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Vol. 44, No. 1 January - February 2008

Official Voice of the International

Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots

The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO

The Master, Mate & Pilot (ISSN 0025-5033) is the official voice of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (International Marine Division of the ILA), AFL-CIO. © 2008 IOMMP. Published bimonthly at MM&P Headquarters, 700 Maritime Blvd, Suite B, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1953.

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Timothy A. BrownChairman, Editorial BoardLisa Rosenthal Communications Director

INTERNATIONAL OFFICERSTimothy A. Brown, PresidentGlen P. Banks, Secretary-Treasurer

VICE PRESIDENTSBob Groh, Offshore GulfDon Marcus, Offshore PacificRichard May, Offshore AtlanticMichael Murray, United InlandGeorge A. Quick, Pilotage

Table of Contents

Vol. 44, No. 1 January - February 2008

News Briefs 1Energy saving at Headquarters, MITAGS and MM&P Plans; 82nd MM&P Convention Call; Washington State Governor meets with MM&P members; Patriot Wins Hayes and Waters contract; retirement party for Captain Frank Medeiros; big win for MM&P in suit involving Westar and Brusco; PCF campaign up and running; Military Sealift Command accepts delivery of USNS Byrd; MM&P legal team wins national recognition.

Washington Observer 9First session of 110th Congress is one of unprecedented activity and progress for MIRAID and MM&P.

News From Headquarters 11MM&P continues efforts to ensure mariners involved in marine casualty investigations are treated fairly by investigating authorities in the United States and overseas.

Health & Benefit Plans 13New optical benefit cycle begins; optical benefit provider and prescription benefit manager change names; IRS IRAP and pension limitations for 2008.

Pensioners 15

Offshore Scholarship Recipients 16

Directory 17

Cross’d the Final Bar 21Scholarships named after Karl Fanning.

Sailing Through Time 23

MM&P Holiday Party Photos 24

The Faces of MITAGS 29

About the CoverCaptain Mike Smith beside the propel-

ler of the Horizon Falcon. The photo

was taken by Captain Tom McDorr

when he and Smith were in Korea to

take delivery of the Horizon Hawk.

Both the Horizon Eagle and the Horizon

Falcon were under construction at the

time.

The Navy Jack, a symbol of resistance which dates back to

the American Revolution, flies today on the jack staff on

the bow of all naval vessels. In accordance with a resolu-

tion made by the delegates to the 75th Convention of the

International Organization of

Masters, Mates & Pilots, every

issue of The Master, Mate &

Pilot includes a photograph of

the historic flag.

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NEWS BRIEFS MM&P headquarters, MM&P Plans and MITAGS are imple-

menting a range of new strategies to preserve resources, boost

efficiency and promote environmental conservation.

At headquarters, the recent building renovation has provided

an opportunity to install energy efficient heating and air con-

ditioning, including sensors that regulate the temperature to

save energy when rooms are unoccupied. At the end of last year,

headquarters staff began recycling paper and cardboard, as well

as bottles and cans.

Enormous changes are underway at MITAGS, where countless

energy-saving innovations have been made under the oversight

of Director of Conference Center Operations Colin Mepstead, a

systems engineer.

Among the projects that have been completed: the installation

of new air conditioning units, that use only one third the power

of those they replaced, in the South Tower conference rooms and

South Tower bedrooms; the introduction of “soft start” motor

controls for the water cooling tower, that start slow and then

speed up, resulting in about 60 percent energy savings; instal-

lation of temperature and water flow controllers for bathroom

showers and faucets.

Signs have appeared in residents’ rooms, informing guests that

sheets and towels will only be changed daily if requested. And

effective Jan. 14, 2008, MITAGS/CCMIT began recycling office

paper, cardboard, plastic and glass bottles, and aluminum cans.

Collection containers have been placed throughout the school.

MyCleaning Maid Services properly disposes of the recycled

material every evening.

The recycling program was introduced at MITAGS in

response to direct requests from students and guest comments.

The Plans office stopped using Styrofoam cups a number of

The Greening of MM&P, Plans and MITAGS

As part of MM&P’s drive to conserve energy and resources, the union has

added drought-resistant plants to the landscaping around the headquarters

building. (Above) International Secretary-Treasurer Glen Banks and a friend

survey some of the new plantings.

years ago, says Plans Administrator Patrick McCullough, and

each employee now uses his or her own cup. Plans also buys

recycled paper for reports and copies, and is preparing to recycle

bottles and cans.

MM&P recently received word that MOSAIC, printer of The

Master, Mate & Pilot, is now 100 percent powered by wind. The

Master, Mate & Pilot has been printed on recycled paper, using a

waterless, non-toxic printing process, since last year.

“MM&P is proud to do its part for the environment,” says

International Secretary-Treasurer Glen Banks.

Brothers and Sisters:

In accordance with Article IV, Section 2,

of the International Constitution, you

are hereby notified that a convention

of the MM&P will be convened at

10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 23, 2008,

at the Maritime Institute of Technology

and Graduate Studies, 692 Maritime

Boulevard, Linthicum Heights, Maryland

21090. Nominations for elective office will

take place at this Convention.

You are also hereby notified that in accordance with

Article IV, Section 6., Subsection b), all

proposed resolutions must be forwarded to the

International Secretary-Treasurer at least

30 days prior to the opening day of the

Convention for inclusion on the Agenda

and determination by the Convention.

Please post this call in a prominent

location in your offices so that our

Membership will be aware of the time

and place of the 82nd Convention.

Fraternally,

Glen P. Banks

International Secretary-Treasurer

82nd MM&P Convention CallJune 23-25, 2008, Linthicum Heights, MD

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NEWS BRIEFS Criminalization of Mariners Involved in Accidents Merits Congressional Attention, MM&P SaysEnsuring that seafarers involved in marine casualties are treated

fairly is a topic that must be part of current efforts to retain the

professional maritime workforce and attract qualified young

people to the industry, according to MM&P.

The union restated this position in response to a request

for information from members of the Subcommittee on Coast

Guard and Maritime Transportation, who were following up on

MM&P’s Oct. 17 testimony on the topic of maritime training and

the workforce.

During the Oct. 17 hearing and in follow-up correspondence,

Mike Rodriguez, Executive Assistant to MM&P International

President Tim Brown, urged the subcommittee to consider leg-

islation that would put an end to the criminalization of mariners

involved in unintentional acts, calling such an effort essential to

improving morale, along with employee retention rates.

MM&P supports the proposed International Maritime

Organization’s Standards and Recommended Practices for a

Safety Investigation Into a Marine Casualty, an international code

that would require seafarers be informed of their right to counsel

if and when investigating authorities begin gathering informa-

tion with an eye to possible criminal prosecution. The IMO code

also calls for safety investigation functions to be separated from

criminal prosecutions and other disciplinary actions. At the very

least, MM&P argues, seafarers involved in an accident must be

informed of the nature of the investigation and the possibility

that their testimony may be used against them. MM&P was rep-

resented at the IMO meetings by Pilot Membership Group Vice

President George Quick and Mike Rodriguez.

The U.S. delegation to the IMO supported the code until last

June, when, apparently under pressure from the Department of

Justice, the Coast Guard representative stated instead that the

United States had changed its position on the fair treatment code

and would now oppose it.

Washington State Governor Meets With MM&P Members

Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire met with officers

and members of MM&P’s Offshore and United Inland Groups,

and other representatives of labor organizations, at the Marine

Engineers’ Beneficial Association’s Seattle Hall on Nov. 1. Labor

representatives took the opportunity to thank Gregoire for her

strong support of America’s working families. (Left to right)

Katharine Sweeney, Pacific Ports Vice President Don Marcus,

Scott Braymer, United Inland Group Vice President Michael

Murray, Lee Andersen, Christine Gregoire, Heide Lamm, Jon

Binns and Marsha Morse. PHOTOS BY FRED AT GREGG NYE PHOTOGRAPHY

Patriot Contract Services has been awarded the contract to operate

the USNS Waters and the USNS Hayes starting in February 2008.

“This is a great step forward in helping to secure job opportunities

for our members as well as future prosperity for one of our most

loyal employers,” said MM&P Vice President Don Marcus, who

worked on the project with Agent Pacific Ports Dave Boatner.

Patriot Awarded Contract to Operate USNS Waters and USNS Hayes

Patriot is accepting resumes for officer positions on the Hayes

and Waters. Early identification of all officer crewing is vital

because a secret security clearance is required for all officers

prior to assignment to the ships. Please send your resume, includ-

ing most recent training, by e-mail to [email protected] or

by fax to (925) 296-2051.


Frank comes from a fish-

ing family in Gloucester,

Mass. After riding the rails

to California as a very young

man in the 1930s, he began his

career in the merchant marine

in 1939. During World War II,

he sailed on both the East and

West coasts, and saw much

hazardous duty. Frank is a

survivor of the PQ-17 convoy,

on the famous Murmansk,

Russia, run. He also survived

the invasion of Saipan. After

being restricted aboard a ship

at anchor in Iceland for 172

days during the war, Frank is

also an honorary member of

the FBI, the “Forgotten Bastards of Iceland.”

Frank joined MM&P in 1944, after receiving his license in

Alameda, Calif. He sailed as a tanker master for many years

before coming ashore to serve MM&P members in the San

Francisco hiring hall.

In addition to receiving an MM&P watch engraved with his

years of MM&P service, 1944-2007, Frank was presented with a

plaque that expresses the union’s profound gratitude for his many

years of service.

At a recent party in San Francisco, MM&P thanked Frank

Medeiros, who has retired from his job as port representative, for

his many years of exemplary service to the union. Always a wel-

coming presence in the San Francisco hiring hall, Frank helped

many MM&P members get their start in the industry.

Frank Medeiros, who retired recently from his part-time job as MM&P’s San

Francisco port representative, helped many MM&P members get their start in

the industry. At his retirement party are (left to right, standing) Richard Vohs,

Todd Campbell, Don Marcus, Ray Shipway, Eric Oscarsen and David Boatner;

and (left to right, seated) Mike Medeiros, Frank Medeiros, Sandy Candau and

Gus Gusillian.

MM&P has agreed to resolve, for over $5.2 million, a suit against

the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) in

favor of MM&P members employed by Westar Marine Towing

and Brusco Tug & Barge.

The settlement resolves claims that prevailing wage laws are

applicable to MM&P employees on public works projects con-

tracted by CALTRANS and that both companies failed to pay the

established prevailing wages on construction projects involving

bridges in the San Francisco Bay area.

The union has been pursuing the claims, which benefit

approximately 100 members, for several years, through

both administrative proceedings and court hearings against

CALTRANS, the California Department of Industrial Relations

and both maritime companies.

MM&P reasoned that the workers on vessels who bring

employees to work sites, as well as workers on barges transport-

ing materials needed for the construction projects, should be paid

under the laws applicable to construction workers on the projects.

The union won a decisive ruling in the California state courts

Captain Frank Medeiros, We Wish You Well!

Frank Medeiros holds the plaque that

he received from MM&P to mark

his retirement. “In appreciation of

outstanding service to MM&P,” the

inscription reads, “afloat and ashore,

in peace and war.”

Big Win for MM&P in Suit Involving Westar and Brusco about a year ago which paved the way for the lawsuit for wages.

MM&P United Inland Group (UIG) Vice President Mike

Murray seized the opportunity to commend Ray Shipway, UIG

San Francisco representative, for his contributions to resolving

the case. “His dedication and hard work, along with the expert

guidance received from MM&P International Counsel John

Singleton, were fundamental in achieving this victory for our

members,” Murray said.

Singleton worked with San Francisco law firm Leonard Carter

and its counsel, Emily Morton, to prosecute the claims. A private

Bay area attorney, Gary Goyette, also represented some members

on the wage collection portion of the litigation.

“Our greatest thanks to our attorneys Eleanor Morton

and Beth Ross for their amazing work,” Shipway said. He also

singled out for special recognition MM&P UIG members Jack

Hutchinson, Scott Adams, Zane Hogan and Dan Deforge.

“Without their help, patience and tenacity, the original writ,

forcing the court to address the issue of prevailing wage for all

our members, would not have happened,” Shipway said.


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Former DOT Secretary Mineta Calls for New Federal Maritime PolicyA new federal agency should be created to unify the responsibili-

ties for maritime industry promotion and oversight that are now

scattered among more than a dozen federal agencies, according

to Norman Mineta, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation.

In a recent speech to an audience of port industry executives

and investors, Mineta said that bringing together responsibilities

for maritime industry management, promotion and oversight

would allow the government to develop a comprehensive mari-

time policy and more efficiently raise money for maritime from

Congress. He argued that the government should transfer virtu-

ally all federal maritime programs to a new maritime authority,

including the responsibilities for aids to navigation from the

Coast Guard and the portion of the Army Corps of Engineers

that manages domestic ports and waterways.

He said the unification could embrace activities now overseen

by agencies that include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, the Commerce Department and the Federal

Maritime Commission. Mineta said the new organization should

cover all maritime-related modes, such as inland rail, barge and

roadways, leading into and out of port facilities.

“The federal government must develop a legislative reau-

thorization process that puts maritime issues on the same level

of importance that surface and aviation assets currently have,”

he said. As long as port and waterway funding is relegated to

legislative channels such as the defense bill, he argued, it will

remain a stepchild of the overall system. Another suggestion:

that the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point be renamed

the National Maritime Academy and made into a federal service

institution along the lines of West Point.

To help ensure that the maritime industry receives its fair

share of infrastructure investments, Mineta also called on the

major industry players to create a national maritime association

to educate legislators and the public.

MM&P Continues Dialogue With U.S. Coast Guard Commandant In a letter to U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad W.

Allen, MM&P International President Tim Brown reiterated the

union’s willingness to work with the agency to address a number

of problems that have a negative effect on the working condi-

tions, recruitment and retention of American mariners.

Brown sent the letter as a follow-up to his Dec. 10 meeting

with Allen at USCG headquarters. Also present at the meeting

were MM&P Pilot Membership Group Vice President George

Quick and Mike Rodriguez, Executive Assistant to the MM&P

President, as well as members of Allen’s staff.

Ending the unjust criminalization of seafarers in the wake of

maritime accidents is fundamental to any effort to retain quali-

fied professional mariners, Brown wrote. The union is asking

the Coast Guard to undertake the multijurisdictional outreach

with other government bodies that could be necessary to ensure

seafarers are informed of their rights at the start of any investiga-

tion into a maritime accident and treated fairly at every step of

the process.

In the letter, Brown also restated MM&P’s opposition to the

USCG’s proposed medical evaluation NVIC, which calls for

mariners’ medical fitness to be vetted remotely from a centralized

location in West Virginia. The union says the proposal would

impose unnecessary additional burdens on seafarers, who would

be better served by the establishment of a network of USCG-

approved physicians.

Another issue that the Coast Guard has the power to rectify

involves the limits on access to shore leave that are now being

imposed by many U.S. terminals and port facilities. MM&P is

asking the Coast Guard to withhold approval of port security

plans that do not call for facilitation of access to ships and shore

by mariners, representatives of maritime labor, visitors to ships

and seafarers’ welfare organizations.

January 1 marked the start of a

far-reaching, ongoing campaign

to promote the MM&P Political

Contribution Fund (PCF). The

campaign was launched by MM&P

International President Tim Brown with a “Call to Action” in

the November-December issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot.

In his column, Brown called on each and every MM&P

member in all the union’s membership groups to support

our PCF. “The name of the game in D.C. is access,” he wrote,

“and getting in the door to make the case for the legislation

PCF Promotion Campaign Up and Running!we need and want. Unless we can do that, our arguments

will not be heard and our issues will get lost in the shuffle.

The best way to help elect those who support what we stand

for is to give to the MM&P Political Contribution Fund.”

The centerpieces of the PCF promotion campaign are

the new logo, pictured here, and the first of a series of post-

ers, which appears on the final page of this issue of The

Master, Mate & Pilot. Look, too, for changes on MM&P’s

website, www.bridgedeck.org, and in the halls.

The goal of the campaign is 100 percent participation. “I

support the MM&P PCF,” the poster reads. “How about you?”


MM&P Meets With Norwegian Union Reps

MM&P Director of Special

Projects Richard Plant

and Pacific Ports Vice

President Don Marcus met

with representatives of

the Norwegian Maritime

Deck Officers Union in

Oslo in November. Topics

of discussion included

the procedures for nego-

tiating a contract with the

Norwegian Shipowners

Association and SUEZ-

LNG and the part the

Norwegian Maritime

Unions would play. It is expected that negotiations for the partial

manning of up to nine SUEZ-LNG vessels will be completed by

mid- to late 2008. (Above, left to right) Richard Plant, Bernhard

Lie-Nielsen and Tore Gjestrum of the Norwegian Maritime Deck

Officers Union, and Don Marcus.

Three MM&P members were the focus of a

news story, “Horizon’s All-Woman Bridge,”

that was originally reported by papers in

Hawaii and received international expo-

sure after being picked up by Tradewinds.

The three are Captain Robin Espinosa,

Chief Mate Sam Pirtle and Second Mate

Julie Duchi, all of whom were sailing

aboard the Horizon Navigator. Espinosa,

who was interviewed by the Honolulu Star

Bulletin, commented that sailing as part of

an “all-woman bridge” was a first for the

three. The Star Bulletin says it may be a

first for any U.S.-flag ship.

MM&P Offshore member Andy

Merrill is featured in the December 2007

issue of Popular Mechanics. Merrill is

photographed on the bridge of Matson

Navigation’s MV Manulani as part of a col-

umn called “The World’s Coolest Jobs.”

The article, “This Is My Job: Merchant

Marine Captain,” reports that the $145 mil-

lion, 712-ft. vessel can carry 2600 20-ft.

containers. The ship has a 38,000-hp diesel

engine, which turns a 23.6 ft-diameter pro-

peller. On the round trip from Long Beach

to Shanghai, the vessel consumes about

500,000 gallons of fuel, the reporter says.

Three MM&P-crewed Military Sealift

Command vessels—USNS Grasp, T-AGS

ship Bruce Heezen and USNS Kanawha—

were featured in the December issue of

Military Sealift Command’s monthly mag-

azine, Sealift.

Oceanographic survey ship USNS

Heezen traveled to Vietnam in October to

familiarize staff at Vietnam’s weather and

hydrographic agencies with the U.S. Navy’s

oceanographic program and the capabili-

ties of hydrographic and oceanographic

survey vessels. Sealift reported that the

trip was the first time a Pathfinder-class

hydrographic and oceanographic survey

ship had ever visited Vietnam.

The officers and crew of USNS Kanawha

received kudos for heroism in rescuing 16

people from a North Korean-flagged ves-

sel in the Arabian Sea several months ago.

In the photo that accompanied the article,

MSC Commander Rear Adm. Robert D.

Reilly Jr. is shown congratulating Kanawha

Chief Mate Will McDermott, who accepted

an AOTOS award on behalf of the vessel’s

officers and crew.

USNS Grasp completed a massive envi-

ronmental clean-up operation in Italy last

fall, after the Navy decided to close its base

in La Maddalena, Sardinia. The goal of the

operation was to leave the harbor “in pris-

tine condition” after decades of Navy use,

according to the article. Grasp’s crew of 26

civilian mariners supported dive opera-

tions during the mission, in which the

ship’s 40-ton boom was used to lift heavy

debris.

MM&P Members in the News!

Students in MED-PIC ClassTake a Well-Earned Break

Participants in a summer session of the MITAGS Medical Person

in Charge (MED-PIC) class took a break from the intense,

hands-on class to attend an evening seminar on bridge resource

management. (Left to right) Dale Rodriguez, J.D. Schampera,

Colin Wright, Don Sacca, Eugene Phillips, and Kerry Phillips.


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Great Lakes Freighter Calumet Retires, Signaling End of an EraThe 603-foot Calumet, a Great Lakes freighter sailed for years by

members of MM&P’s Great Lakes & Rivers Group, is on her way

to the International Marine Salvage yard at the southern end of

the Welland Canal.

The Calumet entered service in 1929 as the flagship of U.S.

Steel Corp. It was originally named the Myron C. Taylor in honor

of a board member of U.S. Steel who would later go on to become

the company’s chairman and chief executive officer.

In 2001, Grand River Navigation bought the ship and

renamed it the Calumet. It carried limestone and hauled salt

from Cleveland’s Cargill mines for the next seven years until an

accident on Nov. 15. The Calumet had just dropped a load of

limestone at the Ontario Stone Company in Cleveland and was

pulling back into the harbor to turn around when a gust of wind

blew it into a concrete wall, splitting a side and ending the ship’s

long career a couple of months ahead of schedule.

MM&P Great Lakes Representative Charlie Malue nostalgi-

cally recalls the ship’s earlier days. “When the ship was sold some

years ago,” he said, “a lot of guys stayed on as regular crew. Even

though it was hard work, they liked it: they were used to the

routine. The ship had nice quarters, big rooms. And it was built

to last,” Malue says.

Of more than 300 American and Canadian freighters that

worked the Great Lakes from 1920 through 1960, fewer than 140

remain today.

News From MM&P’s Government Group

MM&P Government Membership Group representative Randi

Ciszewski paid a visit recently to the Norfolk Federal Pilots.

Among the topics discussed was the group’s collective bargain-

ing agreement. Here, Ciszewski chats with (left to right) Captain

Larry McCabe, Captain Bill Roberts, Captain Doug Scott and

Captain Moore.

LNG Training Standards Update

MM&P’s Richard Plant and Chester Urban, LNG instructor at

SUNY Maritime, Fort Schuyler, presented an overview of the

development of U.S. LNG training standards at the 9th SIGTTO

Pan American meeting in Houston on Nov. 7. SIGTTO is the

Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators.

Plant and Urban recently spearheaded development of the

LNG training standards in the United States. The standards,

which are in compliance with the 2005 SIGTTO Competency

Standards as well as in the IMO/STCW format, were developed

with guidance from representatives of all U.S. state, federal and

union schools.

At the conference, Plant and Urban also presented an over-

view of LNG training and simulation capabilities in America’s

maritime schools.

In 2007, Plant was instrumental in forging a letter of intent

between MM&P, SUEZ-LNG (Hoegh LNG, BW Gas and Mitsui

Orient Lines) and Massachusetts Maritime Academy for the

manning of up to nine LNG vessels.

Participants in the SIGTTO Pan American meeting. (Left to right) MM&P

Special Projects Director Richard Plant, Chester Urban of SUNY Maritime,

SIGTTO Director Bill Wayne, and Paul Steele, SIGTTO Technical Advisor.

Extra Point Per Day for Applicants on T-AGS Oceanographic VesselsMM&P is offering an extra point per day to applicants who work

on the T-AGS oceanographic vessels after Jan. 1. If you are inter-

ested, please contact MM&P Atlantic Ports Vice President Rich

May at [email protected] or 201-963-1900.


The issue of control of ships in an emergency was an important

one for mariners at the International Maritime Organization

(IMO) meetings in October. Incidents such as the sinking of the

Prestige and the appalling treatment to which the ship’s master

was subjected afterwards prompted the IMO member states to

draft guidelines that would establish the responsibilities of ship

masters, coastal states and salvors.

MM&P Pilot Membership Group Vice President George

Quick and Mike Rodriguez, Executive Assistant to MM&P

International President Tim Brown, represented the union at the

IMO meetings.

The draft guidelines that were considered at the Safety of

Navigation subcommittee meeting in July (NAV 53) were vague

as to who has the ultimate authority to make decisions to safe-

guard the lives of those on board a ship in an emergency. The

Master’s Judgment "Supreme" Under New IMO GuidelinesITF delegation, in which MM&P participated, was able to add

language to the guidelines that reserves for the ship master the

ultimate authority to protect the lives of those on board.

That language survived the most recent meeting of the IMO’s

Maritime Safety Committee meeting (MSC 83) in October. It is

now part of the general guidance included in IMO Circular 1251,

Guidelines on Control of Ships in an Emergency.

Paragraph 4.5 of the circular reads: “At no time should the

Master be prohibited from taking action which, in the Master’s

judgment, is required to protect the lives of crew and passengers

or others on board.”

One disappointing development related to this document was

that NAV 53 declined to add “hold harmless” language for salvors

who get involved in emergencies. This is a disincentive for sal-

vors to go out to ships in need of assistance.

USCG Issues Reminder That Ship Security Officers Must Carry Proof of QualificationsThe U.S. Coast Guard has released the following notice:

“The mandatory requirements for ship security officer (SSO)

contained in the STCW Convention will come into force Jan. 1,

2008. The requirements also provide transitional provisions that

can be applied until July 1, 2009. The United States intends to

continue our existing practice for SSO. We urge vessel owners

and operators who operate vessels on foreign trade to ensure that

SSOs carry proof of their qualifications. Examples of documents

that will be accepted as meeting the requirements of the STCW

Convention are: course completion certificate (in accordance

with the MTSA regulations and the ISPS Code; and/or in accor-

dance with the International Maritime Organization’s SSO model

courses) from a course provider; company letter/certificate attest-

ing to the qualifications (in accordance with the MTSA regula-

tions and ISPS Code).

“We have determined that our existing regulations, 33 CFR

104.215, are substantially equivalent to the STCW requirements.

To continue to meet our Convention responsibilities, we will seek

to amend 33 CFR 104.215 in order to include a license endorse-

ment provision and transitional provisions. Once the regula-

tions are published, all U.S. mariners will be required to carry an

endorsement on their license. Per the Convention requirements,

the cut-off date for obtaining the license endorsement using our

existing practice (transitional provisions) will be July 1, 2009. We

will inform Port State Control officials worldwide of this arrange-

ment. If you have any questions or comments on this arrange-

ment, please contact Mayte Medina at [email protected]

or (202) 372-1406.”

USCG Seeks to Answer Mariners’ QuestionsIn an effort to aid comprehension of the announcement reprinted

at left, the USCG has distributed a list of frequently asked ques-

tions, which are published below.

1. To whom do the Ship Security Officer (SSO) STCW require-

ments apply?

The STCW requirements for SSO are based on the application

requirements in the ISPS Code. The requirements will apply to

seafarers working on board seagoing vessels of 200 GRT/500 GT

and above and all seagoing passenger vessels.

2. Do the requirements apply to vessel security officers?

Yes. The term “SSO” is used by the International Maritime

Organization in various maritime conventions and codes. The

term “VSO” is interchangeable with the term "SSO".

3. How often should VSO training be renewed?

At present there are no domestic requirements imposing refresher

training for VSO.

4. Are the STCW requirements for VSO applicable to all offi-

cers or only to those persons serving as VSO?

The STCW requirements are only applicable to persons serving

as VSO.

5. When will the Coast Guard start issuing VSO

endorsements?

The Coast Guard will propose amendments to 33 CFR 104.215 in

order to include a provision for the issuance of an endorsement

to the STCW certificate. The endorsements will be issued follow-

ing the entry into force of these future regulatory amendments.

6. Where would the VSO endorsement be displayed?

Since the training requirements are part of the STCW

Convention, it is envisioned that the endorsement will be dis-

played on the STCW Certificate.


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Military Sealift Command Accepts Delivery of USNS Richard E. Byrd

Military Sealift Command (MSC) reports that it has accepted

delivery in San Diego of the dry cargo ammunition ship USNS

Richard E. Byrd. The T-AKE 4 vessel is the fourth in the Lewis

and Clark-class of underway replenishment ships which deliver

ammunition, provisions, stores, spare parts, potable water and

petroleum products to the Navy’s underway carrier and expedi-

tionary strike groups.

An official MSC press release quoted MM&P Government

Group member Robert Jaeger, Byrd’s civil service master. “One of

the really exciting things about the T-AKEs is their capability to

carry food, ammunition and fuel,” Jaeger says.

Later in January, the Byrd will go on a short “shakedown

cruise” during which the ship’s crew will test a range of shipboard

operations, including a mock ammunition transfer that will use

shipboard cranes to lift dummy ordnance from barges onto the

vessel’s deck.

The Byrd is expected to deploy on its first operational mission

this summer. The first ship of the class, USNS Lewis and Clark,

recently completed its deployment in the Persian Gulf. Lewis

and Clark was replaced in theater by the second ship of the class,

USNS Sacagawea.

Byrd has a crew of 124 civil service mariners working for MSC,

as well as a military detachment of 11 sailors who provide opera-

tional support and supply coordination.

The T-AKEs will replace aging, single-mission ships that are

nearing the end of their service lives.

Horizon Lines Retains Right to Apply Tonnage Tax in Puerto Rico TradeWith strong support from MM&P and MIRAID, Horizon Lines

has succeeded in its bid to retain the right to apply the tonnage

tax on its Puerto Rico trade. The news came at the last minute

before the congressional holiday recess, when legislators removed

language from the Technical Corrections Act that would have

foreclosed that option to Horizon Lines and other domestic car-

riers. In an official statement, Horizon Lines said it would now be

free to devote its attention to expanding and enhancing various

aspects of its U.S.-flag service, including the development of

short sea shipping initiatives along the coast.

MM&P’s Legal Team Called “Among Nation’s Best”MM&P International

Counsel John Singleton

and Associate Counsel

Gabriel Terrasa have

been listed among “the

superlawyers of 2008”

by Baltimore Magazine

and Law & Politics

Magazine. “The super-

lawyers” are chosen

based on nominations

from other lawyers

and judges, as well as

a review of periodicals

and court records, and

vetted by a peer review

panel. Only five per-

cent of lawyers in the

region are selected for

this honor. For 2008,

Singleton has also been

named one of “America’s

Best Lawyers.” In addi-

tion, this is the 20th

year in a row that he

has been rated tops

for skill and ethics by

Martindale and Hubbell,

and listed in their pub-

lication, “Pre-Eminent

Lawyers in America.” MM&P Associate Counsel Gabriel Terrasa

MM&P International Counsel

John Singleton


WASHINGTON OBSERVER

The first session of the

110th Congress was a year

of unprecedented activity

and progress on a number

of legislative priorities for

the Masters, Mates & Pilots

and the Maritime Institute

for Research and Industrial

Development (MIRAID).

From enactment of the first

major short sea shipping/marine highway initiative, to full fund-

ing of the Maritime Security Program (MSP), to a new focus

on maritime security, to advocating for our members’ rights

in the context of the Transportation Worker Identification

Credential (TWIC) and the Coast Guard’s Administrative Law

Judge system, 2007 was one of our most productive years.

Of course, the progress that we made on a number of leg-

islative issues is due largely to the aggressive leadership by

a number of new committee and subcommittee chairmen,

including (but certainly not limited to): Congressman James

Oberstar (D-Minn.), chairman of the Transportation and

Infrastructure Committee; Congressman Elijah Cummings

(D-Md.), chairman of the House Coast Guard and Maritime

Transportation Subcommittee; Congressman Bennie

Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the Homeland Security

Committee; Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), chairman of

the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation;

and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate

Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure,

Safety and Security Subcommittee. Here is an overview of

our activities in Congress during the course of 2007.

Short Sea Shipping MM&P and MIRAID, working with the leadership of the House

Transportation Committee, led by Congressmen Jim Oberstar

and Elijah Cummings, successfully pushed the development of a

short sea shipping marine highway system as a means to protect

the environment and reduce America’s energy dependence. As

a result of these efforts, the omnibus energy legislation passed

by Congress and signed by President Bush on Dec. 19 contains

unprecedented incentives for the development of a short sea

shipping/marine highway system. The short sea shipping provi-

sions contained in the new statute would direct the Secretary of

Transportation to “establish a short sea transportation program

and designate short sea transportation projects to be conducted

under the program to mitigate landside congestion.” As part

of this program, the statute directs the Secretary to “designate

short sea transportation routes as extensions of surface trans-

portation systems to focus public and private efforts to use the

waterways to relieve landside congestion along coastal corridors.”

Under this initiative, a project may be designated as a “short

sea transportation project if the Secretary determines that the

project may offer a waterborne alternative to landside trans-

portation services using documented vessels and provide

transportation services for passengers or freight (or both)

that may reduce congestion on landside infrastructure using

documented vessels.” In addition, the Secretary is authorized

to “encourage State departments of transportation to develop

strategies, where appropriate, to incorporate short sea trans-

portation, ferries, and other marine transportation solutions

for regional and interstate transport of freight and passengers

in their transportation planning [and] to enter into memoran-

dums of understanding with the heads of other federal entities

to transport federally owned or generated cargo using a short

sea transportation project… when practical or available.”

Finally and most significantly, the statute gives American

companies the opportunity to use the money they had deposited

into a Capital Construction Fund (CCF) to build and rebuild

vessels in the United States for short sea shipping operations.

Prior to enactment of this bill, CCF money could only be used

to build vessels for the foreign trades, not the domestic trades.

The change further demonstrates the federal government’s

commitment to short sea shipping and, more importantly, gives

American shipping companies that have Capital Construction

Funds, such as Horizon Lines, the opportunity to use these

funds to build vessels for short sea shipping projects. It contin-

ues to be our position that only vessels owned, built and oper-

ated in the United States in full compliance with the Jones Act

should be eligible to operate in short sea shipping projects.

More work needs to be done in Congress to make develop-

ment of a short sea shipping industry a reality. Specifically, it is

essential that Congress act as soon as possible in 2008 to exempt

short sea shipping operations from the Harbor Maintenance

Tax (HMT). Under the current system, cargo moving by water

between American ports is taxed under the HMT at each

port. In contrast, cargo moving by rail or truck in domestic

commerce is taxed once. This system creates a significant

economic disincentive for cargo shippers to use commercial

2007 Ushers in New Level of Activity for MM&P, MIRAID

C. James Patti


vessels. MM&P and MIRAID will continue to work closely with

Congressman Elijah Cummings in support of his legislation

(HR 1499) to rectify this situation and place waterborne cargo

on the same tax footing as cargo moving by rail and truck.

Maritime Security Program FundingThe omnibus legislation to fund federal programs in fiscal year

2008 that was passed by Congress and signed by the President

immediately prior to the Congressional Christmas recess con-

tains full funding for the Maritime Security Program (MSP). As

authorized by Congress, the program requires $156 million to

fully support the 60-ship MSP fleet in fiscal year 2008. This is

the amount contained in the funding bill and ensures that each

vessel participating in the Maritime Security Program will be

eligible to receive the $2.6 million that is necessary to help offset

the cost of doing business under the U.S.-flag resulting from

U.S.-government imposed rules, regulations and tax obligations.

The effort to secure full funding for the Maritime Security

Program for fiscal year 2008 was spearheaded by Sen. Patty

Murray (D-Wash.) and Congressman John Olver (D-Mass.),

chairpersons of the respective appropriations subcommittees

with jurisdiction over the Maritime Administration and the

Maritime Security Program. Working with us and others in our

industry, they made sure their colleagues knew that the U.S.-flag,

U.S.-crewed maritime security fleet has played a critical role in

support of America’s military and defense-related operations

throughout the world, including in Operation Iraqi Freedom

and the War on Terror. “It has become increasingly apparent that

fully funding and implementing the Maritime Security Program

is one of the best ways our nation has to truly support our troops

overseas,” said MM&P International President Tim Brown in

response to the action by Congress. “Without this program,

and without the U.S.-flag vessels and their U.S.-citizen crews,

American troops would be totally dependent on foreign-flag ves-

sels and foreign crews to bring them the supplies, equipment and

material they need, putting American troops at risk and threat-

ening their ability to protect and advance America’s interests.”

When Congress returns in early 2008, the effort to secure

full funding for the Maritime Security Program for fiscal year

2009 will begin. As in the past, MM&P and MIRAID will work

closely with others in our industry and with the supporters of

the MSP in Congress to make sure that this critically impor-

tant commercial sealift program receives the funds neces-

sary to guarantee operation of the maritime security fleet.

Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)Before last year, many of the concerns voiced by MM&P and the

rest of maritime labor regarding implementation of the TWIC

program had fallen largely on deaf ears. But when Congressman

Elijah Cummings took over the House Coast Guard and

Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, the situation changed.

Cummings made clear from the beginning of the 110th Congress

that he and Ranking Member Steve LaTourette (R-Ohio) and

their colleagues on the subcommittee were all concerned about

the impact of the TWIC program on recruitment and reten-

tion of mariners, as well as on the efficient flow of commerce.

MM&P, the International Longshoremen’s Association, the

International Longshore and Warehouse Union, the AFL-CIO

Transportation Trades Department and the other seafaring

unions have consistently advocated that the TWIC program be

amended to preempt all other state, local and private identifica-

tion card requirements, and to make clear that once an individual

has been issued a TWIC, no other maritime-related access

control requirements apply. If instead the program is allowed to

go forward as it is now structured, state, local and private entities

will be able to demand that America’s maritime workforce obtain

multiple maritime port and vessel access credentials and force

our nation’s U.S.-citizen maritime workforce to file numerous

applications, undergo repetitive, time-consuming background

checks, and pay all the fees associated with possibly dozens

of identification credentials. If this situation is not corrected,

the system as a whole will become a burdensome and costly

administrative impediment to the efficient flow of commerce.

When Congress returns in 2008, it is expected that one

of the first items to be considered will be the so-called

Coast Guard Authorizations bill. This legislation can

serve as a vehicle for an amendment to mandate that the

federal TWIC program preempts all others. We will be

working closely with our allies in Congress and our col-

leagues in the maritime industry to achieve this goal.

There are, of course, a number of other legislative issues

that we will continue to pursue when Congress returns. We

are, for example, supporting a proposal to have Congress

transfer the Coast Guard’s Administrative Law Judge sys-

tem to the National Transportation Safety Board. The

ALJ system, as it is now organized, does not present the

appearance of fairness and impartiality. We are work-

ing to have legislation to require this transfer considered

by the House of Representatives and the Senate in 2008.

We are also continuing our fight to enact the so-called

Belated Thank-You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II

Act of 2007. Significantly, the House of Representatives passed

its version of this legislation (HR 23) in July 2007 and the

Senate bill, S 961, has attracted 57 cosponsors. We will con-

tinue to work with Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), sponsor of the

Senate legislation, to ensure this bill is considered in 2008.

WASHINGTON OBSERVER cont...


NEWS FROM HEADQUARTERS

In the November-December

issue of The Master, Mate &

Pilot, I reported on MM&P’s

testimony at an Oct. 17 hearing

before the House Subcommittee

on Coast Guard and Maritime

Transportation. The subject of

the hearing was maritime train-

ing and the workforce.

Our testimony covered a number of issues, including the Coast

Guard’s medical policy and fatigue, but the issue that received the

most attention from the members of the subcommittee was the

criminalization of the unintentional acts of mariners. In this issue

of the magazine, I thought it would be beneficial to talk a little

about the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) work on

criminalization. I will also present some guidance on mariners’

rights during an investigation.

Let me be clear. MM&P does not seek protection of anyone

who willfully commits an act that is clearly criminal. An individual

who willfully discharges oil into the water or operates outside the

customary standards of care should be held fully accountable. But

the rights of individuals and the fair treatment of mariners during

casualty investigations are just as important as discovering the

cause of an accident or prosecuting a person who is guilty of a

criminal offense.

Some Historical ContextFor decades, a number of international conventions have required

flag states to conduct investigations into marine casualties. Since

1948, the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS), the most

important treaty regulating the safety of merchant ships, has

required IMO member states to conduct accident investigations.

Over the years, the multinational character of shipping has led

to conflicts between flag states, port states, and coastal states with

respect to accident investigations and the fair treatment of mari-

ners. These conflicts arise from flag states’ responsibility to regulate

and monitor the operation of the vessels on their registers, port

states’ authority to monitor and enforce compliance with inter-

national and national laws, and coastal states’ rights to investigate

accidents within their territorial waters. Mariners aboard ships in

international trade may therefore be subjected to multiple conflict-

ing legal systems following accidents.

Recently, the international maritime community, alarmed by

the criminalization and imprisonment of mariners after accidents

and concerned over the effect this was having on the recruitment

and retention of officers, has sought to implement a uniform stan-

dard for the fair treatment of seafarers. The IMO has recognized

that fair treatment of mariners begins with the procedures used

during an accident investigation and that since mariners are sub-

ject to conflicting legal systems, they require special protections.

In response to the increasing frequency with which criminal

action is being taken against seafarers following maritime acci-

dents, the IMO and the International Labor Organization (ILO),

the United Nations organization responsible for international

labor standards, convened a joint IMO/ILO Ad Hoc Expert

Working Group on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers in the Event

of a Maritime Accident. The guidelines the group developed

were adopted by resolution of the IMO Assembly and the ILO

Governing Body, with an effective date of July 1, 2006.

The IMO/ILO guidelines will become mandatory upon being

incorporated into an international convention. The IMO approved

the Code of the International Standards and Recommended

Practices for a Safety Investigation into a Marine Casualty or

Marine Incident (the code) at the 83rd session of the Maritime

Safety Committee (MSC 83) held in October 2007. This code will

become part of SOLAS, and therefore mandatory, when MSC

meets again in May of this year.

U.S. Opposition to the Code

The U.S. delegation to the IMO, headed by the Coast Guard,

opposed the code at MSC 83, apparently under pressure from

the Department of Justice. As the reason for its opposition, the

United States advanced the contention that the code would create

individual legal rights and legal process requirements that were

contrary to U.S. law. Chapter 12.2 of the code provides:

“a Seafarer from whom evidence is sought shall be informed, and

allowed access to legal advice, regarding:

(a) any potential risk that they may incriminate themselves in any

proceedings subsequent to the Marine Safety Investigation;

(b) any right not to self-incriminate or to remain silent;

(c) any protections afforded to the Seafarer to prevent the evi-

dence being used against them if they provide the evidence to

the Marine Safety Investigation.”

Despite the U.S. delegation’s stated reasons for opposition to the

Code, U.S. law does provide mariners with the right to be repre-

sented by counsel during an investigation (46 USC §6303, Rights

of Parties in Interest). The problem is that mariners are generally

unaware of this, while Coast Guard investigators often take the

position that U.S. law does not oblige them to inform mariners of

their rights before an investigation begins. In fact, the provision

in the code that the seafarer " … shall be informed, and allowed

access to legal advice …” is a major point of contention between

the U.S. delegation to the IMO and the international maritime

community.

The Nature of Investigations

The code provides that:

“All Seafarers from whom evidence is sought must be informed of

the nature and basis of the Marine Safety Investigation.”

Unfortunately, the U.S. law that authorizes USCG investigations

(46 USC §6301, Investigation of Marine Casualties) makes no dis-

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tinction between a safety investigation and a criminal investigation.

For this reason, without the benefit of a Miranda-type warning,

what begins as a safety investigation aimed at determining the

cause of an accident can quickly become a criminal investigation

that subjects the mariner to fines or imprisonment.

Furthermore, 6301 is punitive in nature and presupposes mis-

conduct or criminal conduct by mariners involved in an accident.

The law encourages Coast Guard investigators to be biased and

prosecutorial. In the United States, for this reason, marine safety

investigations are not conducted in the same way that they are in

other nations. In the United States, the information given dur-

ing an accident investigation is not insulated from a criminal

proceeding. This is why, at the time of this writing, the crew of

the Cosco Busan refuses to talk to National Transportation Safety

Board investigators about the causes of the Nov. 7 accident in San

Francisco.

The code addresses this problem. It expresses the generally held

international view that the purpose of a marine safety investiga-

tion is the prevention of future accidents through lessons learned.

Accident investigations should be separate from, and independent

of, any other investigation. Chapter 16 of the code emphasizes

these principles:

“… a Marine Safety investigation should have functional indepen-

dence from

(a) the parties involved in the Marine Casualty or Marine

Incident;

(b) anyone who may make a decision to take administrative or

disciplinary action against an individual or organization

involved in a Marine Casualty or Marine Incident; and

(c) judicial proceedings.”

The U.S. delegation to IMO contends that investigations would

be impeded if the investigators were required to reveal the nature

of the investigation they were carrying out. This position was over-

whelmingly rejected by the member nations of the IMO. Under

international law, the contracting parties to conventions have a

treaty obligation to conform their national laws to the interna-

tional standards set forth in the convention.

So the U.S. delegation had it backwards in that it demanded that

international standards be instead aligned with U.S. laws.

MM&P’s Proposals

MM&P has proposed that Congress give consideration to:

1. amending U.S. law to provide that parties in interest in

marine accident investigations must be informed of their

right to counsel prior to being interrogated;

2. separating marine safety investigation functions from

administrative and disciplinary functions, as well as from

criminal prosecutions. Alternatively, consideration should be

given to a statutory requirement that mariners be informed

of the nature of the marine casualty investigation and the fact

that their testimony may be used against them.

Guidance for Mariners Subject to Investigation

Certainly, the consequences of a maritime casualty can be grave

and far-reaching. Besides the potential for lost and damaged

careers, there may be serious environmental damage, serious inju-

ries, and loss of life. Since mariners involved in an accident may be

emotionally vulnerable, they may not evaluate the situation and its

possible consequences in a rational way.

The first concern following an accident is to make certain that

passengers, crew, and the vessel are safe from further harm. The

company should provide instructions on what actions to take at

this point. However mariners should also always keep in mind the

following.

1. Right to an attorney: Mariners always have the right to legal

counsel and to decline to answer questions no matter how

aggressive or threatening an official may be. An individual

mariner may not in fact have all the information relevant

to the accident. What happened aboard the other ship? Did

equipment malfunction? Was a buoy off station?

2. Identify officials: The Coast Guard may not be the only

agency investigating an accident. For example, officials from

other federal agencies, and state or local offices, may board

the vessel. Mariners have the right to ask each person who

comes aboard to identify themselves. Mariners should keep a

record of names and affiliations.

3. Keep detailed notes: Officials may ask questions or search the

ship. Mariners have the right to take detailed notes, record

questions and answers, and videotape searches if possible.

The blame culture that drives the United States and other gov-

ernments to criminalize mariners is detrimental to our industry

and to safety. Seasoned officers, in the driver’s seat due to world-

wide shortages, are declining assignments to ships trading to

the United States. The dissemination throughout the industry of

lessons learned from marine casualties is compromised by the fact

that crews rightly fear prosecution if they cooperate with safety

investigators. Talented people are giving up their careers, while

others decline promotions.

The United States needs to get on board with the international

maritime community and abandon the notion that stepping on

the rights of mariners during investigations will improve maritime

safety. The effect is quite the opposite.

The IMO’s Code of the International Standards and

Recommended Practices for a Safety Investigation into a Marine

Casualty or Marine Incident, 46 USC §6301, Marine Casualty

Investigations, and 46 USC §6303, Rights of Parties in Interest, are

available on the MM&P web site: www.bridgedeck.org.

For more information about this article, please contact Mike

Rodriguez, Executive Assistant to the International President, at

(410) 850-8700 ext. 23 or [email protected].

NEWS FROM HEADQUARTERS cont...


Masters, Mates & Pilots PlansAdministrator’s Column

Patrick McCullough

As this is my first column of

2008, I would like to review

with you some items of interest

to participants in the MM&P

Plans.

Health & Benefit Plan

Vision Care Benefit

Effective Jan. 1, a new two-year

optical benefit cycle started for

all covered Plan participants

and dependents. Each covered eligible individual is entitled to a

$360 optical benefit over the next two years. The benefit covers

eye exams, glasses and contact lenses.

The Plan’s participating optical provider is now called

“EyeMed,” since EyeMed recently acquired our previous provider,

Cole Vision. Under our agreement with EyeMed, the Plan has

access to a larger network of providers, including Sears, JC Penny,

Target and Pearle Vision. You will still have the option of going to

an eye doctor or optician of your choice. If, however, you go to a

participating EyeMed provider and stay within contract allow-

ances, you may pay nothing out of pocket and EyeMed will bill

the Plan directly. For more information, please visit EyeMed’s

web site: www.eyemedvision.com.

Prescription Benefit

The MM&P Plans’ prescription benefit manager, PharmaCare,

has changed its name to Caremark. (If you recently called our

prescription benefit manager, you may have noticed that the rep-

resentatives now identify themselves as employees of Caremark.)

Please keep in mind that you can continue to use your current

Health & Benefit Plan identification card. All phone numbers

remain the same, as does the web address: www.pharmacare.

com/members.

Medicare Part D Program

For 2008, the Plan’s Prescription Drug Program is comparable

to the coverage offered by the Medicare Part D Program, as has

been the case since 2006 (the year in which the Medicare Part

D Program took effect). In early October 2007, you received the

required annual notice explaining that the Plan’s prescription

drug coverage is “creditable” (except in the case of Columbia

Northwest Group retirees, as described below). In other words,

Medicare-eligible Offshore pensioners do not need to opt for the

Medicare Part D Program and, if for any reason they dropped

coverage with the MM&P Health & Benefit Plan in the future,

they would be able to apply for Medicare Part D coverage

without any penalty. To opt out of the Medicare Part D Program,

Offshore pensioners do not have to take any specific action.

Because the MM&P Health & Benefit Plan provides “credit-

able coverage,” the Plan can receive a subsidy for a percentage

of the prescription drug costs incurred by Medicare-eligible

Offshore pensioners. To obtain the subsidy, each year, the Plan

files an application with the Center for Medicare Services (CMS).

In 2006, the Plan received approximately $1,013,000 in subsidy

money to help defray the costs of providing this benefit to the

Plan’s retirees. The Plan receives subsidies for about 28 percent

of what it spends on retirees’ prescription drugs, as long as the

retiree does not sign up for Medicare Part D. If an Offshore pen-

sioner or dependent does sign up for Medicare Part D, the Plan

is not allowed to receive the subsidy for that retiree or dependent,

even if he/she continues to use the Plan’s prescription drug ben-

efit coverage. In connection with the 2007 subsidy application,

the Plan has submitted to CMS the required cost data for the first

six months of 2007 and has received a subsidy of $535,224.68 for

this period. The Plan Office is working with our prescription

benefit manager (PharmaCare/CVS Caremark) and will soon

report retirees’ prescription drug costs for the final six months of

2007. We will keep you posted regarding the total subsidy that the

Plan receives for 2007. The Plan has also been approved to file an

application for the 2008 Plan year.

An important exception involves retirees and dependents

in the Columbia Northwest Group; for them, the prescription

drug coverage is “non-creditable.” For this reason, the Plan is not

eligible to receive a subsidy to offset the prescription drug costs

of members of that group. These pensioners have been informed

that they should enroll in a Medicare Part D prescription drug

plan.

IRAP and Pension PlanThe Pension Protection Act of 2006 takes effect in 2008. The

Plan's Trustees, the Plan's Office staff, Fund General Counsel and

the Plan's Actuary and Consultant have been meeting and work-

ing together to review the law’s requirements and make decisions

on how the Plan will implement this new law going forward.

Internal Revenue Service Limitations for 2008

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published the fol-

lowing dollar limitations for 2008. Please remember that the

defined benefit plan limits listed apply only to participants in

the Offshore Pension Plan and the 401(k) limits apply only to

members whose Collective Bargaining Agreements allow for

IRAP/401(k) Plan participation.


IRS LIMITATION CHANGES FOR 2008

2007 2008

Maximum Annual 415 Payout at Age 62

From a Defined Benefit Plan$180,000 $185,000

Maximum Annual Contribution to an

Individual’s Defined Contribution Account

Under 415(c)

$45,000 $46,000

Maximum Elective 401(k) Deferral $15,500 $15,500*

401(k) Catch-Up Limit for Individuals Age

50 and Older$5,000 $5,000

Maximum Amount of Annual

Compensation That Can Be Taken Into

Account for Determining Benefits or

Contributions Under a Qualified Plan

$225,000 $230,000

Wage base:

a) for Social Security Tax

b) for Medicare

$97,500

No Limit

$102,000

No Limit

* No increase for 2008 because the increase in the Cost of

Living is insufficient to meet the minimum threshold for such an

increase.

Plan Amendments

At the September 2007 Board of Trustees’ meetings, the Trustees

agreed in principle to the following Plan amendments and autho-

rized the Chairman and Secretary to approve these amendments

after they were drafted by Fund General Counsel.

AMENDMENT NO. 105 TO THE M.M.& P. HEALTH & BENEFIT PLAN RULES AND REGULATIONS

Article IV (Benefit Provisions), Part C (Comprehensive

Annual Physical Examination, Immunization and MSC Pre-

Employment Physical Examination) is amended by adding the

following new sentence after the first sentence in the first para-

graph to read as follows:

“Effective for charges incurred on or after January

1, 2007, Covered Individuals who receive an Annual

Physical Examination shall be eligible to receive a

reimbursement of up to $1250 per family per year.”

AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO THE M.M.& P. INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT

PLAN SECOND RESTATED REGULATIONS

1) Article I (Definitions) of the 401(k) Arrangement, Section 1.18

(Retires) shall be amended by adding the following sentence at

the end of that Section to read as follows:

“Effective October 1, 2007, a participant shall be

treated as retired under the first sentence hereof even

though he is employed afloat in the Maritime Industry,

provided that (a) such employment is not Covered

Employment and (b) if he has not yet attained age

59-1/2 he has had a bona fide severance from employ-

ment of not less than 90 days from all Employers.”

2) Article I (Definitions) of the 401(k) Arrangement, Section 1.24

(Termination of Employment) shall be amended by adding

the following sentence at the end of that section to read as

follows:

“Effective October 1, 2007, a Participant shall be treated

as having a termination of employment under the first

sentence hereof even though he is employed afloat in

the Maritime Industry, provided that (a) such employ-

ment is not Covered Employment and (b) if he has not

yet attained age 59-1/2, he has had a bona fide sever-

ance from employment of not less than 90 days from

all Employers.”

3) Article IV (Benefit Payments) of the 401(k) Arrangement,

Section 4.5 (Benefits Upon Separation) shall be amended by

adding the following sentence at the end of that Section to

read as follows:


as having a complete and permanent termination

from employment under the first sentence hereof even




59-1/2, he has had a bona fide severance from employ-


4) Article IV (Benefit Payments) of the 401(k) Arrangement,

Section 4.7(a) (Benefit Payments) shall be amended by adding

the following sentence at the end of that subsection to read as

follows:


as having a complete and permanent termination

from employment under the first sentence hereof even




59-1/2, he has had a bona fide severance from employ-


Masters, Mates & Pilots Plans cont...


Pensioners Donald P. Cocozza, shipping out of New York/New

Jersey. He last sailed for Horizon Lines as master of the

Horizon Producer.

Robert Noel Ethier, shipping out of Jacksonville. He

last sailed for Maersk Lines Limited as chief mate on the

Sealand Quality.

Paul A. Goodhue, shipping out of East Coast ports.

He last sailed for Maersk Lines Limited as second mate on

the Sealand Atlantic.

Jon F. Harrison, shipping out of

Los Angeles/Long Beach. He last

sailed for APL Marine as master of

the APL China.

Lawrence J. Hines, shipping out of Los Angeles/Long

Beach. He last sailed for Maersk Lines Limited as third

mate on the Sealand Lightning.

Michael F. Lee, shipping out of Los Angeles/Long

Beach. He last sailed for Matson Navigation Company as

second mate on the Mahi Mahi.

Thomas H. Lewis, shipping out of Houston. He last

sailed for Marine Transport Lines and Crowley as third

mate on the Philadelphia Express.

Steve T. Lohman, shipping out of West Coast ports.

He last sailed for Matson Navigation Company as chief

mate on the Maunawili.

Richard S. Klein, shipping out of Seattle. He last

sailed for Horizon Lines as master of the Horizon Spirit.

George P. MacDonough, shipping out of Houston. He last

sailed for Horizon Lines as second

mate on the Horizon Crusader.

Kenneth R. Nelson, shipping out of New York/New

Jersey. He last sailed for E-Ships as master of the Maersk

Vermont.

Bruno P. Ravalico, shipping out of New York/New

Jersey. He last sailed as master of the Argonaut.

Kevin L. Watson, shippping out of Honolulu. He last

sailed for Matson Navigation Company as chief mate on

the Lihue.

Edward F. White, Jr., shipping out of the Gulf. He last

sailed for Lykes Brothers as third mate on the Almeria

Lykes.

SCHOLARSHIPS 2007-2008

Courtney L. Becker, daughter of

Offshore member Robert Becker, is

majoring in biology at Duquesne

University, an honors college in

Pittsburgh. She plans to enter the field

of medicine. As a high school fresh-

man, she sailed with her father on his

ship, the Sealand Endurance, from

Long Beach to Oakland.

Rebecca Erving, daughter of Offshore

member Eric Erving, graduated with

honors from the Tilton School. While

attending the school, she was a com-

munity service leader who worked

with Alzheimer’s patients and the

elderly, was the newspaper’s editor-

and-chief and student leader of the

drama program. She received the Community Service Honor

Award, the Jason W. Perkins Foreign Language award and

the United Methodist Foundation Scholar Award. She is

attending St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., where

she majors in languages and international relations. She says,

“I have always admired my dad’s dedication to his work. In

my own life, I am trying to adopt his work ethic, persever-

ance and drive to succeed in all that he does. I would like to

express my deepest gratitude to MM&P members, officials

and staff for this wonderful award.”

Elizabeth Hewitt, daughter of Steven

Hewitt, is attending University of Saint

Andrews, where she majors in interna-

tional relations and Middle East studies.

In high school, she was co-president of

the student government, a member of

the National Honors Society and the

school’s correspondent for the local

community newspaper. She was an auditioning member of

the National Piano Guild for 14 years. She says, “A benefit of

having a father who spent half the year traveling for his work

are his many stories: venturing around the Cape of Good

Hope, photographing the snake charmer in India and bird-

watching in the Panama Canal. My father’s work inspired me

to pursue a field involving other cultures.”

Brittany Marsh, daughter of Daniel

Marsh, graduated from Stonebridge

School, where she was a member of the

National Honors Society. She partici-

pated in student government, was an

active Key Club member and played on

the varsity basketball team. Growing

up, she says, “My dad always told me I could be anything I

wanted to be, and he has shown me through his own career

that people are happiest doing what they love.”She is fol-

lowing her dream to be in fashion and is now attending the

Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, where she

majors in textile development and marketing.

Juliet McDonnell, daughter

of John McDonnell, is double

majoring in communications

and a liberal arts honors pro-

gram at the University of Texas

at Austin. She graduated in the

top 7 percent of her high school

class, was a member of the dance team, an avid horseback

rider and an honors band clarinetist. She says, “My father

always emphasized the importance of our family dinner

every evening. I can’t thank my parents enough for all their

guidance.”

Matthew C. Smith, son of Richard D.

Smith, majors in chemical engineering

at the University of Florida. He gradu-

ated from Allen D. Nease High School

in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., and served

in the Navy Junior ROTC unit. He ran

cross country and track, in addition to

earning 30 semester hours of college

credit through the AP program. In the process of attaining

the rank of Eagle Scout, he led members of Boy Scout Troop

288 in a beautification project of the USS Starke Memorial

at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. He says “I would like to thank

American merchant mariners for serving a crucial role in our

country’s national security and economy.”


Each year, the MM&P Health and Benefit Plan awards scholarships to six dependents of members of the

Offshore Group who have distinguished themselves in academics and extracurricular activities, including

community service. As long as the students continue to meet the eligibility requirements, the scholarships are

renewable for four years of college study. For more information, contact the MM&P Health & Benefit Plan at

410-850-8500. Congratulations and best wishes to the 2007-2008 scholarship winners.


International Headquarters

700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B

Linthicum Heights,

MD 21090-1953

Phone: 410-850-8700

Fax: 410-850-0973

[email protected]

www.bridgedeck.org

International Officers

Timothy A. Brown PresidentExt. 17

[email protected]

Glen P. Banks Secretary-TreasurerExt. 21

[email protected]

Executive Offices

George Quick Vice PresidentPilot Membership GroupExt. 20

[email protected]

Mike Rodriguez Executive Assistant

to the President

Ext. 23

[email protected]

Richard Plant Director of Special Projects

Ext. 36

[email protected]

Audrey Scharmann Executive Secretary

Ext. 17

[email protected]

Diane Chatham Executive Secretary

Ext. 21

[email protected]

Legal Department

John Singleton International Counsel

Ext. 19

[email protected]

Gabriel Terrasa Associate Counsel

Ext. 45

[email protected]

Communications

Lisa Rosenthal Communications Director

Ext. 27

communications@

bridgedeck.org

Accounting

John Gorman International Comptroller

Ext. 12

[email protected]

Government Employees’

Membership Group

Randi Ciszewski Representative

37 Edward Hart Dr.

Jersey City, NJ 07305

Phone: 732-527-0828

Fax: 201-433-7959

[email protected]

David H. Boatner West Coast Contact

Los Angeles/Long Beach

533 N. Marine Ave.

Wilmington, CA 90744-5527

Phone: 310-834-7201

Fax: 310-834-6667

[email protected]

Randi Ciszewski U.S. Navy Civil Service

Pilots Representative

37 Edward Hart Dr.


Phone: (201) 433-7700

Fax: 201-433-7959

[email protected]

Offshore Membership Group

Rich May Vice President-Atlantic Ports

Bob Groh Vice President-Gulf Ports

Don Marcus Vice President-Pacific Ports

Boston

Dan Cartmill Dan Goggin Representatives

Harbour Pointe East

80 Everett Ave. – Suite 211

Chelsea, MA 02150

Phone: 617-884-8680

Fax: 617-884-8438

[email protected]

Charleston

Elise Silvers Representative

1529 Sam Rittenberg Blvd.

1st Floor

Charleston, SC 29407

Phone: 843-766-3565

Fax: 843-766-6352

[email protected]

Honolulu

Randy Swindell Representative

707 Alakea St. - No. 212

Honolulu, HI 96813

Phone: 808-523-8183

Fax: 808-538-3672

[email protected]

Houston

Wayne Farthing Agent-Gulf Ports

Nell Wilkerson Representative

8150 S. Loop E. - Suite 207

Houston, TX 77017

Phone: 713-649-8812

Fax: 713-649-6101

[email protected]

[email protected]

Jacksonville

Liz Pettit Representative

349 E. 20th St.

Jacksonville, FL 32206

Phone: 904-356-0041

Fax: 904-353-7413

[email protected]

Los Angeles/Long Beach

David H. Boatner Agent-Pacific Ports

Bernadette Hertel Representative

533 N. Marine Ave.


Phone: 310-834-7201

Fax: 310-834-6667

[email protected]

[email protected]

Miami/Port Everglades

Bob Groh Vice President-GulfAndrea Fortin Dave Goff Representatives

540 East McNab Rd., Suite B

Pompano Beach, FL

33060-9354

Phone: 954-946-7883

Fax: 954-946-8283

[email protected]

[email protected]

New Orleans

Sue Bourcq Representative

3330 West Esplanade, Ste 209

Metairie, LA 70002-3454

Phone: 504-837-5700

Fax: 504-834-1815

[email protected]

Directory of MM&P Offices


New York/New Jersey

Richard May Vice President-Atlantic26 Journal Square, Ste 1502


Phone: 201-963-1900

Fax: 201-963-5403

[email protected]

Assistant Port Agent

201-963-1918

[email protected]

Norfolk, Va.

Patricia Powell Representative

1058 West 39th St.

Norfolk, VA 23508

Phone: 757-489-7406

Fax: 757-489-1715

[email protected]

San Francisco

Sandy Candau Representative

450 Harrison St. - Room 209

San Francisco, CA 94105-2691

Phone: 415-777-5074

Fax: 415-777-0209

[email protected]

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Eduardo Iglesias Representative

Miramar Plaza Center

Suite 305

954 Ponce de Leon Ave.

Santurce, PR 00907

Phone: 787-724-3600

Fax: 787-723-4494

Hours: Monday-Friday

9:00am – 1:30pm ET

[email protected]

Seattle

Don Marcus Vice President-PacificKathleen O. Moran Representative

15208 52nd Ave. South

Suite 100

Seattle, WA 98188

Phone: 206-441-8700

Fax: 206-448-8829

[email protected]

[email protected]

Tampa

Laura Cenkovich Representative

202 S. 22nd St., Suite 205

Tampa, FL 33605-6308

Phone: 813-247-2164

Fax: 813-248-1592

[email protected]

Pilot Membership Group

George A. Quick Vice President3400 N. Furnace Rd.

Jarrettsville, MD 21084

Phone: 410-557-8757

Fax: 410-557-7082

[email protected]

East Coast

Regional Representative

Timothy J. Ferrie201 Edgewater St.

Staten Island, NY 10305

Phone: 718-448-3900

Fax: 718-447-1582

[email protected]

Gulf Coast


Richard D. Moore8150 S. Loop E.

Houston, TX 77017

Phone: 713-645-9620

West Coast


Kip CarlsonPier 9, East End

San Francisco, CA 94111

Phone: 415-362-5436

[email protected]

Alaska Marine Pilots

Stephan Moreno President

P.O. Box 920226

Dutch Harbor, AK 99692

Phone: 907-581-1240

Fax: 907-581-1372

[email protected]

Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots

Jim DooleyP.O. Box 2767

Corpus Christi, TX 78403

Phone: 361-884-5899

Fax: 361-884-1659

Associated Branch Pilots

Mike Lorino Jr.3813 N.Causeway Blvd.

Suite 100

Metairie, LA 70002

Phone: 504-831-6615

Association of Maryland Pilots

Eric Nielsen President

3720 Dillon St.

Baltimore, MD 21224

Phone: 410-276-1337

Fax: 410-276-1364

[email protected]

Biscayne Bay Pilots

Captain Michael McDonnellChairman

2911 Port Blvd.

Miami, FL 33132

Phone: 305-374-2791

Fax: 305-374-2375

Boston Pilots

Greg Farmer256 Marginal Street, Bldg 11

East Boston, MA 02128

Phone: 617-569-4500

Fax: 617-564-4502

Boat: 617-569-4503

Canaveral Pilots

David P. Callan David A. Richard Co-Chairmen

Box 816

Cape Canaveral, FL 32920

Phone: 321-783-4645

Caribbean Harbor Pilots

P.O. Box 34336

Ponce, PR 00734-4336

Phone: 787-848-7180

Charleston Branch Pilots

Whit Smith6 Concord St.

P.O. Box 179

Charleston, SC 29402

Phone: 843-577-6695

Fax: 843-577-0632

Columbia Bar Pilots

John TorjusenP.O. Box 87

Astoria, OR 97103

Phone: 503-325-2641

Columbia River Pilots

Alan J. Widme Branch Agent

13225 N. Lombard

Portland, OR 97203

Phone: 503-289-9922

Coos Bay Pilots

Steven H. Sweet President

686 North Front St.

Coos Bay, OR 97420-2331

Phone: 541-267-6555

Fax: 541-267-5256

Crescent River Port Pilots

Allen J. “A.J.” Gibbs President

8712 Highway 23

Belle Chasse, LA 70037

Phone: 504-392-8001

Fax: 504-392-5014

Galveston-Texas City Pilots

John Halvorsen1301 Pelican Island #1

Galveston, TX 77552

Phone: 409-740-3347

Fax: 409-740-3393


Hawaii Pilots Association

Steve Baker President

Pier 19-Honolulu Harbor

P.O. Box 721

Honolulu, HI 96808

Phone: 808-532-7233

Fax: 808-532-7229

[email protected]

Houston Pilots

Robert L. ThompsonPresiding Officer

8150 S. Loop E.

Houston, TX 77017

Phone: 713-645-9620

Humboldt Bar Pilots

John Powell 707-443-3878

Timothy Petrusha 707-443-5365

P.O. Box 3555

Eureka, CA 95502-3555

Key West Bar Pilots Association

Michael McGrawP.O. Box 848

Key West, FL 33041

Phone: 305-296-5512

Fax: 305-296-1388

Lake Charles Pilots

Michael Miller President

4902 Ihles Rd.

Lake Charles, LA 70665

Phone: 337-436-0372

Fax: 337-474-4573

[email protected]

www.lakecharlespilots.com

Mobile Bar Pilots

David W. Wittendorfer President

P.O. Box 831

Mobile, AL 36601

Phone: 251-432-2639

Fax: 251-432-9964

New Orleans-Baton Rouge

Steamship Pilots

William O. Watson IIIChris Rieder401 North New Hampshire St.

Covington, LA 70433

Phone: 985-867-5332

Fax: 504-832-1932

Northeast Pilots, Inc.

Howard McVay243 Spring St.

Newport, RI 02840

Phone: 401-847-9050

Toll Free: 1-800-274-1216

Pilots Association for the

Bay & River Delaware

Michael J. Linton President

800 S. Columbus Blvd.

Philadelphia, PA 19147

Phone: 215-465-8340

Fax: 215-465-3450

Port Everglades Pilots

Thomas Hackett Bruce CumingsCo-Directors

P.O. Box 13017

Port Everglades, FL 33316

Phone: 954-522-4491

Puget Sound Pilots

Capt. Richard McCurdy101 Stewart St. - Suite 900

Seattle, WA 98101

Phone: 206-728-6400

Fax: 206-448-3405

Sabine Pilots

Charles A. Tweedel, President

5148 West Pkwy.

Groves, TX 77619

Phone: 409-722-1141

Fax: 409-962-9223

www.sabinepilots.com

Saint Johns Bar Pilots

John AtchisonPresident

4910 Ocean St.

Mayport, FL 32233

Phone: 904-249-5631

Fax: 904-249-7523

[email protected]

San Juan Bay Pilots

P.O. Box 9021034

San Juan, PR 00902-1034

Phone: 787-722-1166

St. Lawrence Seaway Pilots

Richard G. Tetzlaff President

P.O. Box 274

733 E. Broadway

Cape Vincent, NY 13618

Phone: 315-654-2900;

Fax: 315-654-4491

San Francisco Bar Pilots

Pete McIsaac Port Agent

Kip Carlson MM&P Representative

Pier 9, East End

San Francisco, CA 94111

Phone: 415-362-5436

Fax: 415-982-4721

Sandy Hook Pilots

Peter Rooss Branch Agent

201 Edgewater St.

Staten Island, NY 10305

Phone: 718-448-3900

Fax: 718-447-1582

Savannah Pilots Association

William T. Brown Master Pilot

550 E. York St.

P.O. Box 9267

Savannah, GA 31412

Phone: 912-236-0226

Fax: 912-236-6571

Southeast Alaska

Pilots Association

Richard Gurry President

1621 Tongass Ave. - Suite 300

Ketchikan, AK 99901

Phone: 907-225-9696

Fax: 907-247-9696

[email protected]

www.seapa.com

Southwest Alaska

Pilots Association

Jeffrey D. PiercePresident

P.O. Box 977

Homer, AK 99603

Phone: 907-235-8783

Fax: 907-235-6119

[email protected]

Tampa Bay Pilots

Allen L. Thompson Executive Director

1825 Sahlman Dr.

Tampa, FL 33605

Phone: 813-247-3737

Fax: 813-247-4425

Virginia Pilot Association

J. William Cofer President

3329 Shore Dr.

Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Phone: 757-496-0995

Western Great Lakes

Pilots Association

Donald Willecke President

1325 Tower Ave., P.O. Box 248

Superior, WI 54880-0248

Phone: 715-392-5204

Fax: 715-392-1666

United Inland

Membership Group

Michael Murray Vice President

Cleveland

Charles Malue Great Lakes Representative

1250 Old River Rd.

Cleveland, OH 44113

Phone: 216-776-1667

Fax: 216-776-1668

[email protected]


Jacksonville

James Avera International Representative

349 E. 20th St.

Jacksonville, FL 32206

Phone: 904-355-3534

Fax: 904-353-7413

[email protected]

Portland

John Schaeffner Branch Agent

2225 N. Lombard St. - No. 206

Portland, OR 97217

Phone and Fax: 503-283-0518

[email protected]

San Francisco

Raymond W. ShipwayBranch Agent

450 Harrison St.

East Mezzanine - Room 205

San Francisco, CA 94105-2691

Phone: 415-543-5694

Fax: 415-543-2533

[email protected]

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Eduardo IglesiasRepresentative

Miramar Plaza Center

Suite 305

954 Ponce de Leon Ave.

Santurce, PR 00907

Phone: 787-725-7604

Fax: 787-723-4494

[email protected]

Seattle

Michael MurrayVice President-UIG144 Railroad Ave., Suite 205

Edmonds, WA 98020

Phone: 425-775-1403

Fax: 425-775-1418

[email protected].

Wilmington

Raymond W. Shipway Branch Agent

533 N. Marine Ave.


Phone: 310-549-8013

Fax: 310-834-6667

[email protected]

MIRAID

C. James Patti President1025 Connecticut Ave., NW

Suite 507

Washington, DC 20036-5412

Phone: 202-463-6505

Fax: 202-223-9093

[email protected]

Masters, Mates & Pilots

Federal Credit Union

Kathy Ann Klisavage ManagerMM&P Plans Building

700 Maritime Blvd. - Suite A

Linthicum Heights, MD

21090-1996

Phone: 410-850-8700,

Ext. 43

Fax: 410-859-1623

Toll-Free: 1-800-382-7777

(All U.S. and Puerto Rico)

[email protected]

MM&P Maritime Advancement,

Training, Education &

Safety Program (MATES)

Patrick McCullough Administrator

Glen Paine Executive Director

MM&P Health & Benefit,

Vacation, Pension, JEC

and IRA Plans

Patrick McCullough AdministratorMM&P Plans

700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A


21090-1996

Phone: 410-850-8500

Fax: 410-850-8655

Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522

[email protected]

Hours: Monday – Friday

8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET

Atlantic & Gulf Region Health,

Pension and Education,

Safety & Training Funds

Wendy Chambers Account ExecutiveAssociated Administrators Inc.

4301 Garden City Drive, Ste 201

Landover, MD 20785

Direct Line: 301-429-8964

Member Calls:

1-800-638-2972

Pacific Maritime Region

Pension & Benefit Plans

Columbia Northwest

Marine Benefit Trust

Patrick McCullough Administrator700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A


21090-1996

Phone: 410-850-8500

Fax: 410-850-8655

Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522

[email protected]

Hours: Monday-Friday

8:30 AM– 4:30 PM ET

Northwest Maritime

Pension Trust

Randy G. GoodwinAccount Executive P.O. Box 34203

Seattle, WA 98124

Phone: 206-441-7574

Fax: 206-441-9110

Southwest Marine Health,

Benefit & Pension Trust

3545 Long Beach Blvd.

Suite 220

Long Beach, CA 90807

Toll-Free: 1-888-806-8943

Maritime Institute of

Technology & Graduate

Studies (MITAGS)

Glen Paine Executive Director692 Maritime Blvd.

Linthicum Heights,

MD 21090-1952

Main Phone: 410-859-5700

Toll-Free:

Admissions: 1-866-656-5568

Residence Center:

1-866-900-3517

BWI Airport Shuttle

(avail. 24 hours a day):

1-866-900-3517 Ext. 0

Fax:

School: 410-859-5181

Residence: 410-859-0942

Executive Director:

[email protected]

Admissions:

[email protected]

www.mitags.org

Pacific Maritime

Institute (PMI)

Gregg Trunnell Director1729 Alaskan Way, S.

Seattle, WA 98134-1146

Phone: 206-441-2880

Fax: 206-441-2995

Toll-Free: 1-888-893-7829

[email protected]


CROSS’D THE FINAL BAR Carey A. Borden, 96, died Sept. 4, 2007.

A resident of Coral Gables, Fla., and a

pensioner since 1977, he last sailed for

Lykes Brothers Steamship Company as

second mate on the SS Sheldon Lykes. He

saw action in World War II, the Korean

War and the Vietnam Wars. He served

as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S.

Maritime Service and later the U.S. Coast

Guard. He worked in the Panama Canal Zone, laid transatlantic

telephone cable and built his own house in Coral Gables. After

retiring, he became involved in Masonic and Shrine activities

and was Master of Biscayne Bay Lodge No. 124. His wife, Mary,

sister, Sadie, and many nieces and nephews survive him.

Charles Butler, 81, died Oct. 3, 2007. A pensioner since 1985

and a resident of Daphne, Ala., he last sailed for Gastrans Inc.

as master of the SS Louisiana. His wife, Margaret, sons, Per and

Perry, and daughter, Pia, survive him.

Norris G. Chancey, 80, died Sept. 22, 2007. A pensioner since

1970 and a resident of Starch, La., he last sailed for Groton

Shipping Inc. as chief mate on the SS Susquehanna. His daugh-

ter, Christine, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchil-

dren survive him.

Richard C. Eastwood, 81, died Sept. 17, 2007. A resident of

Jacksonville, Fla., and a pensioner since 1989, he last sailed for

Lykes Brothers Steamship Company as chief mate on the SS

Jean Lykes. He began his maritime career on New York City

tugs and then served offshore in World War II, the Korean

Conflict and the Vietnam War. He enjoyed building model

ships, both motor and sail, constructed railroad displays, put

together small gas engines and was a short wave radio enthu-

siast. He is survived by: his wife of 56 years, Helen; three sons,

Martin, Tom and Bob; two daughters, Rosemary and Virginia;

and four grandchildren.

Jimmy L. Finch, 57, died Oct. 2, 2007. A

resident of Montgomery, Ala., he last

sailed for Grand River Navigation. He

enjoyed spending time with friends

and the travel adventures of his career.

He is survived by: his wife, Melody;

sons, Jon and Jody; mother, Marcella;

sister, Christine; and several nieces and

nephews.

Leroy Gebler, 79, died July 14, 2007. A pensioner since 1992

and a resident of Bayshore, N.Y., he last sailed for Central Gulf

Lines as third mate on the Green Bay.

William B. Golden, 78, died Aug. 30, 2007. A resident of Reno,

and a pensioner since 1971, he last sailed for Mathiasen’s Tank

Inc. as master of the Mission Buenaventura.

Thomas J. Goreham, 66, died Oct. 11, 2007. A pensioner since

1995 and a resident of Las Cruces, N.M., he last sailed for Lykes

Steamship Company as master of the SS Sue Lykes.

Charles W. Haynes III, 67, died Sept. 4, 2007. A pensioner

since 1996 and a resident of Brunswick, Ga., he last sailed for

Central Gulf Lines as second mate on the SS Green Valley. He

enjoyed working with model trains. He maintained property in

Georgia and received certificates from his community college.

His wife, Terri, sons, Charles and Matthew, and many nieces

and nephews survive him.

Relf Huddleston, 79, died Oct. 24, 2007. A resident of Anton,

Texas, and a pensioner since 1990, he last sailed for Sealand as

chief mate on the Sealand Voyager.

Henry Kusel, 84, died Oct. 24, 2007. A resident of Palm Desert,

Calif., and a pensioner since 1986, he last sailed for American

President Lines as third mate on the President Lincoln. He was a

graduate of Kings Point, class of 1944. His wife, Florence, daugh-

ter, Denise, son, Gary, and two grandchildren survive him.

Former New England Port Rep Chuck LandryCharles “Chuck” Landry, 65, died Oct.

27, 2007. He served as MM&P Boston

and New England port representative for

15 years. A member of MM&P for over

four decades, he served in both elected

and appointed positions and was also

elected a convention delegate for many

years running.

“Chuck Landry epitomized the dedication and profession-

alism of a union representative,” said MM&P International

President Tim Brown. “He was honest, very thorough in

his duties, and very direct in his communication with the

MM&P membership. After leaving office in 1992, he returned

to sea, where he exhibited the same professionalism and

craftsmanship that he showed in union office.”

“Chuck was respected by all members who he came

in contact with in the Boston area and at International

Headquarters,” said Brown. “He was the type of member who

would always go the extra mile for MM&P. He will be missed

by all who knew him.”

A pensioner since 1998 and a resident of Hernando, Fla.,

Chuck last sailed for Sealand as chief mate on the Sealand

Innovation. He enjoyed building model ships and spending

time with his family. His wife, Dorothy, sons, Charles and

Peter, daughters, Christine and Karen, and four grandsons

survive him.


Edward L. Linchard, 82, died Oct. 7, 2007. A resident of New

Orleans, La., and a pensioner since 1982, he last sailed for Lykes

Brothers Steamship Company as chief mate on the Zoella Lykes.

He enjoyed gardening and spending time with his grandchil-

dren. His daughter, Jane, and two grandchildren survive him.

Robert G. Mills, 81, died Oct. 5, 2007. A pen-

sioner since 1991, he last sailed for Sealand

Mobile as second mate on the Sealand

Producer. A San Francisco native, Robert

went to sea in his teens and served in the

merchant marine during the Korean and

Vietnam wars. He had a second career in the

San Francisco Police Department, and also served a stint in the

army. In 1979, he returned to the merchant marine before retiring

in 1991 to enjoy the outdoors. Two brothers, Jack and Richard, a

son Hans Peter, and a daughter, Anne Lovise, survive him.

Dennis Oblander, 67, died Oct. 11, 2007.

A resident of Reno and a pensioner since

2000, he last sailed for Sealand as second

mate on the Sealand Patriot. He loved to

travel, collect coins and spend time with

friends and family. Six grandchildren, a

brother, Wayne, a sister, Patricia, and sev-

eral nieces and nephews survive him.

Robert H. Peterson, 63, died Sept. 26, 2007. A pensioner since

1995 and a resident of Milford, N.H., he last sailed for Sealand

as second mate on the Newark Bay.

Raymond P. Sasseville, 81, died Oct. 16, 2007. A pensioner

since 1994 and a resident of Dallas, he last sailed for Sealand as

third mate on the MV OGM Ile De France.

Carroll C. Sypher, 79, died Sept. 14, 2007.

A pensioner since 1994 and a resident of

Camden, Ala., he last sailed for Waterman

Steamship as master of the SS Stonewall

Jackson. He served in the merchant marine

during World War II, the Korean War, the

Vietnam War and the Gulf War. He was an

active member of the Aircraft Owners’ Pilot Association and

had a private aviator’s license. His wife of 37 years, Patricia, and

several nieces and nephews survive him.

William R. Travers, 88, died Oct. 20, 2007. A resident of

Marietta, Ga., and a pensioner since 1985, he last sailed for

Puerto Rico Marine Management as master of the SS Bayamon.

During World War II, he commanded troop and cargo carriers

at the age of 23, becoming the youngest person in the conflict

to reach the rank of master. Friends and family nicknamed him

“the Renaissance Man” because of his wide range of interests. He

could play the accordion, the banjo and the mandolin. He also

enjoyed painting, gardening, cooking and single-handedly built

one of the homes his family lived in. He is survived by: his wife

of 66 years, Rita; daughters, Lesley and Lynn; sons, Bill Jr. and

Richard; and six grandchildren.

Daniel L. Welch, 74, died Oct. 20, 2007. A pensioner since 1992

and a resident of Porterville, Calif., he last sailed for Sealand

as second mate on the Sealand Consumer. He enjoyed reading,

traveling, cooking, and sports, especially football and watch-

ing his favorite team, “The 49ers.” He is survived by his care

provider, Delia Jimenez.

James H. Wiley, 80, died Sept. 11, 2007. A

resident of Independence, Kan., and a pen-

sioner since 1986, he last sailed for Lykes

Brothers Steamship Company as third

mate on the SS Tillie Lykes. His interests

included farming and the stock market.

Bill, Anne, Jean and six grandchildren

survive him.

John W. Williams, 88, died Oct. 7, 2007. A

resident of Sea Level, N.C., and a pensioner

since 1984, he last sailed for Lykes Brothers

Steamship Company as third mate on the

SS Letitia Lykes. He enjoyed working in his

garden. His son, John Jr., daughters, Joyce,

Linda and Debra, and many grandchildren

and great-grandchildren survive him.

CROSS’D THE FINAL BAR cont...

Two scholarships have been created in memory of Karl

Fanning, the master mariner who traded the helm for

a podium and shared his knowledge of the sea with stu-

dents from his alma mater, Texas A&M. The 63-year-old

master mariner died of a heart attack in May 2007.

The Galveston Maritime Club has announced that it

has named its annual scholarship program after Fanning.

Under the terms of the program, four students from

Texas A&M will receive $500 each year. The first four

scholarship recipients accepted their checks at an

Oct. 23 maritime club luncheon.

The Port of Galveston Propeller Club has also hon-

ored Fanning by awarding scholarships ranging from

$1,000 to $2,000 to eight students from Texas A&M.

Scholarships Named After Master Mariner Karl Fanning


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NEWS FROM THE PAST

A voyage through MM&P history with Katy Bradford of the

MM&P Communications Department and MM&P member Matt

Walker. This column is based on independent research they con-

duct on a regular basis in the MM&P archives and other maritime

history sources.

22 Years Ago1985 – “The Dog House” Makes Way for a SkyscraperThe Seamen’s Church Institute of New York announced that its

headquarters building at 15 State Street near the Battery, along

with the seafarers’ hotel, would be demolished to make way for

a 41-story skyscraper. The building to be demolished had been

built just 18 years earlier. It replaced the original seafarers’ hotel

on South Street, which was known as “The Dog House,” where

even as late as the 1960s, a bed could be had for as little as $1.50.

The seafarers’ hotel that replaced “The Dog House” was more

comfortable, more attractive and much more expensive; the

price of the rooms was considered responsible for the lack of

patronage by seafarers. Another factor in the low occupancy

rate: it had opened at a time when shipping was moving from

the old New York waterfront to the Jersey side of the harbor.

Also in the news 22 years ago:• April 23 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New

Coke. (The response is overwhelmingly negative and the origi-

nal formula is back on the market in less than three months.)

• May 24 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police capture

the Lady Sharell, seizing $238,000,000 in drugs, making

the operation the largest drug bust in the history of North

America.

• July 13 – Vice President George H.W. Bush serves as Acting

President for eight hours while President Ronald Reagan

undergoes colon cancer surgery.

40 Years Ago1967 – Viet Cong Blast Seatrain Texas at AnchorBefore dawn on Dec. 22, an explosion blew a seven-foot hole in

the side of the Seatrain Texas, which was swinging on the hook

at Nha Be Naval Base nine miles below Saigon. Flooding was

controlled with the pumps until repairs could be made. There

were no casualties. The ship had been built to carry railroad

freight cars to Cuba and coastwise in 1940 by Sun Shipbuilding,

Chester, Pa., and was no stranger to war. Over 25 years earlier,

she had raced independently at 16.5 knots from New York to

Port Taufiq, Egypt, via the Cape of Good Hope, with a cargo

of 250 Sherman tanks. The tanks were being shipped to replace

losses suffered by General Montgomery’s British Eighth Army

in action against the German Afrika Korps. Arriving Sept. 2,

35 days out, unloading began immediately. Her cargo gave

Montgomery the armored weight he needed to turn the tide

against the Axis Powers at El Alamein on Oct. 23. The Seatrain

Texas was scrapped in 1973.

Also in the news 40 years ago:• Feb. 14 – Aretha Franklin releases the song “Respect.”

• April 4 – Martin Luther King Jr. speaks out against the

Vietnam War during a religious service in New York City.

• May 9 – Muhammad Ali is stripped of his World

Heavyweight Champion titles and banned from boxing by

various commissions for refusing to be inducted into the

U.S. Army.

150 Years Ago1857 – Big Lesson Learned on “the Big Muddy”A young, itinerate printer had contracted veteran pilot Horace

Bixby (1826-1912) to teach him the twelve hundred mile route

from New Orleans to St. Louis. Having grown up on the river,

the apprentice viewed steamboat pilots as superstars: totally

independent, rich and disdainful of lesser humanity. On the first

afternoon, Bixby backed into the stream and headed up-bound.

After being relieved at 8:00 p.m., the cub pilot turned in, only

to be woken near midnight. He ignored the intrusion. Minutes

later, Bixby was at the door and, in a minute more, the cub was

scrambling for the pilothouse ladder. “Here was something fresh,”

he would later write, “this thing of getting up in the middle of

the night…” He knew that boats ran after dark, but had never

reflected on who was running them. “I began to fear that piloting

was not quite so romantic as I had imagined it was; there was

something very real and work-like about this new phase of it.”

– Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi, 1882

Also in the news 150 years ago:• March 6 – The Supreme Court issues its ruling in Dred

Scott v Sanford, driving the country further down the road

to Civil War.

• March 23 – Elisha Otis installs his first elevator, at 488

Broadway in New York City.

• May 11 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian combatants

capture Delhi from the East India Company.

Sailing Through TimeMatt Walker and Katy Bradford

The barquentine Benicia. National Maritime Museum, San Francisco.



HOLIDAYS 2007 Holiday Celebrations in

the Halls, at Headquarters and at MM&P Plans

As 2007 came to a close, MM&P members,

their families and friends celebrated the holi-

days 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.

The MM&P Plans staff wishes everyone a happy and healthy 2008!

Pompano: Jim Pappas, Dave Goff, Nick Marcantonio, Mark Ramsey and John

Korinis.

Seattle: Birger Rasmussen, MM&P United Inland Group Vice President Mike

Murray, Mike Santini and Jim Casey.

Happy Holidays from MM&P Headquarters!

Norfolk: Jim Hopkins, Mike Razos and John Morin.


New York/New Jersey: Ted Jablonski, John Long, Victor Marquez, John

Johnson and Harry Stumme.

New York/New Jersey: Rita Gordon, Dodie May and Dot Darley.

Boston: James Staples, Rich May, Mark Mahoney, Kerry Fitzpatrick, Michela

Worthington-Adams and Roger Bumstead.

New Orleans: Sue Bourcq, Earl Grey and wife, Gayle. New Orleans: MM&P Gulf Ports Vice President Bob Groh, Angela and Bruce

Skillman.

New York/New Jersey: Mark Rupert, Larry Green Jr., John Dolan, Mike

Rodriguez, Rich Feinson, Doug Nemeth, Bob McCarthy, Rich May, Bruno

Ravalico and Jim McAfee.



HOLIDAYS 2007

Honolulu: Tim Reinholdt, Annie Stall, Boris Bode, Randy Swindell and Craig

Campbell.

Seattle: Birger Rasmussen, Mike Murray, Laurie Anderson and Jim Casey. New Orleans: Ralph McDonald and Norma Lang.

Jacksonville: Pete Tupas, Nancy Tupas, Bob Groh, Lisa Stark and Erik Stark.

New York/New Jersey: Mike Rodriguez, Mike Bohlman, Rich May and

Richard Plant.

New York/New Jersey: Anna Victoria Victorio, Marilyn Brunner, Shwetha and

Shankar Bhardwaj.


Honolulu: Captain B.J. Diggins.

Boston: Kevin O’Halloran and Eric Erving. Boston: Eric Erving, Sharon Decastro, Dianne O’Halloran and Dave Decastro

Honolulu: Big John and Harry Naole of Sailors’ Union of the Pacific.

New Orleans: David Favre, David Sink, Roger Johnson and Johan Koaystra.

Boston: Roger Bumstead, Jim Staples and Mark Mahoney.



HOLIDAYS 2007

Honolulu: Nick Moore and Janelle.

Honolulu: Tim Reinholdt.

Honolulu: Dean Ventimiglia and Freedom Dennis.

New York/New Jersey: James Frank, Larry Green and Nicholas Gasper.

Norfolk: MM&P Atlantic Ports Vice President Rich May, Mrs. Jarvis, Pattie

Powell and Mike Razos.

Where were you born and where did you grow up?

I was born in Chicago. My father was an engineer with Martin Marietta and my mother was an actress who did summer stock productions and radio ads. My family moved around a lot before settling in Baltimore when I was six years old.

Describe your career.

Aft er graduating from the University of Baltimore with a degree in English, I was accepted into the Pilot Training Program and joined the Air Force. I wanted to see the world, just like merchant mariners do. When the 1973 oil embargo hit, our fl ight class was cancelled, so I left to join the Baltimore Police Department.

At the department, I became one of the fi rst members of the newly formed quick response team, the fi rst special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team in Baltimore. My duties included resolution of sniper-barricade incidents, high-risk warrant service, high-risk patrol assignments

and crowd control at major events, including the Preakness and the World Series. All the people arrested on warrants by the SWAT team were armed and wanted for violent felonies, in most cases multiple homicides.

I served a total of 10 years with the quick response team as a patrolman and sergeant. At the end of my assignment, I was responsible for all fi rearms and tactics training, as well as all operational SWAT/sniper deployments.

I was also assigned to the police department’s education and training division as the supervisor of the skills unit. I trained over 1,000 police recruits in self defense, including fi rearms, driving, use of force, street tactics and fi rst aid. I taught the same topics to all veteran police offi cers during their in-service training courses.

I was promoted to lieutenant and went on to serve in various capacities, including shift commander in several districts. I was responsible for the daily operation of 50 police offi cers and several sergeants.

All told, I served in the police department for 30 years.

Describe your current job.

Th ere are a lot of similarities between working at the police department and working at MITAGS, where I help teach the small arms course. First, although everyone is an individual, you work as a team. You share a common goal.

I also work as a yacht delivery and orientation captain with a large yacht dealer on the Chesapeake Bay. For many years, I’ve worked as a captain of the water taxi service in Baltimore Harbor. I do consulting and self-defense training for corporations. I also serve as an expert witness in self-defense, lethal force encounters and SWAT operations

When you’re not working, what do you like to do?

I enjoy scuba diving, sailing and motorcycle riding. I have a 50-ton inland master’s license. I’m also an FAA private pilot and a member of the Civil Air Patrol. I’ve also written articles, on how to handle tough situations and things that can happen on the street, for magazines like Police Marksman, Guns & Weapons for Law Enforcement, Combat Handguns and S.W.A.T. Magazine.

MM&P’s training institutes, MITAGS and PMI, are known throughout the industry for excellence in education. But not everyone is familiar with the instructors and technical professionals who drive the programs off ered at the union’s schools. In this issue, Th e Master, Mate & Pilot profi les Ed Schillo, who instructs mariners and other students at MITAGS in the use and maintenance of small arms.


The Faces of MITAGS

Ed SchilloInstructor in Small Arms


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COMMODORES

Glen P. Banks

Robert C. Beauregard

Timothy A. Brown *

Kevin P. Burke

Darren W. Collins

Raymond Conrady

Michael F. Cotting

Jeff G. Cowan

Robert Darley

In Memory of Charlie

Darley

Steven J. Demeroutis

Danny Duzich

Raymond F. Dwyer *

Danny Ellis

Mustafa I. Fakhry

John W. Farmer, III

David C. Goff

Edward W. Green

Richard M. Gurry

Samuel A. Hanger

Fred Harris

Harold J. Held *

Andrew W. Hetz

James F. Hill

John R. Humphreys

John J. Hunt

Scott E. Jones

Philip Kantz

John M. Kelly

John J. Lynskey

Lawrence T. Lyons

George P. MacDonough

Charles W. Malue

Donald J. Marcus

Richard W. May

Edward M. McManus

Sean T. McNeice

Richard D. Moore *

In Memory of J.

Douglass Moore and

Gordon E. Sides

C. Michael Murray

Paul H. Nielsen

Joseph O. O’Connor *

Peter J. Parise, III

Richard M. Plant

George A. Quick

Michael A. Rausa

Robert A. Reish

Jack Slier

Th omas E. Stone

Stanley M. Willis

Constatine Afanasief

Th omas E. Apperson

Jenaro A. Asteinza

Bruce M. Badger

Th omas A. Bagan

Susan N. Begg

David E. Behr

Charles T. Beresheim

Geoff rey Bird

James K. Boak, IV

David H. Boatner

Kevin P. Burke

Robert B. Burke

Joseph A. Byrne

James A. Carbone

Kenneth J. Carlson, Jr.

Th omas J. Casynn

Bent L. Christiansen

Kevin S. Cichon

Paul E. Coan

Dean R. Colver

Frederick D. Cook

Barry V. Costanzi

Jeff G. Cowan

Vincent J. Cox

Gerard H. DeGenova, II

Dorothy Dunn

In Memory of Darrell

Dunn

James C. Dykes

Danny Ellis

Edward W. Enos

Eric L. Eschen

Robert N. Ethier

Jackson P. Everett

Malvina A. Ewers

In Memory of Franklin

Ewers

John W. Farmer, III

Wayne Farthing

William H. Fisher, III

Eric R. Furnholm

Nathaniel Gibbs

William D. Good, Jr.

In Memory of William

Good, Sr.

Charles A. Graham

Paul B. Grepo

Robert H. Groh

Dianna L. Hand

Michael K. Hargrave

Samuel W. Hartshorn, Jr.

Gerard Hasselbach

Joseph D. Henderson

Michael C. Herig

Alan G. Hinshaw

Nicole L. Humphreys

David N. Hutchinson

Jeff H. Idema

William H. Imken

Steven M. Itson

Earl W. Jones

Donald F. Josberger

Eric S. Kelm

William L. Kennedy, Jr.

Robert T. Kimball

James D. Kitterman

James E. Kobis

George W. Koch, Jr.

Robert B. Lamb

Donald D. Laverdure

Stephen Maher

William J. Mahoney

Robert G. Mattsen

Robert C. McCarthy

Charles L. McConaghy

Michael K. McCormick

Patrick McCullough

Th omas D. McDorr

James P. McGee

Paul F. McQuarrie

Kurt A. Melcher

Peter W. Mitchell

Douglas J. Nagy

Mark J. Nemergut

Howard W. Newton, Jr.

F. John Nicoll

James P. Olander

Peter J. Parise, III

C. James Patti

Vasilios L. Pazarzis

Robert A. Pechusick

Joseph A. Perry

Ernest C. Petersen

Rick Pietrusiak

Norman A. Piianaia

Jonathon S. Pratt

Stephen F. Procida

D. Scott Putty

George A. Quick

Lloyd S. Rath

Bruno P. Ravalico

John P. Rawley

Mark D. Remijan

Paul M. Rochford

Michael J. Rodriguez

Herbert P. Rosen

In Memory of Capt.

Th eodore Fillipaw, Jr.

Allen M. Ross, Jr.

Edward B. Royles

Randy E. Rozell

Mark I. Ruppert

James J. Sanders

Robert H. Schilling

Bernard W. Scott

Gary M. Setvin

Michael S. Shanley

Steven P. Shils

Kaare G. Sivertsen

Edward C. Smith

James K. Staples

James Stebbins

Peter J. Strachota

Einar W. Strom

David A. Sulin

Deatra M. Th ompson

Rita M. Travers

In Memory of Capt.

William R. Travers

John S. Tucker

Charles W. Viebrock

Ren W. Vurpillat

John C. Wallace

George E. Weisgerber

George A. Werdann, Jr.

Jay D. Werner

Steven E. Werse

William J. Westrem

Warren A. Weymouth

Erik P. Williamson

James G. Wilson

* These active and retired members have contributed $1,000 or more.

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Anders E. Aaberg

Mohamed A. Abbassi

Robert Abbott

Scott F. Abrams

Jeff rey D. Adamson

Owen B. Albert

Frederick W. Allen

Ian D. Allen

John Allen

Robert B. Allen

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Alberto D. Archaga

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Dorinda L. Beach

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Herbert S. Bell

Derek J. Bender

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George Berkovich

James T. Bevacqua

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Lyle R. Bjelde

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Farrell E. Bodden

Charles E. Booher

Carl E. Bowler

William H. Boyce, Jr.

Robert N. Boyd

James J. Brady

Frank W. Branlund

Anthony A. Brantley

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Allan R. Breese

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John W. Brennan

Steven A. Brickley

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Cliff ord B. J. Brown

Wardell E. Brown

Dean K. Bruch

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J. Michael Buffi ngton

Fernando C. Buisan

David C. Burchard

Th omas V. Cadloni

Marc C. Calairo

Todd J. Campbell

John H. Carlisle

Edgar S. Carlson

Michael J. Carolan

Chriss B. Carson

Robert J. Carter, Jr.

Juan C. Carvajal

Christoforos Catsambis

Elmo J Cerise, III

Richard P. Chandler

Hao C. Cheong

Stanislaw Chomicz

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Robin A. Colonas

Richard R. Conlin

John V. Connor

Christopher D. Cooper

Mark A. Cooper

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Gary J. Cordes

Daniel W. Corn

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Th omas J. Cortese

Scot A. Couturier

David E. Cox

Erik T. Cox

James Crandall

Richard W. Crane

Matthew C. Craven

Jacob A. Crawford

Samuel J. Crawford

Anthony E. Crish

John F. Cronin

Todd C. Crossman

Scott W. Cukierski

James J. Cullen

Kirk W. Cully

David A. Cunningham

James M. Cunningham

Peter S. Curtis

Omar D’Abreu

Robert A. Dalziel

George M. Darley


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Michael H. Daugherty

Howard E. Davenport

Don F. Davis

Joseph J. Davis

David D. DeCastro

George A. Defrain

Ronald T. Degrazia

Stephen A. DeJong

Th omas A. Delamater

Marguerite Delambily

In Memory of Robert

Delambily

Joseph F. Delehant

Freedom K. Dennis

Denny Dennison

Edward J. DesLauriers

Michelle Mitchell

Timothy A. Devine

Charles A. Dickman

Stephen J. Diederiks

Bernard J. Diggins

William H. Doherty

John M. Dolan

Richard J. Domnitz

Lyle G. Donovan

Jerome J. Dorman

Ornulf C. Dorsen

Moulton Doughty

Robert Drew

Dale S. Dubrin

Fred J. Duff y

Oscar W. Dukes

George Dunham

Geoff rey P. Dunlop

Richard Martin Eastwood

Robert W. Eisentrager

Gordon W. Elden

Bruce R. Elfast

John C. Emmel

David K. Engen

William J. Esselstrom

Edward M. Evans

Henry E. Faile

Scott A. Farnham

Eddo H. Feyen

Harry A. Filkins

Keith W. Finnerty

Russel W. Finstrom

Milton K. Foss

Ryan K. Foster

James L. Frank

James E. Franklin

Jan M. Fraser

Karin Fretz-Party

J. Peter Fritz

Nicholas J. Gagliano

Angelo F. Gazzotto

David M. George

Gregory J. George

Peter T. Gibney

Francis G. Gilroy

Patrick N. Glenn

Th urman G. Godfrey

Gregory A. Goolishian, Jr.

Gerald M. Gordon

Donald P. Gorman

Beau Gouig

Joseph D. Graceff a

Walter A. Graf, Jr

Peter S. Grate

Orie F. Graves

Paul A. Gregware, Jr.

Gregory P. Gretz

Stanley V. Griffi n

Mike F. Gruninger

Adam W. Guice

Juancho A. Gutierrez

Jorge Gutman

Timothy J. Hagan

Brandt R. Hager

Francis M. Haggerty

Geoff rey F. Haley

Curtis B. Hall

Richard S. Haller

Michelle Hallmark

Herman Hallock

Kenneth J. Halsall

Lloyd W. Hamblet

James D. Hamblett

Kyle J. Hamill

Daniel J. Harmon

John B. Harris

Jack F. Harry

John J. Healey

Kenneth R. Hele

Richard H. Hemingson

Christopher S. Hendrickson

Franklin J. Hennessy

Patrick J. Hennessy

Th omas E. Henry

Michael Herbein

William H. Hermes

Earl W. Herring

James D. Herron

Edward B. Higgins, Jr.

Jeff rey S. Hill

Daniel R. Hobbs

John A. Hobson

Roland E. Hobson

Richard G. Hoey

Roger L. Hoff man

Kurt Holen

John Holster

David J. Hood

Jeff D. Hood

Kurt J. Hopf

Shimon D. Horowitz

Robert B. Howard

David H. Hudson

Steven P. Huse

John D. Hutsell

Clark S. Inman

George S. Ireland, III

Th eodore F. Jablonski

John P. Jackson, Jr.

Th omas J. Jacobsen

Manuel A. James

James Jannetti

J. Kevin Jirak

Christian Johnsen

Eric B. Johnson

Roger C. Johnson

William L. Johnson

Eldon D. Jones

Erik P. Jorgensen

Jorgen A. Jorgensen

Eleft herios G. Kanagios

Kris J. Karandy

Christopher G. Kavanagh

William Kavanaugh, Jr.

Sven E. Keinanen

James J. Kelleher, Jr.

John P. Kelley

Colin D. Kelly

Clyde W. Kernohan, Jr.

Joseph E. Keyes

Timothy R. Kincaid

John M. King

Robert E. King

Sandra Kjellberg

Robert E. Klemm

Henry C. Knox-Dick

Jonathan F. Komlosy

Johan Kooystra

Brian M. Koppel

Wayne L. Korb

John D. Kourian

Damian Krowicki

Vitaly Kuznetsov

Roy G. Labrie

Salvadore F. Lacava

Anthony C. Lafayette

Th eodore W. Laing

Mark L. Lamar

Cecil H. Lamb

Leonard W. Lambert

Mark Landow

William C. Laprade

John E. Larson

Keith Lawrence

Samuel P. Lesko

Michael Leveille

Th omas N. Lightsey, Jr.

William J. Lindros

John R. Lindsay, Jr.

Leif H. Lindstrom

Steven Lohman

Rogelio R. Lomahan

James R. Londagin

Karl P. Lonsdale

Manuel F. Lopez

Douglas M. Lord

Hughston E. Lowder, Jr.

Peter J. Luhn

Th omas W. Luke

John T. Lutey

Philip M. Lyons

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heard in Washington, D.C. Giving to the PCF helps protect our jobs

and in turn, the future of our daughter, Jesilyn.”

— MM&P members Karen Reyes and George

Darley, with their daughter, Jesilyn


Jeremiah F. Lysaght

Ross D. MacDuffi e

William C. Mack

Th omas P. MacKay, Jr.

Rohit Malhotra

Lewis M. Malling

John J. Malone, III

Victor R. Manoli, III

George E. Mara

Michael A. Mara

Todd M. Mara

Nicholas A. Marcantonio

Th omas C. Marley

John P. Marshall

Daniel J. Martin

Richard L. Maxwell

Marcus Mazsick

Alton R. McAlister

David McAulay

Rodney D. McCallen

Th omas C. McCarthy

Brent McClaine

Joe P. McCormick

Michael J. McCormick

Michael J. McCright

Michael G. McDevitt

Michael F. McGahran

Daniel F. McGuire

Kevin J. McHugh

David A. McLean, III

John J. McNally

Marci R. McNamara

Frank V. Medeiros

Francis X. Meier, Jr.

Nicholas Mellis

Louis A. Mendez

Colin Mepstead

Eric T. Michael

Mark P. Michals

William L. Miles

Joseph E. Miller

Steven J. Miller

Cloyde L. Miner

Bruce D. Mitchell

James L. Mixon

Klaus Moller

Steven R. Moneymaker

Jose Montero

Cesar A. Montes

Dale A. Moore

Nicholas C. Moore

George B. Moran

Jerome K. Moran

Edward A. Morehouse

John M. Morehouse

Th eodore R. Morgan

Stuart E. Mork

Paul A. Mospens

Brian A. Mossman

John Moustakas

Philip D. Mouton

Charles P. Moy

Darrin N. Muenzberg

Robert E. Murdock

Shane M. Murphy

Arthur R. Murray

Curtis G. Murray

David V. Myles

Daniel S. Nakos

Roland L. Nalette

Eric B. Nelson

Kenneth R. Nelson

Michael E. Nelson

Douglas A. Nemeth

In Memory of Capt. Glen

Leland

Joseph W. Neudecker, III

Joseph W. Neuman

Dennis Newbanks

George B. Nichols

Michael L. Nickel

Marc D. Northern

Nicholas J. Nowaski

Bernard Gerald O’Brien

Mary Beth O’Brien

Michael E. O’Connor

Robert J. O’Donnell

Gregory Oelkers

Peter R. Ohnstad, Jr.

Hans Olander

Timothy J. O’Laughlin

Patrick B. O’Leary

James E. O’Loughlin

Cornelius C. O’Malley

James E. Orton

Robert P. O’Sullivan

Michael B. O’Toole

Robert R. Owen

Jeff rey J. Oyafuso

Henry M. Pace

Glen M. Paine

Steven A. Palmer

Michael G. Parenteau

Robert F. Park

Michael V. Parr

Samuel B. Pearson, III

Georg Pedersen

Francis X Pelosi

Wesley C. Penney

Joaquin Pereira, Jr.

Joseph L. Perreault

Jerome A. Peschka, Jr.

Henry Petersen

Ronald A. Peterson

Ioannis M. Petroutsas

Andrew M. Petruska

Kerry D. Phillips

L.B. Eugene Phillips

Richard Phillips

William E. Phurrough

Arthur E. Pierce

Joseph P. Pierce

Sandra L. Pirtle

Kirk C. Plender

Elmer W. Poser

Joseph L. Pospisil, Jr.

James A. Potter

Demetrios A. Poupalos

George C. Previll

Carmon L. Pritchett

Joseph V. Pulitano

James W. Ramsden

Robert J. Ramsey

Patrick J. Rawley

John P. Redfearn

Scott B. Reed

Frank E. Reed, Jr.

Timothy R. Reinholdt

Keith W. Restle

James G. Rettke

Karen A. Reyes


Darley

John J. Reynolds

Javier Riano

Ronald E. Riley

James R. Robey

James J. Robinson

Jay M. Roche

Carson L. Rock

Th eodore F. Rodes

Christopher Rogers

G. Kenneth Rose

Steven M. Rose

Edmund J. Rothwell

Bruce Rowland

Dennis Ruff

Jon D. Ruff atto

Edwin W. Rutter

David C. Ryan

Th omas M. Ryan

Donald R. Sacca

Roberto H. Salomon

Wilfred H. Sandiford

Michael A. Santini

Edmund J. Santos, Jr.

Keith Sauls

Scott D. Saunders

Paul B. Savasuk

Th omas J. Savoie

John J. Schaeff ner

John D. Schampera

Charles R. Schmidt

Gary R. Schmidt

John F. Schmidt

Mitchell Schoonejans

Ross E. Schramm

Gary W. Schrock

Andrew Schroder

Henry L. Schroeder

Paul T. Schulman

William F. Schumacher

Joseph D. Seller

Alethea E. Shade

Rafi k A. Shahbin

Wahid N. Shaker

Plamen M. Shapev

Michael D. Sheeder

Ralph H. Sheffi eld

Daniel S. Shelton

Paul R. Shepard

Edwin L. Sherrill, III

Raymond W. Shipway

Travis A. Shirley

Ned J. Shore

Edward Simmons

Harold V. Sipila

Bruce W. Skillman

Ernest P. Skoropowski

Gerald V. Smeenk

Francis X. Smith

Frederick D. Smith

Joseph S. Smith

K. W. Smith

Michael D. Smith

Peter S. Smith

Glen E. Smith, Jr.

Frank W. Snell

Robert R. Spencer

Joseph B. Stackpole

Egon K. Stage

Paul W. Stallings

James W. StClair

A.H. Stegen

Carl W. Stein

Leonard A. Stenback

Richard C. Stephens

Robert W. Stevenson

John G. Stewart

Laurence B. Stone

Glenn D. Strathearn

Peter K. Strez

Tore Stromme

Charles A. Stukenborg

Roy T. Sturdivant

Andrew C. Subcleff

Th omas Sullivan

Chris D. Sweeny

Robert E. Sweet

Roy E. Tallaksen

Kevin M. Tapp

Th omas F. Taylor

Jason Teal

Antoine I. Tedmore

Arthur J. Th omas

Brian D. Th omas

Stephen N. Th ompson

Gary E. Tober

Norman B. Toroni

Adam Torres

Lee A. Townsend

Daniel C. Tucker

Shawn M. Tucy

Peter A. Tupas

James L. Turman

Stephen L. Turn

Jerimiah Lars Turner

Edward J. Usasz

Jose L. Valasquez

Roy K. Valentine, Jr.

Stephen R. Vandale

Robert Vasko

Eric C. Veloni

Glenn E. Viettone

Douglas C. Vines

Nancy L. Wagner

Jeremiah W. Walcik

Lacy J. Walker

Gregory S. Walsh

Janet S. Walsh

Harry Walton

Andrew A. Wargo

James H. Warmack

Ruffi n F. Warren

Steven D. Watt

Jerone P. Watts

William H. Weiss

Nathaniel R. Weissman

Michael K. Welch

Lawrence L. Welsh

John L. Westrem

Eugene K. Whalen

Gordon S. White

Michael Wholey

Ronald C. Wilkin

Lester S. Williamson

John A. Willis

Denis J. Wilson

Russell Wilson

Wesley R. Wilson

Stephen H. Wines

John B. Winterling

Kahai H. Wodehouse

John R. Wood

Christopher Woodward

Michela Worthington

Janusz A. Wozniak

Jose B. Yap

John B. Young

Frank Zabrocky

James R. Zatwarnicki, Jr.

George N. Zeluff , Jr.

PCF CONTRIBUTORS

The New MM&P WatchIt Fastens and

Unfastens in a Snap!

The newest addition to the elegant

line of MM&P Political Contribution

Fund (PCF) gifts is a highly polished,

two-tone watch that is easy to fasten

and unfasten. Perfect for any occasion,

this quality, union-made watch,

available in both men’s and women’s

editions, can be yours for a $200

contribution to the PCF. The watch

features the MM&P wheel on a cream-

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numerals stamped in gold. Make your

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or call MM&P Assistant Comptroller

Beverly Gutmann at 410-850-8700

ext. 11 for more information. Then,

wear your MM&P watch with pride!

Support America’s maritime workers by contributing to the MM&P PCF!

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PCFMM&P Political Contribution Fund700 Maritime Boulevard, Suite B

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Receipt is hereby acknowledged from:

NAME

ADDRESS

CITY STATE ZIP

IN THE SUM OF $

With my contribution or pledge of $250 or more, please send:

❏ A. MM&P Jacket ❏ M ❏ L ❏ XL ❏ XXL ❏ XXXL

With my contribution or pledge of $200 or more, please send:

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With my contribution or pledge of $25–$49, please send:

❏ M. MM&P Travel Mug

Members can select any combination of items valued at or below the donation. Contributors who fullfill their pledge with recurring payments on the Members Only section of www.bridgedeck.org will receive their gift upon reaching the minimum amount due. If you have already fulfilled your annual pledge, please check the box below and make sure to clearly indicate (above) your choice of gift.

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This is a voluntary contribution to the MM&P Political Contribution Fund. No physical force, job discrimination, financial reprisals or threat thereof has been used to secure this contribution. The contributor has been advised of his or her right to refuse to contribute without reprisal.

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