Eight Watson-Class Lmsrs to Go to Patriot, MSC Says

Vol. 49, No. 5 Sept. - Oct. 2013 The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO

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Eight Watson-Class LMSRs To Go To Patriot, MSC Says Gridlock in Congress May Cost Maritime Security Fleet 20 Ships MM&P Launches Media Campaign to Defend MSP Maersk Utah Helps Rescue 83 Off Sicilian Coast Table of Contents The Master, Mate & Pilot (ISSN 0025-5033) Vol. 49, No. 5 September - October 2013 is the official voice of the International Letter From the President 1 Organization MM&P in all-out effort to defend the Maritime Security Program (MSP) of Masters, from threatened cuts caused by sequestration and Congressional Mates & Pilots (International Marine Division gridlock. of the ILA), AFL-CIO. © 2013 IOMMP. Published bimonthly at News Briefs 2 MM&P Headquarters, 700 Maritime Blvd, Suite B, Eight Watson-class LMSRs to go to Patriot, MSC says; 20 MSP ships Linthicum Heights, MD may lose funding because of U.S. budget cuts; MM&P continues media 21090-1953. outreach in defense of MSP: MM&P officials interviewed in USA TODAY, Phone: (410) 850-8700 E-mail: [email protected] the LA Times, the Baltimore Sun and NPR Marketplace; Maersk Utah Internet: www.bridgedeck.org helps rescue 83 off coast of Sicily; Costa Concordia doors “not the Periodicals postage paid cause of grounding,” MM&P official tells CNN. at Elkridge, MD, and additional offices. Regulatory Update 17 POSTMASTER Please send changes to: AMO seeks to drive down wages and benefits for its members. The Master, Mate & Pilot 700 Maritime Blvd, Suite B Beck Notice 19 Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1953 Washington Observer 20 Don Marcus Chairman, Editorial Board America’s security and American troops at risk without a strong U.S.-flag Lisa Rosenthal merchant marine. Communications Director

INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS News From MITAGS 23 Don Marcus, President Maersk Lines masters and chief mates prepare to command the CV6500 Steven Werse, Secretary-Treasurer class of containerships transferred into the Maersk U.S.-flag fleet. VICE PRESIDENTS David H. Boatner, Offshore Pacific MM&P Plans 24 Wayne Farthing, Offshore Gulf Don Josberger, Offshore Atlantic C. Michael Murray, United Inland MM&P Pensioners 26 George A. Quick, Pilots Randall H. Rockwood, FEMG MM&P Offshore Scholarship Winners 27 MM&P Directory 28 Cross’d the Final Bar 32 Thank you for contributing to the PCF! 34 Printed on recycled paper using vegetable-based inks and 100% wind power.

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Union Brothers and Sisters,

As we go to press, the Maritime Security Maritime Security Program fleet may be Program and, with it, the U.S. Merchant eliminated. Marine face what could be the point of no That this should be taking place during return. At a time when Hollywood is cel- one of those rare moments in which the ebrating the courage of MM&P’s Captain existence of the merchant marine is on Richard Phillips and the rest of the crew the radar of our national consciousness is of the MV Maersk Alabama, events on highly ironic. That irony is little comfort Capitol Hill may cripple our industry. to our many members whose jobs are at The viability of the U.S. Merchant risk. The courage of Captain Phillips and Marine, which has served America so his crew, who follow in the long and noble well “in peace and war,” is being threat- tradition of American merchant mariners ened by the potential effects of seques- rising to the call of duty under all condi- tration, the reduction of the “Food for tions at sea, deserves recognition. That Peace” cargo preference program and an recognition should be more than “fifteen incredible ignorance on the part of our minutes of fame” in a Hollywood feature are pre-positioned around the world, could government about the value of the U.S. film. While any positive recognition of not have come at a more opportune time for Merchant Marine. Absent some assis- American merchant mariners is to be MM&P. Members interested in employment tance in Congress, the U.S. Maritime celebrated, the most appropriate recogni- are urged to contact their local representative Administration has told industry leaders tion would be the ongoing commitment and MITAGS at the first opportunity. (See that twenty of the sixty U.S.-flag ves- from our government to keep our industry page 4 of this issue for more information.) sels currently in the Maritime Security intact so that it can continue to support The members of Masters, Mates & Pilots Program (including the MV Maersk our national economy and defense. should be proud of the courage and dedica- Alabama) may be eliminated from the MM&P members should contact their tion to duty that sustained Captain Phillips program. This would devastate the pool representatives in Congress urging them throughout his ordeal off the Somali coast. of trained merchant mariners available for to support the American Merchant Marine We should take pride in the fact that Captain sea-going service and greatly weaken the and to join the Congressional Maritime Phillips, as well as our other members industrial capacity of the merchant marine. Caucus. You will find links to contact your aboard the MV Maersk Alabama and every Masters, Mates & Pilots has been representatives, as well as suggestions for a other member of the crew, came through engaged in an all-out effort to bring this letter, on www.bridgedeck.org. when they were put to the ultimate test. Like critical situation to the attention of our While the future of the Maritime American merchant mariners generally, who lawmakers as well as the general public. Security Program and many of our from colonial days have frequently been put Recent interviews with the LA Times, jobs related to our contracted employ- to the test and have risen to the occasion, the Washington Post, USA Today, NPR’s ers enrolled in that program remain in our union, which has been in existence since Marketplace and other media outlets question, there has been excellent news 1887, is also being put to the test. While no have been part of this effort. What is from Military Sealift Command (MSC). outcome can be guaranteed during these needed most is action in Congress. The In addition to the recent tanker contract difficult economic and political times, our U.S. Maritime Administration and the award by MSC to Patriot Contract Services efforts on Capitol Hill and our recent suc- Department of Transportation have told announced in the last issue of the Master, cesses in securing new work for our mem- us that while they are aware of the grav- Mate & Pilot, the eight-ship “Watson bers should assure you that the leadership ity of the situation, their hands are tied, Class” LMSR contract was also awarded to of your union is doing everything it can to and Congress must step in. Never mind MM&P. This outstanding event is testa- fulfill our responsibilities to the membership. the fact that what we are talking about is ment to the hard work of our Contracts Like Captain Phillips, we answer the call of a shortfall of, depending on the circum- Officer, Lars Turner, Patriot Contract duty. stances, $12 million to $30 million. So low Services and the cooperative efforts of is the position of the merchant marine on MM&P, MEBA and the other unions Fraternally, the national food chain that for lack of employed by Patriot. Making this pro- funds to the tune of the price of a couple of gram a success is essential. These vessels, Don Marcus military helicopters, up to one-third of our which are in Full Operating Status and MM&P International President

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 1 - September - October 2013 news briefs Twenty Ships May Go Because of Cuts to MSP, MARAD Announces After many weeks of discussion, MARAD has formally notified MM&P, the Maritime Security Program (MSP) agreement holders and the other affected maritime unions of the potential impact on MSP operating agreements of the appropriations uncertainty in fiscal year (FY) 2014. MARAD has provided MM&P with a list of twenty MSP operating agreements that are potentially at risk and, therefore, may not be funded beyond the 60th day of FY 2014 (Dec. 1, 2013). That is, twenty ships are at risk of elimination. While a formal list of the specific ships has not been disclosed by MARAD to MM&P as of the date of this release, at least fourteen vessels currently crewed by MM&P are at risk. The information MM&P has received is as follows: MSP Participant Total Vessel(s) Vessel Type American International Shipping, LLC 1 RO/RO APL Marine Services, Ltd. 2 Containership Argent Marine Operations, Inc. 1 RO/RO Fidelio Limited Partnership 4 (3) RO/RO (1) Heavy Lift Hapag-Lloyd USA, LLC 1 Geared Containership Maersk Line, Limited 10 Containership Waterman Steamship Corp. 1 Geared Containership

This crisis has been caused by the inability of Congress to pass a budget. In the absence of any specific MSP funding relief from Congress, there will be an additional round of MSP funding reductions under sequestration. The severity of the potential vessel reductions has been compounded by the fact that due to a $12 million surplus in funding carried over from FY 2012, the full funding necessary for FY 2013 was $174 million rather than the authorized $186 million. This resulted in the first round of sequestration cuts coming out of $174 million rather than $186 million and the potential second round of sequestration cuts further reducing the remainder. MM&P is aggressively addressing this emergency by every means available. We urge you to assist in this effort by contacting your Congressional representatives at first opportunity. Information regarding your local contacts and a draft letter is posted on www.bridgedeck.org. While these vessel reductions are not cast in stone, the situation is grave. A united effort is being made within the industry to halt or reduce their impact. The long-term threat to our industry goes far beyond the potential loss of twenty ships which, in itself, would be a huge blow not only to our jobs but also to the viability of the U.S. merchant marine and, as a result, our national economic and military security.

Help Protect Your Own Job: Contribute to the MM&P PCF The American Merchant Marine is facing unprecedented threats. The battle to defend the jobs of U.S.-citizen mariners has never been so intense. At the same time, many of our allies in Washington, D.C., are facing serious challenges in the upcoming Congressional elections. Will you stand with us in support of the legislators who stand with MM&P members, retirees and their families at every turn? Your job and your retirement security are directly dependent on the men and women who understand how important a strong U.S.-flag maritime industry is to our nation’s economic, military and homeland security and who are willing to fight for the U.S.-flag merchant marine. To contribute to the MM&P PCF, go to www.bridgedeck.org and click on “Protect Your Job” at the top of the page, or mail a check payable to MM&P PCF to 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1953.

September - October 2013 - 2 - The Master, Mate & Pilot news b riefs MM&P Continues Media Outreach Effort In Defense of Maritime Security Program

Threatened cuts to the Maritime Security Program (MSP) would supplies to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as “aid packages around damage our national security by severely compromising America’s the world: Maersk Alabama was delivering food aid to Kenya when ability to respond in case of war or other national emergency. it was hijacked,” he notes. MM&P officials are working to educate members of Congress and The USA TODAY article, published Sept. 21, was written by the public through a variety of channels, including interviews in Greg Toppo, who visited MM&P on two occasions and partici- national and regional publications such as USA Today, NPR and pated in MITAGS simulation exercises and small arms training. The Baltimore Sun. “Our Merchant Marine is facing a crisis,” the MM&P President The most recent article, by journalist Kevin Rector, appeared told USA TODAY. “We seem to have lost the support of the in the Sept. 27 issue of The Baltimore Sun. The piece takes its cue Administration. We seem to have dropped off the radar. This from the release of “Captain Phillips,” the Hollywood blockbuster movie can highlight the dedication of seafarers, of the men and that chronicles the story of the Maersk Alabama and the dramatic women who sail in the U.S. Merchant Marine and the hazards they rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips off the Horn of Africa in 2009. In face. For us it’s an opportunity to highlight the critical need for the describing how federal budget-cutting and partisan gridlock have Merchant Marine and the critical service we provide to the nation.” threatened the survival of our industry, MM&P President Don The Sun quotes a March 2013 letter from ranking Democrats on Marcus told the Sun that “what the Somali pirates couldn’t take the Armed Services Committee, including Reps. Elijah Cummings away, Congress could.” and Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland, which put the likely cost to MSP… “has seen its budget slashed in the past two years,” the government of replicating just the vessel capacity provided by Rector writes. “The program sustains a commercially viable, U.S.- the MSP dry cargo vessels at $13 billion. “Sequestration is punish- flagged shipping fleet that is required to serve the government ing a program that is saving the government money,” MM&P during war and other times of need…” In the article, he reports Secretary-Treasurer Steve Werse told the Sun. that civilian-owned ships delivered 95 percent of the nation’s war Officers and Crew of Maersk Utah Help Rescue 83 Off Sicilian Coast The officers and crew of Maersk Utah participated in a search-and- to attempt to rescue any refugees from the boat unless lives were rescue operation that lasted through the night of Aug. 9-10 and in direct danger. At about 0128, the first Coast Guard vessel was ended in the rescue of 83 Syrian refugees. Aboard the vessel at the spotted and guided to the boat with the assistance of the Utah’s time were MM&P members Master Robert H. Sienel, Chief Mate searchlights. But rescue operations could not start because of the Joe Single, Second Mate Bryan Phillips and Third Mate Thomas state of the sea and the small size of the Italian Coast Guard vessel. Komenda. “It was a long night but the reward at the end was very The Utah was then instructed to provide shelter for both boats satisfying,” Sienel said. and await the arrival of a larger rescue craft. The larger vessel Maersk Utah was about 70 nautical miles (nm) off Cape arrived on the scene at 0354 and the transfer of the refugees began. Passero, Sicily, when officers received a call from the Italian At 1000, the Maersk Utah was released to continue its voyage to Maritime Rescue Coordination Center in Rome regarding a boat Algeciras, Spain. Italian newspapers reported that 83 refugees had in distress. The Utah altered course and increased speed to reach been saved during the course of the operation. the search area prior nightfall. “At 2016, with daylight rapidly failing and wind increasing to a force 5, the small craft was visually spotted about 5 nm away,” according to the captain’s report. “The Footage from Maersk Utah approached the craft and stopped alongside at 2033. At this Utah’s camera shows time it became clear that the boat, approximately 15 meters long, details of the night- was carrying many people of various ages, gender and physical time rescue operation. condition.” Maersk Utah was quickly maneuvered to a position where she could provide a lee for the craft as the wind and sea state continued to increase. The 300-meter-long container ship sheltered the refugees’ small boat for five hours while Italian Coast Guard rescue assets were dispatched from Sicily. The Utah was instructed not

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 3 - September - October 2013 news briefs (continued) MM&P President Tells LA Times Any Cuts to MSP Would Compromise National Security In an Aug. 30 interview with The Los Angeles Times, MM&P Marine will be able to muster the resources necessary to beat it President Don Marcus said threatened reductions in MSP back again. funding, which could ultimately reduce the size of the Maritime With less funding for U.S.-flag ships, more companies will Security fleet by as much as a third, would decimate America’s flag-out their vessels to foreign registries, which are not required sealift capacity and severely compromise our military’s ability to to comply with U.S. safety and security standards, Semuels respond to foreign crises. wrote. And when the U.S. military needs American ships for “It’s astounding that for the price of a couple of helicopters, sealift, it will pay far more than the $3.1 subsidy now received by you can put this much of a dent in our national security,” each vessel participating in MSP. Marcus told Los Angeles Times reporter Alana Semuels. A 2006 study by Military Sealift Command found that if the Another irony that was not lost on the Times reporter: the military were to try and replace the MSP ships it uses with its cuts to MSP could come, she noted in her article, just as the own vessels, it would have to spend $13 billion. If the military United States weighs options for intervening in Syria, and does not have enough American ships, it will either have to trust as Hollywood releases a film about the American Merchant its supplies to foreign seamen, outsourcing U.S. jobs, or pay Marine, “Captain Phillips,” which tells the story of the Maersk for its own military to transport supplies, according to a recent Alabama, the MM&P-contracted ship that was hijacked by letter on the issue signed by House Armed Services Committee Somali pirates in 2009. Chair “Buck” McKeon. In the article, Semuels detailed a separate proposal that “Without funding the MSP and ensuring the continued would lessen or eliminate the role of the U.S.-flag fleet in pro- operation of its maritime security fleet, America would either viding food aid to starving people in foreign countries. Rather have to place the safety of our troops and the security of our than shipping American-grown food, it would give developing nation in the hands of foreign shipping interests or be forced to countries money to use as their officials see fit. That proposal— spend billions more of the taxpayer’s dollars,” the letter said. although recently voted down by a narrow margin in the House To read the Los Angeles Times article, go to: of Representatives—is still receiving attention in Washington www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-sequestration- and could well resurface in the near future. It remains to be seen merchant-marines-20130830,0,3553911.story whether Congressional supporters of the American Merchant Eight Watson-Class LMSRs To Go To Patriot Contract Services, MSC Says

Patriot Contract Services has announced that Military Sealift Command has notified it that it is the apparent successful offeror for the eight Watson Class LMSRs. MM&P looks forward to working with our labor and management partners to operate these ships for MSC in keeping with the high standards the union has achieved on other military contracted vessels. We are requesting resumes from our members with prior LMSR experience and Military Sealift Command training in preparation for crewing these eight ships. A resume template is posted on www.bridgedeck.org. Please send your resume to MM&P Gulf Ports Vice President Wayne Farthing, [email protected] and to the MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer, [email protected].

USNS Red Cloud. Part of the Prepositioning Program, MSC’s largest sealift ships preposition Army stocks and are also available to move common user cargo.

September - October 2013 - 4 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Citing “Surge of Attacks” by Other Affiliates, ILWU Cuts Formal Ties With AFL-CIO The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has decided to end its affiliation with the AFL-CIO. “Disaffiliation does not mean that the ILWU intends to go it alone: not by a long shot,” wrote ILWU International President Robert McEllrath in an Aug. 29 letter to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. “The ILWU has and will continue to provide whatever aid and support we can for our fellow trade unionists and workers everywhere. We are committed to working in solidarity with all unions and labor groups, including the Federation and its affiliates, for the advancement of workers, worker rights and progressive issues everywhere.” The ILWU partners with MM&P and four other unions—the International Longshoremen’s Association, the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association, the Inland Boatmen’s Union and the American Radio Association—in the Maritime Labor Alliance (MLA). The MLA was formed in 2012 to protect the working conditions and jurisdictional rights of its members. “We are committed to working in In the letter, McEllrath thanked Trumka for the AFL-CIO’s support in longshore contract negotia- solidarity with all unions and labor tions in 2002. But even in those negotiations, he wrote, “we had to fend off attacks from other national groups, including the Federation and affiliates, who actively tried to undermine our contract struggle by filing legal claims and walking its affiliates, for the advancement through our picket lines protesting the ten-day employer lockout… at a time when the Bush admin- of workers, worker rights and progressive issues everywhere,” istration had openly threatened to militarize the ports and even shoot some of us to secure the ports ILWU President Robert McEllrath for the coming War in Iraq.” Since then, McEllrath said, the ILWU has had to contend with “a growing wrote in his Aug. 29 letter to AFL- surge of attacks from other AFL-CIO affiliates.” CIO President Richard Trumka. In The ILWU also criticized the AFL-CIO for “an overly compromising policy” on issues of crucial the letter, McEllrath said raiding by importance to working Americans, including health care and workers’ rights. “We feel the Federation other AFL-CIO affiliates had led to the ILWU’s decision to disaffiliate has done a great disservice to the labor movement and all working people by going along to get along,” from the Federation. he wrote. On the Bridge of Governors Island Ferry Crew APL Belgium Takes Part in “Operation Vigilant Mariner”

MM&P Atlantic Ports Vice President Don Josberger paid a visit at the end of August to the newly flagged-in APL Belgium, where MM&P Licensed Deck Officers took time out from their busy routine to pose for a photo. (Left to right) APL Director of Operations Mark Remijan, Second Mate Julie Duchi, Don Josberger, Captain Dale Rodriguez and Chief Mate Paul Union members who crew New York’s Governors Island Ferry participated Sallee. APL Belgium is one of the five U.S.-flag ships that make up the in the security drill known as “Operation Vigilant Mariner.” (Left to right) newly reconfigured APL service that connects the U.S. East Coast with the Chief Mate Nick Tereshko, Master Clifford Clark, Senior Deckhand Barry Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent and Singapore. In the Pacific, APL’s Masterson, Deckhand Gustavo Licona and Oiler Karl Bohne. They were joined U.S.-flag fleet also includes five C-11 ships, each with capacity of 4,832 by (back row) MM&P Atlantic Ports Vice President Don Josberger and MM&P TEUs, which operate in the U.S. West Coast–Asia market. Contracts Officer Lars Turner.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 5 - September - October 2013 news briefs (continued) Aboard Black Ball Ferry Line’s MV Coho The 90-minute trip between Victoria, B.C., and Port Angeles, Wash., is a scenic journey through the Strait of Juan de Fuca, with spectacular views of the Olympic Peninsula. The MV Coho, which is crewed by members of four unions including MM&P, has carried passengers and their vehicles along the route since 1959. Black Ball Ferry Line was purchased by its managment team in 2012. The vessel is 341.6 feet long, has a breadth of 72 feet, a draft of 12.6 feet, twin 8-foot stainless propellers and twin rudders. She has a carrying capacity of 110 vehicles and 1,000 passengers. In addition to an engine refit, the Coho has under- gone many improvements over the years, including additional seating, enlarge- ment of the coffee shop and installation of a solarium. The forward lounge gracefully follows the curvature of the bridge, with large windows that look out onto the bow. Passengers can take leisurely strolls along the passenger deck and enjoy the smell of the salt air, or scan the waters in hopes of seeing pods of Orca whales, or perhaps porpoise and sea lions. High bulwarks on the bow and screened railings running the length of the passenger deck offer those onboard a high degree of safety. A unique aspect of the ferry’s operation is that Black Ball has had an organized Chief Mate James Mackrow (left) and Relief Second Mate workforce for its entire history. The company maintains nearly 50 year-round, full- Craig Danielson. “Stepping aboard the Coho gives one a sense of going back in time to a more leisurely style of time positions and upwards of 100 seasonal full-time positions. MM&P represents travel,” Mackrow says. Large windows running the length the deck officers; the engineering officers are represented by the Marine Engineers’ of the lounges afford passengers stunning views in all Beneficial Association; unlicensed crewmembers have representation through the directions from any vantage point onboard. Inland Boatmen’s Union; the Victoria dock staff is represented by the Teamsters. All four unions have enjoyed long, fruitful relationships with Black Ball.

For more than 50 years, MV Coho has transported passengers and vehicles along the spectacular route between Victoria, B.C., and Port Angeles, Wash. The ferry was named after the magnificent silver salmon found in Puget Sound and the adjacent waters.

Members of four unions have worked at the company since its inception. (Left to right) Chief Mate James Mackrow, Quartermaster Craig Robertson, MM&P United Inland Group Vice President Mike Murray and Chief Mate Greg Poole. MM&P Online Merchandise Store Now Open for Business! The new MM&P online merchandise store is now open for business. To buy MM&P mugs, t-shirts and hats that are made in the USA, visit the new online store today via the “Apparel and Merchandise” button posted at the top of www.bridgedeck.org or by going to http://cappstore.epromo.com/Masters_Mates__Pilots. The online store was established at no cost to the union.

September - October 2013 - 6 - The Master, Mate & Pilot “Captain Phillips” Blockbuster Catapults U.S. Mariners to National Stage Hollywood’s decision to make a film out of “A Captain’s Duty,” the book by MM&P member Captain Richard Phillips, has brought well-deserved attention to the world’s merchant mariners and the challenges they face. On a national level, the film’s release has also helped focus public attention on the importance of the U.S.-flag fleet to our country’s security and national defense, as well as on the ongoing threats to its existence. Captain Phillips has issued a statement to coincide with the release of the film. We reprint it below in its entirety.

“ want to remind everyone that it was not just Captain Phillips on the Maersk Alabama. There were 18 other United States Merchant Mariners I aboard who did what was necessary to achieve a good outcome—for them and for myself. As all seamen know, it is the professionalism and ability of the entire crew—from the Chief Engineer, to the Steward, to the Able- Bodied Seaman—who get the ship from one place to another. Whether we face pirates, hurricanes or a shipboard fire, we are all called on to deal with adversity and to use what we have at hand to get us through the trying times. Aboard ship, we work together daily to achieve our common goal. We perse- vere, because there is no room for failure. ‘Deeds not words’ is our motto. It is a motto that every sailor lives by each and every day. “We are the ones who allow international trade to flourish and grow. In peacetime we safely and efficiently carry the world’s goods from manu- facturer to consumer. We keep the food and goods stocked in our stores at home. During times of war and hostility, we carry equipment and supplies to meet the needs of our military heroes, regardless of the hazards we face. Gen. MacArthur said it best in his tribute to the toughest bunch of mariners the Maritime Executive magazine has given Phillips its world has ever known, the veterans of World War II: ‘They have brought us “Executive Achievement Award.” our lifeblood and they have paid for it with some of their own… They have contributed tremendously to our success. I hold no branch in higher esteem than the Merchant Mar i n e .’ “In closing I want to recognize the contributions of the seagoing men and women of the Masters, Mates & Pilots, the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association and the Seafarers International Union. To them I say, take pride in our work, remember our history and hold fast to our legacy. Seamen were there at the start of our country and we will be there in the thick of things whenever duty calls.”

Tom Hanks stars as Captain Phillips in the blockbuster by the same name.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 7 - September - October 2013 newsnews bbrriieeffss (continued) New Jobs for MM&P Members Photos and text Veronica Sanchez On Stockton–Oakland Corridor The long-awaited marine highway project known as the M-580 days or weeks, and schedules can change with little notice. “It’s Green Trade Corridor was finally launched in June. It brought feast or famine in the towboat industry,” he adds. with it a new source of steady, dependable work for the MM&P “The tugboat industry needs this type of longer duration job members who crew the tugboat Arthur Brusco. so crews have sufficient hands-on time to learn a tugboat and Along the marine highway, barges transport containers full of get their licenses,” says Brusco Port Captain Joe Bromley. He says agricultural exports, primarily animal feed. The operation offers there is an urgent need to train replacements for the many tug- an environmentally friendly, fuel-efficient and cost-competitive boat operators who are retiring, but the steady work is not there. alternative to moving containers along the highly congested “These days, the chance to have ten crew members working a I-580/ I-5 corridors in Northern California. tugboat inland service is not common,” he says. The biweekly service runs from Stockton to the Ports America MM&P Regional Representative Ray Shipway agrees. “The Outer Harbor and Oakland International Terminal. A crew of new M-580 tug work will definitely improve the quality of life for five—two captains, a chief engineer and two deckhands—works MM&P crews and offer valuable training opportunities,” Shipway the Arthur Brusco on a time charter agreement with the Port of says. “We’re glad to have signed an agreement with Brusco last Stockton. The MM&P crew converted the former ocean tug for year, just in time to be part of the launch of the M-580 service.” this service, building the high tower, retrofitting the equipment MM&P represents 14 members working Brusco tugs out of the and giving it a new coat of paint. Ports of Stockton and Sacramento. Fully loaded, the barge is 400 x 76 feet and 48 feet high. “It’s The $5 million purchase price of the barges was funded by massive,” says Captain Derek Calvert, who has operated tugs grants from the Department of Transportation/MARAD TIGERI on levee jobs for years. “It’s challenging to move it through program, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Stockton’s narrow channel with tight corners and challenging and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, as well as weather conditions.” The average one-way transit time to San Port of Stockton operating funds. The total federal investment Francisco Bay has been nine hours, he says. in the M-580 Corridor was $30 million from 2010 TIGER grants Two crews on 30-day rotations work the tug on 12-hour shifts. awarded to the Ports of Stockton, Oakland and West Sacramento. “It’s great to have work with a steady schedule and to be able to “I’m glad to hear the tugboat crew is excited about the steady plan my personal life,” says Captain Casey Johnson, an 18-year work generated by the new service,” Tollini says. “The purpose of industry veteran who worked his way up from deckhand. “It’s the the TIGER grant was to create new, sustainable family-wage jobs. most exciting part of this job.” Dredging jobs, he says, can last And we’re doing it!”

Container barge pushed by the tugboat Arthur Brusco entering San Francisco Bay. The tug is crewed by members of MM&P’s United Inland Group- Pacific Maritime Region.

Chief Jesse Blake prides himself Captain Casey Johnson (above), on maintaining the engines in Captain Derek Calvert and Chief Jesse top shape, a job that takes on Blake. (Not pictured: Deck Engineers added importance because of the Buck Heyano and Lance Shoals.) The size of the vessel and the narrow MM&P crew converted the former spaces in which it has to be ocean tug for the new service, maneuvered. MM&P Regional Representative Ray Shipway (left) with building the high tower, retrofitting Port of Stockton Deputy Director Mark Tollini. Tolllini the equipment and giving it a new predicts business along the route will grow as more coat of paint. export shippers learn how cost effective it is and as the service begins to attract interest from importers, too.

September - October 2013 - 8 - The Master, Mate & Pilot news b riefs Greetings From Army Corps Dredge Essayons Army Corps Dredge Essayons on its way to dredge the Knik Arm Shoal in Cook Inlet, Alaska. MM&P member Steve Perry, who submitted the photo, took the opportunity to thank MM&P Government Fleet Representative Randi Ciszewski for negotiating a new MOU on schedule/travel for the members of the group. “Our membership is indebted to all the work done by Randi on behalf of Portland District Photo credit: Robert Weakland, Dredge Personnel,” he says. USACE Alaska District

Navy Harbor Pilots Reach Agreement on Work Schedules

Chief Harbor Pilot Barney Edwards (left) and Tug Captain Joe Young. “Captain Barney and COMNAVREG NW unit members Captains Jeff Anderson, Tom Rose and Brett Wakefield were instrumental in settling a significant work schedule concern with MM&P and CNIC/CNO management,” says MM&P Government Fleet Representative Randi Ciszewski. “Thanks to the outstanding support and assistance received from these members of the MM&P Federal Employees Membership Group, the union was able to enter into interest-based bargaining with local agency managers and satisfactorily resolve all parties’ concerns pertaining to lawful work schedules for all MM&P harbor pilots and chief pilots.”

“The Re-Flag Team Goes Home” MM&P Licensed Deck Officers are now at the helm of six newer and larger containerships, including Maersk Memphis, which were among eight ships that were purchased and reflagged by Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) over the course of the summer. MLL made the acquisitions to upgrade the ocean transportation services provided to its U.S. military, government and commercial customers. MLL’s investment of approximately half a billion dollars will improve the quality of service to the Middle East and Mediterranean Sea from the U.S. East Coast, a company spokesperson said. The vessels are about 10 years younger than the outgoing ships, offering improved fuel efficiency and environmental performance. Since 2000, MLL has invested over $1.75 billion dollars to modernize its fleet in support of the U.S. government and military. “These newer vessels, along with the global transportation network Captain Kevin G. Coulombe (left) and Chief Officer Marc Northern that connects them, demonstrate our commitment to our customers,” said aboard MV Maersk Memphis. “We were just a few days away from MLL President and CEO John Reinhart. “We are proud to serve the U.S. wrapping up our reflag and first voyage on the Maersk Memphis, military and to deliver U.S. food aid worldwide.” He said the new ships Coulombe writes. “Overall it was a very successful tour.” would increase reliability and shrink the fleet’s environmental foot- print. “The efforts of the mariners onboard the transitioning vessels and colleagues ashore have been excellent, assuring a timely and smooth progression of the reflagging process,” he added.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 9 - September - October 2013 news briefs Sequestration “a Terrible Policy,” Sen. Barbara Mikulski Says Maryland Democrat Barbara Mikulski, a steadfast ally of the anced approach to eliminate sequester and end these furloughs. American Merchant Marine, wrote to a constituent recently That’s why I joined my Democratic colleagues and offered to express her opposition to the policy of sequestration which an alternative to sequestration called the American Family is threatening the Maritime Security Program (MSP) and has Economic Protection Act (S 388). It would replace the across- led to extensive furloughs of government employees. Many the-board cuts this year with a balanced solution that includes members of the MM&P Federal Employees Membership Group new revenue and strategic targeted spending cuts to reduce our (FEMG) who work for the Department of Defense, for example, debt and grow the economy.” Unfortunately, S388 did not receive have been subjected to 15 days of unpaid furloughs under the the 60 votes needed to advance in the legislative process. terms of the law. Mikulski also voted in favor of the Senate budget resolu- “Furloughs have put the livelihoods of over 650,000 people tion which would replace sequestration with balanced changes who work hard every day to safeguard our nation into jeop- to U.S. spending and tax policy to reduce our national debt. ardy,” Mikulski wrote. “These men and women work alongside But the House of Representatives passed a different budget uniformed personnel and ensure our service members have that retains sequestration and cuts even deeper into essential the resources and support they need. Furloughs have imposed programs. significant financial hardship on hardworking families and I am “Sequestration is a terrible policy that should not have gone also deeply concerned about the possible harm caused to our into effect,” Mikulski says. “I assure you I am focused on get- nation’s military readiness.” ting Congress to work together to end furloughs for all federal As chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, employees and put our nation back on a fiscally sustainable Mikulski says, she is “focused on working across the aisle, across p at h .” the dome, and across town with the White House to find a bal-

Greetings From Savannah Docking Pilots Savannah Docking Pilot Audie Dragon with MM&P President Don Marcus and United Inland Group Vice President Mike Murray. Savannah Pilot Tommy Parker was aboard the vessel in the background, waving, as this photo was being taken.

ILA and MM&P Together at Longshore Event

International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett (left) and MM&P Atlantic Ports Vice President Don Josberger discussed issues of importance to our industry at a New Jersey event held recently to recognize three waterfront employers: James Capo, who retired as USMX chairman; Joseph C. Curto, who stepped down as president of the New York Shipping Association; and Brian Dugan, who was USMX’s vice president, labor relations. All three announced their retirements after the conclusion of the recent contract negotiations with the ILA.

September - October 2013 - 10 - The Master, Mate & Pilot news b riefs Congressman Alan Lowenthal Speaks Out in Favor of Jones Act Newly elected Congressman Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) marked the 93rd anni- versary of enactment of the Jones Act with a strong statement of support. “The idea behind the Jones Act is the same today as it was 93 years ago,” Lowenthal says. “It creates a barrier to entry into the U.S.-to-U.S. shipping market for low- cost foreign carriers who do not adhere to the same wage, labor and environmental regulations faced by U.S. shipbuilders and operators. At the same time, the Jones Act assures that the nation has a reliable and accessible domestic merchant fleet of cargo vessels, the mariners to operate them and the shipyards to build and repair them.” “This is why I supported the Jones Act throughout my time in the California Legislature and why I will continue to support it just as strongly in Congress,” he says. “From my district’s own Port of Long Beach to the Port of Portland in Maine, Americans count on the Jones Act and those Americans—in fact the millions upon millions of Americans touched by the Jones Act each day—can count on my support.” Lowenthal cited statistics that show that Jones Act-related industries account for $45.4 billion in annual economic output; 70,000 U.S. shipbuilding and waterborne transport industry jobs; and over 41,000 vessels of all sizes in the U.S. fleet representing an investment of more than $30 billion. “American workers supporting American industry supporting the American economy and American national security. That is the Jones Act,” Lowenthal says.

USA Maritime “Implores Congress” To Intervene to Preserve Cargo Preference The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has “not kept up its part” in enforcing the cargo preference requirements that are crucial to preserving the U.S.-flag fleet—and with it, our national security—a spokesman for USA Maritime told Congress at a Sept. 10 hearing. USA Maritime is a coalition of ship-owning companies, maritime labor organizations and trade associations that directly or indirectly represent all the vessels that participate in the Maritime Security Program (MSP). MM&P, MIRAID, the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association and the American Maritime Congress are all members of USA Maritime. Our nation’s cargo preference laws and regulations require rigorous enforcement and protection—particularly in this era of budget austerity, says former U.S. Maritime Administrator (MARAD) William Schubert, who presented testimony on behalf of the coalition to the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. “The history of cargo preference indicates that cargo reservation requirements are often not self-enforcing and strict MARAD over- sight is necessary to ensure that the law is followed and its purposes fulfilled across the U.S. government,” Schubert said. He noted that the privately owned U.S. merchant fleet has transported over 90 percent of the equipment and supplies used in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan—at a fraction of the cost of alternatives. The fleet also employs a pool of highly trained U.S.-citizen mariners essential to support our government’s sealift objectives. “As this subcommittee is well aware, the U.S. government cannot mobilize its fleet of reserve vessels held in inactive and active status without that pool of mariners actively employed by the privately owned U.S.-flag fleet,” he said. Schubert noted in his testimony that virtually every privately owned U.S.-flag vessel engaged in foreign trade depends to some degree on cargo preference to remain economically viable. But “MARAD has not kept up its part since 2008” in preserving the cargo preference program, Schubert said. “All too often, cargo preference is either not complied with at all or applied in a way as to make it ineffective,” he said. He reminded members of Congress that MARAD had organized “a listening session” in 2011 to gather industry input on how better to administer the cargo preference regulations. “Now it is two years later and nothing has been done,” he said. “The industry can no longer wait for MARAD and implores this subcommittee and the full Transportation Committee to use its influence to institute long-overdue regulations on cargo preference.”

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 11 - September - October 2013 news briefs Maritime Labor Meets With New U.S. Secretary of Transportation MM&P President Don Marcus, along with Congressman Elijah Cummings, MEBA President Mike Jewell, SIU President Mike Sacco and AMO President Tom Bethel, met on July 31 with Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Acting Maritime Administrator Chip Jaenichen. The meeting, which was organized by Congressman Cummings, focused primarily on the need for administration support to help secure full funding for the Maritime Security Program (MSP). The union presidents and Cummings made clear to the Secretary that without full MSP funding, U.S.-flag vessels would be forced out of MSP and could well be forced to leave the U.S.-flag, which would send American maritime jobs overseas and weaken America’s sealift capability. Following the meeting, MM&P President Marcus noted that everyone “was extremely impressed with the new Secretary’s understanding of the importance of both the domestic and international U.S.-flag fleet to America’s economic and military security. We greatly appreciate Secretary Foxx and Acting Administrator Jaenichen’s willingness to work with us as we push for full funding for the Maritime Security Program.” MM&P Salutes Election of ILA President to AFL-CIO Board; Vows Solidarity, Renewed Commitment to ILWU International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) President campaign for social justice Harold Daggett has been elected to the AFL-CIO Executive and the defense of workers’ Council. MM&P President Don Marcus called the news “an rights, which epitomizes the encouraging sign,” although he underlined the fact that recent role of a labor union.” events, in particular those that precipitated the withdrawal of MM&P is also expressing the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) grave concern over a report from the AFL-CIO, highlight “the urgent need for the federation that “Solidarity Charters,” to reaffirm its commitment to maritime labor.” which have been granted MM&P is the marine affiliate of the ILA. Both unions by the AFL-CIO to other partner with the ILWU, the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial non-AFL-CIO unions such as Association, the Inland Boatmen’s Union and the American the Teamsters and the SEIU, Radio Association in the Maritime Labor Alliance (MLA), would not be granted to the which was formed last year to protect the working conditions ILWU. and jurisdictional rights of members. “That report, if it is true, ILA President Harold Daggett. defies logic,” Marcus said, His election in September to the adding, “The withdrawal of AFL-CIO Executive Council “will “MM&P stands in solidarity with the ILWU from the AFL-CIO give maritime labor a strong and effective voice at the highest level will be a further loss to the of the AFL-CIO,” says MM&P every member of the ILWU whether U.S. labor movement as thou- President Don Marcus. sands of ILWU activists will inside or outside the AFL-CIO,” no longer be allowed to participate in state and local councils of the federation.” the MM&P President says. “MM&P stands in solidarity with every member of the ILWU whether inside or outside the AFL-CIO,” the MM&P ILWU President and MLA Co-Founder Robert McEllrath President said. “At a time when labor generally and maritime announced in August that the ILWU had decided to withdraw labor in particular is under attack, we will redouble our efforts from the AFL-CIO, in part because of the federation’s unwilling- of mutual support. The election of Harold Daggett to the execu- ness to address jurisdictional raiding on the waterfront. tive council of the AFL-CIO will give maritime labor a strong “It is inexplicable that AFL-CIO leadership did not attempt and effective voice at the highest level of the AFL-CIO. At the to fully address the concerns of the ILWU,” Marcus said. He same time, MM&P’s commitment to the ILWU, the Inland called the result “particularly ironic” in view of the ILWU’s Boatmen’s Union and the other Maritime Labor Alliance unions traditional stance “at the vanguard of American labor in the will not change.”

September - October 2013 - 12 - The Master, Mate & Pilot news b riefs APL President Truman on Her Final Voyage Capt. Hans William Amador sent us a photo of the APL President Truman that he took from the launch as the crew headed ashore for the last time in Singapore. The other MM&P members aboard the vessel at the time were Chief Mate Steve Palmer, Second Mate Dylan Carrara and Third Mates Brian Mercurio and Harris Papson. “The Truman was the first post-Panamax ship launched,” Amador writes. Capt. Kevin Coulombe, sailing aboard Maersk Memphis, also wrote to say he had sighted the Truman on her last trip. “We overtook her July 16 in the Gulf of Aden International Recommended Transit Corridor while en-route to Jebel Ali,” Coulombe writes. “I recall these ships just entering service while I was in grad school. I think I visited the Truman at Seattle’s T5 terminal on her first voyage.” APL announced last spring that it was phasing out and scrapping the four C-10s because of market pressures related to the global economic downturn and the wind-down of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Substandard Tugboat Operation on Columbia River Threatens Environmental Catastrophe An oil spill or other catastrophe threatens to result from the any time.” IBU President Alan Cote reports that accidents “are chaotic conditions on the Columbia River, where an inexpe- occurring with regularity.” rienced towboat and tugboat operator is making a frenetic Meanwhile, the U.S. Coast Guard is turning a blind eye. “The attempt to capitalize on the seven-month old labor dispute Coast Guard is charged by law with enforcing federal marine between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union regulations, but numerous notifications of dangerous conditions (ILWU) and two Japanese-owned grain terminals. Raising the have been ignored,” Cote says. Federal regulations require the alarm are MM&P and the Inland Boatmen’s Union (IBU). Coast Guard to remain neutral in labor disputes, but “failing Members of MM&P and the IBU are honoring the picket to investigate known violations and accidents on the river for lines of the ILWU workers, who have been locked out of their the benefit of Marubeni and Mitsui and to the detriment of jobs at the Columbia Grain terminal in Portland and the United American workers and the safety of the Columbia River, is, in Grain Terminal in Vancouver since February. To move the grain fact, taking sides,” he says. Catastrophic damage to the ecology in the midst of the lock-out, terminal owners Marubeni Corp. of the Columbia River is a real possibility in this situation, the and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. have called in a fly-by-night tug and tow- unions say, adding, “We are compelled to bring this situation to boat operator using unqualified tugboat personnel with no prior the attention of the general public.” experience on the Columbia. “We urge all members of our community to demand safe “The safety of commerce on the Columbia River is in vessel operations on the Columbia River and to require that the jeopardy,” says MM&P President Don Marcus. “An unproven parties to this dispute sit down and resolve their differences so towboat operator is working the locked-out terminals. There is that our region may prosper,” they said. no doubt that an environmental catastrophe could take place at

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The Master, Mate & Pilot - 13 - September - October 2013 news briefs Costa Concordia Doors “Not the Cause of Grounding” MM&P Official Tells CNN Bridge resource management problems were central to the grounding of the Costa Concordia off Italy’s Giglio Island in January 2012, MM&P Secretary-Treasurer Steve Werse told journalist Erin Burnett in the Sept. 25 telecast of CNN’s “OutFront.” Burnett interviewed Werse, a long-time shipmaster with Central Gulf Waterman, as an expert on ship operations. She focused the report on claims made by the team of lawyers defending Costa Concordia Captain Francesco Schettino that malfunctioning doors caused the ship to tip over. “The serious accident that took place was the result of poor management in the bridge resource mode,” Werse told Burnett. “The closing of the doors would have limited the egress of water into the hull. It would have had no impact on the decision to bring the vessel closer to the shore.” Werse said investigators who have analyzed the ship’s voice data recorder have reported “confusion” on the bridge. Thirty-two people died in the accident.

MM&P Secretary-Treasurer Steven Werse told CNN that the cruise ship’s voice data recorder indicated “confusion” on the bridge that was apparently a factor in the accident. MM&P and MEBA March With Bay Area Transit Workers MM&P joined members of the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA) and other unions in a strong show of support for employees of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), who went out on strike during the first week in July. Members of the MM&P Offshore Group and the United Inland Group participated in the rally, which took place in Oakland.

At the Oakland rally: ATU Local 1555 President Antonette Bryant, MM&P UIG Regional Representative Ray Shipway, MM&P Offshore members Pete Veasey, Nick Retelas, Mark Garcia, and MM&P Coast Agent Jeremy Hope, with MEBA Brothers Jim Rowe and Jim Harris.

September - October 2013 - 14 - The Master, Mate & Pilot news b riefs Pay Raise for MM&P Members at NOAA MM&P members employed by the Department of Commerce who sail aboard vessels operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are set to receive a pay raise. The raise will go to all members of the MM&P Federal Employees Membership Group (FEMG) who sail aboard Okeanos Explorer, Gordon Gunter, McArthur II, Hi’ialakai, Ka’imimoana, Oscar Elton Sette, Nancy Foster and Oregon II, as well as to MM&P members assigned to the Relief Pool. In an official statement, the agency said that implementing the pay increase had been a priority for Rear Adm. David A. Score, deputy director of the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations. “MM&P continues to maintain a very positive and productive partnership with all management reps within NOAA,” says MM&P Government Fleet Representative Randi Ciszewski.

MM&P Members Turn Out For the Los Angeles Labor Day March MM&P members, applicants and their families in the Los Angeles/Long Beach area turned out in force for this year’s Labor Day March. Thousands of union members and their families attend the march every year to demonstrate their support for America’s working families and our country’s labor unions.

At the Labor Day March in Los Angeles: (left to right) Dominic Marco, Steve McKittrick, Dave Boatner, Andrea Iacino, Stanley Myregard, Jared Myregard, Grace Nielsen, Paul Nielsen, Wendy Karnes and Jaxon Karnes.

Comoros National Registry Doesn’t Know How Many Vessels Fly Its Flag, Fairplay Reports The Indian Ocean archipelago nation of Comoros admits it does not know the number of vessels that fly its flag or where they are, according to a spokesperson for the transport ministry interviewed by Al-Watan, one of the country’s newspapers. The problem is not new. In July 2011, Comoros Presidential Transport Adviser Ahmed Abdullah was quoted as saying that, “Tens or hundreds of Comoros flag [ships] drag about all over the world. In addition, they are not registered with us…We need to do some research about it.” The flag has a reputation for substandard ships, writes Stephen Spark in the Aug. 29 edition of the maritime magazine Fairplay. “It is a prime example of the worst kind of flag of convenience (FOC) and of what the FOC system allows,” he quotes ITF official Sam Dawson as saying. “It is a byword for rustbuckets, crew abandonment and dodgy practices.” There has been widespread expansion of the FOC registers in the past 30 years, as administrations pursue profit at the expense of shipping standards. The case of Comoros, in which an entire fleet of ships is actually missing from official record books, is an example of the numerous problems implicit in the FOC system. Wages and working conditions aboard FOC vessels have been a longstanding sore point, with sailors working in desperate conditions for little pay. FOC ships have long been linked to crime and high-profile oil spills: the Maltese-flagged MV Erika and the Bahamian-flagged MV Prestige, to name only two.

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Web September - October 2013 - 16 - The Master, Mate & Pilot REGULATORY UPDATE with Klaus Luhta AMO Seeks Lower Wages for Government Contracts As MM&P members know first-hand, for many years we have been fighting a battle against degradation of industry standards. Part of the contracting process for government vessels is the Department of Labor (DOL) evaluation of prevailing wages. The prevailing wage may be determined by evaluating which union’s wages represent the dominant wage standard in dry cargo throughout the maritime industry. MM&P has historically maintained wage dominance in dry cargo and still does today. While we have grown accustomed to attacks on our job base that take the form of attempts to undercut our existing contracts, we were surprised when AMO officials recently submitted to the Department of Labor a challenge to MM&P’s wage dominance. MM&P officials refuted the challenge and submitted multiple Freedom of Information Act requests to DOL so that we could evaluate the basis of the AMO challenge. Not only was the AMO challenge to MM&P wage dominance improper under the applicable legal standard, the argument on which the challenge was based was nothing short of astonishing. The AMO argued that vessels operating under all government contracts should implement the lower wage and lower benefit packages that AMO is known for because it would save the government money. Incredible as it may seem, in formulating the challenge, AMO essentially requested that the government lower the wages and benefits not only of its own members but of all mariners working aboard government-contracted vessels. MM&P is in full support of our government seeking ways to operate as efficiently as possible. That is the responsibility of the government. A union’s responsibility, on the other hand, is to establish, maintain and improve the working standards of its members. The Service Contract Act is a federal law that was intended to protect industry standards by taking labor rate competition out of the bidding process in government service contracts. The AMO, an organization that has always followed a business model based on undercutting industry standards, now wants to challenge one of the few federal laws intended to protect workers. How AMO officials represent their own members is their business. But when AMO submits erroneous arguments into the public sphere that threaten to detrimentally impact everyone in the maritime industry, something must be said. What AMO officials have done in this case is a disservice to all ships’ officers, whether they are members of a union, non-union or pay dues to an organization that is a union in name only. The U.S. maritime industry is challenging enough these days for mariners and companies alike without organizations like AMO trying to drive down industry standards that have taken decades to attain.

The Maritime Labor Convention 2006 On the international front, where labor standards of any type have often been nonexistent, the Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) 2006 addresses minimum standards for mariner working conditions. It should improve standards for many Third World and non- union seafarers. For MM&P members, with the MLC 2006 taking effect this past August, it is important to be aware that another administrative burden must be satisfied while continuing safe vessel operation. Many members are wondering what the MLC means for them day-today. While the United States has not yet ratified the MLC, the U.S. Coast Guard has issued NVIC 02-13, Guidance Implementing the Maritime Labor Convention 2006, because U.S.-flag vessels are bound by the obligations of the Convention when in foreign ports. This response by the Coast Guard is welcome as we parse through the implications of the new requirements. Hours of work and rest are causing the greatest challenge for vessel managers as the MLC and the STCW Manila Amendments are fully implemented into operations. It is becoming clear from communications with employers and vessel crews that vessels engaged in coastwise schedules that include multiple port visits in short succession are unable to comply with rest requirements using the typical officer complement of Master and three Mates. Many operators still erroneously believe that this issue can somehow be managed away by the vessel Master. The reality is that unless an additional officer signs on for the coastwise portion of a vessel’s voyage, the officers will be in violation of rest requirements of both the STCW and MLC due to the demands associated with piloting, docking, undocking and cargo operations. When I attended IMO in early September, discussion had already begun regarding criminal penalties for falsification of rest logs. The proposed penalties would be similar to those for falsifying entries in the Oil Record Book. We continue to encourage MM&P members to properly and truthfully fill out rest and work logs, including overtime sheets. Not only will this prevent you from encoun- tering action against your license, but it will assist the companies in understanding that the issue is not simply one of more effective time management by the Master.

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September - October 2013 - 18 - 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 secu- called “the Policy”), copies of which will be provided upon rity clause in its collective bargaining agreement. In the case of request or upon filing of objections regarding payment of NLRB v. General Motors, members of a collective bargaining unit non-chargeable expenses. Under the Policy, an employee in a subject 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 and the objection procedure set forth above. Finally, under the Policy, fees for the costs related to collective bargaining, contract admin- an FCM who obtains a reduction in dues and fees after filing istration, grievance adjustment and other activities reasonably objections under the Policy will be required to pay the differ- related to the effectuation of the union’s representational duties ence between full dues and fees and the reduced amount for the (hereinafter called “chargeable activities”). Union expenditures period during which the reduction was granted before the FCM for nonrepresentational activities, such as political activities and is allowed to join/re-join the union. lobbying (hereinafter called “non-chargeable activities”)—activi- We must underscore that bargaining-unit employees who ties which most workers know help build a better climate for us become FCMs lose all rights and benefits of union membership all in bargaining with employers and in securing fundamental while they continue to be legally obligated to pay chargeable dues workers’ rights—cannot be charged to FCMs who file timely and fees to the union under existing union security agreements. objections. It is, therefore, not surprising that the vast majority of work- In calendar year 2012 (the most current year for which audited ers believe that the extremely small portion of dues needed information is available), we have confirmed that no more than to maintain full union membership and enjoy all its valuable 5.27 percent of all MM&P expenditures were for non-chargeable benefits is quite a bargain. We trust that everyone who carefully activities. Please note that a significant portion of these non- considers the options will become and remain a full member of chargeable expenditures were for activities aimed at maintaining the union. If you are not a union member or have not yet had and improving working conditions and benefits for all who work the opportunity to join, please contact the MM&P International in our industry. Headquarters or any MM&P membership group office for a The union has adopted a Policy and Procedure Concerning membership application. “Financial Core Membership” Under NLRB v. General Motors

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 19 - September - October 2013 Washington Observer America’s Security and Troops at Risk Without a Strong U.S.-Flag Merchant Marine

n 1998, then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs The many benefits of MSP of Staff Gen. John M. Shalikashvili stated: A 2012 report prepared by the National “Today, after two centuries, our merchant I Defense Transportation Association (NDTA) marine is every bit as important and every bit as Military Sealift Committee Working Group vital to the commerce and defense of our nation on Maritime Policy described the benefits of as it has ever been. We cannot overstate the vital the Maritime Security Program to the United contributions of our U.S. merchant marine. Our States and the Department of Defense (DOD) national security depends on its vitality.” in these terms: To emphasize, America’s national secu- • commercial U.S.-flag vessels participating rity—our economic, homeland and military in the Maritime Security Program provide security—depend on the vitality of the U.S.-flag C. James Patti DOD with an immediate expansion of sea- merchant marine. Yet there are forces at play, even lift capacity in time of emergency; within our own government, that would directly or • the continued operation of U.S.-flag vessels provides DOD indirectly, intentionally or otherwise, threaten the viability of with an American merchant marine pool to support U.S. gov- the U.S.-flag maritime industry and with it, the national security ernment contingency crewing requirements; that depends in no small measure on the American merchant • the U.S.-flag commercial carriers’ worldwide intermodal logis- marine. tics networks are readily available to DOD; One of the most critical issues facing our nation is the loom- • the continued operation of the U.S.-flag maritime security ing shortfall in funding for the Maritime Security Program fleet has virtually eliminated the need for DOD to use and (MSP) in Fiscal Year 2014. Unless the congressionally autho- pay for foreign-flag, foreign-crewed vessel operations to meet rized amount of $186 million is available for the MSP, U.S.-flag sealift requirements; ships will be forced out of the program, sending American • acquiring sealift capacity through the Maritime Security maritime jobs overseas and costing the taxpayer significantly Program is the most cost-effective means to meet sealift more because the federal government will be forced to step in to requirements; provide the sealift capability necessary to support our troops. • it is estimated that the total cost to the U.S. government and The congressionally authorized amount of $186 million for to the American taxpayer of the sealift provided to DOD Fiscal Year 2014 is the same amount requested by President through the Maritime Security Program is only 8.3 percent Obama in his budget proposal. This is the amount necessary to of the cost DOD would have to spend to achieve the same ensure the continued operation of the MSP’s maritime security capability on its own. fleet of 60 privately owned, militarily useful U.S.-flag commercial vessels, all of which are crewed by American merchant Origins of the MSP funding shortfall mariners. These vessels and their American crews are a critical component of our country’s commercial sealift capability: The funding shortfall that MSP now faces originated in the in fact, more than 90 percent of the equipment and supplies Continuing Resolution enacted by Congress for Fiscal Year needed by our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan was transported 2013. That resolution included $174 million for the MSP rather by American vessels crewed by civilian American mariners. than the authorized $186 million. Congress included the lesser In a statement submitted to the Senate Committee on Armed amount simply because at that time, there was a $12 million Services in April 2011, then-U.S. Transportation Command surplus in the MSP account. When the $12 million surplus was (USTRANSCOM) Commander Gen. Duncan McNabb stated, added to the $174 million, MSP had the full amount requested “Because of the superb participation of commercial U.S.-flagged by the President and supported by the Department of Defense. vessels in the Maritime Security Program, we did not have to Today, however, there are no surplus funds in the MSP activate a single ship in the surge fleet or the Ready Reserve account. The $12 million carry-over funding anomaly must be Force to meet the president’s aggressive timeline for the surge addressed by Congress so that the MSP can be fully funded and and drawdown [in Afghanistan]—a remarkable achievement.” implemented in Fiscal Year 2014. If Congress does not include

September - October 2013 - 20 - The Master, Mate & Pilot the full $186 million for the MSP but simply appropriates the their colleagues, know just how important our industry is to our same $174 million as in Fiscal Year 2013, an initial four U.S.- nation’s security and how dangerous it would be for America’s flag MSP vessels will be removed from the program, sending troops to diminish U.S.-flag shipping capability and the number American jobs overseas and reducing the sealift capability avail- of American mariners available in time of war or other inter- able to the Department of Defense. national emergency. The members of Congress who participate Compounding the problem is the fact that there will be an in the grassroots campaign lobbied their colleagues against the additional loss of U.S.-flag vessels and American maritime jobs, proposed changes to the PL 480 Program and spoke out force- and a further reduction in America’s commercial sealift capabil- fully in its defense. ity, if Congress does not address the cuts in funding mandated To implement the grassroots education program, Maritime by sequestration. According to the Maritime Administration, it Advisory Committees (MACs) have been established in is possible that upwards of 20 U.S.-flag MSP vessels could be lost Congressional districts throughout the country. The committees as a result of sequestration and the funding anomaly contained are comprised to the fullest extent possible of individuals who in the Continuing Resolution. work in our industry and who live in the individual member’s Commenting specifically on the potential Fiscal Year 2014 district or state, including active and retired MM&P members funding shortfall and the resulting loss of U.S.-flag vessels and officials. and American mariners, USTRANSCOM Commander Gen. William Fraser reiterated in a communication to members of the House Seapower Subcommittee that “USTRANSCOM relies heavily on the significant capabilities the U.S.-flag commercial “The members of Congress who participate sealift industry contributes to our nation.” in the grassroots campaign lobbied He warned that the loss of vessels in the Maritime Security Program, coupled with “the loss of mariner jobs, access to the their colleagues against the proposed related intermodal logistics networks these companies provide, and potential loss of competition in certain trade routes may changes to the PL 480 program and degrade our current support to forces deployed overseas and likely increase transportation costs to the Government.” spoke out forcefully in its defense.” In the interests of our nation’s economic and military security, and to prevent the loss of militarily useful U.S.-flag commercial vessels and the outsourcing of American maritime jobs, During meetings in Congressional districts, representatives we and others in our industry, operating under the auspices of of the U.S.-flag fleet discuss the fact that U.S.-flag vessels and the USA Maritime Coalition (www.usamaritime.org) are urg- their U.S.-citizen crews are on the front lines in our nation’s ing Congress to approve full funding for the Maritime Security “War on Terror”; that U.S.-flag vessels and their U.S. citizen Program at its Congressionally authorized level of $186 million crews guarantee that American troops receive the supplies and in Fiscal Year 2014. equipment they need to do their job on America’s behalf. Members of Congress want to know what their constitu- The maritime industry grassroots campaign ents think and how they will be affected by what happens in MM&P, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), Washington. It has been said that all politics is local—and this the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA), Maersk, has never been truer than it is today. The grassroots effort gives Matson and others in our industry have joined forces in a cam- us a mechanism to interact as constituents with our elected paign to educate members of Congress about how important representatives and their staffs on a regular basis. the U.S.-flag maritime industry is to the country as a whole and The effort must be sustained. To succeed, we need the par- to their individual districts and states. The premise is simple: ticipation of everyone who shares our concern about the future the more that members of Congress know about how important of our industry. We urge everyone who has an interest in the our industry is to the United States and to their constituents, Maritime Security Program, the cargo preference statutes and the more they will understand that the programs that sup- the Jones Act to join with us to make the maritime grassroots port the U.S.-flag merchant marine should be fully funded and effort even more successful. implemented. If you, as an active or retired member of the Masters, Mates & It is significant that every member of Congress who partici- Pilots, are willing to be part of this campaign and would like to pates in the grassroots campaign stood with us and opposed participate on a Maritime Advisory Committee, please contact the Administration’s attempt to decimate the PL 480 Food for me at [email protected] or contact MM&P Headquarters at Peace Program and deny U.S.-flag vessels this important source [email protected]. of cargo. These members of Congress, perhaps more than any of We need your help, we need your voice and we need your participation.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 21 - September - October 2013 Protect your job! If you work aboard a U.S.-flag vessel—if your job is dependent “If Congress does not address the on the Jones Act, on the various cargo preference statutes or on the Maritime Security Program—you owe it to yourself and cuts in MSP funding mandated by to your family to make a contribution to the MM&P Political Contribution Fund. The stronger the PCF, the greater our ability sequestration, a total of 20 U.S.- to support those who support the U.S.-flag merchant marine and to elect and return maritime supporters to Congress. flag MSP vessels could be lost…” Anti-union, anti-U.S.-flag shipping forces in Washington, D.C., and in the media are engaged in an all-out campaign to weaken our industry. If we allow them to succeed, all the American jobs dependent on the operation of Jones Act vessels, Don’t stand on the sidelines. It is time for every member of including those engaged in ferry operations, on our rivers, along our Union to put his or her job first and to help support those in our coasts and on the Great Lakes, will be lost; the jobs depen- Washington who are willing, ready and able to fight to protect dent on the carriage of food aid and other U.S.-government our jobs. generated cargoes will be lost; and the jobs dependent on the Go to www.bridgedeck.org now and click on “Protect Your operation of vessels participating in the Maritime Security Job” to make a contribution to the PCF! Program will be lost.

We need your help, we need your voice and we need your participation.

The MM&P Federal Credit Union’s ATM/Debit Card Is Now Available! The MM&P Federal Credit Union is happy to announce a great new service for members: the MM&P FCU ATM/Debit Card! With the new card, you can: • access your MM&P Federal Credit Union accounts 24 hours a day, seven days a week; • get cash and check your balance instantly at any ATM machine that displays the Cirrus and Star symbols; • make purchases at stores with terminals that display the Cirrus and Star symbols. You can use your card just like a check at any store or restaurant that accepts VISA, MasterCard or Discover. Present your card to the cashier, sign the receipt, and your purchase will be deducted from your checking account. If you use the card to place a phone order, just give your card number, the expiration date and the identification code to the catalog order representative and the purchase amount will be deducted from the available funds (up to your daily card limit) in your MM&P Federal Credit Union checking (share draft) account. Apply for your card today and enjoy a whole new level of banking and shopping convenience. Just go to www.bridgedeck.org, click on “Credit Union” at the top of the page and then scroll down to the forms section and print the application. Contact us at 800-382-7777 if you would like to have more information.

September - October 2013 - 22 - The Master, Mate & Pilot news FROM MITAGs Maersk CV6500 Familiarization and Emergency Ship Handling Training This spring and summer, MITAGS hosted five groups of Maersk Lines masters and chief mates preparing to command the CV6500 class of containerships that have been transferred into Maersk Line Limited’s U.S.-flag fleet. The five-day course provided familiarization with the handling characteristics of the new class of vessel and also fulfilled the company’s emergency ship handling course requirements.

James K. Boak, James McGee and Jonathon S. Pratt. Ronald A. Peterson, James P. Brennan and Michael L. LaMaina.

Richard Beadon (MITAGS), William J. Dutour, Michael A. Sausa, John M. Ruffin F. Warren, Brian A. Mossman, Richard Beadon (MITAGS), Kelly, Scott B. Reed and Steven D. Watt. Frank E. Warnekros and Rohit Malhotra.

Richard Beadon (MITAGS), Kevin Coulombe, Travis Shirley, John Muir, Craig Rumrill, Eric Erving and Gerard Hasselbach (MITAGS).

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 23 - September - October 2013 Masters, Mates & Pilots Plans Administrator’s Column Patrick McCullough

Health & Benefit Plan Earnings Limitations for Pensioners Affordable Care Act Notice to Employees of Their and/or Dependents Health Coverage Options Under the Age of 65 As a reminder, Pensioners and/or their Covered Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Dependents must notify the Plan that they rea- Act of 2010 (“PPACA”), your employer is required sonably expect that they will exceed the Earnings to send you a notice by Oct. 1, 2013, informing Limitations for the year. The Plan will offer the you of the availability of health coverage through option of continuing their coverage under the state Health Insurance Marketplaces beginning Plan by offering Continuation of Group Health on Jan. 1, 2014. Coverage (COBRA). While your employer is required to send you Please note that the rules of the Plan state that these a notice describing the availability of health coverage through Pensioners/Dependents will also be presumed to exceed the state Health Insurance Marketplaces, no action is required on Earnings Limitations for the following year unless they can your part since you are already enrolled in health coverage demonstrate otherwise in writing. The Plan may request infor- through the Plan. mation such as copies of the Federal Income Tax Statement to If you have any questions about your health benefits, please verify that these Pensioners/Dependents have not exceeded the contact the Plan Office at 410-850-8500. Earnings Limitations. If this information is not provided, the rules require the Plan to suspend benefits to these Pensioners/ Annual Open Enrollment Dependents. November and December 2013 At the end of October, the Plan Office will mail a Notice of Open Enrollment to eligible participants under the Plan. The Health & Benefit Plan will again have an Open Enrollment which will begin on Nov. 1, 2013 and end on Dec. 31, 2013, for coverage effective Jan. 1, 2014. During this Open Enrollment Period, participants can enroll dependents who missed the sixty (60) days’ notification require- ment for the addition of a dependent who became eligible for coverage as a result of marriage, the birth of a child, adoption of a child or placement of a child for adoption or under legal guardianship, or loss of other group health plan coverage or health insurance policy coverage under which the dependent was covered when initially offered the opportunity to enroll in the Plan. Along with the Open Enrollment Notice, the Plan is required to provide you with a Summary of Benefits and Coverage Form (“SBC”). The Format of the SBC, including some of the exam- ples, is required by federal law and is only a summary of your Plan of benefits. Therefore, this summary may not describe all the benefits available to you. Please refer to your Summary Plan Description for additional inFormation about your benefits. Please look for this information in your mailbox in early November.

September - October 2013 - 24 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Masters, Mates & Pilots Plans

Vacation Plan

Electronic Funds Transfers/Direct Deposit as a check and part as a direct deposit. Be sure to check the appropriate box on the Vacation application Form. The Trustees approved the Administrator’s proposal to elimi- 5. If you have any questions regarding the Electronic Funds nate the language on the Plan’s ACH authorization Form that Transfer/Direct Deposit Program, please contact the allows the Plan to recover an overpayment directly from a Vacation Plan Benefit Staff at the Plan Office at 410-850-8625. participant’s bank account. The Plan Office would like to remind MM&P Vacation Attention All Participants of the Vacation, Plan participants that they have the option of receiving their Individual Retirement Account & Pension Plans Vacation Benefits and PRO payments as a paper check or as an electronic funds transfer (direct deposit) into their designated The Plan has mailed new Summary Plan Descriptions for the bank account. Once a completed bank authorization is received, Vacation Plan, Individual Retirement Account Plan and Pension either option may be chosen each time the participant files for Plan. Vacation or PRO benefits. The Plan Office has been processing These Summary Plan Descriptions are required to be periodi- the ACH deposits on a daily basis for some time. This allows cally updated and sent to all participants. You may also find PDF members to have their benefits credited to their account in a copies of these Summary Plan Descriptions on the Plan’s section shorter timeframe. of the union website. Please go to www.bridgedeck.org, click on Some important points regarding direct deposit of Vacation MM&P Plans, then on H&B Benefit Forms for the Pension and or PRO benefits: Vacation Summary Plan Description and on IRAP Forms for the 1. The participant must complete the relevant Authorization IRAP Summary Plan Description. Form. As of the writing of this article, the Plan professionals are still 2. The banking system requires that all new electronic funds working on the Adjustable Pension Plan Rules & Regulations transfers and changes be verified. This verification, called and will be presenting a draft to the Trustees for their review pre-note process, may take up to 30 days from the moment and approval. The professionals will then be working on the in which your Authorization Form is received. Adjustable Pension Plan Summary Plan Description. 3. You can find an Authorization Form and “Guidelines and Instructions” at the Plan Office, at port offices and on Please be advised that, effective March 1, 2013, www.bridgedeck.org in the Members’ Only section under under the Adjustable Pension Plan, the Trustees the Document Download tabs. The Plan Office has also have agreed to the Rule of 70 and members been including the Forms with the Vacation Benefit who meet this rule can retire. The Pension Plan Computation Sheet of members who do not yet have an Summary Plan Description does not show this Authorization Form on file. change but the Adjustable Pension Plan Rules & 4. Each time you file, you must choose whether you want your Regulations and Summary Plan Description will entire benefit paid by check or by electronic funds transfer. include the Rule of 70 language. You cannot split your Vacation benefits claim to receive part

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 25 - September - October 2013 PE NSIONERs

Ian D. Allen, shipping out of Gulf Paul Grepo, began sailing in 1972 ports. He last sailed for APL as in the Vietnam War for Waterman master of the APL Philippines. Steamship. He last sailed for Horizon Lines as second mate aboard the Horizon Reliance

David N. Hutchinson, shipping out of East Coast ports. Robert Anderson, shipping out of East Coast ports. He last He last sailed for Maersk as second mate aboard the sailed for Horizon Lines as second mate aboard the Horizon Maersk Sealand Eagle. Producer. John P. Jackson Jr., shipping out of East Coast ports. He last sailed for Maersk as master of the Maersk Meteor. Mary E. Baker, shipping out of Gulf ports. She last sailed for MPP as chief mate aboard the MPP St. Louis. Susan B. McDougall, worked for the American Radio Association.

James J. Brady, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last sailed David S. Putty, shipping out of Gulf ports. He last sailed for for Matson as master of the Matson Maui. MPP as master of the Philadelphia Express.

Timothy Brown, MM&P International President.

Mark Cooper, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last sailed for Matson Navigation Company as third mate aboard the Matson Maui.

At Dan Marsh’s retirement party in Virginia Beach, there was an additional guest of honor: an MM&P cake commemorating a successful Robert G. Cooper, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last career. Thanks to MM&P sailed for Horizon Lines as master of the Horizon Anchorage. Norfolk Representative Mark Nemergut for sending us the photo. Daniel W. Corn, shipping out of Gulf ports. He last sailed for Horizon Lines as master of the Horizon Discovery.

Thomas L. Gibson last sailed for Keystone as master of the Keystone Cherry Val.

September - October 2013 - 26 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Scholarships

Each year, the MM&P Health & Benefit Plan awards scholarships to six dependents of members of the Offshore Group who have distin- guished 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 2013-14 scholarship winners.

Daniel W. Green, son of Edward Courtney McCullough, daugh- Green, is studying music education ter of Christopher McCullough, is and English composition. Daniel’s attending the University of New passion is music. He plays a wide Hampshire, where she majors in range of instruments including the chemical engineering. Courtney bassoon and the alto saxophone. He volunteers at her local hospital and thanks his father, who has been an completed her school’s nursing assis- enormous positive influence on his tant program. She says her father has life. He also extends sincere thanks to been a huge inspiration to her. She Masters, Mates & Pilots for making thanks Masters, Mates & Pilots for this scholarship available to him. the role the union has played in her family’s life.

Lauren Hoey, daughter of Richard Hoey, is attending the University Julia Comeau, daughter of Kevin of Syracuse, where she is studying Comeau, is attending Smith College, wildlife science. Lauren has a great where she plans to study interna- appreciation for nature and plans to tional relations and political science. be an environmental scientist. She She graduated Portsmouth High is an animal activist, a caretaker and School as valedictorian. Her hob- a veterinary assistant. Her goal is to bies include dancing as a pre-pro- “pass my knowledge and love for our fessional ballerina and community planet on to others, in the hope that involvement. they, too, will strive to conserve and preserve the world we live in.”

Katherine Hoey, daughter of Richard Hoey, is attending the State Eloise Melcher, daughter of Kurt University of New York at Albany, Melcher, is attending Colby College. where she majors in psychology and She was senior class president for journalism. She played on her high her high school and a member of school’s varsity soccer team, receiving the national honors society. Eloise the All-Academic Award. Katherine also participated in Big Brothers also has a great appreciation for Big Sisters and played percussion in dance, which she has pursued for her school’s ensemble. She thanks thirteen years. She expresses deep Masters, Mates & Pilots for helping gratitude to Masters, Mates & Pilots her pursue her education. for the scholarship, which she says will help her pursue a career in psychology. “This money will help me achieve my dream,” she says.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 27 - September - October 2013 Directory of MM&P Offices

International Headquarters Press Contact Randi Ciszewski Houston 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Klaus Luhta U.S. Navy Civil Service Wayne Farthing Linthicum Heights, Chief of Staff Pilots Representative Vice President-Gulf Ports MD 21090-1953 410-691-8139 Executive Office Nell Wilkerson Phone: 410-850-8700 [email protected] MM&P Headquarters Representative Fax: 410-850-0973 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B 13850 Gulf Freeway, Suite 250 [email protected] Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Houston, TX 77034 www.bridgedeck.org MM&P Health & Benefit, Office: 732-527-0828 Phone: 281-464-9650 Vacation, Pension, JEC Cell: 202-679-7594 Fax: 281-464-9652 International Officers and IRA Plans Fax: (732) 527-0829 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Donald J. Marcus Patrick McCullough President Administrator Jacksonville 410-850-8700 ext. 121 MM&P Plans Offshore Membership Group Liz Pettit [email protected] 700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A David H. Boatner Representative Steven E. Werse Linthicum Heights, MD Vice President-Pacific Ports 21090-1996 349 E. 20th St. Secretary-Treasurer Wayne Farthing Jacksonville, FL 32206 Phone: 410-850-8500 410-850-8700 ext. 116 Vice President-Gulf Ports Phone: 904-356-0041 Fax: 410-850-8655 [email protected] Fax: 904-353-7413 Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522 Don F. Josberger [email protected] Executive Offices [email protected] Vice President-Atlantic Ports Hours: Monday – Friday George Quick Boston Los Angeles/Long Beach Vice President 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET David H. Boatner Pilot Membership Group Dan Cartmill Ron Colpus Vice President-Pacific 410-691-8144 Federal Employees Dan Goggin Wendy Karnes [email protected] Membership Group Representatives Representative Klaus Luhta Marine Industrial Park 533 N. Marine Ave. Chief of Staff Randall H. Rockwood 12 Channel St., Suite 606-A Suite A 410-691-8139 Vice President Boston, MA 02210-2333 Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 [email protected] Executive Office Phone: 617-671-0769 Phone: 310-834-7201 Beverly Gutmann MM&P Headquarters Fax: 617-261-2334 Fax: 310-834-6667 International Comptroller 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B [email protected] [email protected] 410-850-8700 ext. 112 Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Charleston Miami/Port Everglades Diane Chatham 410-691-8131 Elise Silvers Executive Administrator Representative Andrea Fortin Randi Ciszewski 410-691-8131 1529 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. Representative [email protected] Representative Suite 1B 540 East McNab Rd., Suite B Executive Office Charleston, SC 29407 Pompano Beach, FL Communications MM&P Headquarters Phone: 843-766-3565 33060-9354 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Fax: 843-766-6352 Phone: 954-946-7883 Lisa Rosenthal Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Fax: 954-946-8283 Communications Director [email protected] Office: 732-527-0828 [email protected] 410-691-8146 Cell: 202-679-7594 communications@ Honolulu Fax: (732) 527-0829 New Orleans bridgedeck.org [email protected] Randy Swindell Representative Sue Bourcq Legal Department 521 Ala Moana Blvd., Ste 254 Representative Gabriel Terrasa Honolulu, HI 96813 347 Girod St., Suite B Phone: 808-523-8183 International Counsel Mandeville LA 70448-5891 Fax: 808-538-3672 410-691-8148 Phone: 985-626-7133 [email protected] [email protected] Fax: 985-626-7199 [email protected]

September - October 2013 - 28 - The Master, Mate & Pilot New York/New Jersey Seattle West Coast Boston Pilots Regional Representative Don F. Josberger 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 [email protected] [email protected] Alaska Marine Pilots Canaveral Pilots Carter Whalen Ben Borgie Norfolk, Va. Tampa President Doug Brown Mark Nemergut Laura Cenkovich P.O. Box 920226 Co-Chairmen Representative Representative Dutch Harbor, AK 99692 Box 816 Interstate Corporate Center 202 S. 22nd St., Suite 205 Phone: 907-581-1240 Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 6325 North Center Dr. Ste 100 Tampa, FL 33605-6308 Fax: 907-581-1372 Phone: 321-783-4645 Norfolk, VA 23502 Phone: 813-247-2164 [email protected] [email protected] Phone: 757-489-7406 Fax: 813-248-1592 Fax: 757-489-1715 Hours: 9:00 AM-2:00 PM ET Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots Charleston Branch Pilots [email protected] [email protected] Bobby G. Grumbles Whit Smith P.O. Box 2767 6 Concord St. San Francisco Pilot Membership Group Corpus Christi, TX 78403 P.O. Box 179 Jeremy Hope Phone: 361-884-5899 Charleston, SC 29402 George A. Quick Fax: 361-884-1659 Phone: 843-577-6695 Coast Agent Vice President Sandy Candau Fax: 843-577-0632 3400 N. Furnace Rd. Representative Associated Branch Pilots Jarrettsville, MD 21084 548 Thomas L. Berkley Way Columbia Bar Pilots Phone: 410-691-8144 Mike Lorino Jr. Oakland, CA 94612 Fax: 410-557-7082 3813 N.Causeway Blvd. James Brady Phone: 415-777-5074 [email protected] Suite 100 100 16th St. Fax: 415-777-0209 Metairie, LA 70002 Astoria, OR 97103-3634 [email protected] East Coast Phone: 504-831-6615 Phone: 503-325-2641 [email protected] Regional Representative Association of Maryland Pilots Columbia River Pilots San Juan, Puerto Rico Timothy J. Ferrie 201 Edgewater St. Eric Nielsen Paul Amos Eduardo Iglesias Staten Island, NY 10305 President President Representative Phone: 718-448-3900 3720 Dillon St. 13225 N. Lombard MM&P Fax: 718-447-1582 Baltimore, MD 21224 Portland, OR 97203 1055 Kennedy Avenue [email protected] Phone: 410-276-1337 Phone: 503-289-9922 Suite 914, ILA Building Fax: 410-276-1364 San Juan, PR, 00920 Gulf Coast [email protected] Coos Bay Pilots Phone: 787-724-3600 Regional Representative Charles L. Yates Fax: 787-723-4494 Biscayne Bay Pilots Hours: Monday-Friday Richard D. Moore President 9:00am – 1:30pm ET 8150 S. Loop E. Andrew D. Melick 686 North Front St. [email protected] Houston, TX 77017 Chairman Coos Bay, OR 97420-2331 Phone: 713-645-9620 2911 Port Blvd. Phone: 541-267-6555 [email protected] Miami, FL 33132 Fax: 541-267-5256 Phone: 305-374-2791 Fax: 305-374-2375

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 29 - September - October 2013 Crescent River Port Pilots Mobile Bar Pilots Saint Johns Bar Pilots Southeast Alaska Pilots Association James “Jimmy” Cramond J. Christopher Brock Timothy J. McGill 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 Eric R. Eliassen 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 Tom Heberle 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 Douglas McAuliffe Peter McIsaac 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 Robert L. Thompson Jonathan Ward 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. Robert Krause 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 Mark D. Taylor 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

September - October 2013 - 30 - The Master, Mate & Pilot United Inland Seattle MM&P Maritime Advancement, Maritime Institute of Membership Group Training, Education & Technology & Graduate Michael Murray Safety Program (MATES) Studies (MITAGS) Michael Murray Vice President-UIG Vice President Tim Saffle Patrick McCullough Glen Paine Regional Representative Administrator Executive Director Cleveland 144 Railroad Ave., Suite 222 Glen Paine 692 Maritime Blvd. Edmonds, WA 98020 Linthicum Heights, Charles Malue Executive Director Phone: 425-775-1403 MD 21090-1952 Regional Representative Fax: 425-775-1418 Main Phone: 410-859-5700 1250 Old River Rd. 3rd Floor [email protected] Toll-Free: Cleveland, OH 44113 Atlantic & Gulf Region Health, [email protected] Admissions: 1-866-656-5568 Phone: 216-776-1667 Pension and Education, Residence Center: Fax: 216-776-1668 Safety & Training Funds Wilmington 1-866-900-3517 [email protected] Wendy Chambers BWI Airport Shuttle Raymond W. Shipway Account Executive (avail. 24 hours a day): Juneau Regional Representative Associated Administrators Inc. 1-866-900-3517 Ext. 0 533 N. Marine Ave. Ron Bressette 4301 Garden City Drive, Ste 201 Fax: Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Regional Representative Landover, MD 20785 School: 410-859-5181 Phone: 310-549-8013 229 Fourth St. Direct Line: 301-429-8964 Residence: 410-859-0942 Fax: 310-834-6667 Juneau, AK 99801 Member Calls: Executive Director: [email protected] Phone: 907-586-8192 1-800-638-2972 [email protected] Fax: 907-789-0569 MIRAID Admissions: [email protected] [email protected] C. James Patti Pacific Maritime Region www.mitags.org President Pension & Benefit Plans Portland 1025 Connecticut Ave., NW Columbia Northwest John Schaeffner Suite 507 Marine Benefit Trust Pacific Maritime Regional Representative Washington, DC 20036-5412 Institute (PMI) 2225 N. Lombard St. - No. 206 Phone: 202-463-6505 Patrick McCullough Bill Anderson Portland, OR 97217 Fax: 202-223-9093 Administrator Director Phone and Fax: 503-283-0518 [email protected] 700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A [email protected] Linthicum Heights, MD 1729 Alaskan Way, S. 21090-1996 Seattle, WA 98134-1146 San Francisco Masters, Mates & Pilots Phone: 410-850-8500 Phone: 206-239-9965 Federal Credit Union Fax: 410-850-8655 Fax: 206-441-2995 Raymond W. Shipway Toll-Free: 1-888-893-7829 Kathy Ann Klisavage Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522 Regional Representative [email protected] Manager [email protected] 548 Thomas L. Berkley Way www.mates.org Oakland, CA 94612 MM&P Headquarters Hours: Monday-Friday Phone: 415-543-5694 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B 8:30 AM– 4:30 PM ET Fax: 415-543-2533 Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Northwest Maritime [email protected] Phone: 410-691-8136 Pension Trust Fax: 410-859-1623 San Juan, Puerto Rico Toll-Free: 1-800-382-7777 Randy G. Goodwin (All U.S. and Puerto Rico) Account Executive Eduardo Iglesias [email protected] P.O. Box 34203 Regional Representative Seattle, WA 98124 MM&P Phone: 206-441-7574 1055 Kennedy Avenue Fax: 206-441-9110 Suite 914, ILA Building San Juan, PR, 00920 Southwest Marine Health, Phone: 787-724-3600 Benefit & Pension Trust Fax: 787-723-4494 4201 Long Beach Blvd. Hours: Monday-Friday Suite 300 9:00am – 1:30pm ET Long Beach, CA 90807 [email protected] Toll-Free: 1-888-806-8943

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 31 - September - October 2013 CROSS’ D The FINAL BAR

Roy Anderson, 89, April 29. Paul A. Saboe, 85, May 2. A A pensioner since 1985 and a pensioner since 1990 and a resi- resident of Marquette, Mich., dent of Garden Grove, Calif., he he last sailed as master for U.S. last sailed as third mate aboard Steel in the Great Lakes Fleet. the SS Santa Adela. He enjoyed He enjoyed spending time watching the L.A. Lakers and in his motor-home, camping the Angels. His wife Rose and and traveling. His wife Janice his children Pauline, Catherine, survives him. Mary and Angela survive him.

Gerald J. Barry, 83, April 21. A pensioner since 1997 and Andrew N. Sole Jr. 82, May 3. A pensioner since 1999 a resident of Vermilion, Ohio, he was the vice president and a resident of Wenonah, N.J., he last sailed for NPR as of the MM&P Great Lakes Division. He was a devout third mate aboard the SS Mayaguez. In his spare time he Catholic, a caring family man and a firm advocate for enjoyed waterfront activities such as sailing and a lifetime union ideals. His wife Mary, eight children and 32 grand- membership in the Yacht Club of Diego Garcia in the children survive him. Indian Ocean. His wife Patricia, sons Andrew and David, grandchildren Rachel and Ryan, nephews and nieces sur- Brian W. Bassett, 59, April 1. A resident of Loomis, Wash., vive him. he last sailed for Horizon Lines as second mate aboard the Horizon Kodiak. He loved the outdoors, Harley Davidson Garnett F. South, 85, March 25. A pensioner since 1981 bikes and Western art. In his spare time, he enjoyed fly and a resident of Mathews, Va., he last sailed for Ogden fishing in Wyoming. He is survived by his sisters Denise Marine as chief mate aboard the SS Potomac. Marshall and Debra Beaver, brothers-in-law Charles Spencer and Patrick Marshall, and nephew Wade Spencer. Eric W. Stengal, 64, Nov. 3, 2012. A pensioner James Colamarino, 93, March 14. A pensioner since since 2002 and a resident of 1967 and a resident of Mesquite, Nev., he last sailed for Baylon, N.Y., he last sailed American President Lines as chief mate aboard the for U.S.S.M. as second mate SS Chena. His daughter Mary Lane, son James Jon, grand- aboard the Sealand Integrity. daughters, great-granddaughters and siblings survive him. He was a lifelong mariner, mycologist, modeler and Jackson P. Everett, 95, May 25. A pensioner since 1983 patriot. His brother Roger, and a resident of Mobile, Ala., he last sailed for Waterman sister Ellen, mother Loretta, Steamship Company as chief mate aboard the SS Sam stepbrother Mark and stepsis- Houston. He enjoyed spending time with his family and ter Izabela survive him. took great pride in his lifelong service in the American Merchant Marine. His children, grandchildren and great- David L. Sullivan, 82, May 3. grandchildren survive him. A pensioner since 1996 and a resident of Mobile, Ala., Clifford A. Hall Sr. 89, May 15. A pensioner since 1986 he last sailed for Waterman and a resident of Galveston, Texas, he last sailed for Lykes Steamship Company as third Brothers Steamship Company as third mate aboard the mate aboard the SS Green SS Leticia Lykes. Island. His wife Sylvia, son David and grandchildren Charles E. Rodgers, 77, March 13. A resident of Phenix Caleb, Hattie and David, City, Ala., he last sailed as third mate for American Ship survive him. Management aboard the Rainbow.

September - October 2013 - 32 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Lewis J. Truhan, 90, Feb. 15. A pensioner since 1972 and a resident of Clarksboro, N.J., he last sailed for MAST as master aboard the SS Amerigo. He enjoyed organizing meetings for retired merchant mariners. His nephew James survives him. Crossing the Bar

Horace Twiford, 89, May 20. A pensioner since 1969 and a resident of Sea Level, N.C., he last sailed as second mate Sunset and evening star, for Maritime Overseas. And one clear call for me!

Lester A. White, 84, May 14. A pensioner since 1988 and a resi- And may there be no dent of Rockledge, Fla., he last moaning of the bar, sailed for American President When I put out to sea, Lines as second mate aboard the SS President Kennedy. In his spare time he enjoyed collect- But such a tide as moving ing antique military memora- bilia. His wife Patricia, children seems asleep, Bill, John and Melanie, and a Too full for sound and foam, niece survive him. When that which drew from

Burt W. Winkel, 84, April 17. A pensioner since 1990 and out the boundless deep a resident of Sheboygan, Wis., he last sailed as master of Turns again home. the SS Edwin Gott for U.S. Steel Corporation.

Robert C. Wirth, 68, March 5. A pensioner since 1990 Twilight and evening bell, and a resident of Vallejo, Calif., he last sailed for Matson as And after that the dark! third mate aboard the Ewa.

Raymond A. Wood, 78, And may there be no May 18. A pensioner since sadness of farewell, 1996 and a resident of When I embark; Tucson, Ariz., he last sailed as master for American President Lines. In his For tho’ from out our spare time he enjoyed reading, traveling and bourne Time and Place spending time with fam- The flood may bear me far, ily and friends. His wife I hope to see my pilot face to face Susan, daughters Kathleen, Andrea and Alicia, sons When I have crossed the bar. James and Raymond, step- daughter Lisa, and grand- — Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) children survive him.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 33 - September - October 2013 Protect Your Job and Protect Your Future Contribute to the PCF! Are you on board? Are you supporting the team that is fighting to protect MM&P jobs? Please contribute to the PCF today and encourage your shipmates to do the same.

It doesn’t matter if you are a Democrat or a Republican, if you consider yourself a liberal or a conservative or an independent or a member of the Tea Party. The PCF has no political agenda other than to support those who support the U.S.-flag merchant marine. See for yourself! Check out the “Who We Support” page in the members’ only section of www.bridgedeck.org or send an e-mail to [email protected].

The stakes are high. The future of our industry is on the line, and with it, the future of American maritime jobs and their related health and benefit plans. Act now: make a contribution to the MM&P PCF so we can fight to elect those who will fight for us. Honor Roll of PCF Contributors In the following pages, MM&P salutes the union members, pensioners and employees who are making our voice heard in Washington, D.C.

Commodores’ Club ($500 or more) Captains’ Club (between $250 and $499)

Jenaro A. Asteinza George E. Mara Larry D. Aasheim Malvina A. Ewers P William L. Kennedy, Jr. P Shane M. Murphy John F. Schmidt Robert C. Beauregard Donald J. Marcus * Walter K. Allison P In Memory of Clyde W. Kernohan, Jr. P Douglas J. Nagy Paul T. Schulman P P Robert N. Anderson Franklin Ewers Robert T. Kimball Nicholas J. Nowaski Marilyn J. Shelley Theodore E. Bernhard Richard W. May P P Thomas E. Apperson Peter K. Fileccia Richard J. Klein James P. Olander George J. Single David H. Boatner * Patrick McCullough P Brian D. Arthur Keith W. Finnerty George W. Koch, Jr. Patrick B. O’Leary P Ronald Bressette Sean T. McNeice William R. Slaughter Bruce M. Badger P Ryan K. Foster Brian M. Koppel James E. O’Loughlin P Brendan S. Smith Timothy A. Brown Paul F. McQuarrie Matthew P. Bakis James E. Franklin P Thomas P. Larkin Robert R. Owen P P Michael D. Smith Randi Ciszewski C. Michael Murray Evan B. Barbis William W. Fransen John E. Larson Antonios Papazis P P Robert R. Spencer Darren W. Collins In Memory of James K. Boak, IV Kenneth N. Gaito Roch E. Lavault Peter J. Parise, III James K. Staples Raymond Conrady P Jon Peterson James P. Brennan Patrick N. Glenn Ryan W. Leo Michael Parr William D. Good, Jr. P William C. Mack Vasilios L. Pazarzis P Carl W. Stein Michael F. Cotting F. John Nicoll Michael A. Buckley In Memory of Thomas P. MacKay, Jr. Wesley C. Penney John G. Stewart Paul H. Nielsen P Robert B. Burke Kevin G. Coulombe William Good, Sr. Richard Madden Ernest C. Petersen P Einar W. Strom P P P Joseph A. Byrne Robert Darley Joseph O. O’Connor * John A. Gorman P Brett J. Marquis Ronald A. Peterson Tore Stromme P Todd J. Campbell P P In Memory of Glen M. Paine P Charles A. Graham Daniel J. Martin Albert D. Petrulis David A. Sulin James A. Carbone P Charlie Darley In Memory of Edward Gras Robert G. Mattsen Peter A. Petrulis Conor J. Sullivan Kenneth J. Carlson, Jr. P John W. Farmer, III Capt. Glen Banks P Peter S. Grate Thomas C. McCarthy Norman A. Piianaia Konstantinos Catrakis P Stacey W. Sullivan George A. Quick * P Mary E. Grimshaw Charles L. McConaghy Francesco P. Pipitone D. Wayne Farthing Bent L. Christiansen P P Travis L. Sutton P Robert H. Groh Michael J. McCormick Jonathon S. Pratt Edward W. Green Dana V. Ramsdell Timothy D. Clearwater Joseph A. Swan Curtis B. Hall Ann Marie McCullough Ronald M. Radicali P P Dean R. Colver P Samuel A. Hanger Lloyd S. Rath Kyle J. Hamill James P. McGee John P. Rawley Kevin M. Tapp Harold J. Held Michael A. Rausa Barry V. Costanzi P P Donald D. Thayer, Jr. P Michael K. Hargrave Daniel F. McGuire Scott B. Reed Rudolph A. Hendersen P Dave Romano Vincent J. Cox Samuel W. Hartshorn, Jr. P Kevin J. McHugh Walter A. Reimann P In Memory of Samuel J. Crawford P Edward B. Higgins, Jr. P Paul Rooney P Charles E. Hendricks John Melcher Javier Riano Jim Rice & Don Thayer Thomas B. Crawford Andrew W. Hetz Kurt A. Melcher In Memory of Richard N. Thomas James F. Hill * Lisa Rosenthal P Anthony E. Crish Alan G. Hinshaw Andrew J. Merrill Eric Lake, Deatra M. Thompson John R. Humphreys Timothy C. Saffle James M. Cunningham Darin L. Huggins Andrew C. Miller Paul V. Parker, Adam Torres P Jeff H. Idema John J. Schaeffner Erik V. Cutforth William H. Imken Doris F. Miller Arthur Holdeman Joe Mark Tuck Eduardo Iglesias Steven P. Shils P George M. Darley P Lawrence E. Ingraham Steven J. Miller & Capt. J.C. Smith John S. Tucker P Arthur S. JeffersonP Raymond W. Shipway In Memory of John P. Jablonski Peter W. Mitchell P Bruce Rowland Shawn M. Tucy Christian Johnsen James Stebbins P Charlie Darley John P. Jackson, Jr. P Steven R. Moneymaker Edward B. Royles P Sean M. Doran Thomas P. JacobsenP John M. Morehouse Mark Ruppert Roy K. Valentine, Jr. Christopher G. Kavanagh Thomas E. Stone P Dorothy Dunn P Eric B. Johnson Paul A. Mospens Kenneth Ryan Charles Van Trease John Kelly J. Lars Turner In Memory of Donald F. Josberger Brian A. Mossman Donald R. Sacca Steven D. Watt Jonathan F. Komlosy Peter M. Webster Darrell Dunn James J. Kelleher, Jr. Philip D. Mouton P Michael A. Santini William J. Westrem Lawrence T. Lyons Steven E. Werse * Danny Duzich John P. Kelley John J. Murner George W. Schaberg P Ronald C. Wilkin Charles W. Malue Stanley M. Willis P Christopher Edyvean Eric S. Kelm Kellen S. Murphy Robert H. Schilling P Terry Joe Williams

* These active and retired members have contributed $1,000 or more. P These pensioners or survivors are singled out for special mention. September - October 2013 - 34 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Contributors’ level (between $100 and $249)

Mohamed A. Abbassi P Kent P. Comeau P Harold M. Douglas, Jr. Paul J. Grepo George Jerosimich Robert G. Abbott John V. Connor P Robert Drew P Gregory P. Gretz Joseph Jimenez Scott Adams Mark A. Cooper Dale S. Dubrin P Stanley V. GriffinP J. Kevin Jirak P Jeffrey D. Adamson Russell C. Cooper John T. DuffP Mike F. Gruninger Melvin J. Jones P Douglas Adriance Gary J. Cordes P In Memory of Capt. John Hunt Jorge Gutman Erik P. Jorgensen P Owen B. Albert Daniel Corn George Dunham P Beverly J. Gutmann Marty L. Joseph Frederick W. Allen P Nicole J. Cornali David S. Dwyer In Memory of Capt. Glen Banks Christopher R. Kalinowski George Lowe Allen Andrew R. Corneille Robert W. Eisentrager P Timothy J. Hagan Timothy Kalke John Allen P Thomas J. Cortese Bijan J. Emami John H. Hagedorn P Eleftherios G. KanagiosP Robert Allen P Scot A. Couturier Barrett T. Enck Brandt R. Hager Georgios C. Kanavos P Murray G. Alstott P David E. Cox P David K. Engen P Daniel S. Hall Steven W. Kanchuga P Andrew J. Altum Erik Cox Robert E. England P Kenneth J. Halsall Hugo W. Kenyon Hans W. Amador John M. Cox P Glen E. Engstrand James D. Hamblett P Joseph E. Keyes Fulgencio Anavitate James Crandall P Joshua T. Ervasti Bertil J. Haney Brian J. Kiesel John E. Antonucci P Richard W. Crane P Eric L. Eschen Michael C. Hayes Elsie Kimball Timothy M. Arey Matthew C. Craven William J. Esselstrom John J. Healey In Memory of Philip T. Brown Thomas A. Bagan Timothy R. Kincaid Bruce H. Baglien James D. Kitterman Albert M. Balister Robert E. Klemm P Andrew J. Banks Henry C. Knox-Dick P Charles K. Barthrop P Lowell J. Knudsen P Brian W. Bassett James E. Kobis Steve J. Batchelor, Jr. P David K. Kopra Edward S. Batcho, Jr. P Mirko Kozulich P Mary Ellen Beach P Damian Krowicki Olgierd C. Becker Leroy R. Kurtz P Derek J. Bender Anthony C. Lafayette P Justin L. Benecke Cecil H. Lamb P George Berkovich P Mark C. Landow Anthony Bijan William C. Laprade Geoffrey BirdP Michael S. Lee Sandor Z. Biro Samuel P. Lesko P Earl R. Blakely P Gary W. Lightner John H. Bloomingdale Thomas N. Lightsey, Jr.P Jennifer Bono Ian Lim Charles E. Booher P Leif H. Lindstrom P Katherine A. Bowman James R. Londagin John R. Boyce John A. Long P Warren J. Bragg Michael W. Long Frank W. Branlund P Douglas M. Lord Allan R. Breese P Curtis I. Love Jeffrey C. Bridges Peter J. Luhn Anders K. Brinch, Jr. Klaus D. Luhta Patrick Broderick John T. Lutey C. B. J. Brown P John J. Lynskey P Michael S. Brown P Michael MacLean Wardell E. Brown P William J. Mahoney P Michael C. Browne Lewis M. Malling P Douglas K. Buchanan Richard T. Manning Fernando C. Buisan P Todd M. Mara P Bert D. Burris Jacob A. Crawford Edward M. Evans Christopher S. Hendrickson Nicholas A. Marcantonio In Memory of Charlie Burris John F. Cronin P Stanley J. Fabas Patrick J. Hennessy Edward T. Markuske Eugene E. Cabral P Todd C. Crossman Eddo H. Feyen P Thomas E. HenryP Thomas C. MarleyP Paul D. Calvin Edward Crowe P Harry A. Filkins P Kevin Hereid John P. Marshall Joseph E. Carpenter Peter S. Curtis Russel W. Finstrom P Michael C. Herig Donald U. Marshall, Jr. William R. Carr P Omar D’Abreu William H. Fisher, III William H. Hermes P Jerry E. Mastricola Dylan E. Carrara Cornell J. Daia Alan D. Fosmo Earl W. Herring P Edward Matlack James A. Carroll Robert A. Dalziel P Gary D. Frame James D. Herron P Eugene W. Mayer, Jr. Chriss B. Carson Robert K. Damrell P James L. Frank Jeffrey S. HillP Joshua S. Mazsa Robert J. Carter, Jr . Benjamin Day Kevin L. Franssen Lawrence W. Hill Alton R. McAlister P Juan C. Carvajal P George A. Defrain Jan M. Fraser P Lawrence J. Hines P Rodney D. McCallen P Thomas J. CatalanottoP Ronald T. Degrazia P J. Peter Fritz P Daniel R. Hobbs P Curtis McCamy Christoforos Catsambis P Nicholas Deisher Stephen G. Fuccillo John A. Hobson Leonard McCarthy P John C. Chapman P Stephen A. DeJong Eric R. Furnholm Roland E. Hobson Robert C. McCarthy Hao C. Cheong Thomas A. Delamater Lillian M. 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