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 […]

Please click here to view an important message from Maritime Labor to all MM&P members and applicants.

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 […]

“Nothing could be more central than putting to rest the legacy of hatred and racism that plagues our country and cripples labor,” says MM&P President Don Marcus. MM&P has joined the AFL-CIO and the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department in condemning all forms of racism and violence, while underlining the labor movement’s pivotal role in addressing […]

The Coast Guard has updated its guidance on credentials, medical certificates and course approvals in keeping with national guidance on Covid-19. The agency has also consulted with the International Maritime Organization and other administrations to ensure alignment with respect to the extension of endorsements issued in accordance with the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification […]

MM&P and other U.S. maritime labor unions are asking Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to intervene to help restart the crew change process. Click here to read the unions’ letter.

The crews of five US-flag containerships are among the thousands of mariners who are essentially being held hostage aboard their vessels because of the breakdown in the crew change process caused by Covid-19. The crews of the five ships–operating in the Mediterranean, the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf, and all participants in the Maritime […]

On behalf of the members of Masters, Mates & Pilots, MM&P President Don Marcus honors every mariner sailing under the US flag—as well as the seafarers of the world—in a Maritime Day address. “All mariners today are working under duress,” he says, “but they are keeping the supply lines open.”