Fit out crew for the M/V Calumet with Grand River Navigation in Ashtabula, OH before the vessel sailed this season. Left to right: Captain Jake Christopher, Torrence Bonsell, Tom Banar, Mike Nerychel, George Finley (red hoodie), Chris Kloss, Kaleb Deming, Shannon Christman-Kreps, Brian Harvey (red hoodie sitting), Craig Bisson, Drew Bossu, and Steve Hammond.
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Please take a few minutes to read the Op-Ed co-written by MM&P Secretary-Treasurer J. Lars Turner regarding industrial land zoning in Seattle. https://publicola.com/2025/02/19/the-citys-maritime-industrial-area-is-no-place-for-housing/

The International Ship Masters Convention was held last week in Cleveland. Captain Bill Rabatsky, a former MM&P Representative, is the new ISMA President for 2022. He is shown with Tom Bell, MM&P VP-Great Lakes & Gulf Region, on the right. Congratulations Captain Rabatsky!

Thanks to the watchful eye of our friends at MITAGS, we noticed one of our members, Second Mate Madeleine Wolczko, recently sat down for a conversation with Captain Wubbold from Voice of Vashon’s From the Captain’s Chair. (Vashon Island’s own public radio and tv station.) Well done, Madeleine! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sXIsouLi-E&t=519s