Businessweek.com Isaac Arnsdorf, Bloomberg News March 07, 2014 http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-03-07/u-dot-s-dot-flagged-lng-ships-gain-support-as-export-costs-seen-rising

NPR, All Things Considered by NPR STAFF, November 10, 2013 http://www.npr.org/2013/11/10/244357940/merchant-marines-see-new-obstacles-in-food-aid-proposal

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By Kris Maher, October 23, 2013 http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/10/23/captain-phillips-helps-union-make-its-budget-pitch/

New Republic By Alec MacGillis, October 29, 2013 http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115387/merchant-marine-lobby-fights-its-share-farm-bill

Reuters (appeared in The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune) October 10, 2013, David Alexander http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-10-10/news/sns-rt-us-usa-fiscal-maritime-20131010_1_richard-phillips-somali-pirates-maersk-alabama

THE COLUMBIAN Maritime unions cry foul on grain companies They say unqualified, nonunion tugboat creates dangers By Aaron Corvin, Columbian port & economy reporter Published: September 26, 2013, 4:49 PM http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/sep/26/maritime-unions-cry-foul-on-grain-firms/

The Maritime Executive BY MAREX, July 31, 2013 http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/Maritime-Labor-Alliance-Working-To-Strengthen-US-Flag-Fleet-MMP-President-Says-2013-07-31/

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES By David Kashi http://www.ibtimes.com/tom-hanks-champions-real-captain-phillips-hero-very-dangerous-industry-threatened-budget-cuts?ft=c29d1