U.S. Shipping Partners has ordered two more double-hulled articulated tug-barges for domestic service under American Maritime Officers contract.
Rep. Christopher Shays has advised U.S. citizens to remain aware of crime risk at sea on U.S.-based foreign-flagged cruise ships.
Capt. John K. Hafner, shown here with AMO National President Michael R. McKay, has been appointed to the national executive board of AMO. Hafner succeeds Bob Kiefer as national executive board member, inland waters.
The new U.S.-flagged car and truck carrier Jean Anne this month will mark its first anniversary in domestic service--and the ship's owner is in the market for a second vessel for the same trade.
Capt. Andrew Kinsey, master on the large, medium-speed roll-on/roll-off sealift ship USNS Red Cloud, wrote the following for the February 2006 issue of Seapower, a publication of the Navy League of the United States. The USNS Red Cloud is one of eight LMSRs operated for the Navy's Military Sealift Command by Maersk Line Limited, which employs members of American Maritime Officers in all licensed positions on the ships.
Rear Adm. Robert D. Reilly Jr. assumed command of the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command March 10. He relieved Vice Adm. David Brewer III, who had served as MSC's commander since August 2001.
A federal judge in Washington Feb. 28 blocked a controversial plan by the Department of Defense to set new job classification, wage and labor relations rules for its civilian employees.
"Congressman Abercrombie has always been a staunch supporter of the American merchant marine and the laws and programs that support our U.S.-flagged fleet," said AMO National President Michael McKay. "He is among the maritime industry's greatest allies on Capitol Hill."
The proposed fiscal 2007 budget for the U.S. Department of Agriculture would alter U.S. food aid programs to the detriment of U.S. maritime and agricultural interests.
