New Horizon Ships Underway
Vol. 43, No. 3 May - June 2007 The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO
Official Voice of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots
New Horizon Ships Underway MM&P Testifies on TWIC Card Before Senate Committee Visa Requirement Beaten Back at IMO New Simulation Technology Showcased at MITAGS Table of Contents
Vol. 43, No. 3 May - June 2007
The Master, Mate & Company News 1 Pilot (ISSN New Horizon ships underway 0025-5033) is the official voice of the News Briefs 2 International Organization New simulation technology at MITAGS; proposal to combine license and merchant mariner of Masters, Mates & Pilots (International Marine Division document a bad idea; MM&P testifies on TWIC card before Senate committee; Government of the ILA), AFL-CIO. Fleet news; Cape Jacob Second Mate Kyle Hamill recognized by Matson; elegant new watch © 2007 IOMMP. is newest PCF gift; MM&P and American Maritime Officers together at “Salute to Congress”; Published bimonthly at MM&P attempt to impose visa requirement on crews beaten back by unions at International Maritime Headquarters, 700 Maritime Organization. Blvd, Suite B, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1953. Washington Observer 8 Phone: (410) 850-8700 E-mail: [email protected] Maritime issues take center stage. Internet: www.bridgedeck.org Periodicals postage paid at News From Headquarters 10 Linthicum Heights, MD, and additional offices. How mariners who are denied a TWIC can request a waiver or file an appeal. POSTMASTER Please send changes to: Merchant Officers’ Labor Alliance 12 The Master, Mate & Pilot The “Merchant Officers’ Labor Alliance,” or MOLA, sets forth a number of goals that MM&P 700 Maritime Blvd, Suite B and the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA) would like to jointly pursue. The Linthicum Heights, MD agreement, which is the object of a 90-day ratification ballot, is printed in its entirety in this 21090-1953 issue of the magazine. Timothy A. Brown Chairman, Editorial Board Lisa Rosenthal Health & Benefit Plans 14 Communications Director New prescription benefit manager as of July 1; Offshore scholarship program selection INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS process open. Timothy A. Brown, President Glen P. Banks, Secretary-Treasurer
Cross’d the Final Bar 16 VICE PRESIDENTS Steve Demeroutis, United Inland Bob Groh, Offshore Gulf MITAGS 18 Don Marcus, Offshore Pacific Richard May, Offshore Atlantic George A. Quick, Pilotage MM&P Directory 19
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About the Cover The Navy Jack, a symbol of resistance which dates back to Inaugural picture of the Horizon Hawk the American Revolution, flies today on the jack staff on arriving in the Port of Tacoma. The the bow of all naval vessels. In accordance with a resolu- Hawk is one of the five MM&P-crewed tion made by the delegates to the 75th Convention of the 2,824 TEU containerships that Horizon International Organization of Lines has destined to its Tacoma, Masters, Mates & Pilots, every Oakland, Honolulu, Guam and Far East issue of The Master, Mate & service. Pilot includes a photograph of PHOTO BY KATHLEEN TOMANDL, PORT OF TACOMA. the historic flag. COMPANY NEWS
New Horizon Ships Underway! The Horizon Eagle, the Horizon Hunter and the Horizon Hawk have entered Horizon Lines’ Tacoma, Oakland, Honolulu, Guam and Far East service. As this issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot went to press, the remaining two new vessels, the Horizon Falcon and the Horizon Tiger, were slated to get underway. Horizon has chartered the five 2,824 TEU U.S.-flag containerships, all of which are crewed by MM&P licensed deck officers, for 12-year terms. MM&P Pacific Ports Vice President Don Marcus was in Tacoma to welcome the crews of the Hawk and the Hunter when they made their first U.S. port calls following safe, efficient voyages from the Far East. MM&P extends congratulations to the officers and crew of all five vessels for their outstanding efforts, as well as best wishes to Horizon Lines for continued commercial success.
Horizon Eagle. View from drydock prior to floating. MIKE SMITH
Horizon Hawk deck officers, including observers and relieving personnel: (Left to right) Chief Mate Norbert Chaudhary; Second Mate Craig Spence; MM&P Pacific Ports Vice President Don Marcus; Chief Mate Tom McDorr; and Chief Mate Jim Baldwin.
Stern view of the Horizon Hunter in Tacoma,Wash.
On the Horizon Hawk. (Left to right) Captain Tom MacKay and Horizon Lines On the Horizon Hunter. Horizon Lines Senior Vessel Superintendent Jay Hess Vice President/General Manager Joseph Breglia with Captain Mike Smith. and Captain Donald Moir.
The Master, Mate & Pilot - 1 - May - June 2007 laceholder NEWS BRIEFS New Simulation Technology Showcased at MITAGS
At the dedication ceremony for the new simulators, MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer Glen Banks called MITAGS “a true joint venture between seafarers, educators, the unions and MM&P-contracted companies.” MM&P Pacific Ports Vice President Don Marcus (left) and Banks visit with Hundreds of maritime industry professionals attended the grand the Honorable Helen Delich-Bentley at the simulator dedication ceremony. opening in March of the Marine Simulation Technology Center at MITAGS. Participants were given the opportunity to tour the Walt Megonigal, director of training at MITAGS, noted that institute’s full mission bridges, towing simulators, 14-station com- the capabilities of the new simulators, “are not replicated any- puter lab, vessel traffic system and crane simulator. where else in the world.” By connecting the simulator system in MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer Glen Banks took the Linthicum, Md., to the Pacific Maritime Institute in Seattle, Wash., opportunity to underline the collaborative nature of the MITAGS he said MITAGS will create “a true nationwide, National Maritime program. “This is truly a joint venture where the best efforts of Simulation Training center that will provide the full spectrum of educators, seafarers and our contracted companies come together integrated training to the maritime community.” (For more on the for the benefit of the common good,” he told the crowd. simulator launch, see the MITAGS column on page 9.) Incorporating License Into Merchant Mariner Credential a Bad Idea, MM&P Says MM&P has told the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) that its proposal agency’s proposal to incorporate the license and the MMD into a to incorporate the mariner’s license into its proposed merchant single card. mariner’s credential (MMC) will not help the agency achieve its In the scenario envisioned in the union’s counterproposal, stated goals of reducing the paperwork burden, cutting back on unlicensed mariners would only be required to hold one docu- red tape and improving the flow of commerce. A better approach, ment. The MMC/TWIC would serve as a certificate of quali- the union says, would be to upgrade the MMC so that it could fication, an identity document and a biometric transportation also serve as a Transportation Worker Identification Credential security card all in one. Licensed officers would have to carry an (TWIC), while retaining the license as a separate document. MMD/TWIC, and their license, which would continue to serve as MM&P’s comments were filed April 25 in response to a certificate of qualification, with all the required endorsements. USCG’s supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking on the “We see no benefits to combining ratings’ and officers’ cre- Consolidation of Merchant Mariner Qualification Credentials. dentials into a new MMC,” MM&P said. “A consolidated MMC The USCG seeks to combine the merchant mariner document would not reduce either the number of documents a mariner (MMD) and license, with its STCW endorsements, into a single would have to carry or the number of issuance fees he or she document called the Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC). The would have to pay. A combined MMD/TWIC would.” agency said it considered combining all documents in the TWIC Current documentation and licensing regulations, MM&P card, but that in this case, there wouldn’t be enough room on the said, should not be transformed into a system of endorsements on card to print the necessary information. In addition, the USCG a newly created MMC. “The overwhelming majority of licensed says, the amount of data would exceed the storage capacity of the officers favor retaining the license as a separate document and as chip embedded in the TWIC. a certificate of qualifications at the licensed level,” MM&P said, “These are problems of the USCG’s own making,” MM&P and “this is evident from the comments USCG has received on said. The information overload would be created precisely by the this proposal.”
May - June 2007 - 2 - The Master, Mate & Pilot MM&P TESTIFIES BEFORE SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) should pre-empt local port access schemes and be compatible with international seafarers identity documents, MM&P head- quarters staffer Mike Rodriguez told members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation at a hear- ing in April. As currently written, the regulations allow any state, port or facility to develop its own duplicative access control system. “The imposition of numerous inconsistent local requirements would require workers to file numerous applications, undergo numer- MM&P Pilots Membership Group Vice President George Quick, Mike Rodriguez, Executive Assistant to MM&P International President Tim Brown, ous background checks and pay the fees associated with all and MIRAID’s Jim Patti at the Senate Commerce Committee hearing. the perhaps dozens of identity cards they would have to carry,” Rodriguez, the Executive Assistant to MM&P International Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will miss the July 1 President Tim Brown, told the senators. “Such a system places an deadline by which the program is supposed to be in place at the unreasonable burden on workers and on interstate and foreign top ten U.S. ports in terms of risk. commerce,” he said. Mariners and port workers have until Sept. 25, 2008 to obtain In addition, because TWIC will not be interoperable with a TWIC. Until then, they can gain access to secure areas of ports, international standards, the vast majority of ships and crews in facilities and vessels by showing a valid Merchant Mariner’s U.S. ports will not even be covered. “U.S. ships working cargo in Document (MMD) or a merchant mariner’s license with a photo a U.S. port with U.S. labor will have to comply… while a compet- ID. (For more information on MM&P’s testimony, see “Washington ing foreign ship with a foreign crew at the same terminal will be Observer” on pages 6-8.) exempt,” he testified. Senators at the hearing criticized the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) about the delays and cost overruns that have plagued the program. About 1,700 of the cards have been Chemical Facility Security issued so far. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) commented that since the government has already funded the program to the tune Rules Could Further Impede of $99.4 million, “that works out to [a cost of] nearly $60,000 per card.” He called TWIC “another example of mismanagement and Port Access poor planning by this Administration.” One witness, Lisa Himber of the Maritime Exchange for the MM&P has told the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Delaware River and Bay, testified that the regulations do not that the agency’s interim final rules on chemical facility security address the use of casual workers who enter ports as infrequently do not address the concerns of maritime labor. The union says as once a year to handle surges in seasonal cargo, such as crops. the rules as they are currently formulated could interfere with The Coast Guard’s draft NVIC calls for them to be “escorted” by a mariners’ right to shore leave and hamper shipowners attempting TWIC-holder, but Himber pointed out that such a scenario would to carry out essential operations in port. be impractical at best. “At the hiring hall, a longshoreman offers Vessels and port facilities are covered under the U.S. Coast to drive four day laborers to the pier for work,” she hypothesized. Guard Maritime Security Regulations, while chemical facilities “Upon arrival, these individuals may be assigned to work different fall under the control of DHS. In comments filed with DHS on ships, and therefore the TWIC-holder is no longer in a position to April 16, MM&P said that in cases in which maritime facilities serve as escort. Or perhaps one of the workers is female and the are enclosed within a refinery or chemical facility, the rules must TWIC-holder is male. Surely he cannot be expected to stay by her therefore provide guidance on how conflicts in requirements side during the entire workday.” Himber also asked how a TWIC- between the different security regimes should be handled. holding worker could escort other people while fulfilling his or At minimum, MM&P said, to facilitate terminal access her own professional responsibilities on a ship or in a port. for workers holding a Transportation Worker Identification TSA’s Hawley testified at the hearing that rollout of the TWIC Credential (TWIC), the rules should include a provision requir- will be delayed once again because of technical glitches. The ing that a chemical facility security officer be on hand to interface most recent delay significantly increases the probability that the with the vessel security officer and the port facility security officer.
The Master, Mate & Pilot - 3 - May - June 2007 laceholder NEWS BRIEFS (CONTINUED) Congratulations Kyle Hamill!
MM&P Government Group Will Matson Navigation Company has selected Kyle Hamill, second Crew USNS Emory S. Land mate on the Cape Jacob, for its “Licensed Deck Officer of the Quarter” award. Hamill was recognized by the company for his Military Sealift Command (MSC) will assume operation of the “outstanding work” on the Cape Jacob. “He brings enthusiasm, prior submarine tender USS Emory S. Land from the Navy early next knowledge and experience” to the job, said a company spokesman year. The T-AS 39 vessel will be crewed by members of MM&P’s in an official announcement. “He has an eye for detail and good Government Employees Group. MSC will assign a rider crew to organizational skills, which have been a great asset to ship opera- the vessel this autumn. The crew, which will be divided almost tons.” In the photo above, Hamill (center) celebrates with Captain equally between civilian mariners and naval personnel, will man Tom Stapleton of Matson (left) and Captain Morgan McManus. the vessel on the route to Bremerhaven, where it will be con- verted to USNS. The mission of submarine tenders is to provide fleet commanders with the ability to conduct on-site repairs to deployed submarines and surface ships. Tender support includes MM&P Government Rep immediately available material and a sovereign staging area to conduct nuclear, submarine and surface ship repairs. (Above) The Meets With Army Corps USS Emory S. Land at anchor in Souda Bay in a 2003 U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate First Class Benjamin D. Olvey. Officials
New MM&P Watch Is Attractive and Easy to Wear The newest addition to the elegant line of MM&P Political Contribution Fund (PCF) gifts is a highly polished, two-tone watch that is easy to fasten and unfasten. Perfect for any MM&P Government Fleet Representative Randi Ciszewski occasion, this quality, union-made watch, and Colonel John “J.P.” Pulliam Jr., Wilmington, N.C., Army available in both men’s and women’s editions, Corps District Commander, were among the participants in a can be yours for a $200 contribution to the recent Labor Management Partnership Council meeting at the PCF. The first watches in the series were set Wilmington Army Corps District Offices. During the meeting, the to arrive as this issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot went to press. parties worked out the details of agreements that benefit Army Make your contribution today on the Members Only section of Corps employees represented by MM&P. “The union applauds www.bridgedeck.org, or call MM&P Assistant Comptroller Beverly management’s efforts and willingness to resolve matters at the Gutmann at 410-850-8700 ext. 11 for more information. most informal stage,” Ciszewski said.
May - June 2007 - 4 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Court Finds in Favor of ARTCO Captain Who Refused to Push Barges He Calls Unsafe In a recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh conclude that the evaluations were “orders” subject to the protec- Circuit, a mariner’s right to refuse to perform duties that he tion of the Seaman’s Protection Act. believes would result in injuries to himself or others has been upheld. NLRB Agrees to Hear Brusco’s Appeal ARTCO had initiated a “six long” program in which mari- ners would push 48 barges in six rows of eight rather than the of MM&P Win on Supervisory Case traditional 40 barges in a five-by-eight formation. Captain Larry A three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board Gwin told the company that anything above 40 would be unsafe (NLRB) has granted review of the Seattle NLRB Regional on that stretch of the Mississippi River. Although claiming that Director’s finding that pilots are not supervisors within the mean- the program was purely voluntary, the company kept urging ing of the law because they do not direct the work of others. This Gwin to take 48 barges and gave him only “fair” performance is the third time the board will be considering the same issue filed evaluations because of his refusal to operate vessels to “their full by Brusco Tug and Barge, which is attempting to overturn election potential” and “learn new skills.” The company offered to provide results certifying MM&P as the representative of Brusco’s employ- additional training and wages to any captains who volunteered to ees. The case found its way back into the legal arena after the most push the larger formation. recent rulings in Oakland Healthcare interpreting supervisory Gwin was eventually discharged as part of an alleged reduc- criteria established in the Kentucky River Nurses case. MM&P has tion in force. Despite never having received an “explicit order” to won this case numerous times, going back to 1999. It is hoped that push 48 barges, the Appeals Court found that a jury could prop- these employees will finally be able to realize their desire of hav- erly infer from the facts that ARTCO “implicitly ordered” him to ing MM&P represent them when the board issues a decision in a push six long. The court further found that Gwin could properly couple of months.
And a Great Time Was Had By All! “There was no electricity in MM&P’s Seattle Hall on the night of Grimshaw. “Mary Grimshaw and I have been Offshore members our holiday party because we had had a big (and unusual) rain- of MM&P since 1979,” Donnelly writes. “This is the first holiday storm,” writes Nancy Donnelly. “Seattle Port Rep Kathleen Moran party where four female Offshore members were present!” and Pacific Ports Vice President Don Marcus did a marvelous job setting up for a party in those circumstances!” In the photos: Katherine Sweeney and son Peter Patrick O’Halloran (four months old); Mary Grimshaw and Nancy Donnelly with Don Marcus; and (left to right) Chris Kluck, Mark Lewis, Robin Colonas, Jay Thomas, Gary Lightner, Bruce Baglien, Nancy Donnelly and Mary
The Master, Mate & Pilot - 5 - May - June 2007 laceholder NEWS BRIEFS (CONTINUED) MM&P and American American Legion Post #230 Maritime Officers Together Donates $25,000 to at “Salute to Congress” Merchant Marine Memorial MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer Glen Banks and American Maritime Officers (AMO) President Tom Bethel took advantage of an opportunity to talk shop at the annual “Salute to Congress” awards ceremony in May. Banks (left) and Bethel are pictured above with Phree Baker, assistant editor of The American Maritime Officer. MM&P International President Tim Brown and Pilots Group Vice President George Quick were also in attendance at the event, at which Sen. John Warner was honored for his “consistent and strong support” of the U.S. maritime industry. American Legion San Francisco Post #230 has donated $25,000 to the American Merchant Marine Memorial in San Pedro, Calif. The memorial’s “Wall of Honor” lists the names of more than 7,000 brave merchant mariners and their ships. Here, Paul H. United Inland Group’s Steve Nielsen, former MM&P Pacific Ports vice president, receives the check from Ray Shipway, San Francisco branch agent for MM&P’s Demeroutis Meets With United Inland Group. MM&P offshore member Frank Medeiros is commander of Post 230. Nielsen is vice president of the Memorial New Governor of Alaska Committee.
Another Honor for MM&P- Crewed USNS John Ericsson Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson has been honored once again for excellence in environ- mental stewardship. The Ericsson and its crew will receive the Secretary of the Navy’s Environmental Quality Small Ship Award for fiscal year 2006. In February, the vessel was recognized for its environmental program by the Chief of Naval Operations. “The true significance of this award is that it recognizes the enormous efforts required by all licensed officers to meet the stringent shipboard environmental standards of today,” said Capt. Robert T. Wiley, the ship’s civil service master. The vessel is crewed by 81 civil service mariners and 23 active duty Navy sailors. The awards recognize the crew’s work in preventing pollution, ensuring readi- ness in responding to environmental issues, conserving resources MM&P United Inland Group Vice President Steve Demeroutis and complying with environmental regulations. The Ericsson and was in Juneau, Alaska, to welcome the new governor, Sarah Palin. its crew are contenders for the Secretary of Defense Environmental Demeroutis and Palin discussed Alaska’s vast transportation net- Awards, which will be announced later this year. work, while the governor’s daughter, Piper, looked on.
May - June 2007 - 6 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Visa Requirement Beaten Back at IMO Maritime labor pushed back an attempt by some European Union At the working group meeting, Bainbridge presented the (EU) countries and the United States to add “information on unions’ position that such an amendment: crewmembers’ visas” to the material local authorities could request ■ would stand in contradiction to the FAL convention because it from arriving ships. MM&P is among the labor unions working would hinder trade rather than facilitate it; tirelessly to defeat this proposal, along with similar attempts to ■ would be in violation of International Labor Organization limit seafarers’ right to shore leave, a right which is guaranteed by (ILO ) Convention 185, which establishes international stan- international treaties. Shore leave, the unions argue, is also a ques- dards for seafarers’ identity documents intended to be accepted tion of human rights. worldwide; At the March meetings of the International Maritime ■ would send the wrong political message: in essence, that a Organization (IMO) in London, the unions found themselves requirement that seafarers have visas is acceptable to the world in agreement on this particular issue with cruise line companies. shipping community; The cruise lines are concerned that if such an amendment to the ■ would be detrimental to efforts to recruit and retain qualified IMO Convention succeeds, it will be applied to passengers on seafarers since it would restrict access to shore leave and the abil- cruise ships. The controversial amendment, which was proposed ity of support organizations to come aboard ships. by the Netherlands, would have allowed port authorities to request information on crewmembers’ visas for the arrival, stay As things now stand, crewmembers are generally allowed and departure of a ship. It was submitted to the Committee on ashore after formalities with customs and immigration officials. Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL). Since 9/11, the U.S. State Department requires visas and so do some Unions argued such an amendment would run counter to the other countries, many in retaliation to the new U.S. position. spirit of the Convention and would violate other international MM&P was represented at the meeting by Mike Rodriguez, rules protecting seafarers’ rights. executive assistant to MM&P International President Tim At the March meetings, MM&P was part of the delegation of Brown. Rodriguez participated in a working group that drafted the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). guidance for member states toward implementing the World The IMO is an intergovernmental organization composed of Customs Organization’s (WCO) SAFE Framework and Authorized member governments. Non-governmental organizations such as Economic Operator Guidelines. The SAFE Framework is a set of the ICFTU participate in the debates but do not have a vote with principles that national customs agencies and players in the global the member governments in the final determination of the issues. supply chain must follow to have their cargo treated as secure and John Bainbridge of the International Transportation Workers processed more quickly for shipment. The working group also Federation and Bill Eglinton of the Seafarers International Union began to discuss drafting guidance on how governments could represented the ICFTU delegation in the meetings on the visa cooperate to handle terrorist incidents with an eye toward moving question. The committee ultimately voted overwhelmingly to cargoes known to be secure and protecting seafarers from unnec- reject the visa requirement, an outcome with which the United essary detention. States expressed displeasure.
USNS Alan Shepard Will Join New Ships in MSC Fleet The USNS Alan Shepard, christened last December, is the third of what will ultimately be 11 T-AKE 1 class ships in the government fleet. It follows on the heels of USNS Lewis and Clarke, which was consigned to Military Sealift Command a year ago, and USNS Sacagawea. The T-AKE 1 class ships are capable of operating at sea for extended periods of time. Their role will include transferring ammunition, food, limited quantities of fuel, repair parts, ship store items and expendable supplies and material to U.S., NATO and other allied ships. The Shepard, which will be crewed by 124 civilian mariners, is named after Navy Rear Adm. Alan B. Shepard Jr. It is 689 feet long, has an overall beam of 106 feet, a draft of 30 feet and displaces approximately 42,000 tons. —Katy Bradford MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND
The Master, Mate & Pilot - 7 - May - June 2007 placeholder for color bar WASHINGTON OBSERVER
Maritime Issues Take Center Stage C. James Patti
Increasing amounts of time cated on the fact that U.S.-flag commercial vessels must compete and attention are being against heavily subsidized foreign-flag ships and foreign crews dedicated to matters that that, unlike their U.S. counterparts, often operate in a tax-free affect American mariners environment or in an environment largely free of the standards, and the U.S.-flag maritime protections and obligations imposed on U.S.-flag vessels and industry as the Democratic- crews by our government. Any funding shortfall makes it that controlled Congress con- much harder for U.S.-flag vessels to compete for the carriage tinues work on its 100-day of America’s foreign trade and maintain active commercial agenda and the debate over operations. funding for the Iraq War For this reason, a number of senators and representatives have intensifies. More and more, pledged to work with us and others in our industry to secure members of Congress are full fiscal year 2008 funding for the Maritime Security Program. coming to realize that their The Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, under action or inaction will affect the leadership of Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), is scheduled to the continued employment act on its version of a transportation appropriations bill prior of American mariners and the growth and operation of the U.S.- to Congress’s summer recess. Its counterpart on the House side, flag fleet—which in turn will determine whether our country has chaired by Rep. John Olver (D-Mass.), is expected to follow a the American seafaring personnel and U.S.-flag vessels necessary similar schedule. These Congressional leaders understand that to protect our economic and military security. failing to fully fund MSP and turning over the responsibility of supplying our troops to foreign-flag ships with foreign crews Fiscal Year 2008 Funding for MSP would put the safety of our troops at risk and prove, in the long One of the most important ways that Congress can ensure our run, to be far more costly to our nation than it would be to fully country has sufficient U.S.-flag commercial sealift capability is fund our own commercial sealift program. to fully fund the Maritime Security Program (MSP) in fiscal year 2008. This program authorizes the operation of a maritime secu- rity fleet comprised of 60 privately owned, militarily useful U.S.- Maritime Security and the TWIC Expressing the concern and frustration many members of flag commercial vessels crewed by American merchant mariners. Congress feel about the vulnerability to terrorism of our nation’s Under the program, the owners of the vessels in the maritime ports and maritime facilities, and about the failure of the security fleet pledge to make their ships, as well as their world- Administration to put in place the port access controls man- wide logistics networks, available to the Department of Defense dated by Congress, Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) recently said (DOD) whenever and wherever needed. It is this program that “[Congress] needs assurance that the Administration has taken gives DOD the U.S.-flag, U.S.-crewed capability it needs at the seriously its mismanagement of the Transportation Worker onset of hostilities, as well as the American-flag shipping capabil- Identification Credential (TWIC) program.” The TWIC pro- ity to sustain our troops overseas. Funding the maritime security gram was authorized by Congress as a means to control access program is, in fact, a way to meaningfully support our troops, to America’s ports, increase the security of ports and maritime because with the maritime security fleet, the carriage of equip- facilities and reduce the risk of terrorist attacks against American ment, supplies and materiel to our armed forces overseas is under ports. Inouye’s comments came during a public hearing April 12 the control of American-crewed ships, not foreign-flag, foreign- before the Senate Commerce Committee, which he chairs. crewed ships. Unfortunately, however, for the second fiscal year in a row, It goes without saying that American seafaring, longshore and the Administration has not requested the amount authorized transportation workers have a direct interest in measures designed to by Congress to fully fund MSP. Rather than ask Congress to enhance our nation’s maritime security. For this reason, MM&P and appropriate the $156 million needed in fiscal year 2008 to fully other maritime labor and management organizations have supported support the 60-ship maritime security fleet, the Administration the purpose and intent of the TWIC program. It has long been the has instead requested $154.4 million. While the difference may position of MM&P that access control procedures, including identi- not seem large, it is important to understand that the financial fication cards, can be important tools in the effort to prevent terrorist support authorized by the Maritime Security Program is predi- acts against America’s maritime transportation system.
May - June 2007 - 8 - The Master, Mate & Pilot At the same time, it has been our position that to work properly, Mariner Licensing and Credentialing the TWIC program must not only improve the security of our trans- Seeking to address various regulatory problems that affect the portation system, it must ensure the efficient flow of commerce and employment of American mariners, Rep. Steve LaTourette preserve the rights of America’s transportation workers, workers who (R-Ohio) has introduced legislation designed to “make it easier are essential participants in the supply chain and its security. and quicker for workers to obtain the proper credentials and Testifying at the April 12 hearing, Mike Rodriguez, executive licenses to work on vessels.” His bill, HR 1605, the “Merchant assistant to MM&P International President Tim Brown, told the Mariner Credentials Improvement Act of 2007,” has been senators on behalf of the union that the current TWIC game plan referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. falls short in a number of key areas. First, the TWIC regulations do LaTourette is the Ranking Republican on the Committee’s not establish a single, national security system based on a compre- Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. hensive security record check that can be used in a uniform system LaTourette noted in introducing the bill that the backlog for by a mobile workforce. Unfortunately, instead of creating a national renewals is causing mariners to lose employment and income while system that would become the standard for all maritime workers they wait for the Coast Guard to process their license renewal appli- throughout the country, the current system allows local facilities and cations. To rectify the situation, his bill allows the Coast Guard to jurisdictions to establish their own requirements for background grant a mariner a one-year extension while the agency works to clear checks, access control and fees. its backlog. In addition, HR 1605 would prohibit the Coast Guard Rodriguez told the committee that “this situation is inconsistent from charging a fee for any credential that is not issued within a with the goals of the TWIC program and unnecessarily burdens period of 30 days after the application is complete. Finally, to encour- transportation workers who, by the nature of their work, require age mariners to file for renewal as early as possible, the legislation access to secure areas throughout a port, a state, the nation, and would make the renewal effective on the date the previous license even internationally. Terrorism and the prevention of terrorism are expires, not on the date the renewal was issued. LaTourette’s legisla- national, not local, concerns and the standards and system put in tion would also: place to address these national concerns should take precedence over • prohibit the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from all others and not be left to the vagaries of each individual facility, fingerprinting an individual separately for both the merchant port, city or state.” mariner credential and the TWIC; As long as the program continues to allow each state, port and • require DHS to submit a report to Congress on ways to alter facility to develop its own unique access control system, MM&P merchant mariner documents to make them TWIC- and warned, “the TWIC will impose tremendous costs on the industry International Labor Organization (ILO)-compliant, including and its workforce but provide no real value in terms of ensuring the adding a biometric identifier to the card; free flow of commerce. The imposition of numerous inconsistent • require the Maritime Administration to submit a report to local requirements will require transportation workers to file numer- Congress discussing methods to address “the current and future ous applications, undergo numerous background checks and pay shortage in the number of merchant mariners, particularly the fees associated with all the perhaps dozens of identity cards they entry-level mariners, including an evaluation of whether an would have to carry.” MM&P strongly believes that this is an area in educational loan program providing loans for the cost of on-the- which Congress should step in and put the TWIC program back on job training would provide an incentive for workers and help track by mandating federal preemption over all local access control alleviate the shortage”; requirements. • require the Coast Guard to submit a report to Congress discuss- Rodriguez raised a number of other concerns. First, the TWIC ing the expansion of a pilot program which helped mariners program will not use established international card standards, and complete application forms; ways to simplify the application will therefore not cover the foreign workers who crew the foreign process so that mistakes occur less frequently; methods to vessels that transport approximately 95 percent of America’s foreign provide mariners with notice as to the status of their applica- trade. He told the committee that “because our TWIC system will tions; and plans to ensure that all documentation is stored in not be interoperable with international standards, the vast majority electronic format; and of ships and crews in U.S. waters will not be covered under TWIC- • remove “the unnecessary and antiquated requirement that mari- based access control systems.” He noted that “U.S. ships working ners swear an oath during their application for credentials.” cargo in a U.S. port with U.S. labor will have to comply with U.S. security provisions while a competing foreign ship with a foreign C. James Patti is president of MIRAID, the Washington, D.C.- crew at the same terminal will be exempt.” MM&P strongly believes based organization that represents U.S.-flag shipping companies that this is another area in which Congress should step in and put the engaged in all aspects of our nation’s foreign and domestic shipping TWIC program back on track by requiring that the TWIC system trades and which have collective bargaining relationships with the use the readily available international standards. International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P). ■
The Master, Mate & Pilot - 9 - May - June 2007 NEWS FROM HEADQUARTERS The TWIC Waiver and Appeals Process Mike Rodriguez
In the March-April issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot, I wrote “Permanent Disqualifying Offenses” include: espionage; about the enrollment process for the Transportation Worker sedition; treason; terrorism; a crime involving a transporta- Identification Credential (TWIC). In this article, I will describe tion security incident; improper transportation of hazardous how a worker who is denied a TWIC can apply for a waiver or materials; unlawful possession, shipping, purchase, etc. of an file an appeal. It is important to note that as this issue went to explosive device; murder; making any threat or conveying false press, the government had placed the TWIC program on hold information relating to the placement, delivery or detonation of indefinitely. MM&P will update readers through The Wheelhouse an explosive or other lethal device; violations of the Racketeer Weekly as more information becomes available. I would like to Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) or similar add that this article and other articles on the TWIC in MM&P state laws where one of the acts found by a jury or admitted by publications are solely informational in scope. For MM&P’s the defendant consists of one of the crimes in this list; attempts official comments on the TWIC regulations, U.S. Coast Guard and conspiracy to commit any of the crimes in this list. (USCG) policy and a number of legislative proposals, go to “Interim Disqualifying Offenses” are disqualifying if the www.bridgedeck.org. applicant (1) has been convicted of the crime within seven years The appeals process of the date of application or (2) was incarcerated for the crime The appeals process set forth in the final rule on TWIC (Jan. 25, within five years of the date of application. Interim disqualifying 2007) was not part of the proposed rule that the Transportation offenses include: unlawful possession, shipping, purchase, etc. of Security Administration (TSA) published in May 2006. In the a firearm or other weapon; extortion; dishonesty, fraud or mis- Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006, which representation; bribery; smuggling; immigration violations; dis- became law in July 2006, Congress directed TSA to establish a tribution, possession with intent to distribute or importation of a system of administrative law judges (ALJs) to handle waivers and controlled substance; arson; kidnapping or hostage taking; rape appeals. This is a significant improvement over the process set or aggravated sexual abuse; assault with intent to kill; robbery; forth in the proposed rule, which would have kept the appeals conspiracy or attempts to commit the foregoing crimes; viola- process within TSA and would not have provided a framework tions of the RICO Act or similar state law other than violations for the degree of impartiality that the ALJ system provides. listed in the Permanently Disqualifying list, for fraudulent entry Once applicants have enrolled (supplied biographical infor- into secure seaport areas. Applicants who are under warrant or mation, provided their fingerprints and paid the fee), TSA will under indictment for the listed crimes are disqualified until the perform a background check. The background check consists of: warrant is released or the indictment is dismissed. (1) a criminal history records check (CHRC); (2) an intelligence- If a fingerprint check reveals an arrest for a disqualifying related check to ascertain whether the individual poses a terrorist risk; and (3) a check of the applicant’s immigration status. In this crime but there is no indication of disposition of the case, TSA phase of the process, TSA can check international databases, ter- will notify the applicant and provide instructions as to how the rorist watch lists or any other relevant database. applicant must clear the disposition. The applicant has 60 days after the service date of the notification to provide TSA with Disqualifications written proof that the arrest did not result in conviction. TSA Under the final rule, in its “Initial Determination of Threat may also deny a TWIC to an applicant who has had: extensive Assessment,” TSA can deny an applicant a TWIC for three rea- foreign or domestic criminal convictions; a conviction for a seri- sons: (1) disqualifying criminal offenses; (2) immigration status; ous crime not listed; or a period of foreign or domestic imprison- or (3) mental incapacity. I will discuss disqualifying criminal ment that exceeds 365 days. offenses and immigration status. Immigrations status Disqualifying criminal offenses Citizens of the United States are eligible for a TWIC. Aliens are According to 49 CFR 1570.3, conviction means: “…any plea of also eligible if they belong to one of several categories. I will list guilty or nolo contendere, or any finding of guilt, except when the finding of guilt is subsequently overturned on appeal, pardoned, some of them here: lawful permanent resident of the United or expunged.” States; a refugee or an alien granted asylum under 8 USC 1158; A conviction is expunged when it is removed from the aliens in lawful nonimmigrant status with unrestricted autho- individual’s criminal history record and there are no legal dis- rization to work in the United States, with exceptions; certain abilities or restrictions associated with the expunged conviction. aliens in lawful immigration status with restricted authorization A person can be denied a TWIC for being convicted of certain to work in the United States. The reader can find the full text disqualifying criminal offenses. Under the rule, the disqualifying of TSA’s Standards for Security Threat Assessments in 49 CFR criminal offenses can be “Permanent” or “Interim.” Subpart B.
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The waiver process TSA must provide to the Applicants who have been applicant the non-classified convicted of any one of the materials on which its deter- listed “Permanent Disqualifying mination was based within 60 Criminal Offenses” (except days of the applicant’s request espionage, sedition, treason and for materials. Also within 60 terrorism) or any one of the days of the applicant’s request, “Interim Disqualifying Criminal TSA may request additional Offenses,” or who are aliens information that it believes under Temporary Protected is necessary to make a “Final Status, can apply for a waiver Determination.” under 49 CFR 1515.7. TSA can Applicants who appeal issue a waiver when, after a a denial based on incorrect review of information provided information must contact the by the applicant, it determines jurisdiction or entity responsi- the individual is not a security As this issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot went to press, the TWIC program had ble for the error and correct the threat. Applicants can initiate been placed on indefinite hold by the government. The Transportation Security Administration’s web site informs workers who attempt to “pre-enroll” for the information. Then the appli- the waiver process by applying card that “pre-enrollment is not currently available.” MM&P will provide updates cant must provide TSA with for a waiver, in writing, at enroll- on the status of the TWIC program as information becomes available. a revised record or a certified ment or at any time up to 60 true copy of the information. days after the date of service of a “Final Determination of Threat Within 60 days of receipt of the applicant’s response, TSA Assessment.” TSA will take into account the circumstances of the will issue a “Final Determination of Threat Assessment” or a disqualifying offense, any restitution made by the applicant, fed- “Withdrawal of the Initial Determination.” The “Withdrawal of eral or state remedies, or other factors that indicate the applicant the Initial Determination” clears the applicant to receive a TWIC. is no longer a security threat. The agency will send the applicant The applicant may appeal a “Final Determination of Threat a written decision within 60 days of service of the waiver request Assessment” to a USCG administrative law judge as discussed or longer, as TSA may determine for good cause. If TSA grants below. the waiver, the agency will issue a “Determination of No Security Threat” to the USCG within 60 days of the applicant’s request for Review by administrative law judge a waiver, or longer as TSA may determine for good cause. If TSA and TSA final decision maker denies the waiver request, then the applicant may request review Applicants who are denied a waiver or who have been issued a of the case before an administrative law judge. The request must “Final Determination of Threat Assessment” can request a review be made within 30 days of receipt of the denial (see the section by an administrative law judge (ALJ). The request must be below, “Review by administrative law judge and TSA final deci- made no later than 30 days from the date of service of the deci- sion maker”). sion to deny a waiver or of the “Final Determination of Threat The appeal process Assessment.” Requests for review must clearly state the issues to If TSA determines that an applicant is a security threat (“Initial be considered by the ALJ and include: a copy of the applicant’s Determination of Threat Assessment”), the applicant will be request for a waiver; all materials provided by the applicant to notified by mail. TSA will include information about how to file TSA with the waiver request; a copy of the decision issued by an appeal. TSA denying the waiver or a copy of the “Initial Notification All applicants have the opportunity to appeal a disqualifica- of Threat Assessment”; and a copy of the “Final Notification of tion and can apply to TSA for a waiver if they are disqualified Threat Assessment”; and a copy of the applicant’s appeal. for certain crimes, or if they are aliens in Temporary Protected The request for review may not include new information that Status. was not included in the original appeal. Any new information Applicants who receive an “Initial Determination of Threat must be presented as part of a new appeal. Assessment” can appeal by asserting that they meet the standards for the security threat assessment. Final thoughts The applicant initiates the appeal process by submitting a The start date for enrollment in the TWIC program has been written response to TSA requesting the materials upon which the postponed. As this issue of the magazine went to press, TSA determination was made, or by requesting an extension of time. and its contractor, Lockheed Martin, were trying to decide If the applicant does not respond within 60 days of receipt of the where to locate mobile and permanent enrollment centers. In “Initial Determination of Threat Assessment,” then it becomes a addition, there is currently no way to pre-enroll on the TWIC “Final Determination of Threat Assessment.” At this point, TSA website (www.tsa.gov/twic). I will provide updates through The will notify the USCG. Wheelhouse Weekly as the news comes in. ■
The Master, Mate & Pilot - 11 - May - June 2007 MERCHANT OFFICERS’ LABOR ALLIANCE — by and between — MARINE ENGINEERS’ BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION, AFL-CIO and INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MASTERS, MATES & PILOTS, ILA/AFL-CIO (Signed: March 1, 2007)
This AGREEMENT is made by and between and IOMMP’s membership in accordance with to resolve any deadlock in any manner as it District No. 1-Pacific Coast District, Marine each organization’s established procedures as deems appropriate, provided that such resolu- Engineers’ Beneficial Association (“MEBA”) set forth in the constitutions and bylaws, there tion is based upon unanimous consent. In the and International Organization of Masters, shall be established an alliance known as the event the Joint Board is unable to resolve the Mates & Pilots (“IOMMP”). Merchant Officers’ Labor Alliance (“MOLA”). deadlock, then the matter shall remain unrati- fied and closed. RECITALS 2. Purpose: MOLA shall exist for the pur- pose of fostering and strengthening the frater- 6. Responsibilities and Duties of JOC: The MEBA and IOMMP represent United States nal relationship between MEBA and IOMMP JOC shall meet periodically and as necessary Coast Guard licensed merchant officers who so that both organizations may secure strong- in order to effectuate the purposes of MOLA. work aboard U.S. flag commercial vessels er contracts with increased job security for Its responsibilities and duties shall include the engaged in domestic and international com- their respective members. MOLA shall strive to following: merce. MEBA and IOMMP also represent develop the framework for the eventual unifi- A. Coalition Bargaining: MEBA and IOMMP United States Coast Guard licensed civilian cation of the two organizations. mariners working aboard vessels operated by shall through the JOC jointly negotiate certain United States government agencies, includ- 3. Governing Structure of MOLA: MOLA agreed upon contracts. Collective bargaining ing Military Sealift Command and the Army shall be governed by a Joint Operating contracts designated and approved for coali- Corps of Engineers. Over the years, MEBA and Committee (“JOC”) consisting of six (6) tion bargaining shall hereafter be referred to IOMMP have worked closely together for the Directors, three (3) of whom shall be appointed as “Coalition Contracts,” and the joint negotiat- mutual aid and protection of their respective by MEBA (“MEBA Directors”) and three (3) of ing teams of such Coalition Contracts desig- members. Indeed, both organizations and whom shall be appointed by IOMMP (“IOMMP nated by MEBA and IOMMP shall hereafter be their respective members have achieved con- Directors”), in accordance with each organi- referred to as “Joint Negotiating Committees,” siderable successes when they have worked in zation’s established procedures. In addition or “JNCs.” Each JNC shall formulate bargaining unison. to the JOC, each organization may assign one proposals and strategies. Each JNC shall also rank-and-file member from the Atlantic, Gulf develop appropriate ground rules to carry on But, as separate labor organizations, each and Pacific coasts to serve as an alternate negotiations from start to completion. with their own history, structure and priorities, director on the JOC. over the years MEBA and IOMMP also have MEBA and IOMMP shall through the JOC worked in competition and at cross purposes 4. Quorum: No action may be taken by the jointly negotiate the following commercial con- with one another. Such divisions too often JOC without a quorum. A quorum shall require tracts with the following companies: have resulted in disappointing results for both at least two (2) MEBA Directors and at least • APL Marine Services • Maersk organizations and their members. two (2) IOMMP Directors. All JOC directors • Central Gulf • Matson shall receive proper advance notification of all • E-Ships • Sulphur Carriers In an ever-globalizing industry, MEBA and proposed meetings. Meetings may take place • Horizon • Waterman IOMMP believe it is in their best interests to via teleconference calls. • Lamont-Doherty forge a new, cooperative relationship predi- cated on inter-union coordination which, to 5. Ratification of Action and Deadlock In addition, MEBA and IOMMP shall the fullest extent possible, avoids competition Procedure: The MEBA Directors shall, col- through the JOC negotiate the following gov- and discord. lectively, have one (1) vote and the IOMMP ernment contracts: Directors likewise shall, collectively have one • Patriot Contract Services • Matson Accordingly, consistent with such objec- (1) vote. All actions requiring a vote of the JOC tives, and in accordance with the terms and • Central Gulf • Waterman Directors shall be deemed ratified only upon a • Horizon conditions set forth herein, MEBA and IOMMP vote of 2-0. All actions requiring a vote of the hereby adopt and enter into this Maritime JOC Directors that result in a vote of 1-1 shall For future government contract bids, it Labor Alliance. be considered “deadlocked” and therefore is agreed that the organizations will develop not ratified. Any matter that results in a dead- bilateral agreements for the specific govern- TERMS lock shall be referred to a two-person Joint ment solicitations in which employers of both 1. Establishment of Alliance and Effective Oversight Board (“Joint Board”), consisting of organizations plan to submit proposals. To the Date: Effective the first day of the month fol- the presidents of MEBA and IOMMP, respec- extent practicable, said bilateral agreements lowing ratification of this Agreement by MEBA’s tively. The Joint Board shall have the power for government contracts shall be structured
May - June 2007 - 12 - The Master, Mate & Pilot so as to permit cross shipping of members targets, the JOC, shall formulate and submit rules regarding the dispatch of jobs covered by between the two organizations. Further, the a detailed organizing strategy for approval by such a universal shipping card. organizations will support and encourage the MEBA and IOMMP. Upon approval of a joint H. Drafting Committee: The JOC shall re-establishment of the “Tripartite Agreement.” organizing target by MEBA and IOMMP, the appoint a unification agreement drafting com- The JOC may also recommend to the MEBA JOC shall commence an organizing campaign mittee (“Drafting Committee”) consisting of not and IOMMP executive boards additional exist- directly on behalf of MEBA and IOMMP and more than two (2) representatives from each ing collective bargaining contracts that would MOLA. organization, which may include JOC Directors, be appropriate for coalition bargaining by the E. Joint Services: The JOC shall review to prepare a draft unification agreement. Said two organizations. MEBA and IOMMP agree that and make specific recommendations to the draft agreement shall be presented to the JOC. they will actively support each other through- executive boards of MEBA and IOMMP regard- Upon presentation of the draft to the JOC, the out all Coalition Contract negotiations. To this ing ways in which the two organizations may JOC shall establish a timeline for the revision end, MEBA and IOMMP and their appointed efficiently and economically streamline their or completion of the draft. Said draft shall JNC members agree that they will not unilat- administrative and support functions. As an be advisory only. The advisory draft unifica- erally make any bargaining proposals to the example, MEBA and IOMMP have pooled tion agreement shall serve for the purpose employer, will not sign or otherwise reach any resources to ship jobs in Jacksonville, FL out of identifying the similarities and differences agreement with the employer until both organi- of the same hiring hall. In Puerto Rico, one hir- between the two organizations’ constitutions, zations have reached satisfactory agreements, ing hall jointly ships night engineers and night by-laws, shipping rules, collective bargaining and will not allow any of its members to cross mates. It is the desire of MEBA and IOMMP agreements and other governing documents. or work behind the other organization’s picket to provide single hiring halls in Norfolk and Any subsequent unification agreement shall lines. Tampa when conditions are appropriate. It is be subject to the ratification of each organi- The provisions of this section shall not the desire of both parties to examine the pos- zation’s members in separate, secret-ballot diminish the collective bargaining rights of sibilities of merging larger hiring halls, taking votes. locally constituted bargaining unit negotiating into account ownership of the current halls I. Other: The JOC shall be vested with and committees. Traditional negotiating commit- and the convenience for the local membership. exercise such additional duties and respon- tees as established under the Constitutions, Other joint service reviews and recommenda- sibilities as may be jointly delegated to it by Work Rules, By Laws and collective bargaining tions may relate to the viability of sharing and/ MEBA and IOMMP. Any additional duties and agreements of MEBA and MM&P shall continue or combining other port offices, headquarters responsibilities shall be proposed to the mem- in accordance with past practice. The JOC is and training facilities. berships and ratified by the respective mem- created to facilitate joint bargaining and assist F. Joint Administration: It is the desire of berships in accordance with existing processes in coordinating efforts of local negotiating MEBA and IOMMP to reduce the cost of lob- of ratification by that union. committees whenever possible. Joint bargain- bying efforts by combining the resources of 7. Mutual Cooperation Between MEBA ing is not mandatory, unless desired by both MIRAID (the legislative office of IOMMP) and and IOMMP: MEBA and IOMMP shall cooper- parties. The JOC does not have the authority AMC (the MEBA legislative office) if permitted ate with one another to effectuate the terms to supersede the terms of the Constitutions, by the respective boards of these organiza- of this Agreement, and shall continue to iden- Work Rules, By-Laws and collective bargaining tions. Additionally, the JOC shall review and tify and develop mutually beneficial methods agreements of MEBA and/or MM&P. make specific recommendations to the execu- and strategies involving, for example, legisla- B. Maritime Security Program: For vessels tive boards of MEBA and IOMMP regarding tive and governmental policies, bidding for covered by the Maritime Security Program or the feasibility and desirability of seeking joint future government contracts, and jurisdictional its successor program, MEBA and IOMMP shall administration of the two organization’s multi- divisions. employer medical, vacation and training plans. cooperate and coordinate their efforts directly, 8. Amendment and Termination: This and through the JOC, to retain their respective In authorizing such a review and report, how- ever, neither MEBA nor IOMMP endorse the agreement may be amended only upon a positions aboard, and collective bargaining majority vote of MEBA’s and IOMMP’s respec- agreements covering, vessels currently in the combination or merger of any plan assets from any of the multiemployer plans related to their tive executive boards and written confirma- program as well as new vessels transferred into tion by both organizations, unless otherwise the Maritime Security Program or its succes- respective organizations. Furthermore, MEBA and IOMMP hereby pledge that no such com- directed by a majority vote of their member- sor program to replace such vessels. The JOC ships. This Agreement may be terminated by shall continue existing “pass-through” agree- bination or merger shall take place unless and until each organization’s members who are either party upon ninety (90) days’ advance ments and/or develop new “pass through” written notice to the other. agreements or “cross-shipping” mechanisms participants in such plans ratify such action in to achieve this objective. separate, secret-ballot votes. AGREED and ACCEPTED this 1st day of March, 2007. C. Non-Competition Agreement: Except as G. Shipping Rules: The JOC shall review and otherwise mutually agreed and/or provided report to the executive boards of MEBA and MARINE ENGINEERS’ herein, no organization shall provide licensed IOMMP regarding the differences and similari- BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION personnel, licensed personnel labor rate bids ties of MEBA’s and IOMMP’s Shipping Rules. By: /s/ Ron Davis and/or contract proposals to employers to fill Such report shall also contain specific recom- TITLE: President positions held by the other organization. mendations regarding ways by which MEBA Date: March 1, 2007 and IOMMP can better implement “cross-ship- D. Joint Organizing: The JOC shall recom- ping” and “pass-through” agreements, per- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION mend to MEBA and IOMMP executive boards haps through the establishment of a universal OF MASTERS, MATES & PILOTS appropriate targets for joint organizing cam- shipping card and the adoption of appropriate By: /s/ Timothy A. Brown paigns. Upon approval of such joint organizing TITLE: International President Date: March 1, 2007
The Master, Mate & Pilot - 13 - May - June 2007 Masters, Mates & Pilots Plans Administrator’s Column Patrick McCullough New Prescription Plan Office, PharmaCare will have it on file for you. Otherwise, you Benefit Manager will have to complete the enroll- ment form and send it directly to As the March-April issue of The PharmaCare with your first mail Master, Mate & Pilot went to press, order prescription after July 1. we received some “late breaking news” concerning the Health & When PharmaCare takes over Benefit Plan’s Prescription Drug on July 1, if you are unsure whether Benefit Program. The Plan’s Board you have any remaining refills, you of Trustees had decided in fact to can call PharmaCare Customer change the prescription benefit Service at (888) 364-6815 and ask manager (PBM) from our present a representative. You will need to provider, NMHC, to PharmaCare. provide your member ID number and the current NMHC prescrip- Please note that your pre- tion number. scription drug benefits have not changed. Only the prescription benefit manager has There are several ways to order refills for your trans- changed. ferred prescriptions: Although the Trustees had wanted to make the 1) Call PharmaCare Customer Service and a repre- sentative will assist you; change effective June 1, because of contract issues with NMHC, the change will not become effective 2) Set up an account with PharmaCare Direct by until July 1, 2007. completing the confidential mail service enroll- ment form in the PharmaCare Prescription On or before July 1, PharmaCare will obtain from Benefit Services Booklet, which you will receive NMHC a computer file which will include all current in June; or prescriptions with remaining refills. PharmaCare will not, however, be able to automatically refill prescrip- 3) After July 1, you have the option of enrolling via tions for drugs that under federal law cannot be PharmaCare’s website (www.pharmacare.com/ refilled without a doctor’s prescription. Prescriptions members). The first time you use the site, you that cannot be transferred between pharmacies are will be asked to create a user name and password. those that contain controlled substances. Examples are Please note that the features on this web site will Ambien, Vicodin and Xanax. not be accessible until July 1, 2007. To ensure that the Plan’s switch to the new prescrip- If you have any questions, please feel free to contact tion benefit manager goes as smoothly as possible, the Plan’s Benefit Advisors at (410) 850-8611, 8612 or the Plan Office will be sending a letter to each mem- 8641. ber explaining the change. The mailing will include “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQ’s), along with a confidential mail service enrollment form which can Scholarship Program for be completed and returned to the Plan Office in a Children of Offshore Members postage prepaid envelope that will also be enclosed. The Plan Office will forward the enrollment forms to The Plan Office would like to remind Offshore mem- PharmaCare before the July 1 implementation date. If bers that the MM&P Health & Benefit Plan has a you complete and return the enrollment form to the scholarship program that awards six scholarships to
May - June 2007 - 14 - The Master, Mate & Pilot organization reviews all qualifications of applicants, including test scores, grades, extracurricular activities and community service. The Plan Office verifies the eligibility of the approved candidates and a final list is presented to the Trustees for approval at the Board’s May or June meeting. Once the winners are approved by the Trustees, they are notified immediately. To request an application for the Offshore Scholarship Program, please call the Plan Office.
Other Important Reminders Please contact an MM&P Health & Benefit Plan advisor if: eligible dependent children of MM&P Offshore mem- ➢ your address has changed; bers and co-pay pensioners in good standing who are ➢ you have been legally separated or divorced; participants in the Health & Benefit Plan. The Board of ➢ your spouse is working and is now covered by that Trustees will approve the 2007-08 scholarship winners at employer’s health benefit program. its May 2007 meeting. We will profile the winners in an upcoming issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot. And remember: Students who will be high school seniors in the ➢ dependent children over 19 must have their fall 2007–08 school year should start thinking about apply- or spring school registration on file with the Plan ing for the MM&P Offshore scholarship. The deadline to Office in order for them to be covered under the file an application with the Plan Office for the next round Health & Benefit Plan; of awards is Nov. 30, 2007. Contact the Plan Office to ➢ once you retire and become eligible for Medicare request an application packet. The applications will be Part B, you must submit a copy of your Medicare reviewed and the winners selected by the Scholarship card to the Plan Office; Recognition Award Program in Princeton, N.J. This ➢ report any accidents aboard ship to the Plan Office.
IRAP/401K Plan Most members have just finished filing their tax returns for 2006, but now is a good time to think about making a pretax contribution to the IRAP/401K Plan in 2007. If you already participate, you may want to consider increasing the amount of your contribu- tion. Some members ask, “What can contributing a small amount of money do for me when I retire?” Remember that over time a small amount of money can grow. The money you put into the 401K Plan will not be taxed until you make a withdrawal upon retirement. The longer you have money invested in your 401K account, the greater potential you have for compounded earnings. The earlier you start saving, the more compounded earnings you can have in your account on retirement. The money you save can multiply many times over the years between now and your retirement. When you enroll in the 401K Plan, you choose what type of investor you want to be. The 401K Plan offers a wide range of investment options with different risks and potential returns. You decide what investment style makes you most comfortable. If you have any questions about how to enroll in the 401K program, you can call the Plan’s benefit advisor at (410) 850-8636.
The Master, Mate & Pilot - 15 - May - June 2007 CROSS’D THE FINAL BAR
Herbert G. Anderson, 86, died Jan. 13. A pensioner since MM&P administrations,” said MM&P International President 1987 and a resident of Dallas, Ore., he last sailed for Matson Tim Brown. “His professionalism was well known by all those he Navigation Co. as third mate on the Manulani Pro. His dry wit came in contact with.” made him an excellent storyteller. He loved his family, cars and reminiscing about his youth. He is survived by: Mary, his wife Reidar B. Henriksen, 85, died Jan. 12. of 57 years; daughters Rita and Marci; sons Guy and Wes; and A resident of Metairie, La., and a pen- grandchildren. sioner since 1983, he last sailed for Lykes Brothers Steamship Co. as third mate Walter J. Burleigh, 82, died Dec. 30, 2006. A resident of San on the SS Zoella Lykes. Originally from Antonio, Texas, and a pensioner since 1983, he last sailed for Bergen, Norway, he attended ocean Lykes Brothers Steamship Co. as second mate on the Brinton marine and navigation school in New Lykes. Orleans, graduating as chief mate. He became a U.S. citizen in 1952 and then became involved in Manuel Casanovas, 86, died Sept. 30, 2006. A pensioner since marine survey. In 1953, he became a licensed pilot of aircraft, 1978 and a resident of Seixal, Portugal, he last sailed for Sealand land and seaplanes. He worked as a marine surveyor until his Service Inc. as second mate on the Gateway City. retirement.
Elwood W. Chesley, 93, died Jan. 24. A resident of Honolulu and Charles Hoenemann, 76, died Jan. 10. a pensioner since 1982, he last sailed for Matson Navigation Co. A pensioner since 1986 and a resident as third mate on the MV Maunakea. of Pompano Beach, Fla., he last sailed for United States Lines as master of the Thomas J. Cunningham, 85, died Dec. 26, American Trader. He traveled the world, 2006. A pensioner since 1985 and a resi- with stops in China, Europe, Brazil dent of Watertown, Mass., he last sailed for (including the Amazon Basin), Russia and Keystone Shipping Co. as master on the North Africa. He is survived by: his wife SS Atigun Pass. He enjoyed reading about of 46 years, Wenke; son, Steven; daughter, history, built his own log cabin and main- Nancy; and three grandchildren. tained a hundred acres of land. William, Theresa, Philip, Richard and Edmund survive him. William Humphrey, 83, died Jan. 2. A resident of Santa Monica, Calif., and a pensioner since 1987, he last sailed for Sealand Lou Geronimo, 85, died Nov. 14, 2006. A Service Inc. as master of the Sealand Endurance. resident of Honolulu, and a pensioner since 1993, he last sailed for Matson Navigation Co. Evangelos Katradis, 84, died Jan. 20. A as chief mate on the Hawaiian Princess. He pensioner since 1984 and a resident of enjoyed spending time with family, read- Garden City, N.Y., he last sailed for United ing and swimming. He is survived by: his States Lines as third mate on the American wife, Connie; sons, Gary, Tinorua and Jasen; Legion. His wife, Irene, sons, Stephen, daughters, Linda, Lindy and Tiare; 20 grand- Nick and Constantine, and nine grand- children; and 13 great-grandchildren. children survive him.
Fred J. Gloor, 73, died Oct. 21, 2006. A pensioner since 1996 and William F. Knollman, 85, died Jan. 22. A a resident of Vista, Calif., he last sailed for American President resident of Ft. Lauderdale and a pensioner Lines Inc. as master of the SS President Harrison. He loved the since 1979, he last sailed for Delta Lines outdoors, working in the yard, reading and listening to the radio. Inc. as master of the SS Santa Maria. He His wife, Virginia, son, John, and daughter, Jill, survive him. was interested in sports and music and loved to be around family. His wife of Jack F. Harry, 79, died Jan. 26. A pensioner 59 years, Margot, daughters, Barbara since 1991 and a resident of Moyock, N.C., and Valerie, and a grandson, Alexander, he served as MM&P representative in the survive him. Port of Norfolk. He enjoyed writing and reading. Erika, his wife of almost 49 years, Eric Lake, 79, died Jan. 30. A resident of Cantonment, Fla., and a sons Randolph and John and a daughter, pensioner since 1991, he last sailed for Lykes Brothers Steamship Jacqueline, survive him. “Captain Harry Co. as master of the SS Ruth Lykes. served with great distinction under two
May - June 2007 - 16 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Joseph Levesque, 89, died Dec. 6, 2006. A pensioner since 1972 and a resident of Carlsbad, Calif., he last sailed for States Marine Lines as master of the Illinois. CROSSING THE BAR
John W. McArdle, 78, died Nov. 21, 2006. A pensioner since 1987 Sunset and evening star, and a resident of Vancouver, Wash., he last sailed for Diversified And one clear call for me! Marine International as third mate on the California Rice And may there be no moaning of the bar, Transport. When I put out to sea,
Oscar Monsen, 94, died Jan. 3. A resident of Plantation, Fla., and But such a tide as moving seems asleep, a pensioner since 1981, he last sailed for Marine Transport Lines Too full for sound and foam, as third mate on the SeaLift China Sea. When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Henrí Nereaux, 79, died March 9. A pensioner since 1990 and a resident Twilight and evening bell, of New York, N.Y., he last sailed for And after that the dark! Sealand Service Inc. as third mate on the And may there be no sadness of farewell, Sealand Discovery. He served MM&P When I embark; as a convention delegate and as Atlantic Ports Vice President. He became a For tho’ from out our bourne Time and Place merchant seaman during World War II The flood may bear me far, at the age of 15. He was a member of the I hope to see my pilot face to face Workers of the World Party and a vol- When I have crossed the bar. unteer with the International Action Center. He enjoyed traveling, fine wines and cooking. His companion of many years, Diedre, — ALFRED LORD TENNYSON (1809-1892) daughter, Deidre, and a sister, Joyce, survive him.
Morton E. Olsen, 85, died Oct. 5, 2006. A pensioner since 1974 Gregory E. Timofei, 94, died Jan. 18. A and a resident of Vashon,Wash., he last sailed as third mate. pensioner since 1979 and a resident of Albany, Ore., he last sailed for United Paul Ross, 71, died April 4, 2006. A resident of Lynnfield, Mass., States Lines as third mate on the he last sailed for Isthmian Lines as master of the Navigator. SS Pioneer Moon. He liked playing bridge and enjoyed woodworking, electronics, James D. Shaw, 79, died Dec. 30, 2006. A resident of Upper classical music and the opera. His daughter, Saddle River, N.J., and a pensioner since 1995, he last sailed for Annemarie, a granddaughter and two great- Sealand Service Inc. as second mate on the MV Galveston Bay. granddaughters survive him. His sister, Euphemia, survives him. Pedro Molina-Velez, 79, died Dec. 27, 2006. A resident of Puerto Rolf Sheppar, 86, died Jan. 29. A pensioner since 1986 and a Real, P.R., and a pensioner since 1986, he last sailed for PRMMI resident of Sea Level, N.C., he last sailed for Lykes Brothers as third mate on the Ponce. Steamship Co. as master of the SS Elizabeth Lykes. Hugh M. West, 79, died Dec. 24, 2006. A pensioner since 1986 David R. Smith, 79, died Nov. 21, 2006. A resident of Baltimore, and a resident of Inman, S.C., he last sailed for Transoceanic Md., and a pensioner since 1992, he last sailed for American Cable Ship as third mate on the CS Long Lines. President Lines as chief mate of the Cape Isabel. Eugene V. Williams, 55, died Aug. 10, 2005. A resident of Ludolph Von Tangen, 90, died Jan. 3. Houston, Texas, he last sailed for Marine Transport Lines as A resident of Vancouver, Wash., and a second mate on the Discoverer. pensioner since 1985, he last sailed for Cambridge Tankers Inc. as master on the Milliard F. Wills, 84, died Jan. 1. A pensioner since 1986 and a MT Overseas Boston. Marcella, his wife resident of Wheeler, Texas, he last sailed for American President of 30 years, survives him. Lines as second mate on the SS President Fillmore. A brother, Bobby, and a sister, Ruby, survive him.
The Master, Mate & Pilot - 17 - May - June 2007 placeholder NEWS FROM MITAGS MITAGS Holds Grand Opening for New Simulator Center Glen Paine, executive director of the Maritime Institute of lutions; U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue operations; senior Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS), the Pacific pilot and master training; STCW-95 advanced shiphandling Maritime Institute (PMI), and the Conference Center at the training and assessment; bridge resource management training Maritime Institute (CCMIT), welcomed hundreds of guests to and assessment; port and vessel feasibility studies; vessel traffic the grand opening of the MITAGS Simulator Training Center on training and research. March 26. The guests included former Congresswoman Helen To learn more about the simulation and operational research Bentley, District 1 Councilman Daryl Jones of Anne Arundel capabilities at MITAGS, contact Robert Becker toll free at County, the Trustees of the MATES Program and other distin- (866) 656-5569 or by e-mail at [email protected]. You can also guished guests. visit www.mitags.org. “Marine transportation is a critical component of domestic and international commerce,” Paine told the audience. “The mar- itime industry has helped us attain a standard of living unsur- passed in history. For this to continue, America needs a steady supply of highly trained and motivated U.S. citizens to operate and support our commercial and military vessels engaged in domestic trade, international trade, and most importantly, the defense of this country. Ultimately, it is about people, and we are proud to be a small part of the continued success of the men and women who pass through our facilities.” “In the next twelve to eighteen months,” MITAGS Academic Training Director Walter Megonigal told the group, “our chal- lenge will be to connect the simulators here in Linthicum Heights to the simulators at PMI in Seattle. When the connection Curtis Fitzgerald, Victor Tufts, Tom Cusick of MITAGS and Brian Fitz- between east and west is complete, the institute will have created Gibbon of Maersk Lines. a true, nationwide maritime training center which will provide a full spectrum of integrated training to the maritime community.” MITAGS full-mission shiphandling simulator # 1 is consid- ered one of the largest and most sophisticated Class A full-mis- sion simulators in the world. It was a significant part of the major upgrade that integrated the two towing simulators, six part-task simulators, and vessel traffic simulator. All the simula- tors at MITAGS are now equipped with automatic identification systems, electronic chart display and information systems, vessel traffic controls and the very latest visual projection systems. The systems are supported by the institute’s experienced in-house Front row: Mike Linton, Delaware MEBA President Ron Davis, MM&P team of database and hydrodynamic modelers. Pilots, Eric Nielsen, Maryland Pilots, Gulf Ports Vice President Bob Groh, MITAGS full-mission towing simulator (shiphandling simula- David Stambaugh, Baltimore Maritime MM&P International President Tim tor #3) uses a unique 330-degree horizontal field of view and an Exchange and Glen Paine, MITAGS. Brown, MM&P Atlantic Ports Vice Back row: John Traut and Kevin President Rich May. unprecedented 42-degree vertical field of view. This simulator Gugliotta, Maryland Pilots. works in concert with full-mission simulator #1 and towing simu- lator #4 to allow simultaneous integrated training of multiple crews on multiple ships for the most complete training experi- ence in the world. The new towing simulators have been specifi- cally designed for ship assist and escort training using both direct and indirect towing forces. Completion of the recent $2 million simulation upgrade at MITAGS is on top of a $3 million upgrade of shiphandling simu- lator #2, which was completed in 2002. The upgrades improve realism for a large cross-section of maritime training, operational research and simulation capabilities, including multiple tug and Tony Munoz, MAREX, Colin barge handling operations; river tows; LNG docking/undocking Mepstead and Kelly Clapsaddle of the operations and research; single-point mooring; offshore oil/gas Conference Center at the Maritime Eric Friend and Hao Cheong of MITAGS. platform support; U.S. Navy underway replenishment at sea evo- Institute of Technology.
May - June 2007 - 18 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Directory of MM&P Offices
International Headquarters Legal Department Offshore Membership Group Jacksonville
700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B John Singleton Rich May Liz Pettit Linthicum Heights, International Counsel Vice President-Atlantic Ports Representative MD 21090-1953 Ext. 19 349 E. 20th St. Phone: 410-850-8700 [email protected] Bob Groh Jacksonville, FL 32206 Fax: 410-850-0973 Vice President-Gulf Ports Phone: 904-356-0041 [email protected] Gabriel Terrasa Fax: 904-353-7413 www.bridgedeck.org Associate Counsel Don Marcus [email protected] Ext. 45 Vice President-Pacific Ports International Officers Los Angeles/Long Beach [email protected] Boston Timothy A. Brown David H. Boatner Communications Office President Dan Cartmill Agent-Pacific Ports Ext. 17 Lisa Rosenthal Dan Goggin Bernadette Hertel [email protected] Communications Director Representatives Representative Ext. 27 Harbour Pointe East 533 N. Marine Ave. Glen P. Banks communications@ 80 Everett Ave. – Suite 211 Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Secretary-Treasurer bridgedeck.org Chelsea, MA 02150 Phone: 310-834-7201 Ext. 21 Phone: 617-884-8680 Fax: 310-834-6667 Accounting Office [email protected] Fax: 617-884-8438 [email protected] John Gorman [email protected] [email protected] Executive Offices International Comptroller Charleston Miami/Port Everglades George Quick Ext. 12 Vice President, [email protected] Elise Silvers Bob Groh Pilot Membership Group Representative Vice President-Gulf Government Employees’ Ext. 20 1529 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. Andrea Fortin Membership Group [email protected] 1st Floor Dave Goff Randi Ciszewski Charleston, SC 29407 Representatives Mike Rodriguez Representative Phone: 843-766-3565 540 East McNab Rd., Suite B Executive Assistant 37 Edward Hart Dr. Fax: 843-766-6352 Pompano Beach, FL to the President Jersey City, NJ 07305 [email protected] 33060-9354 Ext. 23 Phone: 732-248-8702 Phone: 954-946-7883 Honolulu [email protected] Fax: 201-433-7959 Fax: 954-946-8283 [email protected] Randy Swindell [email protected] Richard Plant Representative [email protected] Director of Special Projects David H. Boatner 707 Alakea St. - No. 212 New Orleans Ext. 36 West Coast Contact Honolulu, HI 96813 [email protected] Los Angeles/Long Beach Phone: 808-523-8183 Sue Bourcq 533 N. Marine Ave. Fax: 808-538-3672 Representative Audrey Scharmann Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 [email protected] 3330 West Esplanade, Ste 209 Executive Secretary Phone: 310-834-7201 Metairie, LA 70002-3454 Houston Ext. 17 Fax: 310-834-6667 Phone: 504-837-5700 [email protected] [email protected] Wayne Farthing Fax: 504-834-1815 Agent-Gulf Ports [email protected] Diane Chatham Randi Ciszewski Nell Wilkerson Executive Secretary U.S. Navy Civil Service Representative Ext. 21 Pilots Representative 8150 S. Loop E. - Suite 207 [email protected] 37 Edward Hart Dr. Houston, TX 77017 Jersey City, NJ 07305 Phone: 713-649-8812 Phone: (201) 433-7700 Fax: 713-649-6101 Fax: 201-433-7959 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
The Master, Mate & Pilot - 19 - May - June 2007 New York/New Jersey Seattle Alaska Marine Pilots Caribbean Harbor Pilots Richard May Don Marcus Stephan Moreno P.O. Box 34336 Vice President-Atlantic Vice President-Pacific President Ponce, PR 00734-4336 26 Journal Square, Ste 1502 Kathleen O. Moran P.O. Box 920226 Phone: 787-848-7180 Jersey City, NJ 07306 Representative Dutch Harbor, AK 99692 Charleston Branch Pilots Phone: 201-963-1900 15208 52nd Ave. South Phone: 907-581-1240 Fax: 201-963-5403 Suite 100 Fax: 907-581-1372 Whit Smith [email protected] Seattle, WA 98188 [email protected] 6 Concord St. Assistant Port Agent Phone: 206-441-8700 P.O. Box 179 Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots 201-963-1918 Fax: 206-448-8829 Charleston, SC 29402 [email protected] [email protected] Jim Dooley Phone: 843-577-6695 [email protected] P.O. Box 2767 Fax: 843-577-0632 Norfolk, Va. Corpus Christi, TX 78403 Tampa Columbia Bar Pilots Patricia Powell Phone: 361-884-5899 Representative Laura Cenkovich Fax: 361-884-1659 John Torjusen 1058 West 39th St. Representative P.O. Box 87 Associated Branch Pilots Norfolk, VA 23508 202 S. 22nd St., Suite 205 Astoria, OR 97103 Phone: 757-489-7406 Tampa, FL 33605-6308 Mike Lorino Jr. Phone: 503-325-2641 Fax: 757-489-1715 Phone: 813-247-2164 3813 N.Causeway Blvd. Columbia River Pilots [email protected] Fax: 813-248-1592 Suite 100 [email protected] Metairie, LA 70002 Alan J. Widme San Francisco Phone: 504-831-6615 Branch Agent Pilot Membership Group Sandy Candau 13225 N. Lombard Association of Maryland Pilots Representative George A. Quick Portland, OR 97203 450 Harrison St. - Room 209 Vice President Eric Nielsen Phone: 503-289-9922 San Francisco, CA 94105-2691 3400 N. Furnace Rd. President Coos Bay Pilots Phone: 415-777-5074 Jarrettsville, MD 21084 3720 Dillon St. Fax: 415-777-0209 Phone: 410-557-8757 Baltimore, MD 21224 Steven H. Sweet [email protected] Fax: 410-557-7082 Phone: 410-276-1337 President [email protected] Fax: 410-276-1364 686 North Front St. San Juan, Puerto Rico [email protected] Coos Bay, OR 97420-2331 East Coast Frank Reyes Phone: 541-267-6555 Regional Representative Biscayne Bay Pilots Representative Fax: 541-267-5256 Miramar Plaza Center Timothy J. Ferrie John R. Fernandez Crescent River Port Pilots Suite 305 201 Edgewater St. Chairman 954 Ponce de Leon Ave. Staten Island, NY 10305 2911 Port Blvd. Allen J. “A.J.” Gibbs Santurce, PR 00907 Phone: 718-448-3900 Miami, FL 33132 President Phone: 787-724-3600 Fax: 718-447-1582 Phone: 305-374-2791 8712 Highway 23 Fax: 787-723-4494 [email protected] Fax: 305-374-2375 Belle Chasse, LA 70037 Hours: Monday-Friday Phone: 504-392-8001 Gulf Coast Boston Pilots 9:00am – 1:30pm ET Fax: 504-392-5014 Regional Representative [email protected]. Greg Farmer Galveston-Texas City Pilots Richard D. Moore 256 Marginal Street, Bldg 11 8150 S. Loop E. East Boston, MA 02128 John Halvorsen Houston, TX 77017 Phone: 617-569-4500 1301 Pelican Island #1 Phone: 713-645-9620 Fax: 617-564-4502 Galveston, TX 77552 Boat: 617-569-4503 Phone: 409-740-3347 West Coast Fax: 409-740-3393 Regional Representative Canaveral Pilots Kip Carlson David P. Callan Pier 9, East End David A. Richard San Francisco, CA 94111 Co-Chairmen Phone: 415-362-5436 Box 816 [email protected] Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 Phone: 321-783-4645
May - June 2007 - 20 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Hawaii Pilots Association New Orleans-Baton Rouge San Juan Bay Pilots Southwest Alaska Steamship Pilots Pilots Association Steve Baker P.O. Box 9021034 President William O. Watson III San Juan, PR 00902-1034 Jeffrey D. Pierce Pier 19-Honolulu Harbor Chris Rieder Phone: 787-722-1166 President P.O. Box 721 401 North New Hampshire St. P.O. Box 977 St. Lawrence Seaway Pilots Honolulu, HI 96808 Covington, LA 70433 Homer, AK 99603 Phone: 808-532-7233 Phone: 985-867-5332 Richard G. Tetzlaff Phone: 907-235-8783 Fax: 808-532-7229 Fax: 504-832-1932 President Fax: 907-235-6119 [email protected] P.O. Box 274 [email protected] Northeast Pilots, Inc. 733 E. Broadway Houston Pilots Tampa Bay Pilots Howard McVay Cape Vincent, NY 13618 Robert L. Thompson 243 Spring St. Phone: 315-654-2900; Allen L. Thompson Presiding Officer Newport, RI 02840 Fax: 315-654-4491 Executive Director 8150 S. Loop E. Phone: 401-847-9050 1825 Sahlman Dr. San Francisco Bar Pilots Houston, TX 77017 Toll Free: 1-800-274-1216 Tampa, FL 33605 Phone: 713-645-9620 Pete McIsaac Phone: 813-247-3737 Pilots Association for the Port Agent Fax: 813-247-4425 Humboldt Bar Pilots Bay & River Delaware Kip Carlson Virginia Pilot Association John Powell Michael J. Linton MM&P Representative 707-443-3878 President Pier 9, East End J. William Cofer Timothy Petrusha 800 S. Columbus Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94111 President 707-443-5365 Philadelphia, PA 19147 Phone: 415-362-5436 3329 Shore Dr. P.O. Box 3555 Phone: 215-465-8340 Fax: 415-982-4721 Virginia Beach, VA 23451 Eureka, CA 95502-3555 Fax: 215-465-3450 Phone: 757-496-0995 Sandy Hook Pilots Key West Bar Pilots Association Port Everglades Pilots Western Great Lakes Peter Rooss Pilots Association Michael McGraw Thomas Hackett Branch Agent P.O. Box 848 Bruce Cumings 201 Edgewater St. Donald Willecke Key West, FL 33041 Co-Directors Staten Island, NY 10305 President Phone: 305-296-5512 P.O. Box 13017 Phone: 718-448-3900 1325 Tower Ave., P.O. Box 248 Fax: 305-296-1388 Port Everglades, FL 33316 Fax: 718-447-1582 Superior, WI 54880-0248 Phone: 954-522-4491 Phone: 715-392-5204 Lake Charles Pilots Savannah Pilots Association Fax: 715-392-1666 Puget Sound Pilots Michael Miller William T. Brown Wilmington (N.C.) Pilots President Capt. Richard McCurdy Master Pilot 4902 Ihles Rd. 101 Stewart St. - Suite 900 550 E. York St. Capt. Herring Lake Charles, LA 70665 Seattle, WA 98101 P.O. Box 9267 P.O. Box 10070 Phone: 337-436-0372 Phone: 206-728-6400 Savannah, GA 31412 Southport, NC 28461 Fax: 337-474-4573 Fax: 206-448-3405 Phone: 912-236-0226 Phone: 910-457-6909 [email protected] Fax: 912-236-6571 Sabine Pilots United Inland www.lakecharlespilots.com Southeast Alaska Membership Group Ellen K. Warner Mobile Bar Pilots Pilots Association President Steve Demeroutis David W. Wittendorfer 5148 West Pkwy. Larry Vose Vice President President Groves, TX 77619 President Cleveland P.O. Box 831 Phone: 409-722-1141 1621 Tongass Ave. - Suite 300 Mobile, AL 36601 Fax: 409-962-9223 Ketchikan, AK 99901 Charles Malue Phone: 251-432-2639 Phone: 907-225-9696 Great Lakes Representative Saint Johns Bar Pilots Fax: 251-432-9964 Fax: 907-247-9696 1250 Old River Rd. Joseph J. Brown [email protected] Cleveland, OH 44113 President www.seapa.com Phone: 216-776-1667 4910 Ocean St. Fax: 216-776-1668 Mayport, FL 32233 [email protected] Phone: 904-249-5631 Fax: 904-249-7523 [email protected]
The Master, Mate & Pilot - 21 - May - June 2007 Jacksonville MIRAID Atlantic & Gulf Region Health, Maritime Institute of Pension and Education, Technology & Graduate James Avera C. James Patti Safety & Training Funds Studies (MITAGS) International Representative President 349 E. 20th St. 1025 Connecticut Ave., NW Wendy Chambers Glen Paine Jacksonville, FL 32206 Suite 507 Account Executive Executive Director Phone: 904-355-3534 Washington, DC 20036-5412 Associated Administrators Inc. 692 Maritime Blvd. Fax: 904-353-7413 Phone: 202-463-6505 4301 Garden City Drive, Ste 201 Linthicum Heights, [email protected] Fax: 202-223-9093 Landover, MD 20785 MD 21090-1952 [email protected] Direct Line: 301-429-8964 Main Phone: 410-859-5700 Portland Member Calls: Toll-Free: Masters, Mates & Pilots John Schaeffner 1-800-638-2972 Admissions: 1-866-656-5568 Federal Credit Union Branch Agent Residence Center: Pacific Maritime Region 2225 N. Lombard St. - No. 206 Kathy Ann Klisavage 1-866-900-3517 Pension & Benefit Plans Portland, OR 97217 Manager BWI Airport Shuttle Phone and Fax: 503-283-0518 MM&P Plans Building Columbia Northwest (avail. 24 hours a day): [email protected] 700 Maritime Blvd. - Suite A Marine Benefit Trust 1-866-900-3517 Ext. 0 Linthicum Heights, MD Fax: San Francisco 21090-1996 Patrick McCullough School: 410-859-5181 Raymond W. Shipway Phone: 410-850-8700, Administrator Residence: 410-859-0942 Branch Agent Ext. 43 700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A Executive Director: 450 Harrison St. Fax: 410-859-1623 Linthicum Heights, MD [email protected] East Mezzanine - Room 205 Toll-Free: 1-800-382-7777 21090-1996 Admissions: San Francisco, CA 94105-2691 (All U.S. and Puerto Rico) Phone: 410-850-8500 [email protected] Phone: 415-543-5694 [email protected] Fax: 410-850-8655 www.mitags.org Fax: 415-543-2533 Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522 MM&P Maritime Advancement, Pacific Maritime [email protected] [email protected] Training, Education & Institute (PMI) Hours: Monday-Friday San Juan, Puerto Rico Safety Program (MATES) 8:30 AM– 4:30 PM ET Gregg Trunnell Eduardo Iglesias Patrick McCullough Director Northwest Maritime Representative Administrator 1729 Alaskan Way, S. Pension Trust Miramar Plaza Center Seattle, WA 98134-1146 Suite 305 Glen Paine Randy G. Goodwin Phone: 206-441-2880 954 Ponce de Leon Ave. Executive Director Account Executive Fax: 206-441-2995 Santurce, PR 00907 P.O. Box 34203 Toll-Free: 1-888-893-7829 MM&P Health & Benefit, Phone: 787-725-7604 Seattle, WA 98124 [email protected] Vacation, Pension, JEC Fax: 787-723-4494 Phone: 206-441-7574 www.mates.org and IRA Plans Fax: 206-441-9110 Seattle Patrick McCullough Southwest Marine Health, Steve Demeroutis Administrator Benefit & Pension Trust Vice President-UIG MM&P Plans 144 Railroad Ave., Suite 205 700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A 3545 Long Beach Blvd. Edmonds, WA 98020 Linthicum Heights, MD Suite 220 Phone: 425-775-1403 21090-1996 Long Beach, CA 90807 Fax: 425-775-1418 Phone: 410-850-8500 Toll-Free: 1-888-806-8943 [email protected] Fax: 410-850-8655 Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522 Wilmington [email protected] Raymond W. Shipway Hours: Monday – Friday Branch Agent 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET 533 N. Marine Ave. Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Phone: 310-549-8013 Fax: 310-834-6667 [email protected]
May - June 2007 - 22 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Make Your Voice Heard in Washington
The MM&P Political Contribution Fund Is Your Voice in Washington U.S. maritime jobs depend on MM&P’s work in Congress and the Administration. Make sure that your interests and those of your fellow merchant mariners receive the attention they deserve in Washington.
The MM&P Political Contribution Fund Works for You Supporting the MM&P Political Contribution Fund (PCF) is a direct way to support your own interests: Consider an annual donation of $100 or more.
Make your contribution today by visiting the Members Only section of the MM&P website at www.bridgedeck.org. If you’re already registered on the site, just log in. If you’re not registered, follow the simple directions to gain access. Then, on the drop- down menu, select “Make a PCF Contribution.” Fill in the information and choose from among the gifts appropriate to your contribution level.
The names below represent a partial listing of active and retired MM&P members who have voluntarily contributed $100 or more to the MM&P PCF in the past year. Commodores Club recognizes contributions of $500 or more. Captains Club recognizes contributions between $250 and $499. Contributors level recognizes contributions between $100 and $249.
COMMODORES CAPTAINS
Glen P. Banks James F. Hill Constatine Afanasief Dorothy Dunn Donald F. Josberger Douglas A. Nemeth Gary W. Schrock Robert C. Beauregard Philip Kantz Hans W. Amador In Memory of James J. Kelleher, Jr. Nicholas J. Nowaski Paul T. Schulman Timothy A. Brown* John M. Kelly Bruce M. Badger Darrell Dunn John P. Kelley John J. O’Boyle, Jr. Gary M. Setvin Danny Duzich Eric S. Kelm James P. Olander In Memory of William J. Mahoney Thomas A. Bagan Michael S. Shanley Chuck Pillsbury Danny Ellis William L. Kennedy, Jr. Michael V. Parr Steven P. Shils Charles W. Malue Bruce H. Baglien Barry V. Costanzi Susan N. Begg Robert N. Ethier John H. Kerwin Vasilios L. Pazarzis Kaare G. Sivertsen Donald J. Marcus Jackson P. Everett Robert T. Kimball Robert A. Pechusick Michael F. Cotting David E. Behr Dickey J. Skolnik Richard W. May Malvina A. Ewers James D. Kitterman Wesley C. Penney Jeff G. Cowan Charles T. Beresheim Edward C. Smith Edward M. McManus In Memory of Mark L. Lamar Joaquin Pereira, Jr. Matthew C. Craven Geoffrey Bird Sylvaia Sommers Robert Darley Sean T. McNeice Franklin Ewers Donald D. Laverdure Joseph A. Perry James K. Boak, IV In Memory of In Memory of Jared C. Myregard John W. Farmer, III Lawrence T. Lyons Ernest C. Petersen Capt. Ken Sommers David H. Boatner William H. Fisher, III George P. MacDonough Rick Pietrusiak Charlie Darley Frederick J. Nicoll James K. Staples James P. Brennan Nathaniel Gibbs Thomas P. MacKay, Jr. Norman A. Piianaia Gerard H. DeGenova, II James Stebbins Paul H. Nielsen Kevin P. Burke Walter A. Graf, Jr. Stephen Maher Jonathon S. Pratt Steven J. Demeroutis Thomas C. Steinke Joseph O. O’Connor* Robert B. Burke Charles A. Graham George E. Mara Stephen F. Procida Timothy A. Devine Peter J. Strachota Peter J. Parise, III Joseph A. Byrne Paul B. Grepo Daniel J. Martin Robert J. Ramsey Raymond F. Dwyer* Glenn D. Strathearn Richard M. Plant James A. Carbone Gregory P. Gretz Robert G. Mattsen Lloyd S. Rath Mustafa I. Fakhry Einar W. Strom Timothy M. Carey Robert H. Groh Robert C. McCarthy Karen A. Reyes Karin Fretz-Party George A. Quick David A. Sulin Mike F. Gruninger Charles L. McConaghy In Memory of William D. Good, Jr. Michael A. Rausa Kenneth J. Carlson, Jr. Michael K. Hargrave Michael K. McCormick Charlie Darley Deatra M. Thompson In Memory of Bruno P. Ravalico Thomas J. Casynn John B. Harris James P. McGee Paul M. Rochford William R. Travers William Good, Sr. Bent L. Christiansen Robert A. Reish Gerard Hasselbach Daniel F. McGuire Michael J. Rodriguez John S. Tucker John A. Gorman Kevin S. Cichon Mark D. Remijan Rudolph A. Hendersen Paul F. McQuarrie Herbert P. Rosen Gregory M. Tylawsky Edward W. Green Paul E. Coan Laurence B. Stone Joseph D. Henderson Kurt A. Melcher In Memory of Charles W. Viebrock Richard M. Gurry Donald P. Cocozza Thomas E. Stone Michael C. Herig Thomas J. Mignano Capt. Theodore Ren W. Vurpillat Samuel A. Hanger Darren W. Collins Dennis H. Hoak Peter W. Mitchell Fillipaw, Jr. John C. Wallace Fred Harris Steven E. Werse Martin N. Collins John R. Humphreys James L. Mixon Allen M. Ross, Jr. Michael K. Welch Harold J. Held* Stanley M. Willis Dean R. Colver William H. Imken George B. Moran Edward B. Royles Jay D. Werner Michael Herbein Scot A. Couturier Fred E. Jeffery Paul A. Mospens Robert H. Schilling Warren A. Weymouth * These active and retired members have contributed Vincent J. Cox Eric B. Johnson David V. Myles Gary R. Schmidt Erik P. Williamson $1,000 or more. Don F. Davis Earl W. Jones Mark J. Nemergut John F. Schmidt James G. Wilson
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Anders E. Aaberg Warren J. Bragg Richard F. Corso Glen E. Engstrand Kenneth J. Halsall Gregory R. Janney Larry D. Aasheim Frank W. Branlund John M. Cotter Troy J. Erwin Lloyd W. Hamblet J. Kevin Jirak Mohamed A. Abbassi Anthony A. Brantley David E. Cox Eric L. Eschen James D. Hamblett Christian Johnsen Scott F. Abrams Stanley E. Breedlove Erik T. Cox Edward M. Evans Dianna L. Hand William L. Johnson Jeffrey D. Adamson Allan R. Breese James Crandall Henry E. Faile Travis J. Hansen Eldon D. Jones Frederick W. Allen Steven A. Brickley Richard W. Crane Karl P. Fanning Daniel J. Harmon Shawn P. Jones George L. Allen Jeffrey C. Bridges Jacob A. Crawford Scott A. Farnham Jon Harrison Erik P. Jorgensen Ian D. Allen Anders K. Brinch Samuel J. Crawford Donald W. Farthing Jack F. Harry Jorgen A. Jorgensen John Allen Alfred A. Brown Anthony E. Crish Timothy J. Ferrie John J. Healey Eleftherios G. Kanagios Robert B. Allen Clifford B. J. Brown John F. Cronin Eddo H. Feyen Kenneth R. Hele Steven W. Kanchuga Murray G. Alstott Wardell E. Brown Todd C. Crossman Jose Fidalgo Richard H. Hemingson Christopher G. Kavanagh Andrew J. Altum Dean K. Bruch James J. Cullen Harry A. Filkins Christopher Hendrickson Sven E. Keinanen Lee Andersen Douglas K. Buchanan Kirk W. Cully Keith W. Finnerty Franklin J. Hennessy Colin D. Kelly Gerald W. Anderson Fernando C. Buisan James M. Cunningham Russel W. Finstrom Patrick J. Hennessy Ralph C. Kelly Robert N. Anderson Bert Burris Peter S. Curtis Jorge R. Fortes Thomas E. Henry Clyde W. Kernohan, Jr. William L. Anderson Thomas V. Cadloni George Cutucache Glenn E. Fortin William H. Hermes Joseph E. Keyes Noel E. Anthonysz Marc C. Calairo Gregory Cygal Milton K. Foss Earl W. Herring Darrell R. Kimmerly John E. Antonucci Todd J. Campbell Robert A. Dalziel Ryan K. Foster James D. Herron Timothy R. Kincaid Thomas E. Apperson John H. Carlisle George M. Darley James L. Frank Edward Hervias John M. King Alberto D. Archaga Edgar S. Carlson In Memory of James E. Franklin Andrew W. Hetz Robert E. King Brian D. Arthur James A. Carroll Charlie Darley Kevin Franssen Edward B. Higgins, Jr. Robert E. Klemm Jenaro A. Asteinza Chriss B. Carson Michael H. Daugherty Jan M. Fraser Jeffrey S. Hill Henry C. Knox-Dick Kara M. Babb Robert J. Carter, Jr. David D. DeCastro J. Peter Fritz Alan G. Hinshaw James E. Kobis Evan Barris Juan C. Carvajal George A. Defrain Stephen G. Fuccillo Daniel R. Hobbs George W. Koch, Jr. David B. Barth Manuel A. R. Casanovas Ronald T. Degrazia Eric R. Furnholm Richard G. Hoey Laura L. Kohler Charles K. Barthrop Christoforos Catsambis Stephen A. DeJong Nicholas J. Gagliano Roger L. Hoffman Jonathan F. Komlosy
I Support the MM&P Political Contribution Fund: You Should, Too “ Contributing to the PCF is one of the privileges of belonging to our fine union. The PCF helps guarantee that we all continue to have the opportunity to sail with shipmates of the calibre of the outstanding, professional members of the Masters, Mates & Pilots.” — Mike Cotting, pictured here with his wife, Elaine, is a member of the MM&P Offshore Group
Brian W. Bassett James F. Caylor Thomas A. Delamater Steven J. Garvan Kurt Holen Johan Kooystra Steve J. Batchelor, Jr. Elmo J. Cerise, III Marguerite Delambily Angelo F. Gazzotto John Holster Brian M. Koppel Edward S. Batcho, Jr. Richard P. Chandler In Memory of Francis G. Gilroy David J. Hood Wayne L. Korb Dorinda L. Beach Dawai W. Chang Robert Delambily Patrick N. Glenn Jeff D. Hood John D. Kourian John R. Beattie Hao C. Cheong Joseph F. Delehant Thurman G. Godfrey Kurt J. Hopf Glenn H. Kovary Harald Beck Hao H. Cheong Edward J. DesLauriers Hans Peter Godskesen Shimon D. Horowitz Salvadore F. Lacava Leo P. Bednarik Donald R. Chittenden Michelle M. Despot David C. Goff Robert B. Howard Anthony C. Lafayette Paul F. Beglane Stanislaw Chomicz Charles A. Dickman Gerald M. Gordon David H. Hudson Theodore W. Laing John W. Behnken Paul Christ Stephen J. Diederiks Donald P. Gorman Nicole L. Humphreys Cecil H. Lamb John E. Belcourt Ejnar G. Christiansen Bernard J. Diggins Beau Gouig John J. Hunt Robert B. Lamb Herbert S. Bell Francis H. Ciccosanti John M. Dolan Orie F. Graves Steven P. Huse Mark Landow Derek J. Bender Christopher N. Cichon Richard J. Domnitz Paul A. Gregware, Jr. David N. Hutchinson William C. Laprade Fred A. Bennett Alexander Clark Lyle G. Donovan Stanley V. Griffin John D. Hutsell John E. Larson George Berkovich O. J. Clausen Ornulf C. Dorsen Adam W. Guice Amos A. Idris Keith Lawrence Shankar Bhardwaj Harry C. Collins Moulton Doughty Juancho A. Gutierrez Vance L. Idzal Samuel P. Lesko Lyle R. Bjelde Richard R. Conlin Robert Drew Jorge Gutman Clark S. Inman Gary W. Lightner Earl R. Blakely John V. Connor Dale S. Dubrin David C. Haa George S. Ireland, III Thomas N. Lightsey, Jr. Joseph J. Blazich Richard W. Conway Fred J. Duffy P.R. Haertel Samuel S. Irvin, III William J. Lindros Emil J. Blische Frederick D. Cook George Dunham Timothy J. Hagan Donald L. Isler John R. Lindsay, Jr. Farrell E. Bodden Christopher D. Cooper Geoffrey P. Dunlop Brandt R. Hager Steven M. Itson George D. Lindsey, Jr. Boris O. Bode Mark A. Cooper James C. Dykes Francis M. Haggerty John P. Jablonski Leif H. Lindstrom Charles E. Booher Russell C. Cooper Christopher J. Edyvean Geoffrey F. Haley Theodore F. Jablonski Rogelio R. Lomahan Carl E. Bowler Gary J. Cordes Robert W. Eisentrager Curtis B. Hall John P. Jackson, Jr. James R. Londagin William H. Boyce, Jr. Daniel W. Corn Gordon W. Elden Richard S. Haller Thomas J. Jacobsen John Long Robert N. Boyd Nicole J. Cornali Bruce R. Elfast Michelle Hallmark Manuel A. James Karl P. Lonsdale James J. Brady Andrew R. Corneille David K. Engen Herman Hallock James Jannetti Manuel F. Lopez
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Douglas M. Lord George B. Nichols Craig A. Rumrill Chris D. Sweeny Hughston E. Lowder, Jr. Michael L. Nickel Mark I. Ruppert Robert E. Sweet John T. Lutey Bernard Gerald O’Brien Marshall M. Russell Roy E. Tallaksen John J. Lynskey Mary Beth O’Brien Edwin W. Rutter Kevin M. Tapp MM&P’s New Philip M. Lyons Robert J. O’Donnell David C. Ryan Jason Teal Jeremiah F. Lysaght Gregory Oelkers Kenneth Ryan Antoine I. Tedmore Ross D. MacDuffie Peter R. Ohnstad, Jr. Donald R. Sacca Arthur J. Thomas Briefcase: Durable, William C. Mack Hans Olander Roberto H. Salomon Brian D. Thomas Lewis M. Malling Timothy J. O’Laughlin Philip F. Same Stephen N. Thompson Stylish, Convenient John J. Malone, III Patrick B. O’Leary Elizabeth Sanchez Gary E. Tober Victor R. Manoli, III Jeffrey W. Olmstead James J. Sanders Norman B. Toroni Michael A. Mara James E. O’Loughlin Michael A. Santini Adam Torres Todd M. Mara James E. Orton Edmund J. Santos, Jr. Lee A. Townsend Nicholas A. Marcantonio Michael B. O’Toole Robert C. Sargeant Daniel C. Tucker Thomas C. Marley Robert R. Owen Keith Sauls Joel E. Tucker Brett Marquis Jeffrey J. Oyafuso Scott D. Saunders Peter A. Tupas John P. Marshall Henry M. Pace Paul B. Savasuk James L. Turman Daniel B. Martin Glen M. Paine Thomas J. Savoie Stephen L. Turn Richard L. Maxwell In Memory of John J. Schaeffner Jed J. Tweedy Marcus Mazsick Charlie Darley John D. Schampera Edward J. Usasz Alton R. McAlister Steven A. Palmer Christopher D. Schlarb Roy K. Valentine, Jr. David McAulay Michael Papalios Charles R. Schmidt Stephen R. Vandale Rodney D. McCallen Michael G. Parenteau Ross E. Schramm Robert Vasko Thomas C. McCarthy Robert F. Park Andrew Schroder Pedro M. Velez Michael J. McCormick Samuel B. Pearson, III Henry L. Schroeder Eric C. Veloni Michael J. McCright Francis X Pelosi William F. Schumacher Glenn E. Viettone Thomas D. McDorr Joseph L. Perreault Benjamin L. Scott Douglas C. Vines Kevin J. McHugh Jerome A. Peschka, Jr. Bernard W. Scott Nancy L. Wagner When you contribute to the MM&P Thomas P. McHugh Henry Petersen Rafik A. Shahbin Honoring MM&P Political Contribution Fund (PCF), Peter J. McIsaac Mark G. Peterson Ralph H. Sheffield Women Officers David A. McLean, III Ioannis M. Petroutsas Daniel S. Shelton Jeremiah W. Walcik you can choose from a selection of John J. McNally Andrew M. Petruska Paul R. Shepard Lacy J. Walker high-quality gifts that allow you to step Marci R. McNamara Kerry D. Phillips Edwin L. Sherrill, III Gregory S. Walsh Frank V. Medeiros L.B. Eugene Phillips Raymond W. Shipway Janet S. Walsh out in style—and display the MM&P Francis X. Meier, Jr. Richard Phillips Travis A. Shirley Harry Walton name and logo at the same time. The Nicholas Mellis William E. Phurrough Ned J. Shore Stephen E. Wardman Louis A. Mendez Arthur E. Pierce Robert H. Sienel Andrew A. Wargo new MM&P cloth briefcase is light, Colin Mepstead Joseph P. Pierce Edward Simmons James H. Warmack durable and convenient. 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Westrem on the basis of quality and style by Edward A. Morehouse Charles C. Rau, Jr. Glen E. Smith, Jr. William J. Westrem John M. Morehouse John P. Rawley Frank W. Snell Eugene K. Whalen International Secretary-Treasurer Theodore R. Morgan Patrick J. Rawley Jeffrey Sousa Gordon S. White Glen Banks, with input from the Stuart E. Mork John P. Redfearn Robert R. Spencer Michael Wholey Brian A. Mossman Scott B. Reed Joseph B. Stackpole Richard S. Wickenden, II MM&P General Executive Board. John Moustakas Frank E. Reed, Jr. Egon K. Stage Ronald C. Wilkin (Above) The MM&P cloth briefcase Philip D. Mouton Timothy R. Reinholdt James W. StClair John A. Willis Charles P. Moy Keith W. Restle A.H. Stegen Denis J. Wilson being put to good use by Banks and Robert E. Murdock James G. Rettke Carl W. Stein Wesley R. Wilson MM&P member Art Thomas, a retired Shane M. Murphy John J. Reynolds Leonard A. Stenback Jon C. Winstedt Arthur R. Murray Ronald E. Riley Jeffery R. Stephens John B. Winterling San Francisco Bar Pilot and Pacific Curtis G. Murray Steven P. Roberto Richard C. Stephens Kahai H. Wodehouse Maritime Group member who teaches Brad Musselman James R. Robey Sam Stern John R. Wood Douglas J. Nagy James J. Robinson Robert W. Stevenson Christopher Woodward emergency shiphandling, basic and Daniel S. Nakos Jay M. Roche John G. Stewart Michela Worthington advanced shiphandling at MITAGS. Roland L. Nalette Carson L. Rock Peter K. Strez Janusz A. Wozniak Eric B. Nelson Theodore F. Rodes Tore Stromme Jose B. Yap Have a question about this or other Michael E. Nelson G. Kenneth Rose Charles A. Stukenborg John B. Young PCF gifts? Call 410-850-8700 ext. 29 Henri L. Nereaux Edmund J. Rothwell Harold A. Stumme Frank Zabrocky Floro I. Nerida Bruce Rowland Roy T. Sturdivant George Zeluff, Jr. or e-mail [email protected]. Joseph W. Neuman Randy E. Rozell Andrew C. Subcleff Demetrios Zouzoulas Howard W. Newton, Jr. Dennis Ruff Thomas Sullivan
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