American Maritime Officers attended Great Lakes Maritime Academy’s annual Mariners’ Memorial Service on November 10, the 51st anniversary of the loss of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. The Fitzgerald sank in a Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975. All 29 aboard were lost, 28 crew...
Read MoreAmerican Maritime Officers members onboard the Shenandoah Trader in November, here in Piraeus – the ship is enrolled in the Tanker Security Program and operated by USMMI under contract with AMO. Officers onboard the Shenandoah Trader in November included Captain Cullen Bozza, Chief M...
Read MoreAMO member Senior Mate Mike Fuhrman onboard the Bradshaw McKee while loading cement in Charlevoix in October. American Maritime Officers represents the officers onboard the Port City Marine Services vessel. ...
Read MoreA special AMO membership meeting will be held at 1 p.m. at AMO Headquarters in Dania Beach, Florida on Wednesday, November 18 to elect a Tallying Committee, which will have the responsibility of counting AMO 2026 election ballots with impartial election administrator TrueBallot, Inc. For th...
Read MoreRegardless of dues status, all members of American Maritime Officers, as well as all applicants for membership in AMO, have been mailed a ballot package by the independent third-party election administrator – TrueBallot, Inc. As required under Article IV, Section 5 of the AMO National...
Read MoreAs we near the end of 2026, AMO is well positioned financially, and we have lived within our budgets. Looking at the anticipated expansion of AMO in 2027, the AMO National Executive Board met on October 30, 2026, and determined unanimously in favor of a modest increase in membership dues to...
Read MoreAMO’s STAR Center was pretty in pink with a purpose as the entire Dania Beach campus supported Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October with not only their wardrobes, but also financial donations to the Susan G. Komen Foundation and participation in the More Than Pink Walk held to ra...
Read MoreThe minutes for the regular monthly American Maritime Officers membership meeting held October 7 at AMO Headquarters have been posted in the secure section of the AMO website, which is accessible to active AMO members and applicants. AMO members will need to click on the “Member Log I...
Read MorePreparations to close the American Maritime Officers office in Toledo, Ohio at the end of November began last week as union operations for the Great Lakes are transitioning to AMO’s established office in Traverse City, Mich. The AMO office in Traverse City – located at 830 East ...
Read MoreThe following letter dated October 27 was sent by the presidents of nine maritime unions and organizations, including American Maritime Officers, to the Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Congressman Rick Larsen, and the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee...
Read MoreIn a letter sent this month to Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, the Ranking Member on the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA), presented several questions seeking to determine if U.S. laws are being enforced as for...
Read MoreAmerican Maritime Officers members with the Express Marine tug Honor for shipyard work in Tampa, Fla. in October included Third Assistant Engineer Ray Godsey, Second Assistant Engineer Trevor Gray, Third Assistant Engineer Todd Potter and Chief Engineer Jackie Pruitt. ...
Read MoreMariner Credentialing Program Transformation – November 19, 2026 The following article was released by the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Maritime Center. On September 14, 2026, the Coast Guard launched the initial capab...
Read MoreA farewell celebration for the Cal Poly Maritime Training Ship Golden Bear was held October 9. The ceremony marked the conclusion of 30 years of service to the academy (1996 to 2026). Those attending included the AMO National Pr...
Read MoreThe Ready Reserve Force vessels Keystone State and Gem State were activated in September. In these photos, officers and crew members of the Keystone State prepared for the ship’s turbo activation on the West Coast. Both sh...
Read MoreMembers of American Maritime Officers working aboard the Ready Reserve Force ship Gem State as the ship prepared for scheduled shipyard work in October in Washington State included Chief Engineer Ross Shimel, Captain Mark Holman...
Read MoreOn Monday, September 14, the USCG National Maritime Center (NMC) launched the new application submission platform, NAVITA. This is the first part of a three-phase launch and each phase will include several iterations. For Phase 1...
Read MoreAMO members working aboard the Allied Atlantic in September included Second Assistant Engineer Mike Williams, Third A.E. Tim McDonald, First A.E. Jordan Harmon and Chief Engineer Derik Stubinski. AMO represents all licensed offi...
Read MoreIn September, American Maritime Officers assisted in the reflag of the MV Montauk, the latest addition to the U.S.-flag fleet owned by Sealift LLC. Sealift LLC and the union recently arrived at terms for a new-work agreement covering the officers aboard the Montauk, adding jobs for the AMO...
Read MoreAmerican Maritime Officers members working aboard Sealift LLC vessels the MV Maj. Bernard Fisher and MV Captain David I. Lyon, both stationed in South Korea in September, included Captain Andrew Scallin (Fisher), Third Assistant Engineer Brendan O’Rourke (Lyon), Second Mate Tom Kozar...
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