The rule of the sea transcends even geopolitical rivalries and was on full display this week as the American crew of the SLNC York was rescued by the Chinese crew of the Pacific Yantai in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after the York suffered a mechanical failure on August 18. All crew of...
Read MoreU.S. Maritime Administrator Stephen Carmel talks with an AMO member after he gave a speech at STAR Center about the future of domestic maritime on Tuesday. Carmel, a former AMO member, toured STAR Center and met with instructors and students during class hours to see how the modern AMO of...
Read MoreUnited States Maritime Administrator Stephen Carmel made a surprise visit to members of American Maritime Officers during the Crowley Maritime Officers’ Conference being held at STAR Center in Dania Beach on Tuesday and had a candid conversation about the recent Jones Act waiver exte...
Read MoreThe U.S. State Department recently announced several updates to the expedited Passport renewal process for credentialed merchant mariners, including a nominal change in the fee. All members of American Maritime Officers and applicants who need to renew their Passport should use the expedite...
Read MoreThe American Maritime Officers Membership Assistance Program (MAP) is a voluntary disaster relief fund established to aid current AMO members and applicants for membership who suffer damage to their property as the result of severe storms and natural disasters, such as Hurricanes Fausto and...
Read MoreAs the voice of the largest maritime labor union for U.S. Coast Guard licensed officers, American Maritime Officers vehemently disagrees with the Trump Administration’s decision to extend the already-unprecedented waiver of the nation’s chief cabotage law, the Jones Act. The pr...
Read MoreBorn on November 6, 1959, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Chris vonRabenstein began his maritime career in 1978 through the apprentice program at the Seafarers international Union’s Paul Hall School of Seamanship, class 271B. He hawsepiped his way to Master of Unlimited Tonnage with Ame...
Read MoreAmerican Maritime Officers members working aboard MV Pacific Collector, here in Portland, Oregon during a shipyard period in July, included First Engineer Justin Stahl, Chief Engineer Olin Johnson, Third Engineer Calvin Fear, Captain Mylan Jarett and Second Engineer Clive Steward. With the...
Read MoreReaction throughout the United States maritime community was tempered yet direct after President Donald Trump opted to extend the already-historically long waiver of the Jones Act to an additional 90 days earlier this week. Leaders from the commercial shipping, shipbuilding and maritime la...
Read MoreThe Jones Act tanker Garden State celebrated its tenth birthday with a special shipyard service in the Bahamas in July. American Maritime Officers members aboard the Crowley-operated vessel included Third Mate Michael Hodges, Second Mate Nicholas Panor, Chief Mate Shamus McDaniel and Capt...
Read MoreAmerican Maritime Officers members aboard the ballistic missile monitoring vessel SS Pacific Tracker, here in Portland, Oregon in July, included Third Assistant Engineer Scott Hansen, First A.E. Zach Ross (above) and Chief Mate A.J. Quinn (below). SS Pacific Tracker is operated for the U...
Read MoreMembers of American Maritime Officers joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the United Nations World Food Program and representatives of the U.S. Wheat and U.S. Rice industries as part of the relaunch of the Food for Peace program at the Port of New Orleans on August 5. The AMO...
Read MoreAmerican Maritime Officers members working aboard MT Empire State, here in California in August, included Second Assistant Engineer Cort Hansen, Third A.E. Eric Gollinge, First A.E. Anthony Larrabee, Third mates Ethan Lister and Max Fisher, Second Mate Jack Stancil, Chief Mate Albert (Andre...
Read MoreU.S. shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes increased to 3.1 million tons in July, an 8.7 percent increase compared to last year. The trade was also above the month’s 5-year average by 3.2 percent, reported the Lakes Carriers’ Association. Year-to-date, the Lakes limestone tr...
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 MoreAmerican Maritime Officers members aboard the tanker Shenandoah Trader, here in July after ratifying a new three-year Tanker Security Program CBA with U.S. Marine Management Inc. (USMMI), included Captain Thomas Knizewski, Third Mate Trevor Quigley, Chief Mate Chaz West, First Assistant En...
Read MoreThe MV Montauk is the latest addition to the U.S. flag fleet. Sealift Inc. and American Maritime Officers have come to terms on a multi-year contract to operate the multi-purpose heavy vessel MV Montauk, bringing more job opportunities to the AMO membership. Formerly known as MV Sjard, the ...
Read MoreAmerican Maritime Officers members onboard the MV Marjorie C, here in Honolulu with Kelsey Pfendler (center), included Chief Engineer Leowen Punzalan, First Assistant Engineer Elijah Hupper, Second A.E. Devin Whitney, Third A.E. Paige Albertson, Captain Eric Swanson, Chief Mate John Jacob ...
Read MoreThe International Maritime Organization has awarded the crew of the Stena Immaculate with their Exceptional Bravery commendation for heroic efforts after the tanker was broadsided while at anchor by a foreign-flagged containership last year. On July 7, through its 2026 Honours for Exceptio...
Read MoreThe minutes for the regular monthly American Maritime Officers membership meeting held July 8 have been posted in the member section of the AMO website, which is accessible to active AMO members and applicants. AMO members will need to click on the MEMBER LOGIN tab on the AMO website (LOGIN...
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