In 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...
Read MoreThe minutes for the regular monthly American Maritime Officers membership meeting held September 2 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...
Read MoreIn September, American Roll-on Roll-Off Carrier reflagged the ARC Freedom into the U.S. flag registry. American Maritime Officers working aboard the ARC Freedom, here in Incheon, South Korea, included Master Zachary Krissoff, Chief Mate Dean Lynch, Second Mate Garet Seibt Jr., Third Mate M...
Read MoreThe crew of the American Phoenix and an extra buoyant bean bag chair is all that stood between two fishermen and certain disaster in the Atlantic Ocean after the Jones Act tanker rescued the men off the Georgia coast. The two men, identified by the U.S. Coast Guard as Calvin Roman and Zach...
Read MoreAmerican Maritime Officers members working on the USNS Pathfinder, here in Barbados in September, included Captain Edward Templin, Chief Mate Luke Farrell, Second Mate Brandon Lee Braam, Third Mate Scott Andersen, Radio Officer Sean Outlaw, Chief Engineer Wendell Sprague, First Assistant E...
Read MoreWhat should have been a warm Welcome Home turned into a rescue mission after the occupants of a sinking sailboat needed the life-saving aide of American Maritime Officers members off the coast of Oregon earlier this month. On September 2, AMO Captain Ben Hopkins and his crew on the Crowley...
Read MoreUnited States Maritime Administrator Stephen Carmel visited the MV Cape Island in Long Beach, California in September as a part of a tour of the Port of Long Beach, where MARAD wants to explore the use of nuclear power to provide energy to the area and vessels. MV Cape Island, which is ope...
Read MoreBeginning September 14, mariners will submit applications electronically through Navita, which will provide guided workflows intended to simplify the application process and help mariners submit complete applications. To prepare for the launch, the National Maritime Center (NMC) is taking s...
Read MoreMilitary Sealift Command is in the process of replacing the M9 Beretta pistol with the M18 Sig Sauer pistol and the M14 Springfield rifle with the M4 Colt rifle. The replacement process is taking significantly longer than planned. Whereas MSC has repeatedly stated that there is NO requirem...
Read MoreCaptain Michael Zarycki receives the United States Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal from MARAD Deputy Administrator Mark Johnson. American Maritime Officers member Captain Michael Zarycki received one of the highest honors a merchant mariner can receive when the U.S. Maritime Admi...
Read MoreAmerican Maritime Officers members aboard the Maersk Pittsburgh, here in Savannah, Ga. in September, included Captain Tim Kelly, Chief Engineer Byron Gibson, Third Mate Alex Amba, Second Mate Joe Bonnell, Chief Mate Sven Axelsson, Third Assistant Engineer Quinn Myrick, First A.E. George Sc...
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