Vol. 55, No.2 The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO March | April 2019

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

Great News: Coast Guard Finalizes Terminal Access Rule Maersk Alabama Hijacking 10 Years On: Could It Happen Again? Unions Fight Plan to Build Stadium at Port of Oakland New Bill Introduced in Congress to Repeal the Jones Act The Master, Mate & Pilot is the Table of Contents official voice of the International Vol. 55, No. 2 March | April 2019 Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots From the President 1 (International What makes a true labor union special? Respect for tradition and Marine Division of the ILA), AFL-CIO. © 2019 IOMMP. the determination to pass on to future generations the benefits that union members have fought so hard to achieve. The Master, Mate & Pilot (ISSN 0025-5033) is published bimonthly News Briefs 3 by the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots. MM&P Coast Guard finalizes seafarer terminal access rule; Maersk Alabama Headquarters: 700 Maritime Blvd., hijacking 10 years on; maritime labor unions fight plan to build Suite B, Linthicum Heights, MD stadium at Port of Oakland; new bill introduced in Congress to 21090-1953. Phone: (410) 850-8700 repeal the Jones Act; Matson’s second new Aloha class ship sets E-mail: [email protected] sail; North Ferry contract finalized; MM&P joins South Carolina Internet: www.bridgedeck.org Maritime Association; Morgan McManus appointed master of Periodicals Postage Paid at TS Empire State IV. Elkridge, MD and additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Master, Interview 18 Mate & Pilot, 700 Maritime Meet Captain John McDonnell of the MM&P Offshore Membership Blvd., Suite B, Linthicum Group. He says the most rewarding part of his career has been Heights, MD 21090-1953 sailing as an officer aboard humanitarian relief ships. Don Marcus Chairman, Editorial Board Lisa Rosenthal MM&P Health & Benefit Plans 19 Communications Director Medicare Part D update; Penobscot Bay and River Pilots, Reinauer office staff, join the MM&P Health and Benefit Plan; increase in INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS Don Marcus, President earnings limitations for pensioners and spouses in 2020. Steven Werse, Secretary-Treasurer News From MITAGS 21 VICE PRESIDENTS Thomas Bell, Great Lakes & Gulf Karen Gibis retires after 34 years at MITAGS; Maritime Stephen H. Doherty, Atlantic Maritime Conference Center recognized for excellent service. Don Josberger, Offshore Atlantic Klaus Luhta, Offshore Gulf & Government Affairs MM&P Directory 22 George A. Quick, Pilots Randall H. Rockwood, Federal Pensioners 25 Employees Timothy Saffle, Pacific Maritime Region Cross’d the Final Bar 26 Lars Turner, Offshore Pacific Thank You Contributors to the MM&P PCF! 28

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Official Voice of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots Maersk Kentucky docked in Bridgedeck.org Houston earlier this year. The Facebook.com/IOMMP photo was taken by MM&P YouTube: MastersMatesPilots member Ernie Caponegro, who was sailing as second Instagram: bridgedeck Great News: Coast Guard Finalizes Terminal Access Rule mate aboard the ship. Maersk Alabama Hijacking 10 Years On: Could It Happen Again? Twitter: @MMP_Union Unions Fight Plan to Build Stadium at Port of Oakland New Bill Introduced in Congress to Repeal the Jones Act FROM THE PRESIDENT

Through the Generations

Union Sisters and Brothers,

MM&P participated in March in the 7th Quadrennial Convention of the International Longshoremen’s Association Great Lakes District Council. For MM&P, as the marine affiliate of the ILA, the event was special for several reasons. The Convention coincided with an important meeting of the Maritime Labor Alliance (MLA), the cornerstone of cooperation between MM&P and five like-minded maritime unions: the ILA, the International Longshore and Warehouse He spoke of overcoming personal adversity to devote his Union (ILWU), the Inland Boatmen’s Union (IBU), the life to seeking economic and social justice for farm workers. Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA) and the The need “to be resolute, to be willing to make personal American Radio Association (ARA). sacrifices and to be ‘all-in’ for life” is, in his words, what is During the meeting, the constituent unions of the MLA required not only in the trenches of the labor movement but reiterated their commitment to maintaining industry in any battle aimed at improving people’s lives. Baldemar standards, upholding their fundamental, hard-earned labor Velasquez has lived such a life. The reward he has received is jurisdictions and defending the jobs of their collective the improvement in the working conditions of many farm membership. workers and their families. The Maritime Labor Alliance also agreed to engage in An equally powerful speech was given by our own Captain a more aggressive program to publicize and advance these Richard Phillips. His theme was duty: a captain’s duty to objectives. Coming off the ILA’s tremendously successful his crew. His is the story of one man’s ability to find within contract extension campaign, President Harold Daggett himself the personal strength and courage to rise to the was outspoken regarding the union’s determination to resist occasion when faced with the ultimate test. Captain Phillips’s automation’s encroachment on jobs by means of forceful story was the perfect parallel to that of Baldemar Velasquez: collective bargaining and by maintaining the highest level of both accounts demonstrate what is best and strongest in labor productivity on the docks. The ILA has committed to mankind. a benchmark of thirty container moves an hour, a rate higher There was another important moment for MM&P during than can be achieved with robotics. the ILA Great Lakes District Council Convention: the formal “The future of work” is a topic that impacts us all: as passing of the MM&P/ILA torch to our United Inland workers, mariners and members of society. The theme was Group-Great Lakes & Gulf Vice President Tom Bell. Tom was repeated in meetings throughout the Great Lakes District elected to the Great Lakes District Council as Vice President. Council Convention. It was also discussed at length earlier This is an unpaid position that, similar to MM&P’s unpaid during the same week at the Executive Board meetings of the positions on the ILA’s Atlantic Coast District Council and AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD). In fact, International Executive Council, underscores our connection the AFL-CIO has established a commission on the future of to the ILA. This is a connection that may be subject to review work composed of representatives of all major sectors of labor. in the future, but that has endured since 1971. Two particularly inspiring speakers addressed the It was gratifying to see Tom assume the role, particularly Convention. One was our own Captain Richard Phillips, who in light of the contributions of two members who preceded told of his experiences aboard the MV Maersk Alabama. The him: Jack Duff and Charles Malue. Both made tremendous second was Baldemar Velasquez—co-founder and president of contributions to our organization and to our profession on the AFL-CIO Farm Labor Organizing Committee—who gave the Great Lakes. a moving description of his life as an immigrant, a migrant farm worker, an occasional longshoremen and, in more recent years, a labor organizer. continued on page 2

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advocate for our Great Lakes members. After retiring from MM&P, he remained with the ILA on the Great Lakes District Council. To this day, in his 90th year, he mans the barricades at the ILA’s Cleveland offices. For his dedicated and passionate service, Jack was given a standing ovation at the Convention. Charlie Malue, Jack’s spiritual successor as MM&P representative on the Great Lakes, rose from a coal passer aboard a Lakes steamer to a ship’s master by the time he came ashore. Like Jack before him, Charlie had tremendous insight. He recognized in Tom Bell (another talent that Jack had cultivated and encouraged) a professional ready to take on the job of MM&P’s Great Lakes representative that had previously been held by these two outstanding men. Tragically, Charlie passed away last year, so he could not be there to enjoy the moment. But, for MM&P members at the Convention, the rousing salute to Jack Duff and the knowledge of the generational continuity and tradition passed down from Jack to Charlie to Tom Bell was heartfelt. These Union brothers all have the qualities described by Baldemar Velasquez: resolution, sacrifice and commitment. And, like Captain Phillips, they know, or in the sad case of Charlie, knew, full well the true meaning of the word duty. In the end, it is the passing down of commitment, service Captains Charlie Malue (standing), with Tom Bell (seated left) and tradition from one generation to the next that makes a true and Jack Duff. As MM&P’s Representatives on the Great Lakes, labor Union special: not for profit, nor the accumulation of the three have shared a commitment to duty and service that wealth for anonymous investors, but for the betterment of the exemplifies the meaning of union solidarity. lives of working men and women and their families. Whether it is passing the torch of union service from Jack Duff to Charlie Malue to Tom Bell or passing the torch of employment in our time-honored and honest profession from a father or mother to Captain Duff got his start aboard escort carriers during World his or her son, daughter, niece or nephew—or simply from one War II, then aboard tugs on the Ohio and Monongahela rivers, Union Brother/Sister to another—it is truly gratifying. then on the Great Lakes. It was there as master of a bulker that It is the human bond, the connection through the generations he met AB Charlie Malue and encouraged him to get his Mates and the achievement of collective action for a better life that ticket and join MM&P. Jack went on to become the heart and makes unions great and enduring. soul of MM&P on the Great Lakes. He was largely responsible for maintaining our Union on the Lakes during an era of vicious Sincerely and Fraternally, jurisdictional assault by District 2/AMO. By the time he passed the torch to Charlie Malue, Jack was Don Marcus true fire and brimstone in MM&P politics and a relentless MM&P President

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USCG Finalizes Rule Implementing Seafarer Terminal Access Legislation

The Coast Guard has published a final rule requiring facility This final rule, which implements a congressional mandate, owners and operators to ensure free access between ship and shore ensures that no facility owner or operator denies or makes it to seafarers, pilots and representatives of seamen’s welfare and labor impractical for seafarers or other specified individuals to transit the organizations. facility. The rule is the result of years of work by maritime attorney Within 14 months of April 1, the publication date of the final and MM&P Vice President George Quick, who shepherded the rule, each facility owner or operator must implement a system measure from legislation through agency regulatory channels. for providing “timely” access that enables individuals to transit to The process took over ten years. and from a vessel moored at the facility and the facility gate at no The new rule is expected to have a positive impact on the charge. working conditions of mariners in every MM&P Membership Group. Specifically, it requires each Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA)-regulated facility to “provide a system for seamen The owner or operator assigned to a vessel at that facility, pilots, and representatives of seamen’s welfare and labor organizations to board and depart the must ensure that the vessel through the facility in a timely manner at no cost to the access required is actually individual.” “We finally have the Seafarer Terminal Access legislation provided in all instances. implemented in a rule by the USCG after years of work,” Quick said. “We are very pleased that the USCG’s final rule comprehensively Timely access means the facility owner or operator must provide addresses the serious terminal access problems that have made the access “without unreasonable delay,” subject to review by the life difficult for seafarers for far too long. Let us hope we see it Captain of the Port. implemented widely and effectively enforced.” Timely access is to be determined by taking into account: Under the rule, access procedures must be documented in each • the length of time the vessel is in port; vessel’s Facility Security Plan and approved by the local Captain of the Port. continued on page 4

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• the distance of egress/ingress between the vessel and facility • provide monitored pedestrian access routes between the vessel gate; and facility gate; • vessel watch schedules; • provide a method approved by the Captain of the Port. • the facility’s safety and security procedures as required by law; If an access method relies on a third party, a back-up access • any other factors specific to the vessel or facility that could method that will be used if the third party is unable to or does not affect access to and from the vessel. provide the required access in any instance must be provided by the The facility owner or operator must ensure that access is provided owner or operator. through one or more of the following methods: The owner or operator must ensure that the access required is • regularly scheduled escort between the vessel and the facility actually provided in all instances. gate that conforms to the vessel’s watch schedule as agreed The facility owner or operator must provide the access at no cost upon between the vessel and facility; to the individual to whom such access is provided. • an on-call escort between the vessel and the facility gate; The terminal operator must document the facility’s system for • arrangements with taxi services or other transportation services, providing access under the rule. ensuring that any costs for providing the access described in This documentation must include: this section, above the service’s standard fees charged to any • location of transit area(s) used for providing access; customer, are not charged to the individual to whom such • duties and number of facility personnel assigned to each duty access is provided. associated with providing access; If a facility provides arrangements with taxi services or other • methods of escorting and/or monitoring individuals transiting transportation services as the only method for providing the access through the facility; described in this section, the facility is responsible for paying any • agreements or arrangements between the facility and private fees for transit within the facility. parties, nonprofit organizations, or other parties, to facilitate The facility is also required to: access; • make arrangements with seafarers’ welfare organizations to • maximum length of time an individual would wait for the facilitate access; access, based on the provided access method(s).

Measure to Repeal the Jones Act Introduced in Congress

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) has introduced legislation that would trade between U.S. ports is a huge loss for American consumers repeal the Jones Act to allow foreign-flag, foreign-owned, foreign- and producers,” he added. built and foreign-crewed vessels unrestricted access to U.S. The truth is that the Jones Act does not restrict trade and has waterways. never been shown to significantly affect prices paid by consumers In introducing the bill, Lee cited the same type of in Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto Rico. It does, on the other hand, misinformation about the Jones Act that is regularly circulated guarantee essential, state-of-the-art shipping services to local by opponents of the U.S.-flag fleet, and in particular the negative communities there and elsewhere in the country. propaganda that was disseminated following the hurricanes that It also keeps thousands of American mariners, shipyard and struck Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico in 2017. associated workers in family-supporting jobs and available to “It is long past time to repeal the Jones Act entirely so that support our country’s defense and homeland security needs. Alaskans, Hawaiians and Puerto Ricans aren’t forced to pay higher MM&P and MIRAID will be working closely with our prices for imported goods and so they rapidly receive the help they colleagues in the industry and our friends in Congress to defeat this need in the wake of natural disasters,” Lee said in introducing his short-sighted, misguided legislative proposal. bill, the “Open America’s Water Act of 2019” (S 694). “Restricting

4 The Master, Mate & Pilot - March | April 2019 The Hijacking of the Maersk Alabama 10 Years On: Could It Happen Again?

pril 9, 2019, marks the 10th anniversary of the hijacking “The piracy situation has only changed in one geographic area: of the U.S.-flagged freighter Maersk Alabama. It was off the coast of Somalia,” he says. the first time in more than 200 years that pirates had “Piracy globally continues. In Nigeria, it’s happening all the boardedA an American-flagged vessel. time: with people taken, ships taken. The de-escalation has only The immediate been in that one area and it’s all because of Captain Phillips. If he aftermath of the hadn’t been taken, this wouldn’t have happened. The threat is still attack—the kidnapping high in other parts of the world. Rich Phillips was the catalyst; by the pirates of hundreds of sailors had been taken before but it didn’t make the Captain Richard news.” Phillips—held the Is the key factor the presence of armed security details? Are world transfixed for there other factors, for example ships traveling farther from the five days. Phillips coast, in areas that are harder for pirates in small boats to reach? was held hostage in a “Places like the Singapore Straits and Indonesia you just cannot covered lifeboat until get far from the coast due to the geography of the area,” Staples Navy sharpshooters says. aboard the guided- missile destroyer USS Bainbridge intervened, killing three of the Could it happen again? pirates. What has changed Captain Richard Phillips Captain Richard Phillips believes it since April 9, 2009? is essential that U.S. policy-makers, Could another U.S. says “Absolutely.” shipowners and international navies keep ship be hijacked today? their guard up to protect against future hijackings of U.S. ships. “Absolutely, if we let our guard down,” “You are basically coastwise for days and in close proximity to Captain Phillips says. shoals and other vessels.” “Now there are cops on the beat—armed security guards aboard “And when you make an entry into a country, you have to cross ships in addition to international navies patrolling pirate-prone the demarcation line at some point,” he adds. areas—but if that situation changes, it could definitely happen After the Maersk Alabama hijacking, security teams aboard at- again.” risk ships had as many as five components. “Now companies are He says “there are so few U.S.-flag ships now that it’s unlikely down to two or three people, which is not enough to face down, one would be hijacked. But are there still risks for American for example, Abu Sayyaf or another terrorist group,” Staples says. mariners? The answer is yes.” He and Captain Phillips believe the terrorist threat to ships— Captain James Staples, a security expert who works at the including those flying the U.S. flag—is now greater than the threat Maritime Institute of Graduate Studies (MITAGS) in Linthicum of piracy. Heights, MD, agrees.

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Maritime Labor Opposes Plan to Build Stadium at Port of Oakland

Maritime unions are warning that a proposal to build a new stadium for the Oakland A’s at the Port of Oakland’s Howard Terminal could interfere with ship traffic and compromise port operations. The unions say pilots navigating the narrow estuary and turning basin would be blinded by the ballpark’s lights. They also warn that the construction of the stadium—along with a hotel and 4,000 housing units—could spark a development boom that ultimately crowds out maritime operations entirely. MM&P Coast Agent Jeremy Hope expressed labor’s opposition to the plan during the February meeting of the Port of Oakland. He was joined by Inland Boatmen’s Union Regional Director Robert Estrada, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 President Melvin Mackay and Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association Executive MM&P Coast Agent Jeremy Hope, MEBA Vice President Adam Vokac, ILWU Local Vice President Adam Vokac. 10 President Melvin Mackay and IBU Regional Director Robert Estrada “stormed” The Marine Firemen’s Union, the Sailors’ Union of the Port of Oakland’s monthly meeting to protest plans to build a stadium at Howard the Pacific and the San Francisco Bar Pilots have also Terminal. Unions and other opponents of the plan worry that state lawmakers are come out strongly against the plan. being pushed into passing a measure to fast-track the permitting process. The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA) and a number of environmental groups are likewise opposed. Although Howard Terminal is no longer used for container operations, Port of Oakland longshore workers train there. Terminal employers also use it for trucking operations and for staging and storing containers. San Francisco Bar Pilots President Joseph Long has written a letter to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission saying that in the event the stadium is built, pilots navigating the estuary would be blinded by the ballpark’s lights, “similar to that experienced by the motorist facing an oncoming car with its high beams on.” “Even when the lights are not shining directly into the pilot’s eyes, the ambient light from the ballpark will also affect the pilot’s night vision, making it nearly impossible to see navigation aids,” Long wrote. He added that navigating a container ship through such congested waters “would substantially increase the risk that a small vessel or kayak will be damaged or sunk… resulting in personal injury or fatalities, or cause the ship or tugs to go aground or strike a pier in evasive maneuvers, resulting in an oil spill.” Tenants of the port, for their part, are concerned about the impact on truck traffic. Stadium backers are reportedly working on a schedule that would have it open in time for the 2022-23 season. Unions and other opponents of the project worry state lawmakers are being pushed into passing a measure to fast-track the permitting process.

6 The Master, Mate & Pilot - March | April 2019 APL LDOs Meet With Bargaining Committee, Attend Training at MITAGS

Lilly Gallo and other APL licensed deck officers participating in the APL Chief Mate APL licensed deck officers who participated in training courses at MITAGS in February-March Operations Course covered topics that are shown here with bargaining committee members. (Front row, left to right) Tom Larkin, included: cargo loading/stability programs; Christopher Cruz, Naldo Garcia, William Fitzpatrick, Christian Ranosa and Mark Garcia; (back safety management systems; and weather row) Eric Furnholm, MM&P Coast Agent Jeremy Hope, Jonathan Komlosy, Lilly Gallo, Kerry routing. The instructor of the course was Bob Phillips, Kellen Murphy and MM&P Pacific Ports Vice President Lars Turner. Kimball. Gallo sailed her first trip as captain last fall aboard the President Roosevelt.

ILA Great Lakes District Council Quadrennial Convention

Officials of MM&P and the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Captain Richard Phillips and MM&P Secretary- attended the ILA Great Lakes District Council Quadrennial Convention in Treasurer Steve Werse with Chief Engineer Bob Lee. The March. At the meeting, which took place in Tampa, Fla., MM&P Great Lakes three, who sailed together aboard the MV Green Bay, & Gulf Vice President Tom Bell was elected to serve as Vice President of the ILA attended the ILA meeting Great Lakes District Council. In the photo are (front row, left to right) Ray Sierra, John Baker Sr., John Baker Jr., Mike Baker and Carlos Brown; (back row, left to right) Chris Caplan, John Reed, Andre Joseph, Tom Bell and Bill Yockey.

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MM&P-Crewed Maersk Ships Cross Paths in Norfolk

Ernie Caponegro took this photo of Maersk Iowa docking in Norfolk on the morning of March 15. He took the photo from the bridge wing of Maersk Kentucky. Both vessels are crewed by MM&P licensed deck officers.

Morgan McManus Appointed Master of TS Empire State IV

Morgan McManus has been appointed master of the TS Empire State IV, the SUNY Maritime College training ship. McManus, a long-time member of MM&P, has over 12 years’ experience sailing as master, including on the SS Cape Jacob, the sister ship to the TS Empire State VI. His sailing career has taken him on various types of commercial ships including steam, motor, breakbulk, container, car carriers, tankers and cutting- edge dynamic positioned drill ships. He also served as watch officer aboard TS Empire State VI during a summer training cruise. McManus graduated from SUNY Maritime College in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in Marine Transportation. “Captain McManus’ current shipping experience in the areas of navigation and safety, and his industry knowledge, will be of great benefit to the students and college,” said SUNY Maritime President Rear Adm. Michael Alfultis. “Most importantly, his current and wide range of experience will help us as we seek to elevate our license programs to new levels through rewarding applied learning experiences.” “As the Maritime Administration (MARAD) commences construction of the first academy training ship, which is due to replace TS Empire State VI, Captain McManus’s experience with new-build ship construction projects will be beneficial to Maritime College and MARAD,” Alfultis added.

It’s All in the Family

Brothers Kellen and Shane Murphy are both experienced professional mariners. In the photo, which was taken aboard the President Cleveland in January, Kellen (on the left) was relieving Shane as master aboard the APL vessel.

8 The Master, Mate & Pilot - March | April 2019 Forging New Ties in Charleston: MM&P Joins South Carolina Maritime Association

MM&P has joined the Maritime Association of South Carolina (MASC), a member-based trade group for businesses, local government and other organizations that operate in and around the Port of Charleston. The association serves as a platform for collaborative efforts to protect and advance the interests of its members. “Representation in MASC is an excellent opportunity for MM&P, with mutual benefits for both sides,” says MM&P Offshore member Ryan Guthrie, who lives in the Charleston area. “Through membership, MM&P will achieve recognition in the maritime community and a strong voice in local and regional interests that affect our members.” MM&P’s affiliation with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) is itself a great “calling card” in Charleston: in particular Ken Riley, president of Local 1422, had always been an advocate for MM&P members and the union as a whole. Guthrie began considering whether membership in the port’s trade group would bring additional advantages. Terminals at the Port of Charleston—like others in this age of heightened security— periodically implement new limits on access. Mariners are all too familiar with the downside: the risk of being slowed down, sometimes for an inordinate amount of time, on the way to work. After the port introduced vehicle access decals, “I would have to get down to the gate 30 minutes early,” Guthrie says. He decided to discuss the situation with the chief of police for the Port of Charleston. “He wasn’t familiar with MM&P,” Guthrie says, “and I wondered ‘are we really flying that far under the radar’?” MM&P member Ryan Guthrie with his He proposed the idea of joining MASC to MM&P Atlantic Ports Vice President Don children Bitsy and Townes beside the Josberger, who saw the merits of the plan and approved it. MV Charleston Express. He says MM&P’s “MM&P does a great job getting the word out in Washington, D.C., and getting the word affiliation with the local maritime out to our members,” Guthrie says. association is a “win-win” for “It’s good for us to get the word out at the local level.” the union, MM&P members and He says the benefits could include positive press for the union and new business the Port of Charleston. opportunities for the organization. Going forward, other association members will be able to look to MM&P for perspective and assistance in the union’s areas of strength and expertise. Now, MM&P’s new “profile” on the MASC website highlights: the professionality of our members; the union’s state-of-the-art training facilities in Linthicum Heights and Seattle; and MM&P’s strong ties with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA). “It is my sincere hope that this endeavor will have lasting benefits for MM&P members,” says Guthrie. For his part, he says, he has welcomed the chance “to get more involved with the union—not just on ship.”

Photo Credit: Ryan Guthrie

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North Ferry Contract Finalized The MM&P members who work at North Ferry have a new contract, thanks to a team effort by members of the negotiating committee, MM&P representatives, ballot officials and management. Congratulations to the North Ferry crews and the entire Atlantic Maritime Group!

The North Ferry negotiating team.(Left to right) Tommy Graffagnino, Ed Dunne, Joe Coconower and Lance Willumsen. (Not pictured: Jeffrey Brewer.)

Members Rod Bisson and Angel Freire assisted with the ballot count.

Stella Lagudis and Bridgford Hunt MM&P Representatives Paulina are the managers of North Ferry Czernek and Mike Riordan worked together with the members to finalize the contract.

New President/Secretary-Treasurer for Sailors’ Union of the Pacific

MM&P extends congratulations to Dave Connolly, the long-time SUP official who became the union’s President/Secretary-Treasurer in March. “MM&P looks forward to continuing the close relationship between our two unions under the leadership of SUP President Dave Connolly,” said MM&P President Don Marcus. Gunnar Lundeberg, who was first elected SUP President/Secretary-Treasurer in 1990 and then re-elected multiple times, did not run for office in the recent election. The members elected Connolly to lead the union going forward. “MM&P recognizes outgoing SUP President Gunnar Lundberg for his uncompromising service on behalf of maritime labor and the American Merchant Marine,” said MM&P President Don Marcus. Dave Connolly was elected “It has been a pleasure to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Gunnar over the years in the fight to defend the President/Secretary-Treasurer working conditions of union members in the maritime industry and beyond.” of the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific (SUP) in March.

10 The Master, Mate & Pilot - March | April 2019 Matson’s Second New Aloha Class Ship Sets Sail

Matson’s new Aloha class containership Kaimana Hila set sail on April 5 on its transit voyage to the West Coast via the Panama Canal. The vessel is the second of the company’s two new Aloha Class containerships. The first is the Daniel K. Inouye, which entered service in November 2018. Matson plans to use both vessels in the Hawaii trade. The two are the largest ships ever built in the United States and also the company’s fastest, capable of a top speed of nearly 24 knots. Both were built at Philly Shipyard. The two have dual-fuel engines that can be adapted to use liquefied natural gas. All the licensed deck officers aboard Matson vessels are members of Masters, Mates & Pilots. Kaimana Hila Master Ted Bernhard and Chief Mate Travis Seely took time from their busy schedules at the shipyard to talk with MM&P Atlantic Ports Vice President Donald Josberger and Pacific Ports Vice President J. Lars Turner. “It was a pleasure to see the newest addition to the U.S.-flag container fleet manned by members of our proud union,” Turner said. “It is great to see our members working together to facilitate an efficient transition from the yard to a fully operational vessel.” He added: “Brothers Bernhard and Seely expressed gratitude for the professional solidarity and knowledge sharing they received from Brothers Frank Reed and Leonard Lambert who recently went MM&P Pacific Ports Vice President Lars Turner(left) and Atlantic Ports Vice President Don Josberger (right) through a similar process with the Daniel K. Inouye.” with Chief Mate Travis Seely and Captain Ted Bernhard.

MM&P Members at St. Johns Pilots Welcome Union Reps Union members at the Jacksonville office of the St. Johns Bar Pilots Association met with two MM&P officials in February. MM&P Great Lakes & Gulf Vice President Tom Bell and San Juan Representative Eduardo Iglesias spent time talking with four members of the union: Edward Jumbelick and Chris Savitz; Judy McQuaide; and the President of the Association Captain Nathan Cook .

(Left to right) MM&P Vice President Tom Bell with Bell and Iglesias with Judy McQuaide, Bell and Iglesias with Pilots Association dispatcher Edward Jumbelick, pilot boat captain Chris who works in the office of the President Captain Nathan Cook. Savitz and MM&P Representative Eduardo Iglesias. St. Johns Bar Pilots Association.

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MM&P Officers Attend SUNY Maritime Event

Masters, Mates & Pilots is a proud supporter of the Organization of Black Maritime Graduates (OBMG). The group was formed in 1994 to educate, recruit, mentor and network with the goal of increasing diversity in the maritime industry. OBMG members gathered in February to award scholarships to hard-working young people motivated to pursue a career in maritime.

Keynote speaker Braxton Lumford with MM&P Secretary-Treasurer Steve Werse. Lumford currently sails with MM&P as chief mate. He has sailed aboard general cargo ships, roll-on/roll-off vessels and government-owned vessels. MM&P captains Keith Poissant, Robert Cook and Howard Wyche.

Union Meeting in Cleveland

Members of the MM&P Great Lakes & Gulf Group held a union meeting in March with MM&P President Don Marcus. (In the photo, left to right) Don Marcus, Jon Waldeck, Tom Banar, David Kostik, Jeff Porinchok, Mariann Duff, Bill Slattery(wearing hat), Jack Duff, Joe Heaney (standing on riser in back), Mark Walrath (wearing Cavaliers shirt), Chris Booth (wearing black hat), George Finley (wearing flannel shirt), Bridget Nagle, Mike Cannon (wearing hat), Ryan Bright, Esther Galindo-Pajak and MM&P Great Lakes & Gulf Vice President Tom Bell. “The meeting was very well-attended,” Bell said.

12 The Master, Mate & Pilot - March | April 2019 Another Successful Career Day!

MM&P believes that outreach to young people on the cusp of a maritime career is an essential union function. This important work is carried out in part by the officials, representatives and members who attend maritime academy career days and events such as MARAD’s Women on the Water. In the photo, representatives of the union interact with cadets at SUNY Career Day: (left to right) AMG International Representative Keith Poissant, Cadet Kayla Kelly, MM&P Secretary- Treasurer Steve Werse, Cadet Emma Crawford and AMG International Representative Paulina Czernek at SUNY Maritime Career Day.

Great Lakes & Gulf Members at MITAGS for LAP Class

In February, members of the MM&P Great Lakes & Gulf Group participated in the LAP Class at MITAGS. (Left to right) Glen Paine (MITAGS); Chris Gibson (Grand River Navigation); Bill Slattery (Grand River Navigation); MM&P Great Lakes & Gulf Vice President Tom Bell; Chris Edyvean (MITAGS instructor).

MM&P Members at Statue Cruises Complete 100T Captains Class

Congratulations to four members of the MM&P Atlantic Maritime Group who successfully completed their 100T Captains Class in February. (Left to right) Anthony Terzakos, Jose Rivera, Captain Robert Anderson (instructor), Luis Mateo and Peter Rivera. Great job!

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U.S.-Flag Fleet Goes to Capitol Hill to Advocate for American Ships and Crews

Representatives of the maritime labor unions, U.S.- flag shipping companies, the maritime academies and industry trade groups headed to Capitol Hill in March to advocate for the U.S.-flag fleet and the men and women who crew American vessels. The occasion was the “Congressional Sail-In,” now in its 10th year, an advocacy campaign aimed at consolidating relationships with friends of our industry in Congress and establishing new ties with legislators who in the past may have had only moderate awareness of maritime issues. Over the course of one day, representatives of the U.S.-flag fleet held nearly 200 separate meetings with members of the House and Senate and their staffs. The schedule included meetings Group led by MM&P Gulf Ports & Government Affairs Vice President Klaus Luhta(far with legislators on key committees charged with right) with aides to Sen. Ben Cardin. Participants included: Wendi Carpenter, executive oversight and legislation that affects the U.S. director of The Captain Richard Phillips-Lane Kirkland Maritime Trust; Russ Paret, president of Bold Ocean LLC; Eric Ebeling (president and CEO of American Roll-on maritime industry, as well as conversations with Roll-off); and RJ Klein (past-president, Council of American Master Mariners). many newly elected members. In the center are Congressional staffers Juan Urcia and Johnathan Ng.

Over the course of one day, representatives of the U.S.-flag fleet held nearly 200 separate meetings with members of the House and Senate and their staffs.

More than 150 men and women from across the industry participated in the discussions: they included licensed mariners, labor relations professionals, ship owners and operators, retired Coast Guard and Navy officers and experts on maritime training and education. The discussions centered on the strategic national MM&P United Inland Group-Pacific Maritime Region Vice President Tim Saffle imperative of having a strong American Merchant (second from left) and Inland Boatmen’s Union (IBU) President Marina Secchitano Marine, along with the benefits to our country— meeting with staff in the office of Rep. Doug La Malfa. Participants in the group including the significant return on investment—of included Cole Scandaglia (AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department) the Maritime Security Program (MSP), which must and MEBA Vice President Jason Callahan. be fully funded by Congress on an annual basis.

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Another priority: dispelling myths, misconceptions and misunderstandings about the Jones Act and Cargo Preference. Sail-In participants urged Congress to ensure that as our government works to promote “Buy American” and “Hire American,” it also guarantees that U.S. cargo is “Shipped American.” Shipping American is an important way to create jobs in our country, bolster the economy and strengthen our commercial sealift capability. The group also appealed for the long overdue recognition of the significant contributions of World War II merchant mariners, including the award of the Congressional Gold Medal. MM&P was represented by: President Don MM&P Coast Agent Jeremy Hope (far right) and a group led by MEBA’s Marcus; Vice President-Gulf and Government Affairs Erick Siahaan (left) with Congressman Matt Cartright (center). Klaus Luhta; Vice President-Great Lakes Tom Bell; Other members of the group included Ivy Callais (MFOW), Gunnar Lundeberg (SUP) and Nick Celona (SIU). Vice President-Pacific Maritime Region Tim Saffle; Pacific Coast Representative Jeremy Hope; Atlantic Maritime Group Representative Paulina Czernek; and MIRAID staffers Steve Wines and James A. Patti. Representing the Captain Richard Phillips-Lane Kirkland Maritime Trust were Executive Director Rear Adm. Wendi Carpenter (U.S. Navy, Retired) and Board Chair Klaus Luhta.

Holiday Photo Caption Correction

The captions for two photos in the Holiday Party section of the January-February 2019 issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot were incorrect. The correct captions are published here. We apologize for the mistake.

Boston: Doug Fifield, Ron Colpus, Jeff Bridges, Boston: Paul Rochford, Frank Morton, Scott Despersis. Rachel Slade and Dave Sulin.

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Attention Maritime Professionals

MM&P is preparing a paper to highlight the inherent conflict of interest built into the ISM/SMQS structure. This conflict, between promoting safety and the pressures of economic competitiveness, has increasingly put ships’ masters, chief engineers, vessel inspectors and other maritime professionals at risk. The paper, to be drafted in conjunction with an outside organization, is expected to be presented at the World Maritime Rescue Conference in Vancouver, Canada, later this year and submitted to the International Maritime Organization in London. Among the contributors will be John Loftus, retired MM&P master and successful maritime industry whistle-blower. MM&P is seeking input from our membership and other maritime professionals to assist us in documenting coercive pressures facing front line professionals in our industry. Specifically, we are seeking examples of undue influence exerted by employers to discourage front line professionals from submitting Corrective Action Reports (CARS) or from otherwise providing appropriate documentation or recordkeeping of shipboard deficiencies which may or may not be known to shipowners/ship managers. This input may be submitted anonymously or documented as desired by the individual respondent. Personal interviews will be conducted during the week of May 20-24, 2019, at MM&P International headquarters in Linthicum Heights MD. If you would like to participate in this important project, please contact or submit information to Star Dorsey at MM&P HQ: [email protected] or 410-850-8131.

Pilot Exam for Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun

The Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun is pleased to announce plans to host an exam for entrance into its Pilot Trainee Training Program during the week of June 3. Details are posted at: www.bopc.ca.gov/application

16 The Master, Mate & Pilot - March | April 2019 Award to United Seamen’s Service in Yokohama

The United Seamen’s Service Center in Yokohama received a surprise visit in February from Military Sealift Command (MSC). MSC Commander Rear Adm. Dee Mewbourne and MSC Director, Total Force Management Michael Morris presented a plaque to Jack Spiwak, the Director of the Center, for outstanding service to seafarers. Congratulations to all involved!

Automated Terminals Not As Fast As Those Operated By People, Consultants Say The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is advising Maersk—which operates APM terminals—to consult a recent study by McKinsey & Company that finds that automated ports are “generally less productive than their conventional counterparts.” Researchers at McKinsey concluded that “while operating expenses decline [at fully automated terminals], so does productivity, and the returns on invested capital are currently lower than the industry norm.” In 2015, Maersk forecast that its new Rotterdam terminal would provide 40 percent increased productivity, but statistics show it only moves 25 containers per crane per hour. In comparison, APM’s second terminal in Rotterdam, APMTR, which is not automated, moves 30-33 containers per crane per hour and can move as many as 40. Citing these and other statistics, the ITF is asking Maersk to work with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) to address the impact of proposed automation at the Port of Los Angeles. “The ITF delegation at the Maersk Annual General Meeting delivered an invitation to the company to create a constructive dialogue to ensure that the terminal at Pier 400 remains productive, competitive and profitable for the company as well as the workforce and communities that it sustains,” said ITF maritime coordinator Jacqueline Smith in a statement. “We urge all Maersk shareholders to join us in calling on the company to meet with the ITF and the ILWU and address the grave concerns surrounding automation plans at the Port of Los Angeles,” she said. Smith said the ITF stands in solidarity with the ILWU in defense of union members’ working conditions and jobs.

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John McDonnell MM&P Offshore Membership Group Where were you born and where did you grow up? I was born in central Pennsylvania and that’s where I grew up. I was probably about six when I saw my first ship, the Woods Hole Ferry, and I remember being very impressed. In high school, I talked with two former students who were Kings Point cadets returning from their sea year. I knew then that sailing was what I had to do with my life.

Describe your career. Captain John McDonnell aboard Africa Mercy When I graduated Kings Point in 1965, the Vietnam War was underway and it wasn’t with a young patient and her mother. hard to find sailing jobs. I got my first master’s job on the American Robin in 1973 when “I gave blood for Cherine’s surgery and now her I was 29. I retired from Lykes Lines, where I had been sailing as permanent master of the mother says I’m her daddy,” McDonnell says. “I’m proud of my African family.” Letitia Lykes, in 1995. My license was up for renewal, and the United States had just signed the STCW Convention. To renew would have meant spending a lot of time and money getting certified. I did not want to renew a license that was good only for continuity since I had spent 30 years getting it. I worked on riverboat casinos for a few years and learned a lot about the rivers, but soon those boats were permanently moored and deck crews were no longer needed. In 2001, I read a magazine article by a Mercy Ship captain about working in West Africa. I contacted Mercy Ships and they provided me with a free basic safety training course. I was soon sailing as chief officer on the Caribbean Mercy. I sailed aboard that ship to Honduras, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and then aboard the Africa Mercy to Benin, Togo and Madagascar. I also sail for Youth With a Mission (YWAM), which operates large ships in Papua New Guinea and small ones, usually donated yachts, in other parts of the world. Doctors on Mercy ships perform surgery. Volunteer medical personnel on YWAM vessels provide general primary care, cataract surgery, immunizations, dental care, eyeglasses and pre-natal screening to people in villages who have never seen a doctor. With Mercy Ships we spend six or eight months in major ports; YWAM ships seldom stay more than a week in any one place before moving to another village. Every two weeks we find a port with scheduled air service where volunteers can get on and off. In New Guinea there are few charts, and none of a scale that we can use going into small villages up rivers or between coral reefs. I have to use Google Earth and send a zodiac into the area I want to navigate to get the ship to a safe anchorage. Humanitarian relief work has been the best part of my career. I was afraid that working with Evangelical Christians might be a challenge, that they would ask me to confess all my sins or sit around quoting scriptures. As it turns out, they are great people who enjoy telling jokes and going ashore, just like everyone else. I love working with young people and teaching them seamanship and navigation. I am amazed by our patients, many of whom have never seen electric lights, motor vehicles or flush toilets. It makes you appreciate the many blessings that we take for granted. My MM&P pension has allowed me to do this work. The fact that my wife is a pediatrician is also a factor; someday, the two of us may be able to sail together to remote corners of the world. I want to encourage members who can spare some Crew of YWAM Liberty, February 2019. McDonnell says sailing aboard time to volunteer. Check out www.mercyships.org or humanitarian relief ships has been the most rewarding part of his career. www.YWAMships.net. You’ll be glad you did.

18 The Master, Mate & Pilot - March | April 2019 Masters, Mates & Pilots Plans Administrator’s Column

PATRICK MCCULLOUGH

Board of Trustees Meetings Penobscot Bay and River Pilots and Reinauer Office Staff Join the Health and Benefit Plan As you might have read in the last issue of The Master, Mate The Trustees ratified the action of the Chairman and Secretary in & Pilot, the first meetings of the Board of Trustees for this year approving participation, effective Jan. 1, 2019, for the Penobscot were held Feb. 5–7, 2019. In the last issue, I did not provide the Bay and River Pilots, who have four participants, and in approving schedule of meetings for 2019 or the tentative schedule of meetings participation effective April 1, 2019, for the Reinauer Office Staff for 2020. At their February meetings, the Trustees agreed to the of approximately 130 participants. following schedule of meetings for 2019: Pensioners’ Continuation of Coverage • June 4–6, 2019 • Oct. 15–17, 2019 The Trustees agreed, in principle, to extend the Continuation of Coverage Program until the earlier of termination of a participant’s TheTrustees also tentatively agreed on the following 2020 coverage or June 30, 2020. The Trustees have had this program in meeting dates: place since 1987. The Trustees requested that a Plan Amendment • Feb. 4–6, 2020 be drafted for their review at the next Trustee meeting. • June 2–4, 2020 • Oct. 13–15, 2020 Earnings Limitations for Pensioners and Spouses Under 65 for the 2019 Calendar Year Health & Benefit Plan I would like to remind pensioners and spouses under age 65 about the MM&P Health Plan Earnings Limitations for calendar year Medicare Part D Update 2019. On Dec. 14, 2018, the Plan mailed an earnings letter to all The Trustees received the Administrator’s report that the 2019 affected participants and dependents with an affidavit that must subsidy application has been approved and that, as of Dec. 31, be returned to the Plan Office. If you have not yet returned the 2018, the Plan has received subsidy payments from the Medicare affidavit, it is advised that you complete and return it as soon as Part D Program for last year totaling approximately $805,000. possible. The Trustees also received the Administrator’s report that Part D Increase in Pensioners Earnings Limitation Advisors, which is reviewing the filings of previous year subsidies, Starting Jan. 1, 2020 estimate that if they are allowed to reopen the 2013 application, they will be able to collect approximately $30,000 in additional The Trustees agreed, in principle, to increase the Plan’s pensioner subsidy money already approved by CMS on pensioners and annual earnings limitation, effective Jan. 1, 2020 to $41,000. dependents. The Trustees authorized the request. Effective Jan. 1, 2020, pensioners who are under 65 and who have retired under the MM&P Pension Plan with 20 or more years Open Enrollment for Coverage of pension credit, along with their dependents under 65 who are Effective Jan. 1, 2019 employed, will be able to receive annual earnings of up to $41,000 The Trustees received the report that during the Annual Open without losing their health coverage under the Plan. The Trustees Enrollment period from November to December 2018, the Plan also agreed to increase this limit by an additional $1,000 per year received new requests for coverage, with a Jan. 1, 2019 effective effective each Jan. 1 thereafter up to a maximum of $46,000 per date, for 10 Pilots, three AMG and Great Lakes members and 22 year. The Trustees requested that a Plan Amendment be drafted for dependents. their review at the next Trustee meeting.

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Individual Retirement Account Plan, you may also be able to have this form notarized at your bank or Pension Plan and Adjustable Pension Plan financial institution for little or no cost to you. Please be advised that the Plan needs to receive this form, Annual IRS Limitations for 2019 properly completed, by the time you are scheduled to receive your May pension benefit payment. We will have to withhold For your reference, we have listed below the Internal Revenue that benefit payment, and all future payments, until the properly Service limitations for 2019. The defined benefit plan limits listed completed form is received. below apply only to participants in the Offshore Pension Plan If you have any questions, please contact a Plan Office benefit and/or Adjustable Pension Plan. The 401(k) limits apply only advisor at 410-850-8647, 410-850-8625 or 410-850-8636. to members whose collective bargaining agreements provide for IRAP/401(k) participation. Pension Plan IRS Limitations for 2018 Pension Plan Missing Participants 2019 2018 The Plan has been trying to get in touch with the following Maximum Annual 415 Payout at Age $225,000 $220,000 participants, and they have not responded to the Plan. 62 from a Defined Benefit Plan 2018 Annual Pension Confirmation Forms Needed for Maximum Annual Contribution to $56,000 $55,000 Plan Year 2017 an Individual’s Defined Contribution Account Under 415(c) Betty Mays Dionicio Velez Maximum Effective 401(k) Deferral $19,000 $18,500 Earnings Limitation for Pensioners and/or Dependents 401(k) Catch-Up Limit-Age $6,000 $6,000 Under the Age of 65 for Plan Year 2018 50 and Older Frank Colebrissi – spouse only Maximum Amount of Annual $280,000 $275,000 Robert Crawford – spouse only Compensation That Can Be Taken If you know where these individuals have moved, or if you have Into Account for Determining a phone number, please contact the Pension Plan benefit staff at the Benefits or Contributions Under Plan Office at 410-850-8636. a Qualified Plan Wage Base: Plan Amendments a) for Social Security Tax $132,900 $128,400 DRAFT AMENDMENT NO. 144 TO THE b) for Medicare No Limit No Limit M.M.&P. HEALTH AND BENEFIT PLAN RULES AND REGULATIONS

Please note, as of January 2013, individuals with wages/earned 1. Article III (Eligibility), Section 2.A.5. (Pensioners – Initial income of more than $200,000 ($250,000 for married couples Eligibility – Co-Pay Requirement (Pensioners)) and 2.A.6. filing jointly) pay an additional 0.9 percent in Medicare taxes. This (Pensioners – Initial Eligibility – Pensioners Receiving a Medicare surcharge is paid along with annual income taxes. Lump-Sum Payout) are amended by changing the references to “2018” to “2020”. Annual Verification of Pensioner Benefits–Pension 2. Article IV (Benefit Provisions), Part A (Comprehensive Plan–Adjustable Pension Plan Major Medical Benefits), Section 2.J.2 (Covered Charges – To safeguard pension benefits for all participants and their qualified Transplant Surgery – National Organ Transplant Program), spouses, as they have over the past few years, the Trustees require all Section 3 (Deductible Amount), Section 4 (Benefits), Section pensioners to verify on an annual basis that they have received their 5 (Limitations) and Section 12 (Out-Patient Surgical Benefit); pension benefits for the previous year. Part B (Prescription Drug Benefit), Section 3 (Retail Program The annual verification of pensioner benefits form must be for Short Term Medication) and Section 4 (Mail Order Drug notarized and returned to the Plan Office. If the pensioner resides Program); and Part F (Dental Benefits), Section 3 (Benefit in a city with an MM&P Port Office, the MM&P Port Official Amount) are amended by changing all references to “January can sign the form instead of a notary. It is our understanding that 1, 2019” to “January 1, 2021”.

20 The Master, Mate & Pilot - March | April 2019 Karen Gibis Retires After 34 Years at MITAGS Karen Gibis, who started working at MITAGS in 1984, has retired. Her co-workers organized a party in December to celebrate her career and to wish her well. In her years at MITAGS, Karen says she has “covered almost every station in the lunchroom.” She waitressed in the early years when the lunchroom offered table service; she delivered food to MM&P headquarters when union and Plan Office employees lunched in the main building; she has worked the salad bar; and, most recently, served grilled cheese, hamburgers, French fries and other hot dishes on “the front line.” “I’ve seen a lot of people come and go through the years,” she says. She will miss her co-workers but is looking forward to continuing her work in ceramics, seeing movies and going camping with her family: a daughter and son, four grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. (Back row, left to right) Amanda Copsey; Zuli Javier; Ernestine Wright; “Karen is an outstanding member of the MATES family, and a Karen Gibis; Alice Robinson; (front row) Anna Brown. wonderful person,” said MM&P Executive Director Glen Paine. “We will miss her!”

Maritime Conference Center Recognized for Service Excellence

The Maritime Conference Center has been recognized by Anne Arundel County for excellent customer service. Officials have named MCC Assistant Sales Director Jill Porter the recipient of the People’s Choice Award for 2019. “Not only does Jill make sure her clients are getting the best customer experience, she also makes sure that all the hotel guests in the BWI/Arundel Mills area are as well,” they said in announcing the award. “Over the past few years, Jill has championed the recognition of Northern Anne Arundel County as a Tourist Destination with all it has to offer.”

MCC Sales Director Brian Senft and Assistant Sales Director Jill Porter. MCC has been recognized by local businesses for excellent customer service.

www.bridgedeck.org - The Master, Mate & Pilot 21 Directory of MM&P Offices International Headquarters MM&P Health & Benefit, Boston New York/New Jersey 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Vacation, Pension, Ron Colpus Don F. Josberger Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1953 JEC and IRAP Plans Thomas Sullivan Vice President-Atlantic Representatives Phone: 410-850-8700 Patrick McCullough Jay Tripaldi Marine Industrial Park Fax: 410-850-0973 Administrator Atlantic Regional Representative 12 Channel St., Suite 606-A www.bridgedeck.org MM&P Plans 570 Broad Street, Ste 701 Boston, MA 02210-2333 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite A Newark, NJ 07102 Phone: 617-671-0769 International Officers Linthicum Heights, MD Phone: 201-963-1900 Fax: 617-261-2334 21090-1996 Fax: 201-963-5403 Donald J. Marcus [email protected] President Phone: 410-850-8500 [email protected] 410-850-8700 ext. 122 Fax: 410-850-8655 [email protected] [email protected] Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522 Charleston [email protected] John Livingston Steven E. Werse Norfolk, Va. Hours: Monday – Friday Representative Secretary-Treasurer 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET 1481 Tobias Gadson Blvd. Mark Nemergut 410-850-8700 ext. 116 Suite 2C Representative [email protected] Atlantic Maritime Group Charleston, SC 29407-4794 Interstate Corporate Center Stephen H. Doherty Phone: 843-766-3565 6325 North Center Dr., Ste 100 Executive Offices Norfolk, VA 23502 Vice President Fax: 843-766-6352 Phone: 757-489-7406 George Quick 570 Broad Street, Suite 701 [email protected] Fax: 757-489-1715 VP-Pilot Membership Group Newark, NJ 07102 [email protected] 410-691-8144 Direct: 201-830-3407 Honolulu [email protected] Fax: 201-748-5151 Randy Swindell Klaus Luhta [email protected] Oakland Representative VP-Gulf Ports & Gov’t Affairs Paulina Czernek 521 Ala Moana Blvd., Ste 254 Jeremy Hope 410-691-8139 Representative Honolulu, HI 96813 Coast Agent [email protected] Phone: 201-830-3406 Phone: 808-523-8183 Veronica Schaible [email protected] Frank Scopelliti Fax: 808-538-3672 Representative [email protected] International Comptroller Mike Riordan 548 Thomas L. Berkley Way 410-691-8134 Representative Oakland, CA 94612 [email protected] Direct: 201-830-3409 Houston Phone: 510-808-7068 Roger Lash [email protected] Fax: 510-808-7067 Klaus Luhta International Representative [email protected] Rich Russo VP-Gulf Ports & Government Affairs 410-691-8142 City Representative [email protected] [email protected] Phone: 201-830-3408 Nell Wilkerson Representative Steven M. Miceli Jr. [email protected] Seattle 13850 Gulf Freeway, Ste 250 International Representative Houston, TX 77034 J. Lars Turner 410-691-8149 Federal Employees Phone: 281-464-9650 Vice President-Pacific Ports [email protected] Membership Group Fax: 281-464-9652 Kathleen O. Moran Randall H. Rockwood [email protected] Representative Communications Vice President [email protected] 15208 52nd Ave. South Lisa Rosenthal Executive Office Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98188 Communications Director MM&P Headquarters Los Angeles/Long Beach 410-691-8146 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Phone: 206-441-8700 [email protected] Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Wendy Karnes Fax: 206-448-8829 [email protected] Representative [email protected] Legal Department 410-691-8131 533 N. Marine Ave., Ste A [email protected] Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Gabriel Terrasa Randi Ciszewski Phone: 310-834-7201 Tampa International Counsel Government Fleet Representative Fax: 310-834-6667 & CNO Pilot Representative Laura Cenkovich 410-691-8148 [email protected] [email protected] MM&P Headquarters Representative 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B 4333 S 50th St. LMSR Contact Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Miami/Port Everglades Tampa, FL 33619 Cell: 202-679-7594 Phone: 813-247-2164 Robert P. Chiesa Andrea Fortin Fax: 732-527-0829 Fax: 813-248-1592 Representative Gov’t Crewing Coordinator Hours: 9:00 AM-2:00 PM ET 540 East McNab Rd., Ste B 443-784-8788 Offshore Membership Group [email protected] [email protected] Pompano Beach, FL 33060-9354 Don F. Josberger Phone: 954-946-7883 Membership Department Vice President-Atlantic Ports Fax: 954-946-8283 [email protected] Patrice L. Wooten Klaus Luhta Director of Membership VP-Gulf Ports & Government Affairs 410-691-8151 J. Lars Turner [email protected] Vice President-Pacific Ports

22 The Master, Mate & Pilot - March | April 2019 Pilot Membership Group Biscayne Bay Pilots Galveston-Texas City Pilots Port Everglades Pilots George A. Quick Andrew D. Melick Christos A. Sotirelis Todd J. Cooper Vice President Chairman P.O. Box 16110 Cheryl A. Phipps 3400 N. Furnace Rd. 2911 Port Blvd. Galveston, TX 77552 Co-Directors Jarrettsville, MD 21084 Miami, FL 33132 Phone: 409-740-3347 P.O. Box 13017 Phone: 410-691-8144 Phone: 305-374-2791 Fax: 409-740-3393 Port Everglades, FL 33316 Fax: 410-557-7082 Fax: 305-374-2375 Phone: 954-522-4491 [email protected] Hawaii Pilots Association Boston Pilots Puget Sound Pilots Tom Heberle East Coast Regional Rep. Richard Stover President Eric vonBrandenfels Timothy J. Ferrie President Pier 19-Honolulu Harbor 101 Stewart St. - Suite 900 201 Edgewater St. 256 Marginal Street, Bldg 11 P.O. Box 721 Seattle, WA 98101 Staten Island, NY 10305 East Boston, MA 02128 Honolulu, HI 96808 Phone: 206-728-6400 Phone: 718-448-3900 Phone: 617-569-4500 Phone: 808-532-7233 Fax: 206-448-3405 Fax: 718-447-1582 Fax: 617-569-4502 Fax: 808-532-7229 [email protected] www.hawaiipilots.net Sabine Pilots Canaveral Pilots Charles Lahaye Gulf Coast Regional Rep. Houston Pilots Ben Borgie Presiding Officer Richard D. Moore Brendan McMillin Mark Mitchem 5148 West Pkwy. 8150 S. Loop E. Houston, TX 77017 Co-Chairmen Presiding Officer Groves, TX 77619 Phone: 713-645-9620 Box 816 203 Deerwood Glen Drive Phone: 409-722-1141 [email protected] Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 Deer Park, TX 77536 Fax: 409-962-9223 Phone: 321-783-4645 Phone: 713-645-9620 www.sabinepilots.com West Coast Regional Rep. [email protected] Key West Bar Pilots Association Saint Johns Bar Pilots Kip Carlson Charleston Branch Pilots Pier 9, East End Alejandro Gonzalez Nate Cook San Francisco, CA 94111 Whit Smith P.O. Box 848 President Phone: 415-362-5436 6 Concord St. Key West, FL 33041 4910 Ocean St. Mayport, FL 32233 [email protected] P.O. Box 179 Phone: 305-296-5512 Phone: 904-249-5631 Charleston, SC 29401 Fax: 305-296-1388 Fax: 904-249-7523 Alaska Marine Pilots Phone: 843-577-6695 [email protected] Fax: 843-577-0632 Mobile Bar Pilots David Arzt San Juan Bay Pilots President Columbia River Bar Pilots J. Christopher Brock P.O. Box 920226 President Stephen Rivera Dutch Harbor, AK 99692 James Brady P.O. Box 831 President Phone: 907-581-1240 100 16th St. Mobile, AL 36601 P.O. Box 9021033 Fax: 907-581-1372 Astoria, OR 97103-3634 Phone: 251-432-2639 San Juan, PR 00902-1033 [email protected] Phone: 503-325-2641 Fax: 251-432-9964 787-722-1166

Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots Columbia River Pilots Northeast Marine Pilots St. Lawrence Seaway Pilots Jay Rivera Christopher D. Eckardt E. Howard McVay John R. Boyce P.O. Box 2767 MM&P Delegate 243 Spring St. President Corpus Christi, TX 78403 13225 N. Lombard Newport, RI 02840 Richard Tetzlaff Phone: 361-884-5899 Portland, OR 97203 Phone: 401-847-9050 MM&P Branch Agent Fax: 361-884-1659 Phone: 503-289-9922 Toll Free: 1-800-274-1216 P.O. Box 274 733 E. Broadway Associated Branch Pilots Coos Bay Pilots Penobscot Bay & River Cape Vincent, NY 13618 Pilots Association Phone: 315-654-2900 Mike Lorino Jr. Charles L. Yates Fax: 315-654-4491 3813 N. Cswy Blvd., Ste 100 President David Gelinas Metairie, LA 70002 686 North Front St. President San Francisco Bar Pilots Phone: 504-831-6615 Coos Bay, OR 97420-2331 Skip Strong Phone: 541-267-6555 Vice President Joseph Long Association Maryland Pilots Fax: 541-267-5256 18 Mortland Road Port Agent Searsport, ME 04974 Kip Carlson Eric Nielsen Crescent River Port Pilots Phone: 207-548-1077 MM&P Representative President Fax: 207-548-1078 Pier 9, East End 3720 Dillon St. E. Michael Bopp [email protected] San Francisco, CA 94111 President Baltimore, MD 21224 Phone: 415-362-5436 8712 Highway 23 Phone: 410-276-1337 Pilots Association for the Fax: 415-982-4721 Fax: 410-276-1364 Belle Chasse, LA 70037 [email protected] Phone: 504-392-8001 Bay & River Delaware Fax: 504-392-7598 Jonathan C. Kemmerley www.crescentpilots.com President 800 S. Columbus Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19147 Phone: 215-465-8340 Fax: 215-465-3450

www.bridgedeck.org - The Master, Mate & Pilot 23 Sandy Hook Pilots Western Great Lakes Seattle Pacific Maritime Region John J. DeCruz Pilots Association Timothy Saffle Pension & Benefit Plans New York President Jon Olney VP-Pacific Maritime Region John C. Oldmixon Columbia Northwest President Dan Twohig New Jersey President Marine Benefit Trust 1111 Tower Ave., P.O. Box 248 Representative 201 Edgewater St. Superior, WI 54880-0248 Pacific Maritime Region Patrick McCullough Staten Island, NY 10305 Phone: 715-392-5204 15208 52nd Ave., South, Ste 100 Administrator Phone: 718-448-3900 Fax: 715-392-1666 Seattle, WA 98188 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite A Fax: 718-447-1582 [email protected] Phone: 425-775-1403 Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1996 Fax: 425-775-1418 Phone: 410-850-8500 Savannah Pilots Association United Inland [email protected] Fax: 410-850-8655 Robert T. (“Trey”) Thompson III Membership Group [email protected] Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522 Master Pilot [email protected] 550 E. York St. Thomas Bell Wilmington Hours: Monday-Friday P.O. Box 9267 VP-Great Lakes & Gulf 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET Sly Hunter Savannah, GA 31401-3545 Timothy Saffle Regional Representative Phone: 912-236-0226 Northwest Maritime VP-Pacific Maritime Region 533 N. Marine Ave. Fax: 912-236-6571 Pension Trust Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Cleveland Phone: 510-808-7066 Southeast Alaska Pilots Randy G. Goodwin Thomas Bell Fax: 510-808-7064 Account Executive Kathleen Fleury VP-Great Lakes & Gulf [email protected] P.O. Box 34203 President 1322 Old River Rd., 3rd Floor Seattle, WA 98124 1621 Tongass Ave. - Suite 300 Cleveland, OH 44113 MIRAID Phone: 206-441-7574 Ketchikan, AK 99901 Phone: 216-776-1667 Fax: 206-441-9110 Phone: 907-225-9696 Fax: 216-776-1668 C. James Patti Fax: 907-247-9696 [email protected] President Southwest Marine Health, [email protected] 1025 Connecticut Ave., NW Benefit & Pension Trust www.seapa.com Juneau Suite 507 Dora Vele Washington, DC 20036-5412 1200 Wilshire Blvd., 5th Floor Shannon Adamson Southwest Alaska Pilots Phone: 202-463-6505 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Regional Representative Fax: 202-223-9093 Ronald A. Ward, II Toll-Free: 1-888-806-8943 229 Fourth St. [email protected] President Juneau, AK 99801 P.O. Box 977 Phone: 907-586-8192 Maritime Institute of Homer, AK 99603 Fax: 907-789-0569 MM&P Federal Credit Union Technology & Graduate Phone: 907-235-8783 [email protected] Kathy Ann Klisavage Studies (MITAGS) Fax: 907-235-6119 Manager [email protected] Glen Paine Oakland MM&P Headquarters Executive Director 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Tampa Bay Pilots Sly Hunter 692 Maritime Blvd. Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Regional Representative Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1952 Allen L. Thompson Phone: 410-691-8136 548 Thomas L. Berkley Way Main Phone: 410-859-5700 Executive Director Fax: 410-859-1623 Oakland, CA 94612 Admissions: 1-866-656-5568 1825 Sahlman Dr. Tampa, FL 33605 Toll-Free: 1-800-382-7777 Phone: 510-808-7066 Res Cntr: 1-866-900-3517 Phone: 813-247-3737 (All U.S. and Puerto Rico) Fax: 510-808-7064 BWI Airport Shuttle Fax: 813-247-4425 [email protected] [email protected] (avail. 24 hours a day): 1-866-900-3517 Ext. 0 Virgin Islands Port Portland MM&P Maritime School: 410-859-5181 Fax Authority Pilots Nick Sorber Advancement, Training, Residence: 410-859-0942 Fax John Amaro Regional Representative Education & Safety Program Executive Director: [email protected] President 2225 N. Lombard St. - No. 206 Admissions: [email protected] Patrick McCullough 6877 Upper Wintberg Portland, OR 97217 www.mitags.org Administrator St. Thomas, VI 00802 Phone: 503-369-6947 340-998-2260 [email protected] Glen Paine Pacific Maritime [email protected] Executive Director Institute (PMI) San Juan, Puerto Rico Virginia Pilot Association Dale Bateman Eduardo Iglesias Former Atlantic & Gulf Assistant Director J. William Cofer Regional Representative 1729 Alaskan Way, S. Seattle, President Region Health, Pension 1055 Kennedy Ave. Ste 914 WA 98134-1146 3329 Shore Dr. and Education, Safety San Juan, PR 00920 Phone: 206-239-9965 Virginia Beach, VA 23451 & Training Funds Phone: 787-724-3600 Fax: 206-441-2995 Phone: 757-496-0995 Fax: 787-723-4494 MM&P Plan Office Toll-Free: 1-888-893-7829 Hours: Monday-Friday 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite A [email protected] 9:00AM – 1:30PM ET Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1996 www.mates.org [email protected] Phone: 410-850-8500 Fax: 410-850-8655 Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522

24 The Master, Mate & Pilot - March | April 2019 PENSIONERS

Josip Bulla, shipping out of Gulf ports. He last sailed for Robin Espinosa, shipping out of East Coast ports. She last sailed Puerto Rico Marine Management as second mate aboard the for Maersk Lines Limited as chief mate aboard the Maersk Idaho. Nuevo San Juan.

Karen Gibis, worked as a cook at MITAGS. Lynne Conway, worked as a Health and Benefit Advisor in the MM&P Plans office. David Hudson, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last sailed for Matson as master of the Cape Henry. C. R. Christiansen, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last sailed Jeff Idema, shipping out of West Coast ports. for Maersk Lines Limited as master He last sailed for Matson as master of the Manoa. of the Safmarine Ngami.

Philip Lyons, shipping out of East Coast ports. He last sailed for Matson as third mate aboard the Kauai.

Paul Nowacki, retired from the MM&P Atlantic & Gulf Group.

Pedro Ocasio, retired from the MM&P Atlantic & Gulf Group.

D. R. Eric Chittenden, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last Stephen Salmon, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last sailed sailed for Matson as second mate aboard the Mahi Mahi. for Central Gulf Lines as chief mate aboard the Green Harbor.

Paul Savasuk, shipping out of East Coast ports. He last sailed for Patriot Contract Services as master of the USNS Soderman.

Michael Stone, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last sailed for Sealand Service as chief mate aboard the Sealand Crusader. He had worked as a Southwest Alaska Pilot since 1989.

Gregory Walsh, shipping out of West Coast ports. He last sailed for Matson as chief mate aboard the Matson Tacoma.

www.bridgedeck.org - The Master, Mate & Pilot 25 CROSS’D THE FINAL BAR

Constantine Afanasief, 92, Dec. 11, 2018. A resident of Emerson, William Johnson, 70, Dec. 16, 2018. A N.J., and a pensioner since 1979, he last sailed for Charles Kurk resident of Bothell, Wash., and a pensioner and Company as master of the tanker Monmouth. since 2011, he last sailed for Horizon Lines aboard the SS Tacoma. A U.S. Army veteran, Henry Beckwith, 94, Dec. 25, 2018. A resident of Tampa, Fla., he served in Vietnam. After graduating with and a pensioner since 1989, he last sailed for Lykes Brothers an English degree from the University of Steamship Company aboard the SS John Lykes. Washington, Bill sailed for 37 years including Daniel W. Cole, 97, Jan. 20. A resident of Westwood, Mass., and as a tug captain engaged in ocean towing and a pensioner since 1986, he last sailed for American Coastal Lines as a ship’s officer aboard merchant vessels of all types. He enjoyed aboard the AMCO Trader. golfing, hiking, stamp collecting and spending time at Lake Chelan. Survivors include his daughter Marie, mother-in-law Patsy Calvin C. Cunningham, 92, Dec. 9, 2018. A resident of Paradise, Harder, nephew Michael, niece Colleen, brothers and sister-in-law, Calif., and a pensioner since 1993, he last sailed for Lykes Brothers nieces and nephews, as well as great nephews. Steamship Company as master of the SS Louise Lykes. Byron E. Joyce, 76, Dec. 2, 2018. A resident of Seattle, Wash., and Joseph D. Devine, 96, Feb. 25. A proud a pensioner since 1990, he last sailed for Sealand Services aboard San Francisco native, he was a San Francisco the Sealand Independence. Bar Pilot who retired after 40 years in the Costas Kamper, 90, maritime industry. A veteran of World War Dec. 16, 2018. A resident of Sag Harbor, II, he first served aboard the Liberty Ship John N.Y., and a pensioner since 1986, he last sailed for Puerto Rico L. Sullivan and then in the U.S. Navy aboard Marine Management aboard the Borinquen. the USS Pickens. He spent his retirement Lyle B. McAlpin, 91, Dec. 25, 2018. A resident of Renton, Wash., navigating the waters by cruise ship and his and a pensioner since 1990, he last sailed for American President yacht “The Begum,” often with a very young grandchild piloting Lines aboard the SS President Grant. Upon retiring to the Cedar “in search of ice.” He challenged himself to perfect his golf game, River area of Washington, he enjoyed reading and gardening and to attain mastery in the art of abalone diving and to become was known to “tinker forever until he fixed something.” Survivors proficient on the piano. He was an avid windsurfer into his 80s. He include his wife of over 70 years, Betty, children Lyle, Mike, Loir was a founder of The Apostleship of the Sea and The Irish Cultural and Diane, grandchildren Shara and Timothy, and four great- Center, and an active member of the Hibernia Newman Club, the grandchildren: Alex, Natalie, Nicole and Owen. San Rafael Yacht Club and the Sons in Retirement. He was devoted to his family, a doting husband, enthusiastic father, grandfather and James McCarthy, 94, Dec. 2, 2018. A uncle, committed friend, renowned Christmas Eve decorator and resident of Orlando, Fla., and a pensioner Santa Claus impersonator. Survivors include his wife of 74 years, since 1984, he last sailed for United States Regina “Jeannie” Devine; children Denise, Kevin, Regina, Joe, Lines aboard the American Puritan. He served Brian, Dan and Jacqui; grandchildren and great-grandchildren. in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He received several ribbons for service in World Harry A. Filkins, 92, Dec. 24, 2018. A resident of Anna Maria, War II, Korea and Viet Nam. He also received Fla., and a pensioner since 1990, he last sailed for Pelican Marine commendations for his actions following Carriers aboard the SS Louisiana Brimstone. an accident while he was second mate aboard the African Star on William E. Hurlbert, 90, Jan 3. A resident of Yulee, Fla., and a the Mississippi River in 1968. Because of his heroism during the pensioner since 1990, he last worked for Florida Towing. resulting fire and tending to survivors, he received citations from the National Safety Council for contributing to the courageous Arthur Jensen, 94, Dec. 27, 2018. A resident of Ponte Vedra, Fla., conduct of the crew; a Farrell Lines Silver Medal for “Meritorious and a pensioner since 1991, he last sailed for Puerto Rico Marine Service and Courage”; Admiral of the Ocean Sea Rosetta for Management aboard the SS Humacao. “Outstanding Seamanship”; Maritime Trades Andrew Furuseth Medal for “Outstanding Service”; and, from the Secretary of Commerce, the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal “In recognition of a heroic act.” Those who talked to him on the phone will remember his signature sign off, “McCarthy in Orlando, out.”

26 The Master, Mate & Pilot - March | April 2019 Jim is survived by his sister Anne Randall and his brother Richard; on a whim. Inspiration for trips came from seemingly remote three nieces and a nephew; and six grandnieces and nephews. sources, such as a book setting or puzzle image, or simply because he wanted to share what he saw as “one of the most beautiful places Raoul Pepin, 94, Nov. 15, 2018. A resident of Sarasota, Fla., and on earth.” Survivors include his children Christine, Christopher a pensioner since 1987, he last sailed for Prudential Lines as master and Elizabeth; step-daughters Carmen and Kathleen; seven of the SS Lash Italia. Raoul first started sailing on the Great Lakes grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and his dear friend Susan at age 17. After retirement, he enjoyed working on the Sarasota M. Dolter, with whom he resided. home that he built with his wife of 49 years, Helen, and his son-in- law. His favorite pursuits included wood-working and stained glass, a good spy novel or cooking a gourmet meal. He is survived by his daughter, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Gary M. Schmidt, 75, Jan. 6. A resident of Delray Beach, Fla., and a pensioner since Crossing the Bar 1993, he last sailed for American President Lines as master of the SS President Jackson. Of note on his time at sea, he was master of Sunset and evening star, the first container ship to exceed capacity And one clear call for me! on the Panama Canal. For a time he was in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest transoceanic cargo vessel. He later became an auditor And may there be no moaning of the bar, and consultant, primarily in maritime safety matters, working When I put out to sea, predominately for the American Bureau of Shipping. He also served as an expert witness on maritime matters. Active in his community, he was known as the voice of the “Grand Old Fourth” But such a tide as moving seems asleep, celebration. He enjoyed cruising on his sailboat, Syzygy, and teaching his sons about this passion. He joined a crew for a race Too full for sound and foam, from Victoria, Canada, to Lahaina, Hawaii. He was an enthusiastic When that which drew from out the boundless deep reader, especially on American history. Sharing his love of wine, Turns again home. baseball and golf with his wife, they began dividing their time between their homes in Kingston, Wash., and Delray Beach, Fla., which allowed them to play golf year round. He is survived by his Twilight and evening bell, wife Darlene, sons Gavin and Geoff, Darlene’s daughters Amy, And after that the dark! Melissa and Lindsey; and grandchildren Colleen, Logan, Jack and Xander.

Lawrence C. Smith, 78, Dec. 29, 2018. A resident of Asbury, Ind., And may there be no sadness of farewell, and a pensioner since 1998, he last sailed for Waterman Steamship When I embark; Company aboard the SS Stonewall Jackson. Larry served in the U.S. Navy followed by a long career at sea, after obtaining his original license through the MATES Program during the Viet Nam War. For tho’ from out our bourne Time and Place He took in sunsets, moonrises and cloudscapes with the same The flood may bear me far, delight he found in chipmunks and the activity at his backyard I hope to see my pilot face to face birdfeeders. He worked to bring good into the world where he saw an unfulfilled need, by developing a plan and putting it into When I have crossed the bar. action, whether by donation or service. He was glad to have served on a Mercy Ship, seeing this and many other opportunities “as a way to fashion an earthly home where loving kindness abounds.” — Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) In retirement, he took time to explore the world with Susan, often

www.bridgedeck.org - The Master, Mate & Pilot 27 Honor Roll of PCF Contributors MM&P salutes the union members, pensioners and employees who are making our voice heard in Washington, D.C.

Timothy Ferrie Jerry Edward Mastricola Frank E. Reed Jr. In Celebration of Steve Werse Robert G. Mattsen Michael Riordan* Kenneth N. Gaito Richard W. May P David M. Romano

Naldo R. Garcia In Memory of Captain Tim Brown Paul D. Rooney P Larry D. Aasheim P P Edward Gras Eugene W. Mayer Jr. Lisa Rosenthal Douglas B. Adriance Edward W. Green Patrick McCullough Kenneth T. Ryan Murray G. Alstott* P Gregory P. Gretz Paul F. McQuarrie P Donald R. Sacca Gerald William Anderson Jon F. Harrison P Daniel A. Mello Timothy C. Saffle* Walter S. Arndt P Samuel W. Hartshorn Jr. P Andrew J. Merrill Michael A. Santini Thomas A. Bagan Harold J. Held* Thomas F. Miller In Memory of Captains Andrew Banks In Memory of John Federico In Memory of Blake Coney Charles Malue & Glen Banks Robert C. Beauregard Christopher S. Hendrickson Paul A. Mospens P George W. Schaberg Thomas E. Bell* James F. Hill* Darrin N. Muenzberg P In Memory of Captain Charles Malue David H. Hudson* P C. Michael Murray Steven P. Shils*

Theodore E. Bernhard Jeff H. Idema* P In Memory of Captain Charles Malue Travis A. Shirley Robert Brian Burke Eduardo E. Iglesias & Chuck Emery Nick Sorber Kenneth J. Carlson Jr. In Memory of Captain Charles Malue Douglas J. Nagy Jennifer L. Stair Hao Hong Cheong P Donald F. Josberger* Edward B. Newman Leonard Arthur Stenback* Randi Ciszewski Christopher G. Kavanagh Paul H. Nielsen* P Thomas E. Stone Raymond F. Conrady P John H. Kerwin P John J. O’Boyle Tore Stromme P

Kevin G. Coulombe Christopher E. Kluck Joseph O. O’Connor* P Conor J. Sullivan P P In Memory of Captains Oscar Geiger, Henry C. Knox-Dick David L. Ohlson William B. Sullivan

Master SS (African) Dawn Jonathan F. Komlosy* Glen M. Paine Gabriel A. Terrasa James M. Cunningham Michael S. Kozlowski Steven A. Palmer In Memory of Captain Charles Malue George M. Darley Richard W. Larocque P William L. Palmer Athena I. Thomas In Memory of Charlie Darley Ryan W. Leo Peter J. Parise III In Memory of Kate Tzevelekos Robert Darley P Klaus D. Luhta* C James Patti Joe Mark Tuck In Memory of Charlie Darley Lawrence T. Lyons P Bradley P. Plowman J. Lars Turner Morgan H. Densley George P. MacDonough P D. Scott Putty P Jed J. Tweedy Stephen H. Doherty Richard A. Madden In Memory of Captain Robert Strobel

In Memory of Jamie Ela George E. Mara George A. Quick* Daniel C. Twohig

Nancy A. Donnelly P Nicholas A. Marcantonio Ronald M. Radicali Peter M. Webster

In Memory of Georgia O’Neill Donald J. Marcus* Lloyd S. Rath P Steven E. Werse* Ruth England P In Memory of Bruno P. Ravalico P William J. Westrem In Memory of Robert England Captain Charles Malue In Memory of Paul Hanley, Chris Glenn Woodward* John W. Farmer III* P Brett J. Marquis Doug Nagele & Roy Geiser George N. Zeluff Jr.* P

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

28 The Master, Mate & Pilot - March | April 2019 John T. Duff P Robert T. Kimball P Keith A. Poissant In Memory of Captain Charles Malue Richard J. Klein P Stephen F. Procida P Dorothy Dunn P Robert E. Klemm P Thomas W. Ramsden In Memory of Darrell Dunn Linsey A. Knight Michael A. Rausa Shannon C. Adamson Barrett Enck Lowell J. Knudsen P John P. Rawley Jeffrey D. Adamson P Edward W. Enos James E. Kobis Karen Reyes Walter K. Allison P Skip A. Evans George W. Koch Jr. P In Memory of Captain Ed Sherrill Andrew J. Altum Malvina A. Ewers P Noah W. Landau David Roach Albert Mike Balister In Memory of Franklin Ewers Roger M. Lash Howard M. Roberts Evan B. Barbis Stanley J. Fabas Roch E. Lavault P Angel J. Rodriguez Edward S. Batcho Jr. P Keith W. Finnerty David A. Leech Coleman D. Rosenberg John E. Belcourt James M. Forsyth Samuel P. Lesko P Edward B. Royles P Derek J. Bender P Alan D. Fosmo Christian D. Livi Patrick P. Ryan Matthew L. Bennett Ryan K. Foster Richard T. Manning Koutaiba A. Saad Geoffrey Bird P James E. Franklin P Edward T. Markuske John L. Schiavone P Organization of Black Maritime In Memory of Captains Donald U. Marshall Jr. P Robert H. Schilling P Graduates Ken Fisher & William Hurley Brent A. McClaine Henry L. Schroeder P James K. Boak IV P Mark S. Garcia Charles L. McConaghy P Paul T. Schulman David Boatner P Matthew M. Gerfin Ann Marie McCullough Raymond W. Shipway Joseph Bogusis Patrick N. Glenn John J. McEntee In Memory of Captain Charles Malue William H. Boyce William D. Good Jr. P Daniel F. McGuire P William R. Slaughter P John W. Brennan P In Memory of William Good Sr. Francisco J. Medal Gerald V. Smeenk P Jeffrey C. Bridges P Bradley D. Goodwin Matthew F. Merrill Brendan Sean Smith Patrick J. Broderick Gregory A. Goolishian Jr. Andrew C. Miller Joseph S. Smith Richard S. Brooks P Gerald M. Gordon P Joseph E. Miller Robert R. Spencer P Alexander N. Bryant John A. Gorman P Bruce D. Mitchell P George J. Stauter P

Michael A. Buckley Kyle P. Grant Michelle Mitchell Carl W. Stein P Jonathan D. Buffington Peter S. Grate P Jose Montero P Einar W. Strom P Todd J. Campbell P Robert Groh P Elisa A. Moore David A. Sulin

James A. Carbone P Mike F. Gruninger John M. Morehouse Stacey W. Sullivan

In Memory of Captains Jorge Gutman Jaime Morlett Arthur J. Thomas

Charles Meerman & William Hurley Michael K. Hargrave P Brian A. Mossman Jefferson L. Thomas

Konstantinos Catrakis P Jacob B. Harlow Philip D. Mouton P Richard N. Thomas

Hao C. Cheong John J. Healey John W. Muir David William Thompson

Bent L. Christiansen P Charles E. Hendricks Kellen S. Murphy Deatra M. Thompson P Ejnar G. Christiansen P Raymond Hennessey William W. Murphy Peter R. Veasey

Dale Clark Andrew W. Hetz Lawrence J Neubert P Joseph P. Waldera P Timothy D. Clearwater Richard G. Hoey Nicholas J. Nowaski Gregory S. Walsh

James L. Clements Glen Hogarth James P. Olander P Ruffin F. Warren

Paul E. Coan Clifford E. Hoitt James E. O’Loughlin P Steven D. Watt P Dean R. Colver P Jeremy R. Hope James R. Olsen Ronald C. Wilkin

Mark A. Cooper P William H. Imken Cornelius C. O’Malley P David S. Wilkinson

Michael F. Cotting P John P. Jablonski P Michael B. O’Toole Nathan A. Woodward

Scot A. Couturier In Memory of Antonios Papazis P Patrice L. Wooten Vincent J. Cox P Captain Joseph Jablonski Michael Victor Parr Christopher C. Zimmerman Richard Crane P Thomas P. Jacobsen P Vasilios L. Pazarzis P

David W. Crawford Joseph V. Jimenez James G. Pelland West S. Wilson Patrice L. Wooten

Thomas B. Crawford Christian Johnsen In Memory of Mark Wilmes Christopher C. Zimmerman John F. Cronin P Christopher R. Kalinowski Steven S. Pellegrino Rexel S. Dagdag Timothy R. Kalke Ernest C. Petersen P Robert A. Dalziel P John Kelly P Kerry D. Phillips Robert G. Abbott John J. Dolan P Eric S. Kelm Paula C. Phillips Christopher J. Aiello Sean M. Doran Clyde W. Kernohan Jr. P Norman A. Piianaia P Marston W. Albert

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

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