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FAMILY OF PILOT TIM MURRAY CREATES HAT IN HIS HONOR
Family and friends of Captain Tim Murray are reaching out to the MM&P community with this message. “Tim Murray was a great pilot, incredible husband, devoted father, and awesome friend. He had a heart of gold, and his tragic death at sea has left an immense hole in many lives.” “Tim was very rarely seen […]
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MARAD TO HOST NATIONAL MARITIME DAY VIRTUAL CEREMONY ON MAY 20
National Maritime Day honors the merchant mariners who bravely serve our country in peace and war. 2021 will be the 88th year that the Maritime Day commemoration takes place. This year, MARAD will hold Maritime Day online on Thursday, May 20, at 1030 EST. To view the ceremony, go to: https://www.youtube.com/c/MaritimeAdministration1950 The theme of the […]
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MM&P APPLAUDS APPOINTMENT OF CELESTE DRAKE TO LEAD ADMINISTRATION’S “BUY AMERICA” OFFICE
As a follow-up to his Jan. 25 Buy America Executive Order, President Biden has named former AFL-CIO trade official Celeste Drake as the first director of the administration’s Made in America Office. “MM&P enthusiastically supports the appointment of Celeste Drake to serve as the first director of the Made in America Office within the Office […]
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MM&P Members Tell Washington Post of Challenges the World’s Mariners Are Facing
“Global trade depends on maritime workers, but the pandemic has thrust them into a humanitarian and economic crisis,” begins the lead article in the business section of the April 9 edition of The Washington Post. The story, which takes its cue from interviews with members of Masters, Mates & Pilots, is titled, “Essential, invisible: COVID […]
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COVID-19 VACCINATION SUPPORT REQUESTED FROM OFFICIALS IN NY & NJ
MM&P President Don Marcus and Offshore Atlantic Ports Vice President Tom Larkin have written to officials in New York State and New Jersey, asking them to support efforts to provide Covid-19 vaccinations at facilities that will accommodate vessel crews, including out-of-state U.S mariners who have registered for inoculation, on short notice. Click here to read […]
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MARITIME UNIONS OFFER BIDEN INPUT ON HOW TO STRENGTHEN US-FLAG FLEET
The leaders of six maritime unions have written to President Biden thanking him for his support for America’s mariners and suggesting actions the administration can take to strengthen the US-flag fleet. “You have expressed strong support for the US-flag maritime industry and for the American merchant mariners who crew these vessels,” the union presidents wrote. […]
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2021 SPRING MM&P MAGAZINE AVAILABLE NOW!
Download current issue: Spring 2021 The Master, Mate & Pilot is published by the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P). The articles in the magazine are copyrighted by MM&P. For reprint permission, contact the MM&P Communications Office: communications@bridgedeck.org.
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MM&P MEMBERS ARE AT THE CONN OF MSC OILER USNS TIPPECANOE, “THE BEAST OF THE EAST”
MM&P members aboard USNS TIPPECANOE were on their usual tight schedule when they were interviewed recently for an article in “MSC Sealift” about the vessel’s role in an international combat readiness exercise. The Henry J. Kaiser-class ship had been deployed in support of Operation Keen Sword to carry out underway replenishments for US and allied […]
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WATCH: Jim Patti of MIRAID’s Testimony on the Impacts of Covid-19 on the American Maritime Industry
WATCH: (minute marker 34:35) Jim Patti of MIRAID’s testimony on the impacts of Covid-19 on the American maritime industry. He presented his testimony on behalf of MM&P and the other maritime labor unions and US-flag shipping companies that belong to USA Maritime. The hearing took place before members of the House Coast Guard and Maritime […]
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“AMERICA’S MARINERS NEED PRIORITY VACCINE ACCESS,” MIRAID PRESIDENT TELLS CONGRESS
The men and women who crew the ships in the US-flag fleet need priority access to the coronavirus vaccine, Jim Patti, president of the Maritime Institute for Research and Industrial Development, told members of Congress during a hearing this morning. If not, he told a House subcommittee, “given the differences in vaccine administration procedures among […]
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