Volume 25… Number 44… Nov. 3, 2020 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: “Seafarers’ Happiness Survey” Shows Slight Increase in Optimism About Crew Change Panama-Flag Car Carrier Arrested at Port of Melbourne for Crew Change Violations Also: Study Finds Risk of Virus Exposure on Aircraft Contracted to DOD Is Very Low Plus: Maryland Governor Takes the […]

Volume 25… Number 43… Oct. 27, 2020 STORIES COVERED Important: Vote for Candidates Who Support America’s Merchant Marine and Working Families News Flash: Special Notice For Residents of California—Vote No on Prop 22! Also in This Issue: “The Future of Autonomous Shipping Depends More on the Cost-Benefit Ratio Than on the Evolution of the Technology,” […]

Volume 25… Number 42… Oct. 20, 2020 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: China and South Africa Relax Restrictions on Crew Change MM&P Members Aboard BUCHANAN 5 Help Extinguish Fire in Stamford Harbor Vote for Candidates Who Support America’s Merchant Marine Mercy Ships Seeks Volunteers To Sail Brand New Vessel Plus: Long Overdue for Relief, Unpaid […]

Volume 25… Number 41… Oct. 13, 2020 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: “Some Foreign Mariners Blocked From Crew Change in US”: Maritime Groups Ask Congress to Help AFL-CIO: “Administration’s Violations of International Labor Standards During Pandemic Amount to Forced Labor” Lake Carriers Association President Talks Icebreaking, Ballast Water and More in Marine Log Interview Plus: […]

Volume 25… Number 40… Oct. 6, 2020 STORIES COVERED Crew Change: “Detain Ships To Stop the Humanitarian Crisis at Sea,” Nautilus Federation Unions Say ITF, Joint Employers Group, Warn Against Blacklisting Seafarers Who Are “Just Trying to Get Home” “Shocking”: On the Day POTUS Tests Positive for Covid-19, US DOT Rejects Mask Mandate for Commercial, […]

Volume 25… Number 39… Sept. 29, 2020 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Crew Change Crisis Takes Heavy Toll on Mariners, MM&P Captain Tells UN Panel HEROES Act Will Provide Emergency MSP Funding Significant Drop in Iron Ore, Limestone Shipments on the Great Lakes CMA CGM Hit By Cyberattack Sri Lanka Bars Captain of Tanker That […]

Volume 25… Number 38… Sept. 22, 2020 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: “Expect Accidents, Fatalities If Covid-19 Cost-Cutting Continues,” ITF Maritime Safety Experts Say International Webinar on Crew Change Includes MM&P Captain, ITF and Government Leaders Limited Reopening of RECs Charleston, New Orleans and New York MM&P Joins MEBA, AFL-CIO, in Statement of Solidarity and […]

Volume 25… Number 37… Sept. 15, 2020 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: TTD Unions Call on Congress to Pass Economic Relief Package for Transportation Workers International Maritime Organization: “A Humanitarian Crisis Is Taking Place at Sea” Administration’s Payroll Tax Deferral May Create Problems for Federal Employees Hurricane Sally Takes Aim at Gulf Coast; More Major […]

Volume 25… Number 36… Sept. 8, 2020 STORIES COVERED Special Report: Kenya Is New Crew Change Hub–Thanks to the ITF Plus: New Gallup Poll Puts Approval of Labor Unions at Highest Level in 17 Years TTD Salutes Transportation Workers on Labor Day Also in This Issue: Forty Missing After Livestock Carrier Sinks in Typhoon in […]

Volume 25… Number 35… Sept. 1, 2020 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Survey Shows “Little to No Progress on Crew Change” 2021 World Maritime Theme Highlights Mariners’ Vital Role Alaska Ferry System Needs More Funding Than Governor Is Offering, Advisors Say Army Corps of Engineers Readies for Next Phase of Soo Lock Construction Reopening of […]