Buy and Ship American

Vol. 50, No. 1 Jan. - Feb. 2014 The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO

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

“Buy and Ship American” Reaffirmed in New Farm Law MM&P Joins Call for Coherent National Maritime Policy UIG News: Contracts Approved, Jurisdictional Fight Won MM&P Holiday Party Photos Table of Contents The Master, Mate & Pilot (ISSN 0025-5033) Vol. 50, No. 1 January - February 2014 is the official voice of the International Letter From the President 1 Organization of Masters, MM&P President Don Marcus was among the speakers at a January Mates & Pilots symposium, sponsored by the U.S. Maritime Administration, on the need for (International Marine Division a coherent national maritime policy. His remarks are published in this issue of of the ILA), AFL-CIO. © 2014 IOMMP. the magazine. Published bimonthly at MM&P Headquarters, 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B, News Briefs 2 Linthicum Heights, MD New farm legislation leaves PL 480 food aid intact; new IMO regulations 21090-1953. require flag States to issue manning certificates based on actual shipboard Phone: (410) 850-8700 operational needs; MM&P’s new video magazine tracks battle to preserve E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.bridgedeck.org American maritime jobs; a win for the United Inland Group (UIG) in McNeil Periodicals postage paid Island jurisdiction case; a gift to MM&P from Earl Herring, a member of “the at Elkridge, MD, and Greatest Generation”; MM&P UIG Representative Charles Malue reflects on additional offices. his career on the Great Lakes. POSTMASTER Please send changes to: The Master, Mate & Pilot Washington Observer 13 700 Maritime Blvd, Suite B Recent victories in the battle to defend American maritime jobs are due in part Linthicum Heights, MD to the work being done by the Maritime Advisory Committees at the state and 21090-1953 local level, as well as by the resources provided by MM&P members, retirees Don Marcus Chairman, Editorial Board and employees who contribute to the union’s Political Contribution Fund (PCF). Lisa Rosenthal Communications Director

INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS MM&P Plans 15 Don Marcus, President Actions taken by Board of Trustees at first meetings of 2014. Steven Werse, Secretary-Treasurer VICE PRESIDENTS News From MITAGS 18 David H. Boatner, Offshore Pacific Plimsoll Award to Captain Richard Beadon; Don Donahue recognized for five Wayne Farthing, Offshore Gulf Don Josberger, Offshore Atlantic years of service; Maritime Industries Academy President visits MITAGS. C. Michael Murray, United Inland George A. Quick, Pilots MM&P Pensioners 19 Randall H. Rockwood, FEMG MM&P Directory 20 Cross’d the Final Bar 24 MM&P Holiday Party Photos 26

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“Buy and Ship American” Reaffirmed in New Farm Bill Crawford was San Francisco Bar essential online community of members and allies. Connect with MM&P Joins Call for Coherent National Maritime Policy Pilot Captain Orrin Favro. us today. And if you have news or photos you want to share with UIG News: Contracts Approved, Jurisdictional Fight Won MM&P Holiday Party Photos Photo by MM&P member Captain Kip Carlson. everyone, send us an e-mail at: [email protected]. From the p resident Towards a Coherent National Maritime Policy MM&P President Don Marcus delivered the following speech during the National Maritime Strategy Symposium that took place in Washington, D.C., Jan. 14-16.

hank you for the opportunity to present a viewpoint MARAD should exercise from maritime labor. My statement tracks the formal its statutory authority as the T submission made jointly by Masters, Mates & Pilots and final arbiter when questions the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association. regarding the applicability The lifeblood of maritime labor is jobs and implementation of cargo “In Peace and War” is the motto of the U.S. Merchant preference requirements arise. Marine. At the end of the day, the men and women aboard U.S.-flag ships are the ones who deliver the cargoes that Equitable Tax and guarantee our nation’s economic and military security. Regulatory Treatment While this fact has been recognized during every As has been demonstrated by policies implemented in other international crisis in our nation’s history, it is often forgotten maritime nations, favorable tax treatment could increase the immediately thereafter. Today the situation is no different. The amount of commercial cargoes available for transport by the U.S.- present state of our merchant marine cries out for a coherent flag fleet. It could also encourage capital investment in shipping. and comprehensive national maritime policy. We should work to expand application of the tonnage tax for U.S.-flag vessels and ensure that the law is being administered. Strong Government Support Is Essential We should grant the Foreign Source Income Exclusion to The development of a realistic, meaningful national maritime American crews in international trade. Tax equity for American policy should begin with the affirmation—at the highest levels mariners would boost the competitiveness of our industry. of the Administration—that our country must have a strong U.S.-flag merchant marine, owned and operated by American U.S.-Flag Vessels for LNG Exports citizens and crewed by licensed and unlicensed American A portion of our LNG exports should be carried aboard mariners. American-flag, American-crewed vessels. Bilateral trade In this era of so-called “global free trade,” our government agreements with our LNG trading partners should be established. cannot be led to believe that a U.S.-flag merchant marine has A Marine Highway System no economic value to our nation or that Americans can rely on Serious steps need to be taken to develop a marine highway flag-of-convenience vessels to provide for their defense in time system that provides efficient and economical coastal of crisis. transportation. The regulatory and tax obstacles to the Without the steadfast support of our government, there can development of this industry should be addressed. As has been be no coordinated approach to national maritime policy. done in Europe, we should develop programs to improve the Without the steadfast support of our government, availability and coordination of intermodal transportation. we will continue to confront the haphazard, piecemeal, counterproductive approach to maritime policies and Support the Jones Act programs that is seen today throughout federal departments The Jones Act is the foundation upon which our industry is built. and agencies. For this reason, the government’s unqualified support for the full Full Funding for the Maritime Security Program enforcement of the Jones Act is essential. Funding and updating the Title XI Loan Guarantee Program While the Maritime Security Program (MSP) seems to have and the Capital Construction Fund program are necessary to help dodged a bullet for the time being, it must have vocal support vessel owners expand, modernize and upgrade their fleets. at the highest levels of the Administration, support that includes the unequivocal demand for full funding for the Deeds Not Words 60-ship MSP fleet, essential to prevent the loss of qualified Those of us who have spent our lives going to sea want our sons American mariners and sealift readiness. and daughters to have the same opportunity to earn a living in Enforcement of Cargo Preference Laws this honorable and fundamental American industry. But how can we encourage our nation’s young people to train for and endure What is needed is a Presidential Directive, to all federal the hardships of a career at sea when the timeline of our industry agencies involved in shipping, that reaffirms the national policy never appears to extend beyond five or ten years? that—as required by law—privately owned U.S.-flag vessels We must insist that our country’s leaders recognize and must be used for the carriage of U.S.-government generated exports and imports. regenerate this key industrial asset which is vital to the prosperity and security of our nation. The travesty of attempting to gut the Food-for-Peace Rather than fighting to be “the last man standing” in a crippled program in favor of cash handouts to non-governmental entities must be exposed and rolled-back. industry with few prospects, it is time that we worked together to salvage what is left.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 1 - January - February 2014 news briefs New Farm Legislation Reinforces “Buy and Ship American” New farm legislation approved by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in February reaffirms longstanding support for the PL 480 Food-for-Peace Program and its requirements that food aid agricultural commodities be purchased in the United States and shipped in part on U.S.-flag vessels. For the past year, MM&P and others in our industry—along with domestic transportation and agricultural commodity groups—have been fighting proposals that would shift PL 480 from a food-based program to one in which taxpayer dollars, instead of American farm commodities, were sent to the world’s neediest nations. That proposal would hurt American farmers and reduce the cargo available to U.S.-flag vessels, weakening America’s economic and military security in the process. House and Senate conferees on the farm legislation rejected the plan, agreeing instead to maintain the PL 480 program in its current form. “This action shows that Congress believes the American people should receive a return on their investment in the PL 480 food aid program,” said MM&P President Don Marcus. “It also shows that Congress believes that American taxpayer dollars should be used to purchase U.S. rather than foreign agricultural commodities, and should be used for U.S.-flag rather than foreign-flag vessels.” “We look forward to working with Congress and the Administration to continue to improve the efficient implementation of the PL 480 program so that America’s interests and the interests of those abroad who we are helping are enhanced,” Marcus said. It is important to note that the legislation also creates a permanent, separate program that allows up to $80 million in U.S. funds to be spent to purchase food aid commodities overseas under certain conditions. “We will be working diligently to ensure that the funding for this local regional purchase program is not taken from the funds appropriated for the PL 480 program and does not cause a reduction in the amount of commodities purchased and shipped under PL 480,” Marcus said.

MM&P Officials Hitch a Ride on a Water Taxi

In January Captain Taylor Lewis, whose company Tideline Marine operates an on-call water taxi service on the San Francisco waterfront, took a group of MM&P visitors on a ride. They were MM&P President Don Marcus, United Inland Group Vice President Mike Murray and National Contracts Officer Lars Turner. Members of the United Inland Group serve as masters and deckhands aboard the 42-ft water taxis, which are powered by two 275 horsepower engines and carry up to 12 passengers. “There’s lots of excitement in the San Francisco Bay Area over the launch of this taxi service and we’re happy that MM&P skilled mariners are part of the venture,” says MM&P San Francisco Branch Agent Ray Shipway.

Taylor Lewis of Tideline Marine (center) took MM&P President Don Marcus (left), Contracts Officer Lars Turner and United Inland Group Vice President Mike Murray (not pictured) for a ride in the on-call water taxi in January.

January - February 2014 - 2 - The Master, Mate & Pilot news br iefs Civilian Mariners Receive 1 Percent Pay Raise Thanks to Maritime Labor and Obama Executive Order Finally: some good news for the members of the MM&P Federal Employees Membership Group (FEMG) and other Civil Service mariners. They have been As a result of MM&P’s deep- awarded a 1 percent increase in pay which reflects the terms of an executive order signed by President Obama at the end of December. The executive order gives sea negotiated wages, the federal employees a 1 percent across-the-board pay increase, ending a 3-year pay freeze. The pay raise became effective in January. union was able to justify a MM&P and other maritime labor unions played a central role in ensuring that the raise was extended to Civil Service mariners. Unlike shore-side General wage adjustment for Civil Schedule employees, CIVMARS do not automatically receive cost-of-living allow- Service mariners entitling ances. Every year, MM&P must substantiate and justify pay adjustments governed by 5 U.S.C. 5348 for wage employees (i.e., MM&P officers employed by CNIC, them to the percentage pay CNO, MSC, Army Corps and NOAA). MM&P must annually submit to Military Sealift Command (MSC) the deep-sea adjustment received by GS prevailing rates achieved through commercial negotiations with private shipping companies. MSC is required to mirror those wages. Other federal agencies that employees: 1 percent. employ CIVMARs follow MSC’s lead in establishing CIVMARs’ rates of pay. As a result of MM&P’s deep-sea negotiated wages, the union was able to justify a wage adjustment for MM&P officers entitling them to the percentage pay adjustment received by GS employees: 1 percent. “This long overdue pay raise for Civil Service merchant mariners is a good step in the right direction, but MM&P FEMG members’ wages are not where they should be,” said MM&P Government Fleet Representative Randi Ciszewski. “All federal workers are being targeted by unwarranted attacks on their livelihood. Civil Service merchant mariners and their families sacrifice most of their adult life supporting the Department of Defense mission in support of our nation. They earn very little leave. They receive limited liberty because of buddy system and liberty restrictions. Their wages, allowances and overtime are capped. And they’ve been furloughed and unfairly used as political pawns during sequestration.”

New IMO Guidelines Task Captains With Collecting and Preserving Criminal Evidence The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted Under the guidelines, the master would be expected, for guidelines for ship masters to follow in “collecting and preserv- example, “to draw up a list of persons who may have information ing evidence” following allegations that a serious crime has been and invite them to record their recollection of events,” as well as committed on board ship. The measures outline responsibilities to collect evidence while wearing protective clothing “such as of the ship’s captain during the time period between the report overalls and rubber gloves.” of a possible serious crime and the time when professional crime It also stipulates that all collected items “are to be photo- scene investigators take action. graphed, identified, labelled and logged at the location found “It is recognized that the master is not a professional crime- before removal and packaging.” scene investigator and that crew and resources to preserve and Examples of labels and packaging materials for many types of collect evidence may be limited depending on the vessel type,” evidence are listed. Specifics for collecting samples of blood and the guidelines state. However, “the master should attempt to other “biohazards” are included, as are techniques for recovering secure the scene of the alleged crime as soon as possible… Where fibers and hair, and preserving or photographing footprints and an incident has occurred in a space that cannot be sealed, the finger prints. master should aim to collect the evidence…” The new guidelines are posted in their entirety on bridgedeck.org.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 3 - January - February 2014 news briefs (continued) New IMO Manning Regulations Took Effect Jan. 1 The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted ing; length and nature of voyages; onboard training activities; revised guidelines covering the process for establishing man- implementation of ship’s security plan; planning, monitoring, ning levels in a “Principles of Minimum Safe Manning” resolu- loading, stowage, securing and care of cargo; administrative tion [A.1047 (27)] which became effective Jan. 1. In a companion tasks; and the personnel required to meet peak workload situa- move, the IMO amended the SOLAS Convention in Chapter V, tions and conditions within applicable work hour limits and/or Regulation 14, to require flag States to take the principles in the rest requirements. resolution into account in a transparent procedure when issuing The company now has a responsibility to: Safe Manning Documents. • make an assessment of the tasks, duties and responsibilities required of the ship’s complement; and • propose to the flag State administration how it will man “Rather than simply calculating the and operate the ship within the new principles of minimum safe manning and ensure that the hours of work/ minimum number of crew needed to rest are implemented. If there is a change in trading area, construction, machinery, navigate the ship from point A to point B, equipment, operation and maintenance or management of the the new approach focuses on the actual ship which may affect safe manning, the company is required to submit a new manning proposal. If a ship persistently fails to be operational manning levels needed to safely in compliance with the rest hour requirements, its Safe Manning Document may be withdrawn. operate the ship under all conditions.” The new IMO regulations provide a framework to determine manning levels based on an analysis of required operational functions and factors, task capabilities and workload assess- Rather than simply calculating the minimum number of ment to determine if workload will remain within the minimum crew needed to navigate the ship from point A to point B, the hours of work/rest provided for by national or international new approach focuses on the actual operational manning levels regulations. needed to safely operate the ship under all conditions. It remains to be seen how the U.S. Coast Guard, as the To establish minimum manning levels, among the many administration for U.S.-flag ships, will conform U.S. regula- factors that now need to be taken into account—in addition tions to implement the new international requirements. A copy to watchkeeping—are: type of ship and its trading area; degree of IMO Resolution A.1047 (27) and the text of the amended of automation; degree of shore-side support; who does the SOLAS Chapter V, Regulations 14-Manning are posted on maintenance; frequency of port calls; mooring and unmoor- bridgedeck.org.

Convention Call 85th MM&P Regular Convention July 15-16, 2014 In accordance with Article IV, Section 2, of the International Constitution, you are hereby notified that a Regular Convention of the MM&P will be convened at 10:00 am on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The Convention will be held at the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies, 692 Maritime Boulevard, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090. You are also hereby notified that in accordance with Article IV, Section 6, Subsection c), all proposed resolutions for the Convention must be forwarded to the International Secretary-Treasurer at least thirty (30) days prior to the opening day of the Convention for inclusion on the agenda and determination by the Convention. All resolutions submitted for consideration by the Convention should include the following: the page number of the proposed change/addition; the section heading of the Constitution being changed; the paragraph (ex: 2. (a) (iii) etc.) to be changed;the wording of the change/addition; the purpose of the change/addition; the name(s) of the submitter(s).

January - February 2014 - 4 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Gift to MM&P From Member of “Greatest Generation” MM&P member Earl Herring has donated to the union a series of magnificent images of the ships designed and built for the U.S. Maritime Commission during World War II. Herring obtained and reproduced the images, which he calls “the End of an Era Series,” as part of his effort to preserve the merchant marine’s heritage. Besides their historical relevance, the images are a poignant reminder of the essential role of the merchant marine in America’s defense and prosperity, and of the sacrifices made by American merchant mariners in times of peace and war. MM&P will display the prints, along with a plaque describing Brother Herring’s contributions to the preservation of our nation’s proud maritime tradition, at the union’s headquarters. Over the years, Brother Herring has produced, at his own expense, prints of U.S. merchant marine vessels, which he sells solely to benefit charities that include St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Boys’ Town and The Salvation Army. If you are interested in purchasing the prints or books about the American Merchant Marine, As part of his efforts to preserve the proud heritage of visit http://www.usmerchantships.com for more information. the American Merchant Marine, MM&P member Earl Herring (above) has given the union a series of museum- quality prints to display at headquarters. Coast Guard Now Issuing Separate Medical Certificates The Coast Guard’s National Maritime Center (NMC) has begun issuing medical certificates in accordance with the regulations that implement the amendments to the STCW Convention. The agency says it expects to issue 50,000 medical certificates within 90 days. The expiration dates on the certificates will vary depending on when the merchant mariner credential (MMC) expires. Beginning Jan. 24, the agency said it will start issuing medical certificates to each qualified mariner applying for an original, raise- in-grade or renewal MMC. Pilots will receive a medical certificate at their next annual medical review. A new medical certificate will be issued to pilots every two years. All the medical certificates will be issued free of charge. The agency says the new document is intended to certify that mariners have: the physical capability to fulfill all the requirements of basic training as required by Section A-VI/1 of STCW; adequate hearing and speech to communicate and detect audible alarms; no medical condition that would prevent the effective performance of duties; no medical condition likely to be aggravated by service at sea; and no medical condition that requires medication that has side effects which could interfere with the performance of duties. Mariners will be required to carry the certificate to sail under the authority of their MMCs. The agency asks that mariners sign the certificate in blue or black ink as soon as they receive it and keep it, without separating the pages, along with their MMC. If the certificate indicates that the mariner has a medical waiver, he or she must comply with the requirements of the accompanying waiver letter, which must be carried when sailing under the authority of the MMC. If a medical certificate expires during a voyage, it will remain valid until the next U.S. port of call, provided that the period after expiration does not exceed 90 days. Each medical certificate will carry three expiration dates: for mariners who sail under the authority of an STCW endorsement, the expiration date will be for up to two years past the date of examination unless the mariner is under the age of 18, in which case the maximum period of validity will be one year; for pilots, the expiration date will be a maximum period of two years; for mariners sailing nationally, medical certificates will be issued for a maximum of five years. The Coast Guard says it may grant a waiver if an applicant for a MMC does not possess the vision, hearing, or general physical condition necessary and extenuat- ing circumstances warrant special consideration. The limitations/restrictions that result in the issuance of a medical waiver will be listed on the medical certificate. Some mariners may receive time-restricted medical certificates that expire in either one or two years depending on the condition and the need for periodic evaluation. For more information, go to uscg.mil/nmc and click on “Medical” in the left-hand column.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 5 - January - February 2014 news briefs (continued) Thirty Years On, MM&P Member Ed Batcho Receives Response From Message in a Bottle While crossing the Atlantic as a chief mate aboard the SS Ashley Lykes, MM&P member Ed Batcho tossed a bottle overboard containing a message dated Jan. 26, 1983. More than 30 years later, in November 2013, he received a response. It was a letter from Pedro Paulo Guilhermino Lopes, who wrote to say he had found the bottle along the beach in Nazaré, Portugal. That message, which included the original 1983 letter, is just the latest in a series of responses that Batcho has received in the three decades in which he has pursued his unusual hobby. In a telephone interview, Batcho told Nick Barton of the MM&P Communications Department that he had thrown nearly 100 bottles into the Atlantic and Pacific over the course of 30 years sailing for Lykes Lines. Batcho said he used to collect bottles from his Captain Ed Batcho and his daughter Stepheny with neighbors in preparation for his voyages. the letter he received from Portugal in response to a “I always got the impression that everyone that found them was thrilled,” he said. message in a bottle he tossed over the side of the SS “Probably the biggest motivation was that somebody would find it and get a kick out of it Ashley Lykes in 1983. for a while… Rather than ships passing in the night, it’s a little bit more of an experience.” Seafarers’ Rights Group Works to Expand Mariners’ Access to Legal Advice Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) is working to expand mariners’ access to needed legal services. The group has announced a new “Charter of Good Practice for the Provision of Legal Services to Seafarers,” to which over 100 lawyers from 50 different law firms across 34 countries have already committed. The group aims to provide knowledgeable and affordable legal counsel to seafarers worldwide. “It can be difficult for anyone to find a good, affordable lawyer, but for seafarers, this is an even greater task because they are traveling from port to port, in places where they don’t speak the language and don’t know anyone,” says SRI Executive Director Deirdre Fitzpatrick. “Finding a lawyer who may be able to help them can be extremely difficult. Those who try to assist seafarers will tell them about their rights and how to enforce their rights, but this assumes that seafarers have access to legal assistance in the first place.” Fitzpatrick says that SRI believes the legal charter will be an important tool in identifying lawyers who are willing to act in seafarers’ best interests. Plans for an app that lists lawyers who have signed up to participate in the charter are in the works. The information will also be made available offline. A Win for MM&P in McNeil Island New Time for Job Call Jurisdiction Case Under Offshore MM&P’s United Inland Group (UIG) has been recognized as the lawful Shipping Rules representative of the McNeil Island marine employees’ bargaining unit. The employees who crew the McNeil Island Ferry had been represented by the Now in Effect United Inland Group for years but Teamsters Local 117 contested the UIG’s jurisdictional right to represent the group. Under the new MM&P Offshore Shipping Rules The decision reconfirming MM&P’s jurisdictional right to represent the that entered into effect on Jan. 1, job call will be unit was issued in January by the State of Washington Public Employment held at 1100 hours local time in all ports except Relations Commission. for Honolulu, where it will be held at 1000 hours. “This was an attempted raid by the Teamsters Union, with support from The new Shipping Rules have been posted in all the legislators,” said MM&P UIG Vice President Mike Murray. “I would like MM&P union halls. They can also be viewed in the to recognize the excellent work performed by our attorney Rhonda Fenrich in Members’ Only section of www.bridgedeck.org. ensuring that MM&P prevailed in this case.”

January - February 2014 - 6 - The Master, Mate & Pilot UIG Members Approve Contracts at Westar-Seattle and Whatcom County Ferry Members of MM&P’s United Inland Group have approved new contracts with Westar-Seattle and Whatcom County Ferry. All the UIG members employed at Westar-Seattle voted to accept a new four-year contract which calls for annual wage and benefit increases. The contract calls for the company to cover 100 percent of the cost of medical insurance in year one and 50 percent in the three remaining years. UIG members employed at Whatcom County Ferry have approved a one-year contract which also calls for annual wage and benefit increases. “I’d like to thank Captain Ernie Pearson, the UIG shop steward at Whatcom County Ferry, for his help at every step of the process,” said MM&P UIG Vice President Mike Murray.

Offshore Familiarization MM&P Great Lakes Course in Los Angeles/ Members in DDE Class Long Beach Hall MM&P United Inland Group Vice President Mike Murray took this photo of three members of the MM&P Great Lakes & Rivers Group who participated in the Dedicated Duty Engineer (DDE) class offered at MITAGS. The closing of the Soo Locks in mid-January marked the official end to the Great Lakes shipping season this year. The pause in shipping means things ramp up for the members who take advantage of the break to take courses, as well as for engineers and others who spend the offseason doing maintenance on the ships. This year, the locks are scheduled to open again on March 25.

Members of the MM&P Offshore Group participated in the Offshore Orientation Course that was held Nov. 13-14 in the Los Angeles/Long Beach Hall. (Left to right) MM&P Coast Agent Jeremy Hope, Morgan Williams, Gary Ford, Bruce Bridewell, Ben Moore, Matthew Neill and Pacific Ports Vice President David Boatner. A group of MM&P members who sail on the Great Lakes took advantage of the winter break in shipping to hone their engineering skills at MITAGS with Chief Engineer/Instructor Charles Snyder. (Left to right) John Leed, Snyder, James Willis and Karl Bohne. MM&P’s New Video Magazine Tracks Battle to Preserve American Maritime Jobs The most recent information on your union’s campaign to save our ships and preserve the U.S. Merchant Marine is now online. To watch “Notice to Mariners,” a series about critical issues facing our members and our industry, go to www.bridgedeck.org and click on the TV icon in the top right-hand corner of the home page. The new series, which is also posted on MM&P’s YouTube channel, can be easily shared with co-workers, friends and neighbors on Facebook, Twitter and using other social media tools.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 7 - January - February 2014 newsTransition brie fsSmooths (continued) Sea Lanes as New Administration Steams Ahead

Marshall Ainley BillBill Van Van Loo Loo AdamAdam Vokac Vokac ChrisChris Guerra Guerra PhilPhil Sistrunk Sistrunk President Secretary-TreasurerSecretary-Treasurer ExecutiveExecutive V.P. V.P. AtlanticAtlantic Coast Coast V.P. GulfGulf Coast Coast V.P. V.P. New MEBA President H. Marshall Ainley The good ship M.E.B.A. is steaming ahead following a was first elected as Baltimore Branch Agent. Bill confirmed change of command at the nation’s oldest maritime union. In his appreciation to the Union membership and promised MM&P Congratulatesa six-man race for the Union presidency, Winners members voting inof MEBAto work hard and Electionutilize his expertise on behalf of each and M.E.B.A.’s 2013 officers’ election launched longtime Chief every M.E.B.A. member during the next three years. Chris MM&P congratulatesEngineer the winners Marshall of Ainleythe Marine to the topEngineers’ spot. Beneficial AssociationGuerra election: begins his President second term H. asMarshall Atlantic CoastAinley; V.P. Secretary- on top Treasurer Bill Van Loo; Executive Vice President Adam Vokac; Atlantic Coast ofVice three President years as Patrolman Chris Guerra; in the Portand of Gulf New Coast York/New Vice Marshall brings over 30 years of industry experience to the Jersey. Chris is well equipped to help advance the Union’s President Phillip Sistrunk.table with the last nine serving as Chief for Maersk Line, mission. The new MEBA PresidentLtd. He has is significant a 1982 graduate experience of Kingsin the PointGovernment who workedfleet both afloat and ashore for Military Sealift Command (MSC)-Atlantic. He andwas a involved Master’s Degree in the inConstruction Business Administration Representative from the Division, At including an “All-Hands” work meeting in contract in Easton, administration MD recently, and technical oversight in shipyardsUniversity during ofmajor Massachusetts. vessel conversions. He is a 1982 He graduate has sailed of the in all engineeringPresident Ainley officer laid positions out the focus with for MSC, our elected USSM officials and MLL. Most recently, he wasU.S. permanent Merchant ChiefMarine Engineer Academy. with“I look MLL. forward to working to better serve our membership and work toward the “MM&P pledges withto work the M.E.B.A. together administration with the new and MEBA members administration,” to further saidsustainability MM&P President of our great Don Union. Marcus. The “Ournew District union’s Executive commit- ment to collective effortsthe M.E.B.A.,” with MEBA Ainley to announced. protect and “I enhancealso look forwardterms of to employment for all ships officers will continue.” partnering with other unions, industry and government to continued ensure the continued vitality of our industry.” Marshall takes over a District Executive Committee In Spirit thatof returns Partnership, Atlantic Coast Vice President CNO Chris Guerra Officials and MM&P and Secretary-Treasurer Bill Van Loo. The vacancy for Executive Vice President was captured by former Honolulu Opt for MediationRepresentative Adam Vokac of – another 2013 Kings Pointer Harbor with a Pilot Furloughs MM&P GovernmentMaster’s Fleet Representative Degree (actually Randitwo) – in Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Systems Management. Adam had served as the Ciszewski met recentlyPermanent with Chief 1st A/E of aboard Naval theOperations NCL-America vessel PRIDE (CNO) Contract AdministratorOF AMERICA Jeff and Carpenter recently earned and his Chief Engineer’s CNIC Port Operationslicense. Program Director Jim Risley at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in Phil Sistrunk is the new Gulf Coast Vice President who Washington, D.C., to mediate concerns regarding the ascends to the position after working his way up through 2013 furloughs of MM&Pthe hawsepipe. Harbor PilotsFollowing that his took U.S. place Navy service which took in the context of “sequestration”him to Vietnam, and he the worked partial on push-boatsgovern- as a deckhand ment shutdown. and tankerman up and down the Mississippi River and CNIC stands for Commander,inter-coastal waterways. Navy Installations Phil also toiled in the oilfields as a Command. CNIC isroustabout, responsible roughneck, for worldwide derrickman, shore and motorman. Before installation support shippingfor the U.S. out withNavy the under M.E.B.A. the Chiefblue and of gold, he also worked his way up to Chief Engineer on Mobile Offshore Naval Operations. New Branch Agent Erin Bertram gave an overview of the Drilling Units and served as an offshore installation manager. “In the spirit of partnership, the parties entered into M.E.B.A.’s new dispatching system to attendees at an mediation rather thanBill litigation Van Loo has to discussserved the and membership satisfac- since 2002 when he officials’ meeting in January. torily resolve concerns pertaining to the 2013 Harbor Pilot furloughs,” Ciszewski said. “I remain hopeful Participants in the mediation session regarding harbor pilot furloughs were that we can collaborate to avoid having to seek formal photographed during a break in discussions. (Left to right) CNO ContractMarine Administrator Officer 5 Jeff Carpenter, MM&P Government Fleet Representative Randi Ciszewski and CNIC redress.” HQ Port Operations Program Director Jim Risley. “We have a very productive and healthy working relationship that benefits the Department of Defense mission, MEBA_Winter_2014.inddan accomplishment 5 that both parties want to 2/11/14 10:51 AM continue to maintain.”

January - February 2014 - 8 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Greetings From the Great Lakes Members of the MM&P United Inland Group’s Great Lakes & Rivers Region were hard at work in freezing temperatures moving salt, grain and ore before the season ended in mid-January with the closing of the Soo Locks. In these photos, MM&P member John Leed chronicled a recent voyage aboard Grand River Navigation’s James L. Kuber, pushing the barge Victory.

Conveyorman Mike Gammons (right) and Assistant Conveyorman Kellen Flynn. Approaching the locks at Sault Sainte Marie.

Heading into Thunder Bay, Ontario, for a load of grain. Deckhands Kris Burgess and James Bruning on the dock at the Sault Sainte Marie locks. MM&P Captain Sends Greetings to Former Shipmates Captain Mark Poneros of Englewood Cliffs, N.J., recently celebrated his 80th birthday with family, friends, and a cake that commemo- rates his career as a merchant mariner. A member of MM&P since June 1956, Poneros worked for U.S. Lines for 30 years. His last voyage was aboard the American Liberty, which he laid up in San Francisco on July 3, 1986. “Healthy, happy and prosperous New Year to all,” he writes. Former shipmates who would like to correspond with him should e-mail [email protected].

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 9 - January - February 2014 news briefs (continued) Hawaii Ports Maritime Council Meets Congressional Candidates

Members of the Hawaii Ports Maritime Council, including MM&P Honolulu Rep Randy Swindell, met recently with two candidates who are running to represent Hawaii’s First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. In December, (above) they had lunch with Hawaii State Representative H. Mark Takai. In January the group met with Hawaii State Senator Will Espero.

Middle School Student Dreams of Career as a Mariner Eighth-grader Jonuel A. Colón Candelaria has a dream: to be captain of a ship. He also has a hero, or rather, three: his father Jose M. Colón, who works for McAllister Towing in San Juan; his grandfather; and Richard Phillips, the MM&P member whose story is the subject of the film “Captain Phillips.” Jonuel, a student at Centro Educativo Cla-gill in Bayamón, P.R., made an oral presentation to his English class that described what happened in April 8, 2009, when Somali pirates boarded the Maersk Alabama. Jonuel says the story reminded him of a dangerous situation his father had encountered on the job in 2001: an extortion attempt by an armed gunman. “I can’t imagine what my dad felt at that moment, or what Captain Richard Phillips felt, not knowing if they would make it back alive to see their families,” Jonuel says. “Ever since I saw that movie, Captain Phillips has become one of my biggest inspirations (other than my dad and grandfather) to become a captain s om e d ay.” Thirteen-year-old Jonuel A. Colón Candelaria wants to “When my English teacher gave the assignment to do an oral presentation, of be a ship captain like his father Jose M. Colón, who works for McAllister Towing in San Juan. Above, Jonuel with course I picked Captain Phillips,” he says. “Everyone in my class was shocked, sur- MM&P Atlantic Ports Vice President Don Josberger (left) prised at his great survival story. People ask me why I like the story so much. I tell and United Inland Group Vice President Mike Murray. them that I learned something from it. I learned that no matter how big the problem, or how difficult situations may seem, if you focus on your goal, you’ll succeed. Phillips’ goal was to stay alive and to go back in one piece to his home and family; he fought and didn’t give up on his goal of survival. That is something to admire.”

January - February 2014 - 10 - The Master, Mate & Pilot REGULATORY UPDATE with Klaus Luhta Coast Guard Begins Issuing NVICs Implementing STCW Amendments The U.S. Coast Guard is in the process of issuing twenty-six Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circulars (NVIC) related to implementation of the STCW 2010 Manila Amendments and the Maritime Labor Convention. Although the United States is not yet a signatory to the MLC, U.S. mariners travelling to foreign ports are still subject to the requirements. One of the most important changes affecting MM&P members is the new two-year medical certificate requirement. Under the new rule, all STCW credentialed mariners must maintain a medical certificate that is valid for two years. This is a change from the past practice of having a five-year medical certificate that was issued at the time of upgrade or renewal. Points to note: The effective date of the medical certificate requirements is Jan. 24, 2014. Mariners holding a national endorsement issued before Jan. 24, 2014 have their medical certification embedded in their MMC and a separate medical certificate is not required. Mariners in this circumstance will receive a separate medical certificate on their next credential transaction. The USCG is issuing medical certificates free of charge to all STCW mariners on file, without any action required by the mariner. Visit http://www.uscg.mil/nmc/csc/colorbox/mariner_validation_form.asp to ensure your contact information is updated. Or you can contact the National Maritime Center at [email protected] or 1-888-IASKNMC. Mariners are required to carry the new medical certificates with them aboard the vessel in order to be considered in compliance. As always, submit renewal and upgrade packets early to avoid delays.

Note: We are discovering that the medical certificate issued by the Coast Guard extends only two years from your last physical submitted to the NMC. It is recommended that you submit a completed 719–K to the NMC as soon as possible to ensure that your medical qualifications are in compliance and that you are able to ship out.

Piracy Threat Remains High in Gulf of Guinea, MM&P President Tells CNN Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is a growing problem, MM&P President Don Marcus told journalist Andrew Stevens in a CNN interview broadcast Jan. 16. Armed guards on vessels, increased naval presence and international cooperation have driven Somali and world-wide piracy to a six-year low, Marcus said, but the battle against piracy has not been won. Incidents in the Gulf of Guinea and the straits of Malacca/ Indonesia are on the rise, particularly those targeting the oil and gas sector. “We’re certainly not winning the war against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, with attacks getting much more serious and violent in recent years,” he said. “The Gulf of Guinea is a very dangerous place to be right now.” Marcus said that the model for piracy is different in Western Africa, where “highly organized syndicates” steal cargo and equipment, and kidnap MM&P President Don Marcus talked to CNN about the growing threat of piracy crews for ransom. in the Gulf of Guinea.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 11 - January - February 2014 InewsNTERV brIEieWfs

Charlie Malue joined MM&P in 1985, Charles Malue, working his way up to Captain. Before becoming the MM&P United Inland Group representative in Cleveland, MM&P Representative he sailed on all the Great Lakes, on on the Great Lakes Lakers, dredges and tankers.

Charlie Malue, who started working on the Lakes at the age of 20 and has represented the MM&P Great Lakes & Rivers Group in Cleveland since 2005, will retire in February. He took a break from a busy work day to describe his first job on the Lakes, share his thoughts on labor unions and outline his plans for the future.

Where were you born and where did you grow up? always managed to get decent contracts. For example, unli- I was born in Cleveland and grew up there and in coal mining censed on the Lakes used to earn more than unlicensed who country in Western Kentucky, where my mother’s family lived. sailed deep sea. Having sailed with the SIU and the NMU, it I was raised on tales my grandfather and uncles told about the made me appreciate what a class organization MM&P is. battles between the United Mine Workers and the coal com- What differences were there between life aboard panies. I remember as a young boy going to the company store ship when you first started shipping out and now? with my cousins, when the company store was the only place around to shop and you bought everything on credit, to be The food was great back then. The Lakers were very good feed- taken out of your pay. Sometimes they ended up the week with ers. And there used to be a 26-man crew. Now you have 17 or no earnings at all because of the prices charged at the store. 18 on board. When did you join the labor movement? How has the Great Lakes & Rivers Group changed since you became rep in 2005? One of my uncles on my father’s side of the family was a founding member of the Seafarers International Union (SIU). I When I started we had 100 members and applicants. Now we started out in the SIU. After a few years I went to the National have 300 members and applicants. That’s strictly due to Grand Maritime Union (NMU) where I ended up sailing as AB for River Navigation, which is always looking to buy new ships. Cleveland Tankers. After much prodding from the First Mate Dave Beckwith and the Union Rep Jack Duff, I went and wrote How does the work done by officers on the Lakes my license. I joined MM&P in 1985 and eventually worked my differ from work in the Offshore? way up to Captain. The mates are all required to have pilotage on the Lakes. And Describe your first jobs on the Lakes. the engineers have a lot more responsibility on the Lakers because of the short trips and all the unloading equipment. I started sailing at the age of 20 as a wiper/coal-passer in 1969 on a Laker that was a coal-burning steam turbine. We moved What do you plan to do in your retirement? stone, coal, salt and iron ore. That ship had automatic stokers When I caught a ship, I got on board with one bag of clothes but they didn’t work all the time and I learned the art of hand- and one bag of books. In the words of Mother Jones, “Sit down firing the boilers. In any case, you had to shoot the ashes over and read and educate yourself for the coming struggles.” I the side. It was a dirty, hot job. haven’t had a vacation in seven years and I’m ready to chill. I I would come up from the engine room and see the deck- plan on getting more reading done and getting back into my hands sitting around on deck, getting sun tans. The next time I hobby of learning different languages. shipped out, I shipped on deck and stayed there. I sailed on all the Great Lakes, on Lakers, dredges and tank- Anything else you would like to add? ers. Other than a short stint with MSC in the Med and a few It’s because of the Union that we get the wages and benefits we months on a tug in the Pacific, all my sailing has been on the do. For myself, dignity on the job is just as important. It looks Lakes. like we might have a “right to work” fight brewing in Ohio. If Any memorable experiences in your earlier years so, I plan to jump in with both feet. as a union member and shipping out? I’ve never been involved in a strike. Up here on the Lakes, we

January - February 2014 - 12 - The Master, Mate & Pilot news br iefs Washington Observer The Fight to Protect American Maritime Jobs Continues

s we move full speed ahead into the investment. In fact, the current structure of the second session of the 113th Congress, Food-for-Peace Program, with its requirement A we know two things for sure. First, that that agricultural commodities be purchased it will be an abbreviated, politically charged and processed in the United States and shipped year as both political parties gear up for the on U.S.-flag vessels, has resulted in important November Congressional elections. Every deci- employment opportunities for American workers sion will be made based on how it will bolster in the agricultural and transportation industries. one party or the other at the polls. “The combination of handling, processing We know with equal certainty that the pro- and transporting commodities from the farm to grams important to the survival of the U.S.-flag U.S. ports, and from U.S. ports to foreign ports, merchant marine and to the jobs of MM&P generated more than $1.9 billion in output for members working in the domestic Jones Act C. James Patti U.S. industries and $523 million in U.S. house- trades and on U.S.-flag vessels in the foreign trades hold earnings,” according to a 2010 study by will once again be under attack. Promar International. This means that we must strengthen our efforts in our The study also found that the Food-for-Peace Program is an nation’s Capital, expand our activities at the grassroots level, and important source of jobs for American farmers, shippers, port build resources to protect MM&P jobs and to support those in workers and merchant mariners, providing employment for over Congress who support us. 44,000 Americans, Under the law as it now stands, 50 percent of the agricultural We need your participation! commodities shipped overseas under the program must be When the first session of the 113th Congress began last January, transported on U.S.-flag vessels. These commodities provide an forces in Hawaii and Puerto Rico were arguing that the Jones Act important source of cargo for U.S.-flag ships, helping to ensure adversely affected local residents and had to be repealed or at least the availability of American ships and crews to meet the security drastically changed. demands of the Department of Defense. Without any regard for the facts—or the benefits that accrue As Gen. Duncan McNabb, then-Commanding General of the to all Americans thanks to the Jones Act—operators seeking to U.S. Transportation Command, stated in 2011, “The availability increase their own bottom lines through the use of foreign-built, of food aid cargoes is essential to maintaining the U.S. merchant foreign-flag vessels were calling for an end to U.S. cabotage law. fleet, and therefore essential to maintaining our nation’s essential Today, the Jones Act remains in place thanks to the efforts defense sealift capability.” of those in Congress who understand its importance to the Why is the Administration considering changing the Food- economic, military and homeland security of the United States. for-Peace Program from one predicated on the donation of But you can be sure that going forward, the same powerful U.S.-produced commodities shipped at least in part on U.S.-flag interests we clashed with in January will continue their fight to vessels to a program in which American taxpayer dollars are outsource American maritime jobs. given away to buy foreign farm products shipped on foreign-flag vessels? Be part of something big this year: Would it provide the same guarantee that those in need actu- give to the MM&P PCF ally receive food? Would it provide jobs in the United States? When the first session of the 113th Congress began last January, Would it enhance America’s commercial sealift capability and we were confronted with a misguided proposal, put forward by U.S.-flag merchant marine? the Administration, which threatened the viability of the deep sea Would it save our country money? U.S.-flag merchant marine. It would have effectively ended the The answer to all these questions is a resounding “No.” PL 480 Food-for-Peace Program, replacing it with a cash-give- And thanks to the tireless efforts of our supporters in away scheme. Congress, when the House of Representatives had the opportu- For almost 60 years, the American people, through the Food- nity to maintain or destroy the PL 480 Food-for-Peace Program, for-Peace Program, have given the world’s poorest people the food it did what we and a broad coalition of maritime, agricultural, they need to survive. Since its creation in 1954, Food for Peace has port and transportation interests urged: it rejected the misguided helped feed more than 3 billion people in 150 countries. attempt to turn the PL 480 Program into a taxpayer-funded cash The program has benefited the United States at the same giveaway. time, giving American taxpayers an important return on their

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 13 - January - February 2014 The June 19, 2013 vote in the House came on an amendment “USTRANSCOM relies heavily on the significant capabilities the offered by Reps. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) and Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.). U.S.-flag commercial sealift industry contributes to our nation.” Their proposal, intended to implement the food aid reform He warned that the loss of MSP vessels, coupled with “the loss scheme put forward by the Administration, would have allowed of mariner jobs, access to the related intermodal logistics net- almost half the cash available for the PL 480 Program to be given works these companies provide, and potential loss of competition away to purchase foreign agricultural commodities, foreign ship- in certain trade routes may degrade our current support to forces ping services or anything else, as determined by the foreign recipi- deployed overseas and likely increase transportation costs to the ent of the U.S. tax dollars. Government.” The vote, which followed a vigorous debate, was 203–220 Here again, our supporters in Congress acted to safeguard the against the adoption of the Royce–Engel amendment. role of the merchant marine in our country’s defense: they took Congressman Nick Rahall (W.Va.), ranking Democrat on the steps to ensure full funding for MSP at its Congressionally autho- House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, told his col- rized level of $186 million in FY’14. Thanks to their actions, the 60 leagues that “the effect of this amendment would be to undermine militarily useful U.S.-flag vessels in the maritime security fleet will the integrity of the U.S. merchant marine, which serves our nation continue to operate through the remainder of this fiscal year, and in times of war and peace.” MSP vessels—including those manned by MM&P—will not be Congressman Rob Andrews (D-N.J.) argued that, “the effect of laid-up due to lack of funds. this amendment would be to undercut our merchant marine, our The fight to secure full funding for MSP in FY ’15 and beyond agricultural exporters, and ultimately support within this country is on the horizon. As Congress continues to seek ways to cut for a robust program of food aid to the rest of the world.” spending, it will explore all avenues where it believes money can Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) emphasized that the be “saved.” We know, and our friends in Congress and supporters Royce–Engel amendment “would be devastating to the U.S. mer- in the Department of Defense and the Maritime Administration chant marine and to domestic sealift capacity that moved 90 per- know, that eliminating MSP would cost our country significantly cent of the cargo supporting our military in Iraq and Afghanistan. more than what it spends to fund this essential program. In this Policies such as the one embodied in this amendment would drive case as well, we have won a single battle. But the war rages on. more vessels from the U.S.-flag fleet.” Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Coast Don’t make someone else carry your load: Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, emphasized give to the MM&P PCF the fact that the battle over PL 480 is “a military issue.” “People understand that as a nation’s merchant fleet and its If you work aboard a U.S.-flag vessel—if your job depends on the Navy go, so goes the nation,” Hunter said. “If you lose your mari- Jones Act, the cargo preference statutes or MSP—you owe it to time capability, your U.S.-flag industry is going to be hurt and yourself and your family to make a contribution to the MM&P your ability to project naval power or economic power can wither PCF. Don’t make someone else carry your load. on the vine. That’s what you’re looking at when you lose those The stronger the PCF, the greater our ability to support those ships. They’ll reflag and go someplace else.” who support the U.S.-flag merchant marine and the greater our We in the U.S.-flag maritime industry must remember that the ability to help elect and return maritime supporters to Congress. defeat of the Royce–Engel amendment simply means that we have Anti-union, anti-U.S.-flag shipping forces in Washington, D.C., won a single battle. We have not won the war. Proponents of cash- and in the media are engaged in an all-out campaign to weaken based food aid will seize every opportunity to achieve their objec- our industry. If we allow them to succeed, all the American jobs tive. They will continue to denigrate the role our industry plays dependent on the operation of Jones Act vessels, including those in our nation’s sealift capability and in support of Department of engaged in ferry operations, on our rivers, along our coasts and Defense missions around the world. on the Great Lakes, will be lost; the jobs dependent on the carriage of food aid and other U.S. government generated cargoes Every MM&P member should support the PCF will be lost; the jobs dependent on the operation of vessels partici- pating in MSP will be lost; and the jobs of all those who work with When the first session of the 113th Congress began, as we were and for MM&P will be lost. fighting to preserve the Jones Act and the PL 480 program, we Don’t stand on the sidelines. It is time for all MM&P members, were also fighting to secure full funding for the Maritime Security pensioners and employees to stand up and be counted. Put your Program (MSP) for Fiscal Year 2014. At the start of the year, MSP job first: make a contribution today to the MM&P PCF and help was $12 million short and faced additional reductions due to the support those in Washington who are willing, ready and able to impending mandatory cuts in federal spending called for under fight to protect our jobs. sequestration. Please go to www.bridgedeck.org to learn more about the Commenting on the potential funding shortfall and loss of MM&P PCF and how you can contribute. If you have any ques- U.S.-flag vessels and American mariners, current USTRANSCOM tions about the PCF or our activities in Washington, DC, please Commander Gen. William Fraser reiterated in a communication contact me at [email protected] or contact MM&P Headquarters to members of the House Seapower Subcommittee that at [email protected]

January - February 2014 - 14 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Masters, Mates & Pilots Plans Administrator’s Column Patrick McCullough

Board of Trustees Meetings Summary of Benefits and Coverage Form The first meeting of the Board of Trustees this As required by law, the Plan has updated the year was held Jan.28-30. This article summarizes Summary of Benefits and Coverage Form for some of the actions taken by the Trustees at the the Plan year 2014. The Plan mailed these forms meeting. to participants along with the notice informing the participants of the annual open enrollment. Health & Benefit Plan If you would like to review PDF copies of these forms, they have been posted on the MM&P Open Enrollment for Coverage Effective website. From the home page, www.bridgedeck. Jan. 1, 2014 org, please click on the “MM&P Plans” button, The Trustees received the Administrator’s report and then on the button that reads “H&B Forms.” that during the annual open enrollment period from November The Summary of Benefits and cover forms are listed after the to December 2013, the Plan received new requests for coverage Summary Plan Descriptions. for more than 20 Pilots and their dependents as well as an additional five dependents of members of the Offshore and United Pension Plan Inland Group already covered under the Plan. Annual Verification of Pensioner Benefits Medicare Part D Update To safeguard pension benefits for all participants and their qualified spouses, as they have over the past few years, the Trustees Since 2006, the Health & Benefit Plan has applied for and require all pensioners to verify on an annual basis that they received a subsidy for a percentage of the prescription drug have received their pension benefits for the previous year. The costs incurred by Medicare-eligible Offshore pensioners and annual verification of pensioner benefits form must be nota- dependents. Each year, the Plan must file an application for rized and returned to the Plan Office. If the pensioner resides the subsidy with the Center for Medicare Services (CMS). The in a city with an MM&P Port Office, the MM&P Port Official subsidy is equal to approximately 28 percent of the cost of the can sign the form instead of a notary. If you have any questions, prescription drug benefit. For calendar year 2014, the Plan’s please contact the Plan Office benefit advisor at 410-850-8625 or application to receive the subsidy has been approved. In 2013, 410-850-8636. the Plan received approximately $1,005,632 in subsidies, which have helped defray the costs of providing this benefit to our retirees. Individual Retirement Account Plan (IRAP) The MM&P Plan’s prescription drug program has been New Open Enrollment Period and continues to be comparable to the coverage offered by the The Trustees agreed to allow participants with balances in the Medicare Part D Program. In September 2013, we sent members IRAP Managed Fund as of Dec. 31, 2012, to transfer all or part the required annual notice that explains that the Plan’s prescrip- of their balance as of that date to their self-directed investment tion coverage is “creditable” for 2014. For 2014, all Participants account through Vanguard. Over the next few weeks, the Plan have creditable coverage. will be mailing a letter and transfer form to participants who Pensioners’ Continuation of Coverage had an account balance in the Managed Fund as of Dec. 31, 2012. If you are currently a participant in the Vanguard Self-Directed The Trustees agreed, in principle, to extend the Continuation of Investment Program, your new election will be allocated Coverage Program until the earlier of termination of a par- according to your current investment elections with Vanguard. ticipant’s coverage or June 30, 2015. The Trustees have had this If you are not now self-directing your investment account and program in place since 1985. The Trustees requested that a Plan wish to self-direct your investments through the Vanguard Amendment be drafted for their review at the next meeting. investment options, please contact the Plan Office to request a Vanguard enrollment form. If you have any questions, please feel free to call a benefit advisor at 410-850-8625 or 410-850-8636.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 15 - January - February 2014 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: The “Cadillac Tax” There has been a lot of information in the news lately about would affect the benefits payable to Offshore participants. the so-called “Cadillac Tax” provision of the Patient Protection In 2020 or 2022, however, it might result in a modest tax and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Under the present law, this with respect to the benefits available to the Pilot and United tax on high-cost insurance plans is scheduled to start in the Inland Groups. 2018 tax year. It is important to note, in any case, that the tax is only on While there is no clear guidance on how the tax will be the cost of the Plan above the specific threshold and would calculated, under one reasonable interpretation, for multiem- be paid by the Plan and not the Plan’s participants. ployer plans such as the MM&P Health & Benefit Plan, the tax Please also note there are still about four years before this would kick in when the cost of the Plan exceeds $27,500. In the tax is scheduled to start. Congress can make changes to the future, this amount would be indexed to inflation. laws affecting this tax and there could be different rules than The Plan’s consultants have reviewed the current costs those described here. of the Plan by MM&P Membership Group and, under the We will keep the membership posted as to any updates we interpretation described above, even with compounded cost receive. increases of 8 percent per year, it is not expected that this tax Vacation Plan Effective January 1, 2014, the term “Spouse” Electronic Funds Transfer/Direct Deposit shall mean the person to whom an Eligible Employee or Pensioner is legally married The Plan would like to remind Vacation Plan participants that under applicable law. they have the option of receiving their vacation benefits and 2) Article III (Eligibility), Section 6.E. (Pacific Maritime Port Relief Officer (PRO) payments as a paper check or as an Region Employees) is amended by adding the following electronic funds transfer (EFT)/direct deposit into their desig- language at the end of that subsection to read as follows: nated bank account. An authorization to perform the transac- Notwithstanding anything herein to the tion electronically must be on file. For any change to your bank contrary, effective January 1, 2014, the maxi- and/or account information, the Plan is required to process a mum reimbursement or payment amount for verification (called a pre-note process) through the banking Prescription Drug Benefits described in the system. previous sentence shall not apply. Once this process has been completed, each time you apply 3) Article IV (Benefit Provisions), Part A (Comprehensive for a vacation or PRO benefit, you have the option of receiv- Major Medical Benefits), Section 5.K. (Limitations) is ing a check or having your benefit processed by EFT/direct amended effective January 1, 2014, by replacing the current deposit. The Plan Office processes the EFTs on a daily basis, language with the following language to read as follows: which allows members to have their benefits credited into their K. Air ambulance services shall be payable but limited to account in a shorter time frame. If you have any questions, $6,000 per instance. please contact the Vacation Plan benefit staff at the Plan Office 4) Article IV (Benefit Provisions), Part G (Vision Care at 410-850-8625. Benefit) is amended effective January 1, 2012, by replacing Also remember to update your beneficiaries (e.g., the Plan the word “excluding” in the first paragraph with the word has paid death benefits to ex-spouses when participants have not “including”. updated their beneficiaries). 5) Article IV (Benefit Provisions), Part H (Hearing Aid Benefit), Sections A.2. and B. are amended effective January Plan Amendments 1, 2014, by adding the following language at the end of those The following Plan amendments were adopted by the Board of subsections to read as follows: Trustees at the Jan. 28-30, 2014 meetings. , except such annual maximum limitation shall not apply to such treatment for Dependent children under AMENDMENT NO. 125 TO THE M.M.& P. HEALTH AND BENEFIT PLAN the age of 19 that is medically necessary. RULES AND REGULATIONS 6) Article IV (Benefit Provisions), Part M (Benefits for Pensioners), Section 4.A.3. (General Provisions -- Earnings 1) Article I (Definitions), Section 10.B. (Dependent--Spouse) Limitations for Pensioners Under Age 65) is amended effec- is amended by adding the following language after the first tive January 1, 2014, by adding the following language at the sentence to read as follows: end of that subsection to read as follows:

January - February 2014 - 16 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Masters, Mates & Pilots Plans

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, 3) Effective September 16, 2013, the Third Restated Regulations effective January 1, 2014, Pensioners under age 65 are amended throughout by replacing the words “Husband who retired under the M.M.&P. Pension Plan and/or and Wife” with the words “Participant and Spouse”. M.M.&P. Adjustable Pension Plan with twenty (20) or 4) Article VI (Applications, Benefit Payments and more years of Pension Credit (or who retired under Retirement), Section 6.09 (a) (i) (Suspension of Benefits such other pension plan as provided in, and who meets - - Before Normal Retirement Age) is amended by adding the conditions of, Article III, Section 2.A.8 herein) the following language before the period at the end of that and/or their Dependent(s) under the age of 65, will be subsection to read as follows: permitted to receive “Earnings” of up to $35,000 per ; and effective October 1, 2013, Pensioners between year, and an additional “Earnings” of $1,000 per year the ages of 55 and 65 shall be authorized, without effective each January 1 thereafter up to a maximum penalty, to accept employment, including Covered of $40,000 per year, without losing their eligibility to Employment, aboard any vessel for the lesser of 5 days health benefits under this Article IV, Part M. or 40 hours as a Port Relief Officer, provided that such Pensioner must obtain prior authorization for DRAFT AMENDMENT NO. 126 TO THE each such job assignment through the Offices of the M.M.& P. HEALTH & BENEFIT PLAN RULES & REGULATIONS Organization, with written notice of such employment being furnished to the Board of Trustees. 1) Article III (Eligibility), Sections 2.A.5. (Pensioners – Initial Eligibility – Co-Pay Requirements (Pensioners)) and 2.A.6. AMENDMENT NO. 11 TO THE M.M.& P. INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCCOUNT PLAN (Pensioners – Initial Eligibility – Pensioners Receiving a THIRD RESTATED REGULATIONS Lump-Sum Payout) are amended by changing the refer- ences to “2014” to “2016”. 1) Article VII (Normal Form of Payment – Single-Life, Husband-and-Wife and Surviving Spouse Annuities), AMENDMENT NO. 13 Section 7.01(d) (General) shall be amended by adding the TO THE M.M.& P. PENSION PLAN THIRD RESTATED REGULATIONS following language after the first sentence of that subsection to read as follows: 1) Article III (Types of Pensions, Eligibility and Amounts for Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Pensions), Section 3.03 (Regular Pension Amount), subsec- effective September 16, 2013, for purposes of this Plan, tion (f) (Pensions Effective On and After March 1, 2013) is a Spouse shall mean the person to whom a Participant amended by adding the following language at the end of is legally married under applicable law, provided, how- that subsection to read as follows: ever, that a Participant’s former Spouse shall be treated Notwithstanding the above, in the case of Participants as a surviving Spouse of the Participant for purposes who are working under a collective bargaining agree- of this Article to the extent provided in a Qualified ment with Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Domestic Relations Order (within the meaning of sec- Columbia University, the rate of benefit accrual under tions 206(d) of the Act and 414(p) of the Code). this Plan with respect to Pension Credits accumu- 2) Effective September 16, 2013, the Third Restated lated after December 31, 2013, shall be 0.00% and all Regulations are amended throughout by replacing the increases in pay after that date shall be disregarded in words “Husband and Wife” with the words “Participant and computing benefits. S p o u s e”. 2) Article V (Husband-and-Wife Pensions and Benefits to 3) Article I (Definitions) of the Masters, Mates & Pilots 401(k) Survivors), Section 5.01(c) (General) is amended by adding Arrangement, Section 1.16 (Spouse) is amended by adding the following language at the end of that subsection to read the following language at the end of that Section to read as as follows: follows: Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, effective September 16, 2013, for purposes of this Plan, effective September 16, 2013, for purposes of this a Spouse shall mean the person to whom a Participant Arrangement, a Spouse shall mean the person to is legally married under applicable law; provided, how- whom a Participant is legally married under applicable ever, that a Participant’s former Spouse shall be treated law, provided however, that a Participant’s former as a Surviving Spouse of the Participant hereunder to Spouse shall be treated as a Surviving Spouse of the the extent provided in a Qualified Domestic Relations Participant for purposes of this Arrangement to the Order (within the meaning of sections 206 (d) of the extent provided in a Qualified Domestic Relations Act and 414 (p) of the Code). Order (within the meaning of Sections 206(d) of the Act and 414(p) of the Code).

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 17 - January - February 2014 news FROM MITAGs Captain Richard Beadon Recognized for Outstanding Service to Maritime Industry The 2013 Plimsoll Award was presented to Captain Richard Beadon during a ceremony at MITAGS. Participants celebrated Beadon’s 50-year international career as an expert in shiphandling and navigation Captain Richard Beadon, shown simulator training. Professional Mariner presents the Plimsoll Award here with MITAGS Executive Director Glen Paine, received each year to individuals and organizations that embody the spirit of Professional Mariner’s Plimsoll Samuel Plimsoll (1824-1898), a member of the British Parliament who Award for “outstanding service fought against unsafe maritime industry practices. to the maritime industry by an Beadon is a pioneer in the development of the concept of bridge individual.” MITAGS hosted an resource management. His studies on the subject are considered awards dinner in Beadon’s honor. invaluable by bridge officers. “Richard Beadon is in many ways a founding father of bridge resource management,” said one of his colleagues. “He introduced this subject to a generation of mariners. Watchstanding Guide for the Merchant Officer, by Robert Buern, includes many figures and attachments credited to Richard. In his classes, he takes the whole concept of voyage or passage planning to a new level. His concern for the mariner and safety are tangible and constant.”

Don Donahue Celebrates Five Years at MITAGS

Don Donahue of the MITAGS Engineering Department is the most recent employee to be recognized by the organization for years of exemplary service and high-level performance in service of the students and his co-workers. In the photo, MITAGS Building Manager Colin Mepstead (left) and Chief Engineer Mel Foster (right) present Donahue with his five-year award.

Maritime Industries Photo by Nick Barton Academy President Visits MITAGS

A team of maritime industry professionals met recently at MITAGS to discuss how best to prepare high school students for a career in our industry. (Left to right) Michael D. Thomas, Tawney Manning, Glen Paine, Dick Fredericks, Steve Werse and Kyle Burke. At the time of her visit to MITAGS, Manning was set to become the new principal of Maritime Industries Academy (MIA). “It’s my duty to help the students realize their potential,” she says. MIA is a Baltimore high school that offers a specialized maritime curriculum that aims to prepare students for maritime or naval academies.

January - February 2014 - 18 - The Master, Mate & Pilot PE NSIONERs

Carl Bowler, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last sailed for Kevin M. McCarthy, shipping out of States Steamship Company as chief mate aboard the SS Colorado. Gulf ports. He last sailed for Horizon Lines as second mate aboard the Bernard J. Diggins, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last Horizon Reliance. sailed for Matson Navigation Company as master of the Mahi Mahi.

John Farmer III, shipping out of Gulf ports. He last sailed for MPL as master of the Charleston Express.

Alain A. Froutan, shipping out of Gulf ports. He last sailed for Horizon Lines as second mate aboard the Horizon Challenger. He graduated from the Naval Academy in France in 1964 Stephen Procida, shipping out of Gulf ports. He last sailed for and served 20 years in the Iranian Navy Horizon Lines as master of the Horizion Challenger. as captain and fleet commander before immigrating to the United States. He says Randy Rozell, shipping out of Gulf ports. He last sailed for the job opportunities and job security American Heavylift as first assistant engineer aboard the provided to him by the union were key AHL Anasazi. He completed the time needed to obtain his to his success. He wants to take this pension while serving under a Marine Engineers’ Beneficial opportunity to thank the Masters, Mates Association (MEBA) pass-through agreement for AHL & Pilots. engineers.

Guy Grayson, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last sailed for Margaret Schemm, instructor at MITAGS. Horizon Lines as chief mate aboard the Horizon Anchorage. Mark R. Schiedermayer, shipping out of Paul J. Grepo, shipping out of West Coast West Coast ports. He last sailed for APL ports. He last sailed for Horizon Lines as sec- as captain of the APL President Adams. ond mate aboard the Horizon Reliance.

James Jannetti, shipping out of West ports. He last sailed for William D. Watts, shipping out of West Coast ports. American President Lines as master of the APL China. He last sailed for American President Lines as master of the APL Truman. Larry Jones, shipping out of Gulf ports. He last sailed for American Heavylift as first assistant engineer aboard the AHL Michael K. Welch, shipping out of West Anasazi. Coast ports. He last sailed for Horizon Lines as second mate aboard the Timothy Kincaid, shipping out of East Coast ports. He last sailed Horizon Enterprise. for Maersk Lines Limited as third mate aboard the Maersk Idaho.

James R. Londagin, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last sailed for APL as captain of the APL Korea.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 19 - January - February 2014 Directory of MM&P Offices

International Headquarters LMSR Contact Randi Ciszewski Houston 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Robert P. Chiesa U.S. Navy Civil Service Wayne Farthing Linthicum Heights, Government Crewing Pilots Representative Vice President-Gulf Ports MD 21090-1953 Coordinator Executive Office Nell Wilkerson Phone: 410-850-8700 443-784-8788 MM&P Headquarters Representative Fax: 410-850-0973 [email protected] 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B 13850 Gulf Freeway, Suite 250 [email protected] Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Houston, TX 77034 www.bridgedeck.org Press Contact Office: 732-527-0828 Phone: 281-464-9650 Cell: 202-679-7594 Fax: 281-464-9652 Klaus Luhta International Officers Fax: (732) 527-0829 [email protected] Chief of Staff [email protected] [email protected] Donald J. Marcus 410-691-8139 President [email protected] Jacksonville 410-850-8700 ext. 121 Offshore Membership Group Liz Pettit [email protected] David H. Boatner MM&P Health & Benefit, Representative Steven E. Werse Vice President-Pacific Ports Vacation, Pension, JEC 349 E. 20th St. Secretary-Treasurer and IRA Plans Wayne Farthing Jacksonville, FL 32206 410-850-8700 ext. 116 Vice President-Gulf Ports Phone: 904-356-0041 [email protected] Patrick McCullough Don F. Josberger Fax: 904-353-7413 Administrator Executive Offices Vice President-Atlantic Ports [email protected] MM&P Plans George Quick 700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A Boston Los Angeles/Long Beach Vice President Linthicum Heights, MD David H. Boatner Pilot Membership Group Dan Cartmill 21090-1996 Ron Colpus Vice President-Pacific 410-691-8144 Phone: 410-850-8500 Representatives Wendy Karnes [email protected] Fax: 410-850-8655 Marine Industrial Park Representative Klaus Luhta Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522 12 Channel St., Suite 606-A 533 N. Marine Ave. Chief of Staff [email protected] Boston, MA 02210-2333 Suite A 410-691-8139 Hours: Monday – Friday Phone: 617-671-0769 Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 [email protected] 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET Fax: 617-261-2334 Phone: 310-834-7201 Frank Scopelliti [email protected] Fax: 310-834-6667 International Comptroller Federal Employees [email protected] 410-691-8134 Membership Group Charleston [email protected] [email protected] Elise Silvers Randall H. Rockwood Miami/Port Everglades Diane Chatham Representative Vice President Executive Administrator 1529 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. Andrea Fortin 410-691-8131 Executive Office Suite 1B Representative [email protected] MM&P Headquarters Charleston, SC 29407 540 East McNab Rd., Suite B 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Phone: 843-766-3565 Pompano Beach, FL Communications Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Fax: 843-766-6352 33060-9354 [email protected] [email protected] Phone: 954-946-7883 Lisa Rosenthal 410-691-8131 Fax: 954-946-8283 Communications Director Honolulu [email protected] 410-691-8146 Randi Ciszewski communications@ Representative Randy Swindell New Orleans bridgedeck.org Executive Office Representative MM&P Headquarters 521 Ala Moana Blvd., Ste 254 Sue Bourcq Legal Department 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Honolulu, HI 96813 Representative Phone: 808-523-8183 Gabriel Terrasa Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 347 Girod St., Suite B Fax: 808-538-3672 International Counsel Office: 732-527-0828 Mandeville LA 70448-5891 [email protected] 410-691-8148 Cell: 202-679-7594 Phone: 985-626-7133 [email protected] Fax: (732) 527-0829 Fax: 985-626-7199 [email protected] [email protected]

January - February 2014 - 20 - The Master, Mate & Pilot New York/New Jersey Seattle West Coast Boston Pilots Regional Representative Don F. Josberger Kathleen O. Moran Martin McCabe Vice President-Atlantic Representative Kip Carlson President 35 Journal Square, Suite 912 15208 52nd Ave. South Pier 9, East End 256 Marginal Street, Bldg 11 Jersey City, NJ 07306-4103 Suite 100 San Francisco, CA 94111 East Boston, MA 02128 Phone: 201-963-1900 Seattle, WA 98188 Phone: 415-362-5436 Phone: 617-569-4500 Fax: 201-963-5403 Phone: 206-441-8700 [email protected] Fax: 617-569-4502 [email protected] Fax: 206-448-8829 [email protected] [email protected] Alaska Marine Pilots Canaveral Pilots Carter Whalen Ben Borgie Norfolk, Va. Tampa President Doug Brown Mark Nemergut Laura Cenkovich P.O. Box 920226 Co-Chairmen Representative Representative Dutch Harbor, AK 99692 Box 816 Interstate Corporate Center 202 S. 22nd St., Suite 205 Phone: 907-581-1240 Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 6325 North Center Dr. Ste 100 Tampa, FL 33605-6308 Fax: 907-581-1372 Phone: 321-783-4645 Norfolk, VA 23502 Phone: 813-247-2164 [email protected] [email protected] Phone: 757-489-7406 Fax: 813-248-1592 Fax: 757-489-1715 Hours: 9:00 AM-2:00 PM ET Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots Charleston Branch Pilots [email protected] [email protected] Bobby G. Grumbles Whit Smith P.O. Box 2767 6 Concord St. San Francisco Pilot Membership Group Corpus Christi, TX 78403 P.O. Box 179 Jeremy Hope Phone: 361-884-5899 Charleston, SC 29402 George A. Quick Fax: 361-884-1659 Phone: 843-577-6695 Coast Agent Vice President Sandy Candau Fax: 843-577-0632 3400 N. Furnace Rd. Representative Associated Branch Pilots Jarrettsville, MD 21084 548 Thomas L. Berkley Way Columbia Bar Pilots Phone: 410-691-8144 Mike Lorino Jr. Oakland, CA 94612 Fax: 410-557-7082 3813 N.Causeway Blvd. James Brady Phone: 415-777-5074 [email protected] Suite 100 100 16th St. Fax: 415-777-0209 Metairie, LA 70002 Astoria, OR 97103-3634 [email protected] East Coast Phone: 504-831-6615 Phone: 503-325-2641 [email protected] Regional Representative Association of Maryland Pilots Columbia River Pilots San Juan, Puerto Rico Timothy J. Ferrie 201 Edgewater St. Eric Nielsen Paul Amos Eduardo Iglesias Staten Island, NY 10305 President President Representative Phone: 718-448-3900 3720 Dillon St. 13225 N. Lombard MM&P Fax: 718-447-1582 Baltimore, MD 21224 Portland, OR 97203 1055 Kennedy Avenue [email protected] Phone: 410-276-1337 Phone: 503-289-9922 Suite 914, ILA Building Fax: 410-276-1364 San Juan, PR, 00920 Gulf Coast [email protected] Coos Bay Pilots Phone: 787-724-3600 Regional Representative Charles L. Yates Fax: 787-723-4494 Biscayne Bay Pilots Hours: Monday-Friday Richard D. Moore President 9:00am – 1:30pm ET 8150 S. Loop E. Andrew D. Melick 686 North Front St. [email protected] Houston, TX 77017 Chairman Coos Bay, OR 97420-2331 Phone: 713-645-9620 2911 Port Blvd. Phone: 541-267-6555 [email protected] Miami, FL 33132 Fax: 541-267-5256 Phone: 305-374-2791 Fax: 305-374-2375

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 21 - January - February 2014 Crescent River Port Pilots Mobile Bar Pilots Saint Johns Bar Pilots Southeast Alaska Pilots Association James “Jimmy” Cramond J. Christopher Brock Timothy J. McGill President President President Richard Gurry 8712 Highway 23 P.O. Box 831 4910 Ocean St. President Belle Chasse, LA 70037 Mobile, AL 36601 Mayport, FL 32233 1621 Tongass Ave. - Suite 300 Phone: 504-392-8001 Phone: 251-432-2639 Phone: 904-249-5631 Ketchikan, AK 99901 Fax: 504-392-5014 Fax: 251-432-9964 Fax: 904-249-7523 Phone: 907-225-9696 [email protected] Fax: 907-247-9696 Galveston-Texas City Pilots Northeast Marine Pilots [email protected] San Juan Bay Pilots www.seapa.com John Halvorsen Joseph Maco P.O. Box 16110 243 Spring St. P.O. Box 9021034 Southwest Alaska Galveston, TX 77552 Newport, RI 02840 San Juan, PR 00902-1034 Pilots Association Phone: 409-740-3347 Phone: 401-847-9050 Phone: 787-722-1166 Fax: 409-740-3393 Toll Free: 1-800-274-1216 Eric R. Eliassen St. Lawrence Seaway Pilots President Grays Harbor Pilots Association for the P.O. Box 977 Roger S. Paulus Bay & River Delaware Homer, AK 99603 Stephen G. Cooke President Phone: 907-235-8783 1104 36th Ave., Ct. N.W. J.R. Roche Richard Tetzlaff Fax: 907-235-6119 Gig Harbor, WA 98335-7720 President MM&P Branch Agent [email protected]. Phone: 253-858-3778 800 S. Columbus Blvd. P.O. Box 274 Philadelphia, PA 19147 733 E. Broadway Tampa Bay Pilots Hawaii Pilots Association Phone: 215-465-8340 Cape Vincent, NY 13618 Fax: 215-465-3450 Phone: 315-654-2900; Allen L. Thompson Tom Heberle Fax: 315-654-4491 Executive Director President Port Everglades Pilots 1825 Sahlman Dr. Pier 19-Honolulu Harbor San Francisco Bar Pilots Tampa, FL 33605 P.O. Box 721 Andy Edelstein Phone: 813-247-3737 Honolulu, HI 96808 Douglas McAuliffe Peter McIsaac Fax: 813-247-4425 Phone: 808-532-7233 Co-Directors Port Agent Fax: 808-532-7229 P.O. Box 13017 Kip Carlson Virginia Pilot Association [email protected] Port Everglades, FL 33316 MM&P Representative Phone: 954-522-4491 Pier 9, East End J. William Cofer San Francisco, CA 94111 President Houston Pilots Puget Sound Pilots Phone: 415-362-5436 3329 Shore Dr. Fax: 415-982-4721 Virginia Beach, VA 23451 Robert L. Thompson Jonathan Ward Phone: 757-496-0995 Presiding Officer 101 Stewart St. - Suite 900 Sandy Hook Pilots 203 Deerwood Glen Drive Seattle, WA 98101 Western Great Lakes Deer Park, TX 77536 Phone: 206-728-6400 Peter Rooss Pilots Association Phone: 713-645-9620 Fax: 206-448-3405 Branch Agent 201 Edgewater St. Robert Krause Key West Bar Pilots Association Sabine Pilots Staten Island, NY 10305 President Phone: 718-448-3900 1111 Tower Ave., P.O. Box 248 Michael McGraw Mark D. Taylor Fax: 718-447-1582 Superior, WI 54880-0248 P.O. Box 848 Presiding Officer Phone: 715-392-5204 Key West, FL 33041 5148 West Pkwy. Savannah Pilots Association Fax: 715-392-1666 Phone: 305-296-5512 Groves, TX 77619 Fax: 305-296-1388 Phone: 409-722-1141 William T. Brown Fax: 409-962-9223 Master Pilot www.sabinepilots.com 550 E. York St. P.O. Box 9267 Savannah, GA 31401-3545 Phone: 912-236-0226 Fax: 912-236-6571

January - February 2014 - 22 - The Master, Mate & Pilot United Inland Seattle MM&P Maritime Advancement, Maritime Institute of Membership Group Training, Education & Technology & Graduate Michael Murray Safety Program (MATES) Studies (MITAGS) Michael Murray Vice President-UIG Vice President Tim Saffle Patrick McCullough Glen Paine Regional Representative Administrator Executive Director Cleveland 144 Railroad Ave., Suite 222 Glen Paine 692 Maritime Blvd. Edmonds, WA 98020 Linthicum Heights, Charles Malue Executive Director Phone: 425-775-1403 MD 21090-1952 Regional Representative Fax: 425-775-1418 Main Phone: 410-859-5700 1250 Old River Rd. 3rd Floor [email protected] Toll-Free: Cleveland, OH 44113 Atlantic & Gulf Region Health, [email protected] Admissions: 1-866-656-5568 Phone: 216-776-1667 Pension and Education, Residence Center: Fax: 216-776-1668 Safety & Training Funds Wilmington 1-866-900-3517 [email protected] Wendy Chambers BWI Airport Shuttle Raymond W. Shipway Account Executive (avail. 24 hours a day): Juneau Regional Representative Associated Administrators Inc. 1-866-900-3517 Ext. 0 533 N. Marine Ave. Ron Bressette 4301 Garden City Drive, Ste 201 Fax: Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Regional Representative Landover, MD 20785 School: 410-859-5181 Phone: 310-549-8013 229 Fourth St. Direct Line: 301-429-8964 Residence: 410-859-0942 Fax: 310-834-6667 Juneau, AK 99801 Member Calls: Executive Director: [email protected] Phone: 907-586-8192 1-800-638-2972 [email protected] Fax: 907-789-0569 MIRAID Admissions: [email protected] [email protected] C. James Patti Pacific Maritime Region www.mitags.org President Pension & Benefit Plans Portland 1025 Connecticut Ave., NW Columbia Northwest John Schaeffner Suite 507 Marine Benefit Trust Pacific Maritime Regional Representative Washington, DC 20036-5412 Institute (PMI) 2225 N. Lombard St. - No. 206 Phone: 202-463-6505 Patrick McCullough Bill Anderson Portland, OR 97217 Fax: 202-223-9093 Administrator Director Phone and Fax: 503-283-0518 [email protected] 700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A [email protected] Linthicum Heights, MD 1729 Alaskan Way, S. 21090-1996 Seattle, WA 98134-1146 San Francisco Masters, Mates & Pilots Phone: 410-850-8500 Phone: 206-239-9965 Federal Credit Union Fax: 410-850-8655 Fax: 206-441-2995 Raymond W. Shipway Toll-Free: 1-888-893-7829 Kathy Ann Klisavage Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522 Regional Representative [email protected] Manager [email protected] 548 Thomas L. Berkley Way www.mates.org Oakland, CA 94612 MM&P Headquarters Hours: Monday-Friday Phone: 415-543-5694 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B 8:30 AM– 4:30 PM ET Fax: 415-543-2533 Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Northwest Maritime [email protected] Phone: 410-691-8136 Pension Trust Fax: 410-859-1623 San Juan, Puerto Rico Toll-Free: 1-800-382-7777 Randy G. Goodwin (All U.S. and Puerto Rico) Account Executive Eduardo Iglesias [email protected] P.O. Box 34203 Regional Representative Seattle, WA 98124 MM&P Phone: 206-441-7574 1055 Kennedy Avenue Fax: 206-441-9110 Suite 914, ILA Building San Juan, PR, 00920 Southwest Marine Health, Phone: 787-724-3600 Benefit & Pension Trust Fax: 787-723-4494 4201 Long Beach Blvd. Hours: Monday-Friday Suite 300 9:00am – 1:30pm ET Long Beach, CA 90807 [email protected] Toll-Free: 1-888-806-8943

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 23 - September - October 2013 CROSS’D THE FINAL BAR

Edward Arechavala, 79, June 13. A Charles Dickman, 88, Oct. 18. A pensioner since 1993 and a resident pensioner since 1985 and a resident of of Tuscon, Ariz., he last sailed for Midlothian, Wash., he last sailed for American President Lines as master O.M.I. as master of the O.M.I Leader. of the SS President Taft. He enjoyed His wife, two daughters and four grand- spending time with his family and fly children survive him. fishing. His wife Marilyn, sons, daughters and grandchildren survive him.

Philip Betts, 72, Oct. 5. A pensioner James Fraser, 97, Aug. 1. A long- since 1992 and a resident of Fullerton, time shipmaster and a pensioner Calif., he last sailed for Waterman since 1981, he last sailed for Farrell Steamship as second mate aboard the Lines aboard the Export Commerce. SS Jeb Stuart. He enjoyed traveling, A graduate of Michigan State motorcycling, reading and doing art- University, he served in the U.S. work. His sister Wendy, brothers Roger Coast Guard on the Great Lakes and and Jeremy, two daughters and three sailed as a merchant marine officer grandchildren survive him. in World War II. He was a member of the Shriners. His sons Jon M. Fraser and Roy M. Fraser, five Roger Carmichael, 93, Aug. 24. A pensioner since 1986 and grandchildren, seven great-grand- a resident of Worcester, Mass., he last sailed for United States children and one great-great-grandchild survive him. Lines as third mate aboard the SS American Trojan. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle and woodworking. His daughters Melissa Clifford A. Hall, 89, May 15. A pensioner since 1986 and a and Lydia and four grandchildren survive him. resident of Galveston, Texas, he last sailed for Lykes Brothers Steamship as third mate aboard the SS Leticia Lykes. He enjoyed Christoforos Catsambis, 96, July 21. A pensioner since 1969 woodworking and learning, and took great pride in being a mar- and a resident of Athens, Greece, he last sailed for Maritime iner. His daughters Karen and Edwina, sons Clifford and Mike, Overseas Corporation as third mate aboard the Overseas grandchildren and great-grandchildren survive him. Daphne. Karmon Holm, 100, Sept. 7. A pensioner since 1992 and a resi- Russell Dawkins, 84, Aug. 2. A pensioner since 1994 and a dent of Prairie Village, Kan., he last sailed for Central Gulf Lines resident of Loughlin, Nev., he last sailed for Sealand Services as as second mate aboard the SS Green Wave. second mate aboard the Sealand Pacer.

Remembering Former MM&P International Counsel “Ernie” Cohen Ernest Allen “Ernie” Cohen, a champion of organized labor and a leading maritime labor attorney who served as MM&P counsel for many years, passed away on Jan. 8 at the age of 76. “Ernie Cohen was a friend of the working man and a personal hero of mine,” said former MM&P International President Tim Brown. “Organized labor has lost a great champion.” A Brooklyn native, he moved to Teaneck, N.J., to raise his family. There, he served as president of the Teaneck Political Assembly, a non-partisan organization that worked for good government. He ran as a Democratic candidate for State Assembly in New Jersey, and although he lost the election, he beat his opponent, the mayor of Teaneck, in the town of Teaneck. A graduate of New York University Law School, he was an associate at Proskauer, Rose, Goetz and Mendelsohn before founding his own firm. He served as general counsel to the Radio Officers’ Union. He also served as a delegate to the International Maritime Organization of the United Nations. While in New York, he taught legal practice at NYU Law School. He continued to practice law on behalf of maritime labor after moving to Tucson. There, he taught at the Rogers College of Law and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Arizona. Marsha, his wife of 56 years, three children and six grandchildren survive him.

January - February 2014 - 24 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Geir Jonsson, 94, Oct. 12. A pensioner since 1985 and a resident Forrest Rice, 90, Aug. 25. A of Bothell, Wash., he last sailed for Sealand Services as second pensioner since 1986 and a mate aboard the SV Newark. resident of Arcadia, Fla., he last sailed for O.M.I as chief mate Harry Kuntz, Jr., 87, Aug. 9. A pen- aboard the MV Missouri. He sioner since 1984 and a resident of enjoyed fishing, golfing and Pacifica, Calif., he last sailed for raising miniature horses. American President Lines as chief mate aboard the SS President Pierce. He enjoyed spending time with his family and telling stories. His wife Audrey and children Harry, William, Kathleen and Raymond survive him.

Cloyde Miner, 90, Aug. 7. A pensioner since 1984 and a resident Floyd Roberts, 88, Aug. 29. A pensioner since 1969 and a of Salt Lake City, Utah, he last sailed for American President resident of League City, Texas, he last sailed for Lykes Brothers Lines as third mate aboard the SS President Johnson. Steamship as master of the SS Marjorie Lykes.

Stephen Moniz, 87, Sept. 6. A pensioner since 1989 and a resident Alvan Taylor, 87, Oct. 92. A pensioner since 1975 and a resident of Half Moon Bay, Calif., he last sailed for American President of Riverview, Fla., he last sailed for Farrell Lines as chief mate Lines as master of the SS President Harrison. He enjoyed fishing aboard the Austral Pilgrim. and crabbing. He loved the sea and fished often with his son. His Edward Usasz, 89, a brothers Edward and Jerry survive him. pensioner since 1969 C. Kevin Murphy, 63, Oct. 8. A resident of Unionville, Pa., and a resident of New he worked for Trinity Management. He enjoyed watching the Farm, Australia, he last Boston Red Sox, the Boston Patriots and the Boston Celtics. His sailed for Farrell Lines sister Susan, nephews Jonathan and Jordan, and niece Susannah as chief mate aboard survive him. the SS African Star. His daughter Madelyn, .Henry Pace, 90, May 17. A pensioner since 1988 and a resident of sons David and Brad, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., he last sailed for Sealand Services as master nine grandchildren and of the Sealand Marketer. two great-grandchildren survive him. Matthew J. Raymond, 85 Jan. 27, 2013. A pensioner since 1992 and a resident of Warren, Mich., he last sailed for Matson Navigation as Robert Valentine, 74, Aug. 20. A pensioner since 1986 and a third mate aboard the R.J. Pfeiffer. A resident of Milwaukie, Ore., he last sailed for Sealand Services professional mariner since 1960, he as third mate aboard the Sealand Anchorage. was dedicated to his career. In his Stanley Willis, 71, Sept. 12. A pensioner since 2002 and a resi- free time, he enjoyed traveling with dent of Rolling Hills, Calif., he last sailed for Matson Navigation his wife, reading and listening to as second mate aboard the SS Ewa. classical music. His ashes were scat- tered under the Golden Gate Bridge. His wife of 49 years, Rafaela, survives him.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 25 - January - February 2014 Holidays 2013 Holiday Celebrations in the Halls s 2013 came to a close, MM&P members, their families and friends celebrated the holidays in union halls across the country. Many thanks to those who submitted photos of the festivities for publication in The Master, Mate & Pilot. Best wishes to all for the new year.

New York/New Jersey: Chanell Johnson, Valerie Werse, Matthew Coveney, Sean Kennedy and Kyle Grant. Honolulu: Russell Cooper and Sark Wetzel.

San Juan: Crowley-San Juan Vice President Jose “Pache” Ayala, Mike Murray, San Francisco: Allan Breese, Jeremy Hope, Bill McKinley. Crowley-San Juan Labor Relations Director Enrique Figueroa, Eduardo Iglesias.

Boston: Ron Colpus, Don Marcus, Boston: (Foreground) Tom and Lisa Kevin O’Halloran and daughter, Sullivan; Jim Staples; Don Josberger; Coleen, Don Josberger, John Brennen. Ellen O’Donnell; Marty Collins; (right middle) ILA Boston official Bill McNamara; Bernie O’Donnell; Tom Miller; Mike Christle; Dave Burchard; (background) Glen Engstrand; Eric Irving; John Brennen.

January - February 2014 - 26 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Honolulu: Retired Firefighter Craig Takahashi and MEBA Rep Luke Kaili. Pompano: Liz Clark, Ed Gras and Paul Cohen.

Seattle: Dave Jenkins, Danny Ellis, Dennis Ruff.

New York/New Jersey: Merry Christmas from Jay Tripaldi.

New York/New Jersey: James McAfee, Michael Parr, Valerie Werse and Chanell Johnson.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 27 - January - February 2014 Holidays 2013

New York/New Jersey: Steve Werse and Don Josberger. Honolulu: Craig Takahashi and Randy Swindell.

Houston: Nell Wilkerson

Seattle: Dave Boatner, Mike Murray, Tim Saffle, Jeremy Hope.

New York/New Jersey: Kyle Grant and John Moustakas with guests from other offices in the building that houses the hall.

January - February 2014 - 28 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Seattle: Greg Walsh, James Baldwin. Honolulu: MEBA Members Luke Kaili (Hawaii Rep), Adam Vokac (West Coast Vice President), Todd Bliss and Ryan Takekawa.

Seattle: Tim Saffle, Lee Anderson, Mike Murray, Phil Raymond, Glen Hogarth.

Seattle: Tim Saffle, Dan Twohig, Lee Anderson.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 29 - January - February 2014 Honor Roll of PCF Contributors In the following pages, MM&P salutes the union members, pensioners and employees who are making our voice heard in Washington, D.C.

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

Larry D. Aasheim Richard W. May P Jeffrey D. Adamson Danny Duzich Christian Johnsen Kellen S. Murphy Robert H. Schilling P Jenaro A. Asteinza Patrick McCullough Walter K. Allison P Christopher Edyvean Eric B. Johnson Shane M. Murphy John F. Schmidt Robert C. Beauregard * Sean T. McNeice * Hans W. Amador Glen E. Engstrand Donald F. Josberger F. John Nicoll Paul T. Schulman Theodore E. Bernhard Paul F. McQuarrie Robert N. Anderson P Eric L. Eschen James J. Kelleher, Jr. Michael E. O’Connor Marilyn J. Shelley P David H. Boatner * Richard D. Moore Brian D. Arthur William J. Esselstrom Eric S. Kelm James P. Olander Travis A. Shirley Ronald Bressette In Memory of P P P Bruce M. Badger Malvina A. Ewers William L. Kennedy Jr. Patrick B. O’Leary George J. Single P Capt. Glen Banks P Timothy A. Brown Evan B. Barbis In Memory of Clyde W. Kernohan, Jr. James E. O’Loughlin P P C. Michael Murray William R. Slaughter James A. Carbone Geoffrey BirdP Frankliln Ewers Robert T. Kimball Robert P. O’Sullivan In Memory of Brendan S. Smith Kenneth J. Carlson, Jr. P Jon Peterson James K. Boak, IV Peter Fileccia, Jr. Richard J. Klein Michael B. O’Toole P Hao C. Cheong P Lawrence Smith Douglas J. Nagy Steven G. Booth Elisa A Finan George W. Koch, Jr. Robert R. Owen Randi Ciszewski P Michael D. Smith Paul H. Nielsen James P. Brennan Keith W. Finnerty Thomas P. Larkin William L. Palmer, III P Darren W. Collins Michael A. Buckley James E. Franklin P John E. Larson P Antonios Papazis P Robert R. Spencer P Nicholas J. Nowaski Raymond Conrady P Robert B. Burke William W. Fransen Roch E. Lavault P Peter J. Parise, III Carl W. Stein Joseph O. O’Connor * P Michael F. Cotting Glen M. Paine Joseph A. Byrne Patrick N. Glenn Donald D. Laverdure Michael Parr Richard C. Stephens Kevin G. Coulombe * In Memory of P Einar W. Strom P P Todd J. Campbell William D. Good, Jr. Ryan W. Leo C. James Patti Robert Darley Capt. Glen Banks Konstantinos Catrakis P In Memory of John T. Lutey Vasilios L. Pazarzis P Tore Stromme P In Memory of Peter A. Petrulis Bent L. Christiansen P William Good, Sr. William C. Mack Wesley C. Penney David A. Sulin Charlie Darley Francesco P. Pipitone P John W. Farmer, III P Timothy D. Clearwater Bradley D. Goodwin Thomas P. MacKay, Jr. Ernest C. Petersen Stacey W. Sullivan George A. Quick * Paul E. Coan John A. Gorman P George E. Mara Albert D. Petrulis P Joseph A. Swan Ryan K. Foster Ronald M. Radicali P P P Dean R. Colver Kyle P. Grant Daniel J. Martin Norman A. Piianaia Donald D. Thayer, Jr. Edward W. Green Dana V. Ramsdell P P P Vincent J. Cox Edward Gras Jerry E. Mastricola Jonathon S. Pratt Samuel A. Hanger P In Memory of Jim Rice Lloyd S. Rath P P Harold J. Held * Richard W. Crane Mary E. Grimshaw Thomas C. McCarthy Stephen F. Procida & Don Thayer Michael A. Rausa P P Thomas B. Crawfor Mike F. Gruninger Charles L. McConaghy D. Scott Putty Rudolph A. Hendersen Dave Romano Richard N. Thomas James F. Hill * P Todd C. Crossman Curtis B. Hall Ann Marie McCullough John P. Rawley Paul Rooney P Deatra M. Thompson John R. Humphreys James M. Cunningham Kyle J. Hamill Daniel F. McGuire Scott B. Reed P Lisa Rosenthal P Adam Torres Jeff H. Idema Omar D’Abreu Michael K. Hargrave Kevin J. McHugh Frank E. Reed, Jr. Timothy C. Saffle P Joe Mark Tuck Eduardo Iglesias John J. Schaeffner George M. Darley Samuel W. Hartshorn, Jr. John Melcher Bruce Rowland P P John S. Tucker Arthur S. JeffersonP P In Memory of Patrick J. Hennessy Louis A. Mendez Edward B. Royles Steven P. Shils Shawn M. Tucy Christopher G. Kavanagh Raymond W. Shipway Charlie Darley Andrew W. Hetz Andrew J. Merrill Mark Ruppert Charles Van Trease P Jonathan F. Komlosy * James Stebbins P Thomas A. Delamater Alan G. Hinshaw Doris F. Miller Kenneth Ryan Lawrence T. Lyons Thomas E. Stone * Ruth A. Denton Richard G. Hoey Steven R. Moneymaker Donald R. Sacca Mitka A. Von Reis Crooks Richard Madden Conor J. Sullivan Sean M. Doran William H. Imken Paul A. Mospens Philip F. Same Steven D. Watt Charles W. Malue Kevin M. Tapp Dorothy Dunn P Lawrence E. Ingraham P Brian A. Mossman Michael A. Santini William J. Westrem Donald J. Marcus * J. Lars Turner In Memory of John P. Jablonski Philip D. Mouton P George W. Schaberg P Terry Joe Williams Robert G. Mattsen Steven E. Werse * Darrell Dunn Thomas P. JacobsenP John J. Murner Mark R. Schiedermayer P John A. Willis P

* These active and retired members have contributed $1,000 or more. P These pensioners or survivors are singled out for special mention.

Contributors’ level (between $100 and $249)

Mohamed A. Abbassi P Andrew J. Banks Katherine A. Bowman Michael C. Browne John C. Chapman P Robert G. Abbott Charles K. Barthrop P John R. Boyce Douglas K. Buchanan Hao Hong Cheong Scott F. Abrams Steve J. Batchelor, Jr. P William H. Boyce, Jr. Fernando C. Buisan P Paul G. Chisholm Douglas Adriance Edward S. Batcho, Jr. P Paul N. Braden Bert D. Burris Paul Christ P Owen B. Albert Mary Ellen Beach P Phillip A. Brady III In Memory of Charlie Burris Nicholas A. Christian Frederick W. Allen P Olgierd C. Becker Warren J. Bragg Eugene E. Cabral P Ejnar G. Christiansen P John Allen P John E. Belcourt Frank W. Branlund P Paul D. Calvin Christopher N. Cichon Robert Allen P Derek J. Bender Allan R. Breese P Hans Carlsson P Garrett H. Clark P Murray G. Alstott P Justin L. Benecke Jeffrey C. Bridges Joseph E. Carpenter Harold W. Coburn P Andrew J. Altum George Berkovich P Anders K. Brinch, Jr. Dylan E. Carrara James J. Colamarino P Fulgencio Anavitate Sandor Z. Biro Patrick Broderick James A. Carroll Anthony Colla P John E. Antonucci P Earl R. Blakely P C. B. J. Brown P Chriss B. Carson Robin A. Colonas Thomas E. Apperson John H. Bloomingdale Michael S. Brown P Robert J. Carter, Jr. John V. Connor P Matthew P. Bakis Jennifer Bono Sinclair Brown Juan C. Carvajal P Gary J. Cordes P Albert M. Balister Charles E. Booher P Wardell E. Brown P Thomas J. CatalanottoP Daniel Corn

January - February 2014 - 30 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Contributors’ level (between $100 and $249)

Thomas J. Cortese Gregory P. Gretz Samuel P. Lesko P Michelle Mitchell Ronald A. Peterson A.H. Stegen P Scot A. Couturier Stanley V. GriffinP Gary W. Lightner David A. Mociun Madeline Petrelli John G. Stewart David E. Cox P Jorge Gutman Thomas N. Lightsey, Jr.P Jose Montero P Ioannis M. Petroutsas P Robert C. Stone P P P P John M. Cox Beverly J. Gutmann Leif H. Lindstrom Cesar A. Montes Ratanawan Phurchpean Glenn D. Strathearn P P In Memory of P James Crandall James R. Londagin Christopher Moore William E. Phurrough Peter K. Strez Matthew C. Craven Capt. Glen Banks John A. Long P Dale A. Moore P Peter J. Piaseckyj P P Charles A. Stukenborg P Jacob A. Crawford David C. Haa Michael W. Long Nicholas C. Moore Arthur E. Pierce P Harold A. Stumme P Samuel J. Crawford Timothy J. Hagan Rick Pietrusiak P Douglas M. Lord John M. Morehouse P Ethan M. Creps John H. Hagedorn Klaus D. Luhta Aron J. Morgan Bradley P. Plowman Andrew C. Subcleff

Anthony E. Crish P Brandt R. Hager P P Alfred S. Polk Ryan T. Sullivan John J. Lynskey John H. Morin, Jr. John F. Cronin P Daniel S. Hall Joseph L. Pospisil, Jr. P Joseph M. Surmann P P James A Mackrow Stuart E. Mork Edward Crowe P Kenneth J. Halsall James A. Potter P Ryan A. Sweeney P Michael MacLean Jaime Morlett Kirk W. Cully James D. Hamblett P Carmon L. Pritchett P P William J. Mahoney Keith Morton Chris D. Sweeny Jeremy D. Cunningham Dianna L. Hand P Kevin C. Quinn Rohit Malhorta John Moustakas Randy Swindell Erik V. Cutforth Bertil J. Haney P Jamie Qureshi Lewis M. Malling Darrin N. Muenzberg Adjuto Tavares Charles E. Hendricks Cornell J. Daia P Lance E. Raleigh Todd M. Mara Curtis G. Murray Thomas F. Taylor P Christopher S. Hendrickson Robert A. Dalziel Thomas W. Ramsden P Nicholas A. Marcantonio Brad Musselman Brandon M. Teal Robert K. Damrell P Thomas E. Henry Charles C. Rau, Jr. Edward T. Markuske Daniel S. Nakos Antoine I. Tedmore P Benjamin Day Michael C. Herig P P Bruno P. Ravalico P P Thomas C. Marley Roland L. Nalette P P Thomas D. Tetard George A. Defrain William H. Hermes P John P. Redfearn P Brett J. Marquis Eric B. Nelson Gerard Degenova Earl W. Herring P Walter A. Reimann P Richard Tetzlaff P John P. Marshall Kenneth R. Nelson P James D. Herron P Ronald T. Degrazia Donald U. Marshall, Jr. Michael E. Nelson P Robert A. Reish Arthur Thomas P Nicholas Deisher Edward B. Higgins, Jr. P Mark D. Remijan P Brian D. Thomas P Edward Matlack Mark J. Nemergut Stephen A. DeJong Lawrence J. Hines Keith W. Restle P Samuel R. Thompson P Marguerite Delambily P Daniel R. Hobbs James G. Rettke P Stephen N. Thompson In Memory of John A. Hobson John J. Reynolds P Gary E. Tober Robert Delambily Roland E. Hobson P Javier Riano Lee Townsend Joseph F. Delehant P William T. HoffmanP In Memory of Eric Lake, P Freedom K. Dennis Kurt Holen P Paul V. Parker, Daniel C. Tucker P Edward J. DesLauriers P Joseph E. Hood Arthur Holdeman James L. Turman Bernard J. Diggins P Robert B. Howard P & Capt. J.C. Smith Jose L. Valasquez P

Ralph DiMattia David H. Hudson Ronald E. Riley Roy K. Valentine, Jr.

John M. Dolan Nicole L. Humphreys Steven Roberto P Timothy J. Van Ahnen Lyle G. Donovan Edward M. Hurley James J. Robinson Stephen R. Vandale Jerome J. Dorman P David N. Hutchinson P Randall H. Rockwood P Robert Vasko P P Sorin Rosca Ornulf C. Dorsen John D. Hutsell P Dean C. Ventimiglia P G. Kenneth Rose Harold M. Douglas, Jr. Clark S. Inman P Glenn E. Viettone Robert Drew P George S. Ireland, III P Steven M. Rose Justin Vilott Dale S. Dubrin P Angel Irlanda Dennis L. Ruff P John T. DuffP John P. Jackson, Jr. P Jon D. Ruffatto David J. Wade P In Memory of Arthur K. Jaskierny P David C. Ryan Nancy L. Wagner

Capt. John Hunt Allen H. Jensen P Thomas M. Ryan Honoring MM&P P George Dunham George Jerosimich Sean A. Sabeh Women Officers P David S. Dwyer Joseph Jimenez Roberto H. Salomon Jack K. Walker P Robert W. Eisentrager J. Kevin Jirak P James J. Sanders Gregory S. Walsh

Marwan A. Elsamny Melvin J. Jones P Scott D. Saunders Harold G. Walsh P P Bijan J. Emami Erik P. Jorgensen P John L. Schiavone Harry Walton P

Barrett T. Enck Christopher R. Kalinowski Christopher D. Schlarb P P P Andrew A. Wargo David K. Engen Timothy Kalke Charles R. Schmidt P P James H. Warmack Robert E. England Eleftherios G. KanagiosP Gary R. Schmidt Ruffin F. Warren Joshua T. Ervasti P Ross E. Schramm Georgios C. Kanavos P P Jerome P. Watts Edward M. Evans P Gary W. Schrock Steven W. Kanchuga P William Watts Stanley J. Fabas Charles S. Keen P Andrew Schroder P P Eugene K. Whalen P Eddo H. Feyen John P. Kelley Henry L. Schroeder P P Harry A. Filkins Hugo W. Kenyon Jason N. Scoran Gordon S. White P Eugene W. Mayer, Jr. Douglas A. Nemeth P Russel W. Finstrom Kesse Nyantakyi Kesse Rafik A. Shahbin Michael Wholey P Karl R. Fisher Alton R. McAlister Joseph W. Neudecker, III Plamen M. Shapev Stephen N. Wikstrom P Joseph E. Keyes P P Rodney D. McCallen Frank G. Neuman William H. Fisher, III Brian J. Kiesel Daniel S. Shelton Ronald C. Wilkin Curtis McCamy Edward Barrett Newman Alan D. Fosmo Elsie Kimball Paul Shepard Paul A. Willers Leonard McCarthy P George B. Nichols P James L. Frank In Memory of Robert H. Sienel James T. Willis P Robert C. McCarthy Michael L. Nickel P Kevin L. Franssen Philip T. Brown Nathan Silva P P Joseph T. McCawley P Norman C. Nielsen P Denis J. Wilson Jan M. Fraser Timothy R. Kincaid Nikolai Sinkevich J. Peter Fritz P James D. Kitterman Brent A. McClaine Charles L. NorfleetP Svietozar Sinkevich James G. Wilson P Stephen G. Fuccillo Robert E. Klemm P Richard B. McCloud P Gregory S. Oelkers Harold V. Sipila P John R. Wilson

Eric R. Furnholm Kathy Ann Klisavage Michael J. McCormick P Peter R. Ohnstad, Jr. P Ernest P. Skoropowski P Steve Wines Kenneth N. Gaito Michael Kmetz II Thomas D. McDorrP Hans P. Olander Gerald V. Smeenk P Jon C. Winstedt P Lillian M. Gallo Henry C. Knox-Dick P James P. McGee Jeffrey W. OlmsteadP Francis X. Smith P John B. Winterling P Naldo R. Garcia Lowell J. Knudsen P Steven A. McKittrick Eugene A. Olsen P Frederick Smith P Dewitt L. Withington P P Allen GarfinkleP James E. Kobis John J. McNally Jeffrey J. Oyafuso Joseph S. Smith Kahai H. Wodehouse P P P Angelo F. Gazzotto Brian M. Koppel Francisco Medal Everett L. Page Peter S. Smith Christopher G. Woodward P Francis G. Gilroy Mirko Kozulich Francis X. Meier, Jr. Errol Pak Richard D. Smith Nathan A. Woodward Hans Peter Godskesen P Damian Krowicki Kurt A. Melcher Steven A. Palmer Glen E. Smith, Jr. P Janusz A. Wozniak P Howard Goldberg P Leroy R. Kurtz P Donald J. Metzger, Jr. George K. Pappas P Frank W. Snell P Frank Zabrocky P P Stephen P. Meyers Michael G. Parenteau Gregory A. Goolishian, Jr. Anthony C. Lafayette Wade Spaulding Gerald M. Gordon P Noah W. Landau Mark P. Michals Roger S. Paulus Brian Spillane James R. Zatwarnicki, Jr.

Joseph D. GraceffaP Mark C. Landow Albro P. Michell, Jr. Georg Pedersen P James W. St Clair P Ali M. Zeitoun Peter S. Grate William C. Laprade Joseph E. Miller Joseph L. Perreault P Joseph B. Stackpole P George N. Zeluff Paul A. Gregware, Jr. P Richard W. Larocque Steven J. Miller Henry Petersen P Egon K. Stage P Demetrios A. Zervopoulos P Paul J. Grepo P Michael S. Lee Bruce D. Mitchell P Mark Peterson Paul W. Stallings P Christopher Zimmerman

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 31 - January - February 2014 Your support of the MM&P Political Contribution Fund was crucial to the successes we achieved in 2013!

Here are a few of the victories made possible by your contributions.

Food for Peace: The Royce-Engel amendment, which would have eviscerated the PL 480 Food for Peace Program on which hundreds of maritime jobs depend, was voted down in the House of Representatives in June. It was a victory driven by legislators who understand the importance of a strong merchant marine and who we have supported through our PCF.

The Maritime Security Program: The continuing resolution that ended the government shutdown in October eliminated a budget anomaly that had threatened to leave the Maritime Security Program with a lasting deficit in appropriations, restoring the program’s funding baseline to the full level of $186 million. Leading the charge were members of Congress who have worked closely with MM&P and the other maritime unions in support of the U.S.-flag fleet.

Sequestration: A bipartisan budget agreement passed by Congress in December delayed the mandatory spending cuts which had been scheduled to go into effect in January as part of the law known as “sequestration.” Under the new agreement, Congressional appropriators will be able to individually examine funding levels for the Maritime Security Program (MSP) and other government programs. Mandatory cuts under sequestration could have cost MSP—and MM&P—numer- ous ships. Key to the success of this effort were legislators we have supported through our PCF and who support our industry and our jobs.

The Congressional Maritime Caucus: In February, members of the House of Representatives formed the Congressional Maritime Caucus. “The formation of the caucus means that every member of Congress will have an opportunity to better understand the crucial role that the U.S.-flag maritime industry and American mariners play in strengthening our nation’s economic, military and homeland security,” says MM&P President Don Marcus.

The Farm Bill: The new farm legislation approved by Congress in February and signed into law by President Obama reaffirms longstanding support for the PL 480 Food-for Peace Program and its requirements that food aid agricultural commodities be purchased in the United States and shipped in part on U.S.-flag vessels

To our PCF contributors, we say “Thank you for making a world of difference in 2013!”

Be a part of something big this year: go to bridgedeck.org, click on the “Protect Your Job” button at the top of the page and contribute to the PCF.

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