Membership Group Highlights
ISMA Convention – Cleveland
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!
Army Corps Commits $479 Million to Soo Lock
Army Corps Commits $479 Million To New Soo Lock – Enough To Finish It At Last Detroit, MI – The most uncertain aspect of any federal project is the availability of funding to get it finished, but it appears the construction of a long-awaited new navigation lock at Sault Ste. Marie has, for now, crossed […]
LA Times Joins MM&P Members Aboard DELAT TERESA
LA TIMES JOINS MM&P MEMBERS AT WORK ABOARD DELTA TERESA At 0400, two days before Christmas, a journalist and a photographer for the LA Times stepped aboard DELTA TERESA as it idled at the entrance to Long Beach Harbor. The tug has been deployed by San Francisco-based Baydelta Maritime to the Southern California ports, now […]
Crew on the MV Kennicott
Greetings from MV KENNICOTT! The Kennicott runs from Southeast Alaska and Bellingham all the way out to Prince William Sound and the Kachemak Bay. (Left to right) Second Mate Andy Cockerham, Third Mate Chris Benedict, Third Mate Sarah McLean-Anderson, Pilot Drew Margerison, Captain Josh McGrath, Third Mate Shawn Epton and Chief Mate Katie Miller.
Greetings from MV Matanuska
After a stint in a Ketchikan shipyard, the Matanuska will resume its scheduled service in mid-December, running from Ketchikan to Bellingham, Wash., to pick up its generally weekly runs from Puget Sound through Southeast Alaska. (Left to right) New Third Mate Mary Zehnder, Third Mate Cassidy Patton, Captain Keith Hilliard, Chief Mate Ryan Seaver, Pilot […]
News from the Great Lakes Maritime Task Force
We are pleased to share some good news from the Great Lakes Maritime Task Force. Thank you MM&P VP-Great Lakes & Gulf Region Thomas Bell. U.S. Senator Gary Peters is 2021 Legislator of the Year Cleveland, OH – Today the Great Lakes Maritime Task Force (GLMTF) recognized the tremendous work done by Michigan U.S. Senator […]