All MM&P Members – please login to the Members section of bridgedeck.org and be sure to click on Documents and then Plans Documents to view an important message regarding COVID-19. All MM&P Offshore Members – please login to the Members section of bridgedeck.org and be sure to click on Documents  and then Document Downloads to view an important memo […]

Dear Senator/Congressman*** – As Congress and the Administration put together economic stimulus legislation in response to COVID-19, I strongly urge you to oppose any use of taxpayers’ monies to bail out or otherwise assist the foreign flag cruise ship industry. These companies register their vessels in foreign countries and fly foreign flags. They do this […]

MSC has issued a memorandum that provides guidance on force health protection measures to prevent the spread of the novel Coronavirus disease, COVID-19. Click here to view the memorandum. It applies to all MSC military and civilian personnel, including civilian mariners, and it incorporates extensive updates recently promulgated in the Department of Defense and the […]

Please click below to see the two documents: Release of MSC’s Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Command Response Plan and Medical Guidance Novel Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) Command Response Plan and Medical Guidance

By MM&P Coast Agent Jeremy Hope In the last few decades there have been efforts to take waterfront property that has been used for industry and transform it into places of amusement, recreation and high end housing. The most recent iteration of this phenomena is the attempt to build a baseball stadium for the Oakland […]

Protesters held a series of rallies on Feb. 11 urging the governor and state legislators to restore funding to the Alaska Marine Highway System. Ten of the state’s 11 ferries are out of service, either because they need repairs or because the governor has taken away the money needed to operate them and the legislature […]

Please click here to view important Information about the Coronavirus from the ITF.

Matson’s new con/ro LURLINE made her maiden port call in Honolulu on Friday. Aboard the vessel at the time were MM&P licensed deck officers Captain Paul T. Schulman, Captain John H. Bloomingdale, Chief Mate Matthew F. Merrill, Second Mate Todd M. Mara and Third Mate Bert D. Burris. LURLINE is fast, with a top speed […]

The Maritime Administration has awarded Washington State Ferries a $1.5 million grant to help reduce the fleet’s carbon footprint. The grant was announced by the Department of Transportation earlier this month as part of a total of $7.5 million in awards to marine highway projects in nine different states. It goes to support the conversion […]