Membership Group Highlights

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: […]

MM&P VP Tom Bell visits MV American Mariner
MM&P Vice President Great Lakes & Gulf Region Tom Bell visited the MV AMERICAN MARINER in Toledo. From left: Hannah Anderson, OS Jahmad Lavoile-McLeod and Conveyorman Darryl Blackshear.

Panama Canal Fly-Over with MM&P Secy-Treasurer
MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer Don Josberger and MM&P Representative Eduardo Iglesias got a birds-eye view of the Panama Canal yesterday. The audio is helicopter noise, not dialog. The image above, left to right: Pilot Alvaro Alvarez, Don Josberger, Eduardo Iglesias, and Pilot Boris Arjona We look forward to more information about the visit, but for now, […]
GREAT LAKES REGION – JOB OPPORTUNITIES
JOB POSTING: GREAT LAKES REGION There are jobs for licensed and unlicensed personnel at Grand River Navigation and jobs for licensed officers at Key Lakes. If you are interested, please contact MM&P Vice President Great Lakes & Gulf Region Vice President Tom Bell, tbell@bridgedeck.org, or (216) 776-1667.

Northern Lights from MV MAUNALEI
Northern lights in April of this year, sent to us from Captain Lee Townsend, on Matson’s MV MAUNALEI in Cook Inlet, Alaska. The crew included: Captain Lee Townsend, Chief Mate Francis Meier, 2M Michael Parenteau, 3M Nicholas Martinez, and 3M Francis Loziere.

Alaska AFL-CIO President Joelle Hall & MM&P
MM&P Vice President-Pacific Ports J. Lars Turner said, “We have an important alliance with the Alaska AFL-CIO that helps protect our work with the Alaska Marine Highway System, Matson, Dunlap towing and DeForge Maritime towing.” MM&P’s Mike Murray, left, is pictured with Joelle Hall, President of Alaska AFL-CIO, and J. Lars Turner.