Membership Group Highlights
All-Female Deck Officers Aboard POTOMAC EXPRESS
All-female deck officers aboard the POTOMAC EXPRESS: Devon Klingman (3/M), Katherine Rastallis (2/M) center and Brittany Bergmann (C/M) on the left.
Nuku’alofa Aid Mission – Matson’s MV KOAMKUIKI
Article printed in the Spring 2022 edition of The Master, Mate & Pilot and written by David Kris Kopra, Master Matson Kamokuiki. MV Kamokuiki Crew Photo (Front row, left to right) Dan Marks, Robert Chung, Antonio Respicio, Kris Kopra; (second row, left to right) Kim Sterritt, Kris Skorodynski, Kwaku Addae, Ali Ali, Heath Heller; (third […]
Great Lakes LAP Course – Record Number of Participants
This year, the Great Lakes License Advancement Program recorded the highest number of participants ever, says instructor Chris Edyvean. The average class size is four to six, but this time, there were 12 mariners in attendance. The license type breakdown was typical he said, ranging from Original 1600-Ton Mate to Original Great Lakes Mate Any […]
Maryland Pilots in Class at MITAGS
Members of the Association of Maryland Pilots were at MITAGS in January to attend a matrix of courses that included Bridge Resource Management and ECDIS-ENAV. (Left to right) Eric Pickett, Noah Seiple, MITAGS instructor Richard Madden, Michael Lavin, Timothy Arey, Nicholas Nastasi, Eric Shea, Kevin Hanna, Christopher Leach and Harry Scott. The Association of Maryland […]
CHIMACUM Captain Hails Crew for Rescue
The crew of the Washington State Ferry MV Chimacum rescued a woman who had gone overboard on Thanksgiving Day while the vessel was on its regular run from Bremerton to Seattle. There was no information on how the passenger ended up in the water. When she was spotted off Duwamish Head near West Seattle, the […]