The U.S. Coast Guard has published an interim rule applying new port and maritime security standards that include additional responsibilities for maritime officers working aboard U.S.-flagged commercial vessels.
Raymond T. McKay Simulation, Training, Assessment & Research Center instructors Mary Ellen Rosen and Michael Galioto received the following letter from American Maritime Officers member Rod Walline, who had recently completed the 24-hour medical care provider course at the Dania Beach, Fla., facility.
Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings (D-SC), who has been a proponent of the American maritime industry and has supported several programs beneficial to the U.S. seafarers and the merchant fleet, in August announced that he will not seek re-election when his current term expires in 2004.
As the U.S.-led effort to rebuild Iraq continues, so does the sealift of cargo and vehicles as American ships bring home now unneeded and damaged military equipment from the Persian Gulf.
Matson Navigation Co. Aug. 28 dismantled a freshman lawmaker's case for Jones Act amendment.
The following remarks regarding the American merchant marine were recently made by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-CA).
Five more ships that served in the sealift for operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, and the American Maritime Officers members working aboard them, have been awarded the U.S. Maritime Administration's Merchant Marine Expeditionary Medal.
American Maritime Officers, the Seafarers International Union and the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots are fighting the effort to re-flag the MV Saturn, operated on the Great Lakes by Cleveland Tankers.
Three ships manned by American Maritime Officers in all licensed positions this summer resupplied for the entire year the 12th Space Warning Squadron at Thule Air Base, located in North Star Bay, Greenland.
