Membership Group Highlights

PLEASE HELP – MM&P PETITION
Dear Brothers and Sisters of Masters, Mates & Pilots, The Licensed Deck Officers (LDOs) at Alaska Tanker Company (ATC) and Overseas Shipping Group (OSG) voted in a free and fair election to be represented by Masters, Mates, and Pilots (MM&P), effective January 1, 2024, and October 22, 2024, respectively. Despite their legal obligation to negotiate […]

MM&P Secretary-Treasurer’s Seattle Op-Ed
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/
Licensed Deck Officers at OSG Vote for MM&P Representation
MM&P Celebrates Largest Licensed Deck Officer Organizing Win in U.S. Merchant Marine in at Least 50 Years! Licensed Deck Officers at OSG Vote for MM&P Representation Licensed deck officers at OSG have voted to be represented by the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots. OSG chief mates, floating chief mates, second mates, and third […]

USNS SISLER Images
Captain Wilbur Dahn III shared the following information and images from the USNS SISLER which was “somewhere off the coast of Honduras recently:” 3M Nicholaus Pehr is in white flight vest. CM Tamara Becker was HCO (in tower), 3M Noah Barto was Fire Team 1 Leader, 2M Elizabeth Livi was keeping the ship in the […]

Aloha from Horizon SPIRIT
Aloha from HORIZON SPIRIT with MM&P members from left: 2M Alan Arsenault, CM Christian Ranosa, Captain Chris Kluck, and 3M Shane Haggerty.

VP Lars Turner & President Don Marcus in Tacoma
Great image of two vessels crewed by MM&P members. Crowley’s Tug Protector with Seacor’s Green Ridge. MM&P Offshore members on the Seacor Green Ridge: Captain Thaddeus Grohoski, CM Peter Pizzarelli, 2M Patrick Boudreaux, 3M Christopher Lyons, 3M Sudrius Pasvenskas, 3M Jorge Salas Santos, 3M Jamese Early, and 3M Justin Storrs. MM&P members on Tug Protector: […]