Membership Group Highlights

GRN Fit Out Crew for MV SAM LAUD
Tom Bell, MM&P VP Great Lakes & Gulf, sent us this picture from Toledo, Ohio: Grand River Navigation fit out crew for the MV SAM LAUD, (left to right) Captain Roger Rykman, Frank Leal, Dan Jasmund, Mike Mullen, Khayman Bacon, Dan Landry, Dan Roose, Liam Kilcoyne (green hat), and Nick Marchion.

Good Day for an A Book
Fred Holm stopped by to pick up his A Book and we made him slow down long enough to snap a picture. Congrats, Fred! (Pictured at HQ with MM&P’s International Secretary-Treasurer Don Josberger.)


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 […]