Volume 20 . . . Number 52. . . Dec. 29, 2015 STORIES COVERED In this issue: Happy Holidays! Maritime Security Program Funding Boost Helps Ensure U.S. Sealift Needs Are Met, ILA President Says “Harbor Pilots Face New Challenges as Ships Get Bigger,” Wall Street Journal Reports Federal Highway Administration Re-Establishes U.S.-Flag Cargo Preference Requirement […]

Volume 20 . . . Number 51. . . Dec. 22, 2015 STORIES COVERED In this issue: MM&P Holiday Closing Schedule President Obama Signs Funding Boost for Maritime Security Program Overcapacity Continues to Exert Downward Pressure on Shipping Rates Labor News: U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez Cites American Automakers as Example of Benefits of Collective […]

Volume 20 . . . Number 50. . . Dec. 15, 2015 STORIES COVERED In this issue: MM&P Holiday Closing Schedule Maritime Labor Alliance Supports Workers at Delta Western Fuel Terminal More Attacks on Jones Act Expected in 2016, Says Hawaii State AFL-CIO The Master, Mate & Pilot Magazine Now Online Also: Unions Urge Australia […]

Volume 20 . . . Number 49. . . Dec. 8, 2015 STORIES COVERED In this issue: CMA CGM to Purchase APL Parent Neptune Orient Lines Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Signed Congressman Garamendi: “Energy Transport Impacts Security” Also: Huffington Post Staff Is Largest Digital News Group to Form a Union International News: Trade Deal That Would […]

Volume 20 . . . Number 48. . . Dec. 1, 2015 STORIES COVERED In this issue: More Containerships Idled as Trade Slows Maritime Security Program Funding Increase Signed Into Law Unions Strengthen Economies and Democracies, IMF Study Finds Sen. Patty Murray Honored for Strong Support of U.S. Maritime International News: Australia’s Maritime Unions Cheer […]

Volume 20 . . . Number 47. . . Nov. 24, 2015 STORIES COVERED In this issue: MM&P Holiday Closing Schedule APL Parent Company NOL in Buyout Talks New Study Finds Excessive Dependence on Foreign-Flag Ships Puts U.S. at Risk of “Sea Strangulation” On the Deep Ties Between the Strength of the Transportation Sector and […]

Volume 20 . . . Number 46. . . Nov. 17, 2015 STORIES COVERED In this issue: MM&P Holiday Closing Schedule Senate Passes Defense Bill With Increase in Maritime Security Program Per-Ship Stipend MM&P Members and Friends Honored at Admiral of the Ocean Sea Awards Ceremony International Transport Workers’ Federation Statement on Paris Attacks Also: […]

Volume 20 . . . Number 45. . . Nov. 10, 2015 STORIES COVERED In this issue: MM&P Holiday Closing Schedule House Passes Fiscal Year 2016 Maritime Security Program Funding Increase Export-Import Bank Renewal Closer Maritime Labor Honors Sen. Barbara Mikulski New Jersey LNG Terminal Could Lead to New Jobs, MM&P Official Says International News: […]

Volume 20 . . . Number 44. . . Nov. 3, 2015 STORIES COVERED In this issue: MM&P Holiday Closing Schedule TTD Unions Say: “Keep Maritime Out of Trade Deals, Protect Longshoremen’s Bargaining Rights and Boost Funding for MSP” International Longshoremen’s Association Endorses Hillary Clinton for President House Votes Overwhelmingly to Reauthorize the Export-Import Bank […]

Volume 20 . . . Number 43. . . Oct. 27, 2015 STORIES COVERED In this issue: MM&P in Executive Meetings With Military Sealift Command on Behalf of Bargaining Unit Members USNS CHOCTAW COUNTY Joins Fifth Fleet Labor Secretary Thomas Perez Gives Shout Out to America’s Labor Unions U.S. Shipbuilding Industry Slams Attempts to Link […]