Mercy Ships is proud to announce its brand new ship: the GLOBAL MERCY, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship. With this new vessel, Mercy Ships will more than double its capacity to deliver safe surgical care and medical training in Africa. With the doubling of capacity, Mercy Ships is also doubling its need for volunteers! […]

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World governments must mount a unified response to the breakdown in the crew change process that has left hundreds of thousands of mariners stranded aboard their ships in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, MM&P Captain Hedi Marzougui told participants in a Sept. 24 United Nations event aimed at raising awareness of the crisis now […]

Among other actions, delegates to the 88th MM&P Biennial Convention approved the following resolution. “[I]n the midst of a global pandemic and grave social unrest in the United States… notwithstanding all the other demands on his time and his administration… [President Trumka] took the time to carefully and equitably consider all points of view pertaining […]

The international summit held on July 9 to address the breakdown in the crew change process has yet to yield significant results, according to unions and shipping companies. The International Transport Workers’ Federation said Thursday it estimates that worldwide, there are now about 300,000 seafarers working aboard ship beyond their original contract. It said an […]

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MM&P and the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association have announced their endorsement of Vice President Joseph R. Biden in the race for President of the United States. Biden has been a strong supporter of the US-flag fleet and a champion of working Americans throughout his professional life. MM&P President Don Marcus and MEBA President Marshall Ainley […]

Pope Francis has expressed support for the thousands of mariners who are keeping the supply lines open in the face of the pandemic, and in particular for those who are stranded aboard their vessels due to the breakdown in the crew change process. “These are difficult times for the world because we are dealing with […]