homeport. A friend who worked on the ferry encouraged him to apply for a job. “So one thing led to another and I got hired,” Crowley says. “It wasn’t that I wanted to go to work on the ferry system—I wanted to work on the Tustumena.” Crowley started out as an ordinary seaman in 1976 and Capt. Robert Crowley started became captain in the mid-1990s. “It’s been a great job, and out as an ordinary seaman continues to be,” Crowley says. “Because you are doing some- aboard the Tustumena in 1976. thing for the communities, you get a lot of job satisfaction.” He was honored recently by Assignment to the Tustumena is considered one of the the Alaska Marine Highway System for his dedication to toughest jobs in the AMHS. The ferry encounters the tidal the vessel, the route, his crew, forces of Cook Inlet, the second strongest tides in North and the local community. America. Traveling down the Aleutian Chain, the Tustumena also runs into strong currents from the channels between the islands. “This is some of the toughest weather, the toughest navigation, for one of our marine highway ships,” said Marc Luiken, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, at a ceremony to honor Crowley. “But the Tustumena is our mainstay for the southwest and the people in the communities of the southwest absolutely depend on Capt. Crowley’s leadership.” Accepting the award, Crowley gave credit to the Tustumena’s crew. “If these guys weren’t here, I probably wouldn’t be here,” he says. “They make my job easier and they have the same commitment to the Tustumena and to the run.”

Horizon Lines Ends FSX Service Citing sharp declines in freight rates and significant increases in the cost of fuel, Horizon Lines has ended its Five-Star Express (FSX) service between the West Coast, Guam and China. Discontinuation of the FSX service will have no impact on the company’s domestic ocean services in Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto Rico. “This has been a very difficult decision in light of the tremendous contributions from our associates, and our organized labor and vendor partners, who have worked so hard to make the FSX service a success,” said Horizon Lines President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen H. Fraser in an official statement. “Our decision to exit this highly volatile market will allow us to focus on our core domestic ocean shipping services, and provide the opportunity to produce a more profitable and stable financial performance over time.” Although the FSX service met volume and vessel usage expectations, eastbound freight rates from China to the United States fell more than 37 percent between October 2010 and October 2011. The average price of bunker fuel increased by more than 40 percent after the service was launched. Forecasts for conditions in the trans-Pacific trade lane left little room for optimism when the decision to end the service was made. “Capacity continues to outpace demand and the forecast for 2012 calls for more of the same,” said Horizon Lines Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Brian Taylor. “Horizon Lines has told MM&P that all alternatives to continue a U.S.-flag service have been exhausted and that the lay-up of the D-8s can no longer be avoided,” said MM&P International President Tim Brown. “But the company believes that with financing in place and losses contained, it will be in a position to turn things around and stabilize its Jones Act operations. We urge our members to take pride in the job that they have done and continue to perform their duties to the highest standards of our Union.”

November - December 2011 - 6 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Horizon Eagle Crew Celebrates Three Years Without a Lost-Time Injury Crew members aboard Horizon Eagle recently gathered for a photograph to celebrate an important milestone: three full years without a lost-time injury. (Front row, left to right) Chief Cook Mario Firme Jr., Chief Steward Rang Nguyen, AB Rudolfo Antonio, DEU Virgilio Banzon, QMED Florencio Marfa Jr.; (back row) First Engineer Tim Arai (partially obscured ), Capt. Niles Baker, Second Mate Derek Bender, Chief Mate Eric Veloni, Engine Cadet John Martin, Third Mate Jerry Mastricola, AB Robert Borchester, Bosun Lance Zollner, Electrician Michael Murphy, AB Alexander Bermudez, Steward Utility Fathi Abdullah Hohsin, Chief Engineer Ben Meucci (partitally obscured ) and Third Engineer Prentiss Smith.

— Many thanks to Capt. Mike Parr for sending us news of this achievement!

MM&P Welcomes MSC Campaign to Improve Food Quality Aboard Ships MM&P has welcomed the news that Military Sealift Command (MSC) has undertaken significant efforts to improve the quality of the food served aboard its ships. The changes came after MM&P Government Fleet Representative Randi Ciszewski raised serious health concerns in correspondence with MSFSC and MSC management. “It is widely known that the consump- tion of trans fats increases the risk of coronary heart disease,” Ciszewski wrote. “Trans fats are used in products because they are cost effective and provide a longer shelf life. But the real cost of using these dangerous ingredients is shifted to CIVMARs who are restricted in their ability to maintain a healthy diet.” To promote the health and well being of our members, MM&P asked management to immediately modify its catalog requirements to ban any food item containing unhealthy hydrogenated oils and trans fatty acids. MSC responded swiftly and has already made significant progress in eliminating trans fats from meals served aboard its ships. “All frying oils used worldwide are now trans-fat free,” according to an official announcement that was issued by MSC in August. At that time, three vendors were still providing shortening that contains trans fats for use in bakery products and gravies, but MSC said that “MSFSC N41 is diligently working with DLA’s Troop Support Command” to ensure that these three will soon switch to a trans-fat free brand. MSCHQ and MSFSC N41 also announced the development of a “35-day Healthy Menu” that meets or exceeds USDA Healthy Standards. The new menu was completed Aug. 29, with rollout scheduled for the following months. Executive chefs will visit all MSC ships to conduct training in food production of items on the new menu. All MSC ships’ menus are now being assessed by MSC’s dietician for nutritional value. If menus do not meet the standard, the dietician will work with the chief steward to modify them. MSOs, Mates and Masters serving aboard MSC ships should continue to provide Randi Ciszewski their invaluable feedback to ensure these ongoing negotiations result in MSC continuing to serve meals high in quality and nutrition, adequate in quantity, in an appealing and sanitary manner. For further information on this or any FEMG matter, please contact her at [email protected] or 202-679-7594.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 7 - November - December 2011 news briefs (continued) Maritime Unions in Hawaii on the Frontlines Maritime union members based in Hawaii have come out in force over the course of the past several months to demonstrate in support of our sisters and brothers employed at the Hyatt Hotel and the U.S. Postal Service. They have also met with Rep. Mazie Hirono and candidate for Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie, both staunch advocates of the U.S.-Merchant Marine and America’s working families.

(in the photo on the left, front row, left to right) MEBA Port Agent Luke Kaili, MM&P Port Agent Randy Swindell, MFOW Port Agent Bonny Coloma, MEBA member Dave Iacobucci; (back row, left to right) MM&P member Paul Mospens, MEBA member Colin Moses, MM&P member Steve McKittrick and MM&P member Nick Moore.

Our members are a voice for Hyatt Hotel employees!

(left to right) Hazel Galbiso (SIU), Isaac Fiesta (ILWU), Paul Mospens, Luke Kaili, Randy Swindell, Bonny Coloma, Dave Iacobucci, Steve McKittrick, Sterling Abel, Colin Moses and Nick Moore (Not pictured but also present: MM&P member Jay Hobson.)

Randy Swindell, Roland Hobson, and Robin Colonas.

November - December 2011 - 8 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Hawaii Ports Maritime Council and MM&P Pacific Ports Vice President Dave Boatner meet with Rep. Mazie Hirono, a strong and articulate voice for working families and America’s merchant mariners.

Hazel Galbiso, Mazie Hirono and Randy Swindell.

“Good Jobs, Now!” Our country’s unemployment rate has been hovering in the 9 percent vicinity for months. MM&P members are joining in demonstrations in support of programs to put Americans back to work.

(Right) MM&P United Inland Group Vice President Mike Murray and members Bruce Nelson and Darrell Kimmerly at a jobs rally in Seattle.

Midshipman Fee Reimbursement for Some USMMA Students An extensive review of U.S. Merchant Marine Academy accounting records for the academic years 2003/2004 through 2008/2009 indi- cates that some Academy midshipmen were overcharged for midshipman fees. The current and former students who were overcharged during the six-year period are eligible to receive a reimbursement. Individuals eligible to receive a reimbursement will be notified by the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. For information about midshipman fee reimbursements, please see the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy website at http://www. usmma.edu/brief_announcement.htm.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 9 - November - December 2011 COVER sTORY

Big Win for MM&P Members in Veronica Sanchez San Francisco Bay Ferry Service

“The only thing that could top getting this contract would be the San Francisco Giants winning their second World Series Championship!” said an elated Ray Shipway, MM&P Regional Representative, during a party hosted by Blue & Gold Fleet to celebrate wining one of the most coveted ferry contracts in the country: operation and maintenance of the San Francisco Bay Area ferries. On Oct. 6, the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) awarded Blue & Gold a minimum five-year contract, with renewal options that could extend the term to ten years. The contract also includes ferry service to AT&T Park for Giants games and other sports events. WETA directors and representatives of MM&P and Blue & Gold after the contract award was announced Oct. 6. (Front row, left to right) “This contract marks the beginning of a new era for San Capt. Tom Dougherty; MM&P Consultant Veronica Sanchez; MM&P Francisco Bay Ferry and the continuation of a great partnership United Inland Group Vice President Mike Murray; WETA Board Chair with Blue & Gold Fleet,” said WETA Executive Director Nina Charlene Johnson; Blue & Gold Fleet Vice President of Operations Rannells. Carolyn Horgan; WETA Board Member Beverly Johnson; and WETA “We’ve accompanied you since the early days when the hull Executive Director Nina Rannells. (Back row) MM&P Regional Representative Ray Shipway; WETA Board Members Anthony was laid for your first ferry at a Seattle shipyard,” MM&P United Intintoli and John O’Rourke; Blue & Gold Fleet President Taylor Inland Group Vice President Mike Murray told members of the Safford; Blue & Gold Fleet Director of Operations Capt. Pat Murphy; WETA Board at their Oct. 6 meeting. “Thank you for giving our and WETA Board Member Gerald Bellows. members the well-deserved opportunity to work on your fleet of ferries for the next five years.”

“MM&P and IBU leadership worked very hard on behalf of their members to demonstrate to WETA the benefits of awarding this contract to Blue & Gold Fleet.” — Taylor Safford, President, Blue & Gold Fleet

A legacy of quality service WETA, a regional public agency, is charged by the State of California with operating the Vallejo Baylink ferry, the Alameda- At the party celebrating the award of the contract, Capt. Ezra (“Sly”) Hunter Oakland ferries and a third route, Harbor Bay Island (Alameda). of Blue & Gold receives an MM&P jacket for his outstanding leadership and Overall, the ferries on the three routes transport 1.2 million pas- service from MM&P officials Don Marcus, Ray Shipway and Mike Murray. “Capt. Hunter is an extremely effective leader and an advocate for the MM&P sengers annually to San Francisco. membership at Blue & Gold,” Shipway said. “He is a great friend and ally.” In its bid evaluation process, WETA awarded points for a stable, skilled workforce. “Blue & Gold Fleet has a stellar record of labor relations,” wrote Blue & Gold President Taylor Safford in selves. Thirty-nine Blue & Gold captains have an average of the company’s proposal. “We have never had a work stoppage or eleven years of experience, and twelve have over ten years of other labor action in our 32 years of history.” experience in operating high-speed vessels from Vallejo to San Since the early 1990s, MM&P captains have been in the Francisco. “Our safety and customer service record is the result wheelhouse of the Vallejo and Alameda-Oakland ferries, under of having highly knowledgeable, well-trained, experienced and previous Blue & Gold contracts with the municipalities them- continued

November - December 2011 - 10 - The Master, Mate & Pilot dedicated crews,” Blue & Gold wrote in its bid response. “Our credentialed Masters are high speed-qualified on every run.” In their analysis of the bid, WETA Board staffers also noted that Blue & Gold’s maintenance and management teams “have extensive experience and are highly qualified” and that the company is “extremely responsive and positive to work with.” The eighteen MM&P engineers who work at two Blue & Gold maintenance facilities in Vallejo and San Francisco have over ten years of experience performing major and routine maintenance and repair on the ferries. [The Master Mate & Pilot, January- February 2011, “At Vallejo, MM&P Engineers and Captains Are a Formidable Team”.]

“We are all relieved. The San Francisco Bay Ferry contract brings long-awaited job security to the captains and engineers who’ve worked for Capt. Steve Altman in the wheelhouse. “Our credentialed Masters are high speed-qualified on every run,” Blue & Gold says. Blue & Gold Fleet for two decades.” — Don Marcus, MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer

The foundations of success In a memo to Blue & Gold staff, company President Taylor Safford described the contract award as “the culmination of the excellent, safe and reliable service that each member of the staff has provided for years to the people of the Bay Area.” The MM&P bargaining group recently ratified a five-year labor agreement for the captains and engineers. “We didn’t take anything for granted,” said MM&P Regional Representative Ray Shipway. “We took a practical approach in negotiations and helped the company offer competitive labor rates.” The deckhands aboard Blue & Gold ferries, members of the Inland Boatmen’s Union (IBU), recently ratified their own five- year contract. “Winning this contract is a story of partnerships with our employer and our brothers and sisters at the IBU,” Shipway says. “Now that the long bid process is finished, we look forward to partnering with WETA in helping them run one of the best com- muter ferry networks in this country.” MM&P member John Alford at work. The eighteen MM&P engineers who —Veronica Sanchez is a consultant to the MM&P United Inland work at two maintenance facilities in Vallejo and San Francisco have over Group who works to create and preserve jobs for our members ten years of experience with Blue & Gold performing major and routine aboard vessels in the San Francisco Bay Area. maintenance and repair on the ferries.

WETA has recently adopted a new organizational identity, “San Francisco Bay Ferry.”

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 11 - November - December 2011 Masters, Mates & Pilots Plans Administrator’s Column Patrick McCullough

Board of Trustees Meetings Vision Care Benefit On Sept. 28-29, the Board of Trustees Effective Jan. 1, 2012, a new two-year held their final regularly scheduled optical benefit cycle will start for all Plan meetings for 2011 at MITAGS in participants and their dependents. The Linthicum Heights, Md. The following benefit covers eye exams, glasses and are some of the more important actions contact lenses. taken that affect Plan participants and The Trustees received a report that beneficiaries. EyeMed (the Plan’s PPO provider) has requested a renewal of its contract for a Health & Benefit Plan two-year period with no changes in the Open Enrollment renewal. The Trustees agreed to renew EyeMed’s contract for a period of two years effective Jan. 1, 2012. The Plan Office mailed the following information to participants at the end of October. Reimbursement of Medicare Part B Premiums The MM&P Health & Benefit Plan open enrollment period began Nov. 1 and ends Dec. 31, 2011, for coverage effective Jan. 1, The Trustees approved renewal of the reimbursement of 2012. During this period, you can enroll your dependent if: you Medicare Part B premiums for those Medicare-eligible co-pay missed the open enrollment for dependents ages 19-26 when it pensioners who meet the eligibility requirements under the Plan’s was offered last year; you missed the 60-day notification require- regulations effective for calendar year 2012. The Trustees review ment for the addition of a dependent after you became eligible such premium reimbursement annually, and they reserve the for coverage as a result of marriage, birth of a child, adoption of right to terminate the reimbursement at any time in the future. If a child, placement of a child for adoption or under legal guard- you meet the following conditions, you will be eligible for reim- ianship or loss of other group health plan coverage or health bursement in 2012. insurance policy coverage under which a dependent was covered • a gross monthly pension of $2,000 or less and receiving a when initially offered the opportunity to enroll in the Plan. regular pension (20 years of pension credit); or To find out what form(s) you have to submit to add your • receiving a disability pension (totally disabled with 10 years of dependent under the Plan, please call the Plan Office toll free pension credit) at 1-877-667-5522, and ask for Lynn or a Benefit Advisor. They will mail you the forms(s) which you are required to complete Long Term Care Insurance Open Enrollment and return to the Plan Office. If you have any questions, please The Trustees received the Administrator’s report that Prudential, contact the Plan Office. the Plan’s Long Term Care Insurance provider, has received CIGNA Website for Network Providers approval from the Maryland State Insurance Commissioner to offer their new coverage. Prudential has agreed to hold an open CIGNA has changed the website that lists CIGNA network pro- enrollment to allow active Health & Benefit Plan participants viders. Please follow these simple steps to find CIGNA network to enroll without evidence of insurability. They will also allow providers in your area. family members, and pensioners and their family members, the Go to: www.cignasharedadministration.com option to enroll after a medical review. The open enrollment 1. Click on Taft-Hartley Plan Members period will begin on Feb. 2 and continue through April 30, 2012. 2. Click on Medical Shared Administration. The new Please watch for more details in the coming months. screen will be titled SAR PPO Healthcare Professional Disability Insurance Directory 3. Provide the information requested to find a CIGNA In early 2012, the Plan has made arrangements to offer a volun- network provider. tary disability insurance benefit. Under this voluntary disability

November - December 2011 - 12 - The Master, Mate & Pilot program, which is paid for by the active participant, an active or PRO benefits. The Plan office has been processing the ACH participant will need to submit an application to the insurance deposits on a daily basis for some time. This allows members broker, and, if approved, the active participant will be allowed to have their benefits credited to their account in a shorter to pay for the insurance on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis. timeframe. The insurance is through Lloyd’s of London. Please watch for more details in the coming months. Some important points regarding direct deposit of Vacation or PRO benefits: Pension Plan 1. The participant must complete the Authorization Forms. Pensioner COLA 2. The banking system requires that all new electronic funds The Trustees received a report from the Administrator that transfers and changes be verified. This verification, called because the Consumer Price Index (CPI) had increased by pre-note process, may take up to 30 days after receipt of your at least 3 percent as required by the Plan’s Third Restated Authorization. Regulations, the Pensioner’s COLA will be granted on Jan. 1, 2012. This COLA will be processed in accordance with a new 3. You can find an Authorization Form and “Guidelines and formula set forth in the Plan’s Rehabilitation Plan and the Third Instructions” at the Plan Office, port offices and on www. Restated Regulations. The Plan Office will notify all eligible bridgedeck.org in the Member’ Only section under the Pension Plan participants of how the COLA will be calculated in Document Download tabs. The Plan office has also been a letter to them in December. including the forms with the Vacation Benefit Computation Pension Suspension Rules – Military Vessels Sheet of members who do not yet have an Authorization form on file. The Trustees agreed to amend the prohibited employment suspension rules to allow for employment, including Covered 4. Each time you file, you must choose whether you want your Employment, by Pensioners aboard military vessels manned entire benefit paid by check or by electronic funds transfer. pursuant to a federal government contract and pursuant to a You cannot split your Vacation benefits claim to receive part collective bargaining agreement with the Union. The Pensioner as a check and part as a direct deposit. Be sure to check the must obtain prior written authorization for each job assignment appropriate box on the Vacation application form. through the Union with written notice of such employment being furnished to the Board of Trustees. 5. If you have any questions regarding the Electronic Funds Transfer/Direct Deposit Program, please contact the Important Reminders Vacation Plan Benefit Staff at the Plan Office at (410) Please remember to inform the Plan Office when; 850-8625. - Your address has changed. - You have been legally separated or divorced. Holiday Greetings! - Your spouse is working and is now covered by that employer’s health benefit program. On behalf of the Plans’ Board of Trustees and Plan Office staff, Also remember to update your beneficiaries (e.g., the Plan we would like to wish you and your loved ones a happy holiday has paid to ex-spouses death benefits when participants have season and a healthy new year! not updated their beneficiaries). Plan Amendments Vacation Plan The following Plan amendments were adopted by the Board of Trustees at the Sept. 28-29 meetings. Electronic Funds Transfer/Direct Deposit The Plan office would like to remind MM&P Vacation Plan AMENDMENT NO. 117 TO THE participants that they have the option of receiving their Vacation M.M.& P. HEALTH & BENEFIT PLAN Benefits and PRO payments as a paper check or as an elec- RULES AND REGULATIONS tronic funds transfer (direct deposit) into their designated bank account. Once a completed bank authorization is received, either 1) Article I (Definitions), Section 7 (Pensioner) shall be option may be chosen each time the participant files for Vacation amended by adding the following language before the period

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 13 - November - December 2011 Masters, Mates & Pilots Plans

at the end of the second paragraph of that section to read as maximum annual benefit of $1,250,000 per Covered follows: Individual. All care received at a Hospital or qualified Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Facility shall mean “or who is a retired Organization official of the United a facility licensed by the State in which it is located, Inland Group but not eligible for retiree health coverage or certified or approved as an alcohol or other drug under Article III, Section 6.B hereunder or who is a retired dependency treatment program or center by any other Savannah docking pilot.” state agency that has the legal authority to do so, and which[:] is approved by the Plan’s Review Organization. 2) Article III (Eligibility), Section 2.B.c. (Pensioners – Termination of Eligibility) shall be amended by adding the [1. has a program for in-patient treatment of alcohol- following language at the end of that subsection to read as ism or drug abuse based on a written treatment follows: plan approved and supervised by a physician, and

“such employment shall also not include employment by 2. is affiliated with a hospital which has an estab- Pensioners, who worked as licensed engineers before they lished patient referral system.] retired and who retired because they were unable to work in Covered Employment due to the limited number of billets Charges incurred in connection with treatment of alcohol- available for such rating, and employment aboard any mari- ism on an out-patient basis shall be payable subject to the time academy education or training vessel, but only when maximum annual benefit set forth above, if such treatment sailing as Masters aboard such vessels.” is approved by the Plan’s Review Organization, provided:

3) Article III (Eligibility), Section 8 (Continuation of Coverage 1. the treatment facility is licensed by the State in which it for Pensioners) shall be amended by adding the following is located, or certified or approved as an alcohol treat- language at the end of that section to read as follows: ment program or center by any other state agency that has the legal authority to do so, and “Furthermore, effective October 1, 2011, a Pensioner, who is a retired Organization official of the United Inland Group 2. such treatment is required by the State Division of but not eligible for retiree health coverage under Article III, Motor Vehicles in connection with the resolution of a Section 6.B hereunder, or who is a retired Savannah docking DUI or DWI charge.” pilot, shall be afforded the opportunity to be eligible for coverage for the benefits described in Article IV, Parts A, B, 6) Article IV (Benefit Provisions), Part A (Comprehensive C and H for themselves and their eligible Dependents until Major Medical Benefits), Section 5.G (Limitations) shall be June 30, 2012 by paying to the Plan the appropriate costs for amended by adding the following language at the end of that such coverage, as determined by the Plan’s actuary, in accor- subsection to read as follows: dance with rules established by the Trustees.” “Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, effec- 4) Article IV (Benefit Provisions), Part A (Comprehensive tive January 1, 2012, the maximum reimbursement Major Medical Benefits), Sections 5.B and 5.J (Limitations) for Pensioners, retired Pilots and each of their eligible shall be amended by replacing “First Health” with “CIGNA”. Dependents may not exceed $1,250,000 in any calendar year, which includes the treatment of alcoholism or substance 5) Article IV (Benefit Provisions), Part A (Comprehensive a bu s e .” Major Medical Benefits), Section 5.E (Limitations) shall be amended effective January 1, 2012, by deleting the bracketed 7) Article IV (Benefit Provisions), Part A (Comprehensive text and by adding the underscored text to read as follows: Major Medical Benefits), Section 12 (Out-Patient Surgical Benefit) shall be amended by adding the following language “E. Effective January 1, 2011, charges incurred in con- at the end of that section to read as follows: nection with treatment of alcoholism or substance abuse shall be limited to a maximum annual benefit of “Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any out- $750,000 per Covered Individual. Effective January 1, patient surgical procedure that has a current procedure code 2012, charges incurred in connection with treatment of ‘experimental/investigational’ or ‘gastric bypass’ must be of alcoholism or substance abuse shall be limited to a approved by the Plan’s Review Organization.”

November - December 2011 - 14 - The Master, Mate & Pilot 8) The title of Article IV (Benefit Provisions), Part D (Death AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO THE and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefits and M.M.& P. PENSION PLAN Voluntary Long Term Care Insurance) shall be amended THIRD RESTATED REGULATIONS by adding to the end of that title the words “and Voluntary Disability Insurance”. Article VI (Applications, Benefit Payments and Retirement), Section 6.06 (Benefit Payments Generally) shall be amended 9) Article IV (Benefit Provisions), Part D (Death and by adding a new subsection (c) to read as follows: Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefits and Voluntary Long Term Care Insurance and Voluntary “(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and Disability Insurance) shall be amended by adding a new in addition to the other requirements described herein, Section 12 at the end of Part D to read as follows: in order to ensure the proper payment of benefits hereunder and thereby provide adequate protection “Section 12. Voluntary Disability Insurance Program to the Fund, the Trustees may require Pensioners and Beneficiaries to certify on a periodic basis, including The Trustees have contracted with an insurance broker to annually, the receipt of benefit payments on such forms provide Eligible Employees with an opportunity to purchase and in such manner as prescribed by the Trustees. If through Lloyd’s of London disability insurance on a volun- a Pensioner or Beneficiary fails to return the executed tary basis. certification to the Plan Office within the time frame prescribed by the Trustees, the Plan Office may tem- The terms and conditions of eligibility and the benefit porarily withhold the payment of benefits until such levels are described in the certificate of coverage or group certification is received by the Plan Office. Upon receipt insurance certificate provided by the insurer directly to the of such certification, the Plan Office will pay to the Eligible Employees subscribing to this coverage.” Pensioner or Beneficiary any benefit payments temporarily withheld.” 10) Article IV (Benefit Provisions), Part G (Vision Care Benefit), AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THE Subpart D shall be amended by deleting the bracketed text M.M.& P. INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN and by adding the underscored text to read as follows: THIRD RESTATED REGULATIONS “D. Effective January 1, 2011, notwithstanding anything in A., B. Article VI (Payment of Benefits and Eligibility), Section 6.11 and C. hereinabove to the contrary, the Plan will reimburse (Designation of Accumulated Share as Roth Contribution) for one eye examination per year for a Child under the age shall be amended by adding the following sentence to the of 19, and up to $280 for eyeglass frames [and]or up to $200 end thereof: for contact lenses every two years.” “Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirement of five (5) Vesting Service Credits does not apply when a Participant converts a portion of his Accumulated Share attributable to Voluntary Contributions.”

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 15 - November - December 2011 Offshore Scholarships 2011-2012 Each year, the MM&P Health & Benefit Plan awards scholarships to six dependents of members of the Offshore Group who have distinguished themselves in academics and extracurricular activities, including community service. As long as the students continue to meet the eligibility requirements, the scholarships are renewable for four years of college study. For more information, contact the MM&P Health & Benefit Plan at 410-850-8500. Congratulations and best wishes to the 2011-2012 scholarship winners.

Jennifer Chaudhary, daughter of Katherine Rowland, daughter of Norbert Chaudhary, is studying Bruce Rowland, is studying pharmacy political science at the University of at Oregon State University (OSU). In Alaska, Anchorage. In high school, high school, she played varsity vol- Jennifer was vice president of her leyball and worked as a volunteer at senior class and varsity captain of the South Towne Memory Care Resident soccer team. She was also a member Center, where she played the piano for of the swimming team and the cross Alzheimer patients. She was awarded country team. A member of the an Oregon State Presidential Merit National Honor Society, she com- scholarship and gained early admission pleted an internship in Washington, to the OSU College of Pharmacy. “It’s D.C., with Washington State Sen. not the size of the ship or the strength Lisa Murkowski. At the University of Alaska, she has been of the wind that determines how far you will go, but rather how accepted into the Forty-Ninth State Fellows Program, part of the you trim your sails,” her father used to tell her when she was University Honors College. Among the memories of particular growing up. importance to her: traveling from Seattle to Oakland with her father on the MV Horizon Hawk while he was sailing as relief Alexei Sinkevich, son of Nikolai captain. Sinkevich, graduated from high school with honors. He enjoys swimming, Annie Loftus, daughter of John the outdoors, literature, physics, water Loftus, is studying at the University of skiing, water polo, wakeboarding, New Hampshire. She was captain of camping, fishing and hiking. He was the lacrosse team in high school and the North Coast Section water polo plans to continue the sport in college. champion, and for over a decade was She will be taking classes in French, involved with the Russian Boy Scouts. psychology, astronomy and English, In the summer of 2006, he had the but has yet to declare a major. “I share opportunity to join his father on a voy- my father’s love of traveling and intend age at sea. “It was an experience that merits a thousand words, to get involved in the study-abroad one that I deeply appreciate and will never forget,” he says. programs,” she says. “I am very much looking forward to college and to all the new adventures and Dylan Skye, son of William C. Skye, is challenges I will face.” studying architecture at Philadelphia University. His participation in the Saxon Londagin, daughter of James Cumberland County Architecture, Londagin, is studying at New York Construction and Engineering (ACE) Maritime College. In high school, mentor program earned him the she won the American Association Student Leadership Award. He was of University Women Award for a member of the National Technical Mathematics. She was captain of the Honor Society the National Honor cross country team, a member of the Society and the Spanish National track and field team and a participant Honor Society. He received the President’s Award for Educational in high school and community theater. Excellence. He studied at the Wilmington School of Rock to She was a second alternate in the become a guitarist, vocalist, lead singer, composer, song writer Junior Miss Program. Growing up, she and recording artist. During high school, he volunteered as a had the opportunity to travel aboard deck hand on offshore racing vessels at the Greenwich Yacht Club her father’s ship, the APL Korea. “I’ve experienced life aboard the and was a volunteer crewmember for the Bayshore Discovery ship and learned about fascinating cultures in different coun- Project. tries,” she says.

November - December 2011 - 16 - The Master, Mate & Pilot news FROM MiTAGs APL Maritime Senior Officer Thank You, Hoffman Island Conference a Big Success Radio Operators! More than 80 permanent masters, mates, chiefs and first engineers MITAGS recently received a phone call from Rosemary attended the APL Maritime Senior Officer Conference at MITAGS Waechter, treasurer of the Hoffman Island Radio Operators in October, along with APL shore-side support staff from both Association (HIROA), who gave the school the welcome news coasts. “On behalf of APL Maritime, I would like to express that the association had decided to make a gift to MITAGS my appreciation for the presentations and support provided by in support of its work in the field of maritime education. MITAGS during the APL Maritime Senior Officer Conference,” MITAGS had the pleasure of hosting a commemorative dinner wrote APL Director of Safety, Quality and Environment Brian dance attended by members of the HIROA the evening before Peter in a letter to MITAGS Instructor Jerry Hasselbach and the National World War II Memorial Dedication in May of Executive Director Glen Paine. “By all accounts, the conference 2004. Hoffman Island, an artificial island of Staten Island in was a tremendous success. Your support during the planning and the Lower New York Bay, opened in 1938 as a training station actual conference ensured the successful results. Yours is a quality for merchant mariners in support of World War II. HIROA facility staffed with true professionals.” disbanded in July 2010. First AMHS Mates Attend MITAGS as Trust Students Derek Nystrom (left), chief mate on the Alaska Marine Highway ferry MV Malaspina and Aaron Golcynski, chief mate on MV Taku, will attend the MITAGS four-week License Prep classes as trust students. Both Nystrom and Golcynski completed the Chief Mate/ Master Program at MITAGS in 2009-10. In the near future, Alaska Marine Highway Deck Officers Samuel Abell and Patrick Brandon will also be attending the Chief Mate/Master Program at MITAGS. “Congratulations and the very best to these officers,” wrote AMHS Training Specialist Amy Lynch Wilson in a letter to the four. “And thank you to all who have participated in this program so far. Your time and efforts are very much appreciated!” The four are the first members to take advantage of the new training benefit negotiated by the United Inland Group for AMHS employees. Under the terms of the MM&P MATES Training Trust, which AMHS signed onto this past July, qualified members are now eligible for free tuition, room and board at MITAGS and PMI.

MITAGS and PMI: Safety Training Award “The Maritime Harvard” to Glen Paine An article in the October 2011 issue of leading industry pub- MITAGS-PMI Executive Director Glen Paine is the recipient of lication Fairplay referred to MITAGS-PMI as “the Harvard a Public Service Commendation awarded by the Department University of the maritime sector.” The author congratulated of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, for his the schools on their strategy for staying afloat in these tough contributions to improving maritime safety and merchant economic times by combining a focus on a global client base mariner training. Paine received the award for his service on with quality custom simulation programs. Other aspects covered the U.S. Delegation for Standards of Training, Certification in the article were: the Navigational Skills Assessment Program; and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) Subcommittee to the how simulations of situations that might be encountered on International Maritime Organization and for technical expertise the bridge allow vessel owners to decrease risk and the poten- provided during the Comprehensive Review of the International tial for loss or liability; and the MITAGS-PMI Management, Convention on STCW. The review was instrumental to develop- Communications and Leadership course. “A successful approach ment of the 2010 Manila Amendments to the STCW Code which to management is fundamental to the operation of a vessel and were adopted on June 25, 2010. A Coast Guard spokesman said supervision of personnel,” the author of the article pointed out, the recognition “is well merited because of Paine’s diligent efforts adding, “When you have a good leader, the whole crew benefits.” on behalf of American Merchant Mariners.”

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 17 - November - December 2011 Never Be Late With Your Dues Again ✂ If you never want to be late with your dues, and you want to avoid late fees, we have a solution for you. The Masters, Mates & Pilots Federal Credit Union will transfer your dues quarterly to the Union. Just have monies deposited regularly into your MM&P FCU account and send us the signed AUTHORIZATION FOR MEMBERSHIP DUES CHECKOFF “Authorization for Membership Dues Checkoff” (right). We’ll take care of the rest for you. No need TO: Kathy Klisavage, Manager Masters, Mates & Pilots Federal Credit Union to worry about getting your dues payments in on 700 Maritime Blvd, Suite B time as long as you have a fully funded savings Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1953 account with the credit union. I hereby assign to the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots, ILA, AFL-CIO, from Don’t have a credit union savings account yet? my MM&P Federal Credit Union account such sums as the Organization may certify as due and owing from me as membership dues or applicant fees, and in such sums as may be established from time to time Just go to www.bridgedeck.org, click on “About by the Organization in accordance with the Constitution and applicable Membership Work Rules, if any. I authorize and direct you to deduct such amounts from my MM&P Federal Credit Union account and to MM&P” and then “Credit Union.” Scroll down to remit the same to the Organization at any time while this authorization is in effect. I understand that the the bottom of the page for a link to the membership dues/fees will be deducted from my account each March 31st, June 30th, September 30th and December 31st application. Return the completed application to of each year. the credit union with a minimum deposit of at This authorization may be revoked by written notice thirty (30) days or more prior to any scheduled deduction date. least $120 and a photocopy of a government-issued identification card. Your funds will earn interest while on deposit with the credit union. At the time ______of this publication, the interest rate is .33%. Date Credit Union Account Number You can have funds withheld from your vacation ______Member Name, Please print Social Sec urity benefits and deposited into your credit union account. Dues will be deducted from your account ______Signature Street Address each March 31st, June 30th, September 30th and st ______December 31 . ______City, state, zip code During the next several months, the credit email address union has many new products and services on the horizon. We will be offering checking accounts, ATM/debit cards, online banking, bill pay and more. Sign up now so you can be among the first to hear about the new services. The Masters, Mates & Pilots FCU is a nonprofit financial organization owned and operated by its members for the benefit of all those who belong. The purpose of the credit union is to promote thrift through convenient, systematic savings and to provide a quick economical source of dignified credit. The credit union is open to all regular, applicant and retired members of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots, as well WE WILL BEAT YOUR CURRENT SECURED LOAN RATE BY 1% - 2% APR* as to employees of MM&P, MIRAID, the MM&P *Move existing loan balance. Terms remain the same. Benefit Plans, MITAGS and their immediate No lengthy approval process. No credit analysis. It’s that easy!

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International Headquarters Legal Department Offshore Membership Group Jacksonville 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Gabriel Terrasa David H. Boatner Liz Pettit Linthicum Heights, International Counsel Vice President-Pacific Ports Representative MD 21090-1953 Ext. 45 Wayne Farthing 349 E. 20th St. Phone: 410-850-8700 [email protected] Vice President-Gulf Ports Jacksonville, FL 32206 Fax: 410-850-0973 Phone: 904-356-0041 [email protected] Steven Werse Fax: 904-353-7413 www.bridgedeck.org Federal Employees Vice President-Atlantic Ports [email protected] Membership Group Boston International Officers Los Angeles/Long Beach Randall H. Rockwood Dan Cartmill David H. Boatner Timothy A. Brown Vice President Ron Colpus Vice President-Pacific President Executive Office Dan Goggin Ext. 17 MM&P Headquarters Representatives Wendy Karnes [email protected] 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Marine Industrial Park Representative 533 N. Marine Ave. Don Marcus Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 12 Channel St., Suite 606-A Suite A Secretary-Treasurer [email protected] Boston, MA 02210-2333 410-850-8700 ext. 21 Phone: 617-671-0769 Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Ext. 21 Phone: 310-834-7201 [email protected] Fax: 617-261-2334 Randi Ciszewski [email protected] Fax: 310-834-6667 Executive Offices Representative [email protected] [email protected] George Quick Executive Office Charleston MM&P Headquarters Vice President Elise Silvers Miami/Port Everglades 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Pilot Membership Group Representative Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Andrea Fortin Ext. 20 1529 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. Office: 732-527-0828 Dave Goff [email protected] Suite 1B Cell: 202-679-7594 Representatives Charleston, SC 29407 Klaus Luhta Fax: (732) 527-0829 540 East McNab Rd., Suite B Phone: 843-766-3565 Director of Government [email protected] Pompano Beach, FL Fax: 843-766-6352 Relations 33060-9354 Ext. 23 [email protected] David H. Boatner Phone: 954-946-7883 [email protected] West Coast Contact Fax: 954-946-8283 Honolulu Diane Chatham Los Angeles/Long Beach [email protected] Executive Administrator 533 N. Marine Ave. Randy Swindell Ext. 21 Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Representative New Orleans [email protected] 521 Ala Moana Blvd., Ste 254 Phone: 310-834-7201 Sue Bourcq Honolulu, HI 96813 Fax: 310-834-6667 Representative Accounting Phone: 808-523-8183 [email protected] 300 Mariner’s Plaza, Ste 321B Fax: 808-538-3672 Beverly Gutmann Mandeville, LA 70448 [email protected] International Comptroller Randi Ciszewski Phone: 985-626-7133 Ext. 12 U.S. Navy Civil Service Fax: 985-626-7199 Houston [email protected] Pilots Representative [email protected] Executive Office Wayne Farthing Communications MM&P Headquarters Vice President-Gulf Ports 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Lisa Rosenthal Nell Wilkerson Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Communications Director Representative Ext. 27 Office: 732-527-0828 4620 Fairmont Parkway communications@ Cell: 202-679-7594 Suite 203, bridgedeck.org Fax: (732) 527-0829 Pasadena, TX 77504 [email protected] Phone: 281-487-4649 Fax: 281-487-0686 [email protected] [email protected]

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 19 - November - December 2011 New York/New Jersey Seattle West Coast Boston Pilots Regional Representative Steven Werse Kathleen O. Moran Martin McCabe Vice President-Atlantic Representative Kip Carlson President 35 Journal Square, Suite 912 15208 52nd Ave. South Pier 9, East End 256 Marginal Street, Bldg 11 Jersey City, NJ 07306-4103 Suite 100 San Francisco, CA 94111 East Boston, MA 02128 Phone: 201-963-1900 Seattle, WA 98188 Phone: 415-362-5436 Phone: 617-569-4500 Fax: 201-963-5403 Phone: 206-441-8700 [email protected] Fax: 617-569-4502 [email protected] Fax: 206-448-8829 Assistant Port Agent [email protected] Alaska Marine Pilots Canaveral Pilots 201-963-1918 Peter S. Garay Ben Borgie [email protected] Tampa President Doug Brown Laura Cenkovich P.O. Box 920226 Co-Chairmen Norfolk, Va. Representative Dutch Harbor, AK 99692 Box 816 Mark Nemergut 202 S. 22nd St., Suite 205 Phone: 907-581-1240 Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 Greg Sherry Tampa, FL 33605-6308 Fax: 907-581-1372 Phone: 321-783-4645 Representatives Phone: 813-247-2164 [email protected] [email protected] Norfolk Commerce Center III Fax: 813-248-1592 5425 Robin Hood Rd #204 Hours: 9:00 AM-2:00 PM ET Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots Charleston Branch Pilots Norfolk, VA 23513 [email protected] Bobby G. Grumbles Whit Smith Phone: 757-489-7406 P.O. Box 2767 6 Concord St. Fax: 757-489-1715 Corpus Christi, TX 78403 P.O. Box 179 [email protected] Pilot Membership Group Phone: 361-884-5899 Charleston, SC 29402 George A. Quick Fax: 361-884-1659 Phone: 843-577-6695 San Francisco Vice President Fax: 843-577-0632 Bill McKinley 3400 N. Furnace Rd. Associated Branch Pilots Port Agent Jarrettsville, MD 21084 Columbia Bar Pilots Phone: 410-557-8757 Mike Lorino Jr. Sandy Candau Fax: 410-557-7082 3813 N.Causeway Blvd. John Torjusen Representative [email protected] Suite 100 100 16th St. 548 Thomas L. Berkley Way Metairie, LA 70002 Astoria, OR 97103-3634 Oakland, CA 94612 East Coast Phone: 504-831-6615 Phone: 503-325-2641 Phone: 415-777-5074 Regional Representative Fax: 415-777-0209 Association of Maryland Pilots Columbia River Pilots [email protected] Timothy J. Ferrie [email protected] 201 Edgewater St. Eric Nielsen Paul Amos Staten Island, NY 10305 President President San Juan, Puerto Rico Phone: 718-448-3900 3720 Dillon St. 13225 N. Lombard Fax: 718-447-1582 Baltimore, MD 21224 Portland, OR 97203 Eduardo Iglesias [email protected] Phone: 410-276-1337 Phone: 503-289-9922 Representative Fax: 410-276-1364 1959 Building Center Gulf Coast [email protected] Coos Bay Pilots 1959 Loiza St. Ste 200 Regional Representative Charles L. Yates San Juan, PR 00911 Biscayne Bay Pilots Phone: 787-724-3600 Richard D. Moore President Fax: 787-723-4494 8150 S. Loop E. Michael McDonnell 686 North Front St. Hours: Monday-Friday Houston, TX 77017 Chairman Coos Bay, OR 97420-2331 9:00am – 1:30pm ET Phone: 713-645-9620 2911 Port Blvd. Phone: 541-267-6555 [email protected] [email protected] Miami, FL 33132 Fax: 541-267-5256 Phone: 305-374-2791 Fax: 305-374-2375

November - December 2011 - 20 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Crescent River Port Pilots Mobile Bar Pilots Saint Johns Bar Pilots Southeast Alaska Pilots Association Allen J. “A.J.” Gibbs J. Christopher Brock John Atchison President President President Richard Gurry 8712 Highway 23 P.O. Box 831 4910 Ocean St. President Belle Chasse, LA 70037 Mobile, AL 36601 Mayport, FL 32233 1621 Tongass Ave. - Suite 300 Phone: 504-392-8001 Phone: 251-432-2639 Phone: 904-249-5631 Ketchikan, AK 99901 Fax: 504-392-5014 Fax: 251-432-9964 Fax: 904-249-7523 Phone: 907-225-9696 [email protected] Fax: 907-247-9696 Galveston-Texas City Pilots Northeast Marine Pilots [email protected] San Juan Bay Pilots www.seapa.com John Halvorsen Joseph Maco P.O. Box 16110 243 Spring St. P.O. Box 9021034 Southwest Alaska Galveston, TX 77552 Newport, RI 02840 San Juan, PR 00902-1034 Pilots Association Phone: 409-740-3347 Phone: 401-847-9050 Phone: 787-722-1166 Fax: 409-740-3393 Toll Free: 1-800-274-1216 Jeffrey D. Pierce St. Lawrence Seaway Pilots President Grays Harbor Pilots Association for the P.O. Box 977 Roger S. Paulus Bay & River Delaware Homer, AK 99603 Stephen G. Cooke President Phone: 907-235-8783 1104 36th Ave., Ct. N.W. J.R. Roche Richard Tetzlaff Fax: 907-235-6119 Gig Harbor, WA 98335-7720 President MM&P Branch Agent [email protected]. Phone: 253-858-3778 800 S. Columbus Blvd. P.O. Box 274 Philadelphia, PA 19147 733 E. Broadway Tampa Bay Pilots Hawaii Pilots Association Phone: 215-465-8340 Cape Vincent, NY 13618 Fax: 215-465-3450 Phone: 315-654-2900; Allen L. Thompson Steve Baker Fax: 315-654-4491 Executive Director President Port Everglades Pilots 1825 Sahlman Dr. Pier 19-Honolulu Harbor San Francisco Bar Pilots Tampa, FL 33605 P.O. Box 721 Andy Edelstein Phone: 813-247-3737 Honolulu, HI 96808 Bruce Cumings Bruce Horton Fax: 813-247-4425 Phone: 808-532-7233 Co-Directors Port Agent Fax: 808-532-7229 P.O. Box 13017 Kip Carlson Virginia Pilot Association [email protected] Port Everglades, FL 33316 MM&P Representative Phone: 954-522-4491 Pier 9, East End J. William Cofer San Francisco, CA 94111 President Houston Pilots Puget Sound Pilots Phone: 415-362-5436 3329 Shore Dr. Fax: 415-982-4721 Virginia Beach, VA 23451 Steve Conway Frantz A. Coe Phone: 757-496-0995 Presiding Officer 101 Stewart St. - Suite 900 Sandy Hook Pilots 203 Deerwood Glen Drive Seattle, WA 98101 Western Great Lakes Deer Park, TX 77536 Phone: 206-728-6400 Peter Rooss Pilots Association Phone: 713-645-9620 Fax: 206-448-3405 Branch Agent 201 Edgewater St. Donald Willecke Key West Bar Pilots Association Sabine Pilots Staten Island, NY 10305 President Phone: 718-448-3900 1111 Tower Ave., P.O. Box 248 Michael McGraw Duane Bennett Fax: 718-447-1582 Superior, WI 54880-0248 P.O. Box 848 Presiding Officer Phone: 715-392-5204 Key West, FL 33041 5148 West Pkwy. Savannah Pilots Association Fax: 715-392-1666 Phone: 305-296-5512 Groves, TX 77619 Fax: 305-296-1388 Phone: 409-722-1141 William T. Brown Fax: 409-962-9223 Master Pilot www.sabinepilots.com 550 E. York St. P.O. Box 9267 Savannah, GA 31401-3545 Phone: 912-236-0226 Fax: 912-236-6571

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 21 - November - December 2011 United Inland Seattle MM&P Health & Benefit, Southwest Marine Health, Membership Group Vacation, Pension, JEC Benefit & Pension Trust Michael Murray and IRA Plans Michael Murray Vice President-UIG 4201 Long Beach Blvd. Vice President Tim Saffle Patrick McCullough Suite 300 Regional Representative Administrator Long Beach, CA 90807 Cleveland 144 Railroad Ave., Suite 222 MM&P Plans Toll-Free: 1-888-806-8943 Edmonds, WA 98020 700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A Charles Malue Phone: 425-775-1403 Linthicum Heights, MD Regional Representative Maritime Institute of Fax: 425-775-1418 21090-1996 1250 Old River Rd. 3rd Floor Technology & Graduate [email protected] Phone: 410-850-8500 Cleveland, OH 44113 Studies (MITAGS) [email protected] Fax: 410-850-8655 Phone: 216-776-1667 Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522 Glen Paine Fax: 216-776-1668 Wilmington [email protected] Executive Director [email protected] Hours: Monday – Friday 692 Maritime Blvd. Raymond W. Shipway 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET Linthicum Heights, Juneau Regional Representative MD 21090-1952 533 N. Marine Ave. Ron Bressette Main Phone: 410-859-5700 Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Regional Representative Atlantic & Gulf Region Health, Toll-Free: Phone: 310-549-8013 229 Fourth St. Pension and Education, Admissions: 1-866-656-5568 Fax: 310-834-6667 Juneau, AK 99801 Safety & Training Funds Residence Center: [email protected] Phone: 907-586-8192 Wendy Chambers 1-866-900-3517 Fax: 907-789-0569 MIRAID Account Executive BWI Airport Shuttle [email protected] Associated Administrators Inc. (avail. 24 hours a day): C. James Patti 1-866-900-3517 Ext. 0 President 4301 Garden City Drive, Ste 201 Portland Fax: 1025 Connecticut Ave., NW Landover, MD 20785 Direct Line: 301-429-8964 School: 410-859-5181 John Schaeffner Suite 507 Residence: 410-859-0942 Regional Representative Washington, DC 20036-5412 Member Calls: 1-800-638-2972 Executive Director: 2225 N. Lombard St. - No. 206 Phone: 202-463-6505 [email protected] Portland, OR 97217 Fax: 202-223-9093 Admissions: Phone and Fax: 503-283-0518 [email protected] Pacific Maritime Region [email protected] [email protected] Pension & Benefit Plans www.mitags.org

San Francisco Masters, Mates & Pilots Columbia Northwest Federal Credit Union Raymond W. Shipway Marine Benefit Trust Pacific Maritime Institute (PMI) Regional Representative Kathy Ann Klisavage Patrick McCullough 548 Thomas L. Berkley Way Manager Administrator Gregg Trunnell Oakland, CA 94612 MM&P Headquarters 700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A Director Phone: 415-543-5694 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Linthicum Heights, MD 1729 Alaskan Way, S. Fax: 415-543-2533 Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 21090-1996 Seattle, WA 98134-1146 [email protected] Phone: 410-850-8700 Phone: 410-850-8500 Phone: 206-441-2880 Ext. 43 Fax: 410-850-8655 Fax: 206-441-2995 San Juan, Puerto Rico Fax: 410-859-1623 Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522 Toll-Free: 1-888-893-7829 Toll-Free: 1-800-382-7777 Eduardo Iglesias [email protected] [email protected] (All U.S. and Puerto Rico) Hours: Monday-Friday www.mates.org Regional Representative [email protected] 1959 Building Center 8:30 AM– 4:30 PM ET 1959 Loiza St. Ste 200 Northwest Maritime San Juan, PR 00911 MM&P Maritime Advancement, Pension Trust Phone: 787-724-3600 Training, Education & Fax: 787-723-4494 Safety Program (MATES) Randy G. Goodwin Hours: Monday-Friday Account Executive Patrick McCullough 9:00am – 1:30pm ET P.O. Box 34203 Administrator [email protected] Seattle, WA 98124 Glen Paine Phone: 206-441-7574 Executive Director Fax: 206-441-9110

November - December 2011 - 22 - The Master, Mate & Pilot THE TRUSTEES OF THE SAILORS’ SNUG HARBOR IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

The Trustees of the Sailors’ Snug Harbor (SSH) was incorporated in 1806 under the terms of the will of Capt. Robert Richard Randall, who died in 1801. It was his desire that his estate assist “aged, decrepit and worn-out seamen…’ Today, SSH is a non-profit organization whose mission is to aid retired career mariners in need of assistance. SSH no longer owns or operates a retirement facility for mariners in Sea Level, N.C., Staten Island, or anywhere else. Today we assist mariners in their home communities. Our former facility in Sea Level is now a privately owned and operated retirement home.

Whom we assist

We offer support to career mariners with a demonstrated need for financial assistance who meet the following requirements: 3650 days of deep sea time, proven through discharge papers (50 percent on U.S. flagged ships); 65 years of age or older (exceptions may be made in rare cases); a proven need for financial assistance. This means assets may not exceed $50,000 (primary residence excluded). All public benefits available to an eligible mariner must be accessed before any subsidy from SSH is approved (e.g., VA benefits, Medicaid).

Interested mariners must complete an application that requires detailed information about his/her living arrangements, financial history, etc. There is a re- application process each year.

Contact Sailors’ Snug Harbor

If you have any questions or are in need of assistance, please call our Mariner Counselor at 1-888-257-5456. Our website www.thesailorssnugharbor.org is presently under construction, but if you have computer acces- sibility, you will be able to download the application. Otherwise, we will be able to send you one.

40 Exchange Place, Suite 1701 New York, New York 10005 Tel: 646-465-8585 1-888-257-5456 Fax: 212-513-0243 http://www.thesailorssnugharbor.org

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 23 - November - December 2011 C ROss’D THE FINAL BAR

Kevin P. Burke, 58, died Aug. 8. A Kenneth R. Hele, 74, died Aug. 23. A Wallace C. Ruoff, 94, died Aug. 29. pensioner since 2011 and a resident of pensioner since 1992 and a resident of A pensioner since 1985 and a resident Newburyport, Mass., he last sailed for North Port, Fla., he last sailed for Lykes of Beach Haven, N.J., he last sailed for Maersk Lines as Brothers Steamship Co. as second mate Waterman Steamship Co. as third mate on second mate on on the SS Ruth Lykes. the SS Benjamin Harrison. He was a mem- the SS Alliance ber of the Freemasons and the American Beaumont. He Rae R. Thornton Jones, Jr., 81, died July Legion and he ran a bed & breakfast with loved to read 11. A pensioner since 1993 and a resident his wife. He is survived by: daughters, books about of Parish, N.Y., he last sailed for Lykes Rosemary and Priscilla, two grandchil- European Brothers Steamship Co. as third mate on dren and four great-grandchildren. history, and he the SS James Lykes. was particularly interested in Theodore W. Laing, 90, died Aug. 3. A World War II. resident of Largo, Fla., and a pensioner Crossing the Bar He collected model ships and enjoyed since 1987, he last sailed for United States traveling. His wife, Deanna, daughter, Lines as master of the SS American Utah. Sunset and evening star, Kathleen, and stepdaughter, Alexandra, And one clear call for me! survive him. Axel S. Munck, 87, died July 22. A pensioner since 1987 and a resident of And may there be no Forest F. Christian, 85, died July 27. Kendall Park, N.J., he last sailed for moaning of the bar, A resident of Covington, Wash., and a Moore McCormack Lines as master of the When I put out to sea, pensioner since 1992, he last sailed for SS Mormaccove. Matson Navigation as master of the But such a tide as moving SS Manukai. Howard W. Newton, Jr., 84, died Sept. seems asleep, 17. A resident of Pasadena, Texas, and a Too full for sound and foam, Melvin Curtis, 90, died Aug. 28. A pensioner since 1993, he last sailed for When that which drew from pensioner since 1993 and a resident of Lykes Brothers Steamship Co. as master out the boundless deep Long Beach, Calif., he last sailed for of the MV Lyra. Turns again home. Matson Navigation as second mate on the SS Maui. He served in the army and Charles A. Price, 85, died Sept. 11. A Twilight and evening bell, the merchant marine, and was a veteran resident of Montgomery, Ala., and a And after that the dark! of World War II, the Korean War and the pensioner since 1985, he last sailed for Vietnam War. He enjoyed flying, radio Waterman Steamship Company as chief And may there be no technologies, acting, sailing, physical fit- mate on the SS Sam Houston. sadness of farewell, ness and spending time with his children When I embark; and grandchildren. His sons, Melvin Jr., Richard W. Ridington, Jr., 88, died Bruce, and John survive him. For tho’ from out our Sept. 12. A pensioner since 1982 and a bourne Time and Place resident of Shelton, Conn., he last sailed Paul R. Edward, 85, died Sept. 5. A The flood may bear me far, for United States Lines as master of the I hope to see my pilot face to face resident of Tucson, Ariz., and a pensioner American Legion. since 1982, he last sailed as chief mate for When I have crossed the bar. U.S. Steel Corporation. Herbert P. Rosen, 81, died Sept. 20. A — Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) resident of San Francisco and a pensioner David M. George, 49, died Aug. 16. A since 2002, he last sailed for Keystone resident of Port Ludlow, Wash., and a Shipping Co. as chief mate on the SS Mill pensioner since 2011, he last sailed for Spring. Matson Navigation as chief mate on the MV Manulani.

November - December 2011 - 24 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Notice to All Union and Non-Union Members Regarding Their Rights Under NLRB v. General Motors and CWA v. Beck

This notice applies to all current and future members of any and Communication Workers of America v. Beck (hereinafter unit represented by the union that is covered by a union security called “the Policy”), copies of which will be provided upon clause in its collective bargaining agreement. In the case of NLRB request or upon filing of objections regarding payment of v. General Motors, members of a collective bargaining unit sub- non-chargeable expenses. Under the Policy, an employee in a ject to a valid union security clause have the right to renounce bargaining unit represented by the union who is subject to a full membership in the union and to instead become “financial union security clause may opt-out of full union membership, core members,” or “FCM.” and thus become an FCM, by submitting a written statement that FCMs do not have the right to vote, nominate for office, hold includes the employee’s name, address, Social Security number, office or be a candidate for office in the union, nor can they the name of the employer and a signed/dated declaration assert- participate in or even attend union meetings or any functions of ing that the employee desires to become an FCM. The statement the union that are limited to union members. In addition, FCMs must be addressed to the International Secretary-Treasurer have no right to vote on dues increases or on contracts submitted at 700 Maritime Boulevard, Suite B, Linthicum Heights, MD to the membership for ratification. These rights and privileges of 21090-1953. union membership are accorded only to full union members. Also under the Policy, an FCM has the right to object to the Beyond these traditional rights of union membership, MM&P expenditure of his or her dues and fees paid to the union on members and their families also enjoy an array of member-only non-representational activities. An FCM may file the objection benefits which, depending on membership group, include one or by submitting a written statement that includes the FCM’s name, more of the following: paid health plan; retirement, pension and address, Social Security number, the name of the employer and a 401(k) plans; credit union eligibility; low-rate Union Privilege signed/dated declaration asserting that the FCM desires that his credit card; Coast Guard Legal Aid program; license insurance or her dues and fees be reduced to the representational expendi- program; full access to union halls and information; access to tures’ proportional amount. The statement must be addressed to the AFL-CIO Community Services Network, which includes the International Secretary-Treasurer at 700 Maritime Boulevard, family counseling, social services and food banks; protection Suite B, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1953. Only FCMs may file and support from MM&P’s parent union, the International objections to paying for non-chargeable expenditures. Under the Longshoremen’s Association and all AFL-CIO affiliates; support Policy, union members whose membership becomes temporarily of numerous local and state labor alliances which have aided suspended because of delinquency in their dues payments, or for MM&P members during contract negotiations, demonstrations other reasons, are not considered FCMs and will continue to be and job actions. charged full dues and fees, absent compliance with the opting- FCMs are not afforded these rights and privileges of union out procedure. Also under the Policy, objections will not be membership. presumed from compliance with the opting-out procedure. Thus, Please note, however, that under the case of CWA v. Beck, FCMs who wish to become objecting FCMs must comply with FCMs are still legally required to pay the union periodic dues the objection procedure set forth above. Finally, under the Policy, and fees for the costs related to collective bargaining, contract an FCM who obtains a reduction in dues and fees after filing administration, grievance adjustment and other activities objections under the Policy will be required to pay the differ- reasonably related to the effectuation of the union’s representa- ence between full dues and fees and the reduced amount for the tional duties (hereinafter called “chargeable activities”). Union period during which the reduction was granted before the FCM expenditures for nonrepresentational activities, such as political is allowed to join/re-join the union. activities and lobbying (hereinafter called “non-chargeable activi- We must underscore that bargaining-unit employees who ties”)—activities which most workers know help build a better become FCMs lose all rights and benefits of union membership climate for us all in bargaining with employers and in securing while they continue to be legally obligated to pay chargeable dues fundamental workers’ rights—cannot be charged to FCMs who and fees to the union under existing union security agreements. file timely objections. It is, therefore, not surprising that the vast majority of work- In calendar year 2010, we have confirmed that no more than ers believe that the extremely small portion of dues needed 4.6 percent of all MM&P expenditures were for non-chargeable to maintain full union membership and enjoy all its valuable activities. Please note that a significant portion of these non- benefits is quite a bargain. We trust that everyone who carefully chargeable expenditures were for activities aimed at maintaining considers the options will become and remain a full member of and improving working conditions and benefits for all who work the union. If you are not a union member or have not yet had in our industry. the opportunity to join, please contact the MM&P International The union has adopted a Policy and Procedure Concerning Headquarters or any MM&P membership group office for a “Financial Core Membership” Under NLRB v. General Motors membership application.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 25 - November - December 2011 Honor Roll of PCF Contributors MM&P salutes the union members, pensioners and employees who are making our voice heard in Washington, D.C.!

American maritime jobs depend on MM&P’s work in Congress and the Administration. When you contribute to the PCF, you ensure that your interests, and those of your fellow merchant mariners, receive the attention they deserve. Contribute to the MM&P Political Contribution Fund: It Works for You! When you contribute to our union’s PCF, you are directly supporting your own interests. Make your contribution today! Go to www.bridgedeck.org and click on the “Contribute to the PCF” button on the home page. Log in as a member, and follow the simple steps. Make your contribution and choose your PCF gift! When you contribute $100 or more, you join the distinguished ranks of the active and retired MM&P members and employees who make our voice heard where it matters most: Commodores’ Club recognizes contributions of $500 or more. Captains’ Club recognizes contributions of between $250 and $499. Contributors’ level recognizes contributions of between $100 and $249.

COMMODORES CAPTAINS

Richard W. Ackroyd Lawrence T. Lyons Larry D. Aasheim Malvina A. Ewers P Earl W. Jones P Philip D. Mouton P Edmund J. Santos, Jr. P P Jenaro A. Asteinza Charles W. Malue Jeffrey D. Adamson In Memory of Franklin Georgios C. Kanavos Roland L. Nalette George W. Schaberg P P P Robert C. Beauregard Richard W. May P Nicholas A. Angelozzi Ewers John P. Kelley F. John Nicoll Robert H. Schilling Thomas E. Apperson Henry E. Faile P Eric S. Kelm James P. Olander P John F. Schmidt Timothy A. Brown * Donald J. Marcus * Brian D. Arthur D. Wayne Farthing Clyde W. Kernohan, Jr. P Robert P. O’Sullivan Paul T. Schulman In Memory of Charles Patrick McCullough P David E. Behr Ryan K. Foster Robert T. Kimball Robert R. Owen Raymond W. Shipway Meerman & Charlie Sean T. McNeice Theodore E. Bernhard James E. Franklin P Timothy R. Kincaid Glen M. Paine Darley Travis A. Shirley Shankar Bhardwaj Eric R. Furnholm Richard J. Klein P Antonios Papazis P Paul F. McQuarrie George J. Single Ruthann Ciszewski P P Frank V. Medeiros P James K. Boak, IV Kenneth N. Gaito George W. Koch, Jr. George K. Pappas Joseph S. Smith P Barry V. Costanzi David H. Boatner Nathaniel Gibbs Donald D. Laverdure Peter J. Parise, III C. Michael Murray Michael D. Smith * P P Ronald Bressette David C. Gommo David A. Leech Francis W. Parnelle P Kevin G. Coulombe P Robert R. Spencer Jared Myregard P P George M. Darley Harvey L. Bryning William D. Good, Jr. James R. Londagin Michael Parr Carl W. Stein Paul H. Nielsen P In Memory of Charlie Robert B. Burke In Memory of William William C. Mack C. James Patti Einar W. Strom P Joseph O. O’Connor *P Joseph A. Byrne Good, Sr. George E. Mara Wesley C. Penney Darley Joshua C. Sturgis P P P P P Henry M. Pace Konstantinos Catrakis John A. Gorman Brett J. Marquis Ernest C. Petersen Robert Darley P P P David A. Sulin P Bent L. Christiansen Charles A. Graham Robert G. Mattsen Norman A. Piianaia In Memory of Charlie Vasilios L. Pazarzis Conor J. Sullivan Darren W. Collins Peter S. Grate Thomas C. McCarthy Jonathon S. Pratt Darley Dana V. Ramsdell P John P. Sullivan Dean R. Colver P Curtis B. Hall Charles L. McConaghy P Stephen F. Procida Walter R. Day * P Stacey W. Sullivan Michael A. Rausa Andrew R. Corneille Kenneth J. Halsall Ann Marie McCullough D. Scott Putty

Danny Duzich Robert A. Reish P P Armin C. Tanner Michael F. Cotting Michael K. Hargrave Thomas D. McDorr Lloyd S. Rath John W. Farmer, III Vincent J. Cox P Brandon L. Hatfield James P. McGee John P. Rawley Joe Mark Tuck Dave Romano P P John S. Tucker P Thomas B. Crawford Joseph D. Henderson Daniel F. McGuire Scott B. Reed Keith W. Finnerty Paul Rooney Shawn M. Tucy P James M. Cunningham Andrew W. Hetz Kevin J. McHugh Karen A. Reyes David C. Goff Lisa Rosenthal Frankliln Davis P Alan G. Hinshaw Kurt A. Melcher In Memory of Charlie Eric C. Veloni Edward W. Green Timothy C. Saffle Ronald T. Degrazia P Roland E. Hobson Andrew J. Merrill Darley John C. Wallace P Samuel A. Hanger James J. Sanders James D. Dolan John R. Humphreys Doris F. Miller Paul M. Rochford Peter M. Webster

Harold J. Held * John J. Schaeffner John M. Dolan P Jeff H. Idema Joseph E. Miller Herbert P. Rosen P William J. Westrem P Rudolph A. Hendersen P Gary M. Setvin Sean M. Doran Eduardo Iglesias Bruce D. Mitchell P In Memory of Capt. Gordon S. White P James F. Hill Steven P. Shils P Ornulf C. Dorsen William H. Imken Steven R. Moneymaker Theodore Fillipaw, Jr. James G. Wilson Dorothy Dunn P Lawrence E. Ingraham P George B. Moran Edward B. Royles P John R. Wilson P Scott E. Jones P James Stebbins P Robert A. Wilson P In Memory of Darrell John P. Jackson, Jr. John M Morehouse Mark Ruppert Christopher G. Kavanagh Thomas E. Stone Dunn Thomas P. JacobsenP Jaime Morlett Kenneth Ryan Christopher G. Woodward * Roy G. Labrie Steven E. Werse Edward D. Engeman, III P Allen H. Jensen P Paul A. Mospens Thomas M. Ryan John B. Young P Klaus D. Luhta Stanley M. Willis P Eric L. Eschen Christian Johnsen Brian A. Mossman Michael A. Santini George N. Zeluff

* These active and retired members have contributed $1,000 or more. P These pensioners or survivors are singled out for special mention. November - December 2011 - 26 - The Master, Mate & Pilot PCF CONTRIBUTORS

Mohamed A. Abbassi P Paul D. Calvin Todd C. Crossman Shawn L. Farrell Samuel W. Hartshorn, Jr. P Scott F. Abrams P Todd J. Campbell Breckenridge C. Crum Eddo H. Feyen P Steven J. Haugland Jean Adams-Mencik Michael J. Carolan Kirk W. Cully Peter K. Fileccia Michael C. Hayes Owen B. Albert Dylan E. Carrara Erik V. Cutforth Russel W. Finstrom P John J. Healey Frederick W. Allen P Belinda Carroll Eric S. Cutler William H. Fisher, III Richard H. Hemingson P George Lowe Allen Chriss B. Carson George Cutucashe Alan D. Fosmo Christopher S. Hendrickson Ian D. Allen Robert J. Carter, Jr . Robert A. Dalziel P Milton K. Foss P Patrick J. Hennessy John Allen P Juan C. Carvajal P Robert K. Damrell Mark A. Foxvog P Thomas E. HenryP Murray G. Alstott P Thomas J. CatalanottoP Joseph J. Davis James L. Frank Wyatt Henry Andrew J. Altum John C. Chapman P George A. Defrain J. Peter Fritz P Michael C. Herig Hans W. Amador Hao C. Cheong Nicholas Deisher Stephen G. Fuccillo William H. Hermes P Gerald William Anderson Paul G. Chisholm Stephen A. DeJong Nicholas P. Garay Earl W. Herring P Robert N. Anderson Stanislaw Chomicz Thomas A. Delamater Larry A. Gardner James D. Herron P Thomas J. Anderson Paul Christ P Marguerite Delambily P Allen GarfinkleP Edward B. Higgins, Jr. P John E. Antonucci P Nicholas A. Christian In Memory of Robert Delambily Angelo F. Gazzotto P Daniel R. Hobbs P Timothy M. Arey Ejnar G. Christiansen P Joseph F. Delehant P Hayden W. Gifford Richard G. Hoey Dennis S. Badaczewski Michael R. Christle Freedom K. Dennis Francis G. Gilroy Matthew P. Hofer Bruce M. Badger P Pete Ciaramitaro Morgan H. Densley Sean Gingras Roger L. Hoffman Thomas A. Bagan Christopher N. Cichon Edward J. DesLauriers P Patrick N. Glenn Kurt Holen P Bruce H. Baglien Alexander J. Clark P Charles A. Dickman P Howard Goldberg P Jeff D. Hood Patrick J. Baker P Stephen J. Clearwater Bernard J. Diggins Bradley D. Goodwin Shimon Horowitz Matthew P. Bakis Timothy Clearwater John J. Dolan Gregory A. Goolishian, Jr. Robert B. Howard P Richard Bara P Paul E. Coan Richard J. Domnitz P Gerald M. Gordon P David H. Hudson Evan B. Barbis Harold W. Coburn P Jerome J. Dorman P Joseph D. GraceffaP Nicole L. Humphreys Charles K. Barthrop P James J. Colamarino P James P. Dowling Walter A. Graf, Jr David N. Hutchinson Brian W. Bassett Clark S. Inman P Steve J. Batchelor, Jr. P George S. Ireland, III P Edward S. Batcho, Jr. P Angel Irlanda Dorinda L. Beach Melvin I. Issen P Mary Ellen Beach P John P. Jablonski Olgierd C. Becker Patrick Jacobs John W. Behnken P James N. Jannetti John E. Belcourt George Jerosimich Derek J. Bender Joseph Jimenez George Berkovich P J. Kevin Jirak P Geoffrey Bird Eric B. Johnson Sandor Z. Biro William L. Johnson Earl R. Blakely P Shawn P. Jones John H. Bloomingdale Erik P. Jorgensen P Charles E. Booher Donald F. Josberger James T. Bordelon Christopher R. Kalinowski Katherine A. Bowman Timothy Kalke William H. Boyce, Jr. Eleftherios G. KanagiosP Paul N. Braden Steven W. Kanchuga P Martin N. Collins Robert Drew P Kyle P. Grant James J. Brady Emmanuel E. Kelakios John V. Connor P Dale S. Dubrin P Edward Gras P Phillip A. Brady III James J. Kelleher, Jr. Richard W. Conway Julie Duchi A. Scott Gregory Warren J. Bragg John Kelly Mark A. Cooper John T. DuffP Paul A. Gregware, Jr. P Frank W. Branlund P Joseph E. Keyes P In Memory of Capt. John Hunt Gary J. Cordes Gregory P. Gretz Anthony A. Brantley Brian J. Kiesel Oscar W. Dukes P P Nicole J. Cornali Stanley V. Griffin P Allan R. Breese P Robert E. King Thomas J. Cortese George Dunham Mike F. Gruninger James P. Brennan Michael W. Kinzie Geoffrey P. Dunlop Scot A. Couturier Jorge Gutman P Jeffrey C. Bridges Robert E. Klemm David E. Cox P David S. Dwyer Beverly J. Gutmann Richard S. Brooks P Henry C. Knox-Dick P Richard Martin Eastwood In Memory of John Trimmer P Erik Cox P C. B. J. Brown Lowell J. Knudsen P Christopher J. Edyvean Timothy J Hagan P John M. Cox Michael S. Brown James E. Kobis Linda Cramp Robert W. Eisentrager P Brandt R. Hager P Wardell E. Brown P Jonathan F. Komlosy James Crandall P Gordon W. Elden P Francis M. Haggerty P P Dean K. Bruch Mirko Kozulich Richard W. Crane P Danny Ellis Lloyd W. Hamblet

Douglas K. Buchanan P Adam Scott Labrato Matthew C. Craven David K. Engen P James D. Hamblett P Michael A. Buckley Anthony C. Lafayette Jacob A. Crawford Glen E. Engstrand Kyle J. Hamill P P C.E. Buffinger Cecil H. Lamb Samuel J. Crawford Josh Ervasti Dianna L. Hand P Fernando C. Buisan Mark C. Landow Anthony E. Crish P William J. Esselstrom Jason E. Harju P Eugene E. Cabral William C. Laprade John F. Cronin P Edward M. Evans P John B. Harris Thomas V. Cadloni Thomas P. Larkin

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John E. Larson John Moustakas P Arthur E. Pierce P William F. Schumacher P Chris D. Sweeny P Roch E. Lavault P Charles P. Moy P Rick Pietrusiak Benjamin L. Scott Kevin M. Tapp Keith Lawrence Darrin N. Muenzberg Francesco P. Pipitone Rafik A. Shahbin Kristi J. Taylor Pieter J. Lenie P Kellen S. Murphy Kirk C. Plender Wahid N. Shaker Jason Teal Samuel P. Lesko P Curtis G. Murray P Bradley P. Plowman Michael S. Shanley Antoine I. Tedmore P Michael Leveille Douglas J. Nagy Joseph L. Pospisil, Jr. P Plamen M. Shapev Arthur ThomasP Gary W. Lightner Daniel S. Nakos James A. Potter P Marilyn J. Shelley Brian D. Thomas Thomas N. Lightsey, Jr. Eric B. Nelson P George C. Previll P Daniel S. Shelton Richard N. Thomas Leif H. Lindstrom P Michael E. Nelson P Carmon L. Pritchett P Nathan Silva David W. Thompson Glenn R. Loutsenhizer Lawrence Neubert Jamile Qureshi Nikolai Sinkevich Deatra M. Thompson Peter J. Luhn Frank G. Neuman P Thomas W. Ramsden Svietozar Sinkevich Stephen N. ThompsonP John T. Lutey Joseph W. Neuman P Bruno P. Ravalico P Harold V. Sipila P Gary E. Tober P John J. Lynskey P Thomas D. NeumannP Patrick Rawley Ernest P. Skoropowski P W.H. Toohey, III Christopher Lyons Howard W. Newton, Jr. P John P. Redfearn P Gerald V. Smeenk P Adam Torres P Philip M. Lyons George B. Nichols P Frank E. Reed, Jr. Brendan S. Smith Lee A. Townsend Jeremiah F. Lysaght P Michael L. Nickel P Timothy R. Reinholdt Francis X. Smith P Daniel C. Tucker P Thomas P. MacKay, Jr. Eliot Patrick Ninburg Mark D. Remijan P Peter S. Smith P Peter A. Tupas Richard Madden Nicholas J. Nowaski Keith W. Restle P Richard D. Smith James L. Turman P William J. Mahoney P John J. O’Boyle Javier Riano P Glen E. Smith, Jr. P Stephen L. Turn

Rohit Malhotra Mary E. O’Brien Korron Richardson Frank W. Snell P J. Lars Turner P Lewis M. Malling Michael E. O’Connor Ronald E. Riley Joseph B. Stackpole P Jed J. Tweedy

John J. Malone, III Gregory S. Oelkers Steven Roberto Egon K. Stage P Robert S. Underwood

Richard T. Manning Edward J. Usasz P

Todd M. Mara Jose L. Valasquez P

Nicholas A. Marcantonio Roy K. Valentine, Jr. P Thomas C. Marley Charles Van Trease P

John P. Marshall Stephen R. Vandale

Daniel J. Martin Robert Vasko P

Jerry E. Mastricola Peter R. Veasey Eugene W. Mayer, Jr. Dean C. Ventimiglia P Alton R. McAlister Glenn E. Viettone P P Rodney D. McCallen Mitka A. Von Reis Crooks P Leonard McCarthy Ren W. Vurpillat P

Robert C. McCarthy Nancy L. Wagner Brent A. McClaine Honoring MM&P Women Richard B. McCloud P Officers

Edwin McDermon, Jr. P Gregory S. Walsh P John J. McEntee Harold G. Walsh P Michael F. McGahran Harry Walton P Steven A. McKittrick Andrew A. Wargo

John J. McNally P Steven D. Watt Peter R. Ohnstad, Jr. P James R. Robey P Peter A. Stalkus Marci McNamara P Jerome P. Watts Jeffrey W. OlmsteadP James J. Robinson P Paul W. Stallings P Francisco Medal William H. Weiss P James E. O’Loughlin Christopher J. Rogers James W. StClair P Francis X Meier, Jr. Michael K. Welch Eugene A. Olsen P G. Kenneth Rose P A.H. Stegen P Louis A. Mendez John L. Westrem P Michael B. O’Toole Steven M. Rose Richard C. Stephens P Mark L. Meyer Eugene K. Whalen P Shawn D. Ouellette Bruce Rowland Robert W. Stevenson P Stephen P. Meyers James H. White P Jeffrey J. OyafusoP Randy E. Rozell John G. Stewart Albro Michell, Jr. P Peter H. White Steven A. Palmer Koutaiba A. Saad Robert C. Stone P Robert M. Miick P Michael Wholey P William L. Palmer, III Donald R. Sacca Glenn D. Strathearn P William L. Miles Stephen N. Wikstrom P Salvator Peraro Roberto H. Salomon P Peter K. Strez Steven J. Miller Nicolas M. Williams Joseph L. Perreault P Philip F. Same Robert P. Strobel, Jr. Cloyde L. Miner P James T. Willis P Joseph A. Perry Scott D. Saunders Tore Stromme P Michelle Mitchell John A. Willis P Henry Petersen P Paul B. Savasuk Charles A. Stukenborg P Peter W. Mitchell P Denis J. Wilson P Mark G. Peterson Mark R. Schiedermayer Harold A. Stumme P Klaus Moller P Wesley R. Wilson Ronald A. Peterson Christopher D. Schlarb Roy T. Sturdivant P Jose Montero P Steve Wines Madeline Petrelli Charles R. Schmidt P Andrew C. SubcleffP Cesar A. Montes P John B. Winterling P Ioannis M. Petroutsas P Gary R. Schmidt P Thomas P. Sullivan Christopher Moore Kahai H. Wodehouse Peter A. Petrulis Ross E. Schramm Samuel H. Surber Dale A. Moore P Janusz A. Wozniak P Kerry D. Phillips Gary W. Schrock P David F. Surface Nicholas C. Moore Frank Zabrocky P Ratanawan Phurchpean Andrew Schroder P Joseph M. Surmann P Aron J. Morgan Ali M. Zeitoun P P Keith Morton William E. Phurrough Henry L. Schroeder Joseph A. Swan Demetrios A. Zervopoulos P

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