UNIONS SLAM ESTABLISHMENT OF FLAG-OF-CONVENIENCE SHIP REGISTRY IN US VIRGIN ISLANDS

Feb 3, 2022 | News

A broad coalition of maritime and transportation unions has lined up in opposition to the establishment of a flag-of-convenience ship registry in the US Virgin Islands. FOC registries—also called “open registries”—allow shipowners to maximize their profitability by...

Wheelhouse Weekly, February 1, 2022

Feb 2, 2022 | MM&P Wheelhouse Weekly

Volume 28… Number 5…February 1, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: “An Affront to America’s Mariners”: Unions Slam Establishment of Flag-of-Convenience Ship Registry in US Virgin Islands Also in This Issue: New Safety Guidance Seeks To End Pilot Transfer Fatalities...

Dog Days of … Winter

Feb 1, 2022 | News

Sent from MM&P’s past International Secretary-Treasurer Steven Werse, who let us know that MM&P gear is great for days when it’s just too cold to be outside. Probably not the original intention of owning the MM&P blanket, but who is going to...

ISMA Convention – Cleveland

Feb 1, 2022 | United Inland Membership Group NEWS Highlights

Another great image from the International Ship Masters Convention in Cleveland last week. MM&P retired, Captain Ron Brzezinski (seated left foreground), Captain Robert Lund, MM&P member with City of Chicago – fireboat, and Tom Bell (seated right),...

ISMA Convention – Cleveland

Feb 1, 2022 | United Inland Membership Group NEWS Highlights

The International Ship Masters Convention was held last week in Cleveland. Captain Bill Rabatsky, a former MM&P Representative, is the new ISMA President for 2022. He is shown with Tom Bell, MM&P VP-Great Lakes & Gulf Region, on the right....