Maersk Enhances Commitment to U.S. FlagMike Murray Will Head United Inland GroupHorizon Falcon in Dramatic RescueMM&P Testifies Again Before Congress

Vol. 43, No. 5 September - October 2007

Official Voice of the International

Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots

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INTERNATIONAL OFFICERSTimothy A. Brown, PresidentGlen P. Banks, Secretary-Treasurer

VICE PRESIDENTSMichael Murray, United InlandBob Groh, Offshore GulfDon Marcus, Offshore PacificRichard May, Offshore AtlanticGeorge A. Quick, Pilotage

Table of Contents

Vol. 43, No. 5 September - October 2007

Company News 1The three newly reflagged Maersk ships—Montana, Ohio and Iowa—are now underway.

News Briefs 2Mike Murray is new head of MM&P’s United Inland Group; Horizon Falcon in dramatic rescue; MM&P testifies before Congress on TWIC card and on the Coast Guard’s administrative law judge and marine inspection programs; members approve all shipping rules ballot items; reception for APL President Adams; Pacific Maritime Region contract news.

News From Headquarters 11MM&P and MIRAID advocate for members’ rights in multiple national and international forums.

Health & Benefit Plans 13More on PharmaCare, our new prescription benefit manager; compare mail order and retail pharmacy prescription costs using PharmaCare’s web site; Offshore scholarship program selection process open; Local 90 Burial Fund balance sheet.

Cross’d the Final Bar 15

MM&P Directory 17

Postal Service Statement of Ownership 21

Contribute to the MM&P PCF 22

MITAGS 25Congratulations to recent graduates of the Chief Mate/Master program; AB-to-Mate Training now available at MITAGS

About the CoverMaersk Montana, one of the three

G-class containerships that MLL has

added to its fleet to boost the capacity

and frequency of its weekly U.S.-flag

service to the Middle East.

The Navy Jack, a symbol of resistance which dates back to

the American Revolution, flies today on the jack staff on

the bow of all naval vessels. In accordance with a resolu-

tion made by the delegates to the 75th Convention of the

International Organization of

Masters, Mates & Pilots, every

issue of The Master, Mate &

Pilot includes a photograph of

the historic flag.

COMPANY NEWS

The three newly reflagged Maersk vessels—Montana, Ohio and

Iowa—have begun service to the Middle East as part of Maersk

Line Limited’s enhancement of its U.S.-flag operations. The three

G-class containerships, all with MM&P licensed deck officers

on board, were flagged in under the Maritime Security Program

(MSP). Adding the three vessels, Maersk says, will allow it to offer

its U.S.-flag customers greater frequency, capacity and reliability.

“These vessels represent a significant investment in the U.S.-flag

fleet and will shape the future of Maersk Line Limited’s U.S.-flag

liner business,” said John Reinhart, the company’s president and

chief executive officer, in an official statement.

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Maersk Strengthens Commitment to U.S. Flag

Aboard Maersk Iowa. Captain Bob Bowden (left) and MM&P Atlantic Ports

Vice President Rich May.

(Left to right) Chief Mate Phil Same, Maersk Line Limited Liaison Captain

Mike Rausa, Second Mate Bruce Forbush and Third Mate Aaron Widerman

aboard Maersk Iowa. Rausa made the first coastwise trips with all three new

vessels to familiarize crew with Maersk Line procedures.

Aboard Maersk Ohio. Captain Mike Leveille (right) and British Master Kevin

Bryant change flags.

Aboard Maersk Ohio. (Left to right) Second Mate Mark Stinziano, MLL

Liaison Captain Mike Rausa and Chief Mate Phil Same. In the background are

Maersk Director of Liner Operations Andy Anatharam (brown hard hat) and

Chief Mate Chris Kavanagh. Phil Same, the observing chief mate on the Ohio,

later went on to Maersk Iowa.

Aboard Maersk Montana. Captain William Mack (left) and British Captain

M.Willis.

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NEWS BRIEFS USCG Marine Inspection Program Needs Experienced CiviliansCivilian maritime professionals with years of experience should supplant Coast Guard officers in marine inspection roles, MM&P says. The union put forth the reasoning behind this stance at an Aug. 2 hearing before the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Port state control officers, marine inspectors, license examiners and accident investigators should all be seasoned maritime industry professionals with managerial experience, said Pilotage Vice President George A. Quick, who represented MM&P at the hearing.

Testifying for the Coast Guard was USCG Commandant Adm. Thad Allen, who admitted there were problems in the current system but insisted marine inspection should be kept within the USCG. Allen said he hopes to address professional competency issues by establishing a “blended” workforce of marine inspec-tors consisting of civilians, USCG officers and USCG enlisted personnel.

Quick testified that civilian maritime professionals could be brought into the marine inspection program in a number of ways. He said the first step could be a reorganization of the marine inspection and safety functions within the USCG. If that didn’t prove successful, the second step might be creation of a separate new federal Marine Safety Agency, he said. Specifically, Quick suggested the Coast Guard hire young merchant marine officers, with five-10 years of experience, as lieutenants and lieu-tenant commanders, and rotate them through billets as general line officers, but with a view that eventually they would become the managers and policymakers in the marine inspection service. Quick rejected a suggestion that the USCG recruit marine safety inspectors directly from the maritime academies on the grounds that actual experience in the industry and at least a management level license are needed to effectively perform the required functions.

Quick suggested that the field inspectors who interface with the industry on a daily basis be recruited from the ranks of younger retired merchant marine officers, in the mid-40s to 50s age range. “They are specialists who would be respected by the industry,” he said. “They could fill roles where professional mari-time competency and experience are needed to make informed decisions requiring professional judgment.”

Quick said that although he was encouraged by Allen’s open-ness to the idea of using civilian inspectors, the commandant’s concept of a “blended” workforce should be viewed as a tran-sitional phase only, during the five-10 years it would take to accomplish a complete restructuring of the USCG marine safety program.

Allen was given 30 days by Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to come up with a reorganization plan for Congress to review.

Mike Murray Will HeadUnited Inland Group

Washington State Ferries Captain Mike Murray is the new head

of MM&P’s United Inland Group (UIG). He replaces Steve

Demeroutis, who retired as UIG vice president on Aug. 1. Murray,

who has been a member of the UIG for 35 years, was appointed

vice president by the MM&P General Executive Board at its July

meeting.

“To serve the most professional men and women in the

industry as an MM&P vice president is an honor and a privilege,”

Murray said. “MM&P has earned the trust of members and com-

panies alike,” he said. “We have high standards and integrity that

I promise to hold strong.”

On behalf of the entire MM&P membership, Murray

expressed his appreciation to the outgoing UIG vice president.

“Steve Demeroutis has been a friend and a mentor,” Murray

said. “I extend a heartfelt thanks and best wishes to him and his

family.”

Murray took the opportunity to welcome new employee

Laurie Andersen as MM&P’s Puget Sound Office Manager. He

encourages members to call the Puget Sound Office, at (425) 775-

1403, and to visit the United Inland Group website,

www.mmp-uig.org.

Incoming MM&P United Inland Group Vice President Mike Murray with Sen.

Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and San Francisco Water Transit Authority (WTA)

Board President Charlene Haught Johnson at the keel-laying for the first of

two new boats being built for delivery to the WTA in late 2008.

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Members Approve All Shipping Rules Ballot Items All the proposed changes to the MM&P Offshore

Shipping Rules that were circulated for member ratifica-

tion in the form of a 90-day ballot have been approved.

The votes on all ballot items are detailed at right.

The Offshore Ballot Committee convened at 1000

hours on Aug. 3 in the conference room at MM&P

Headquarters at 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B, Linthicum

Heights, MD 21090. The members of the committee

were Robert Darley, former MM&P Atlantic Ports Vice

President, and Philip Mullikin. Also present were inde-

pendent ballot agent John Seibel, of Impartial Ballot,

and MM&P International Comptroller John Gorman.

Darley was elected chairman of the committee.

Members of the committee were dispatched to pick

up the ballots at the post office. They returned with

several postal trays containing the returned ballots.

On May 1, 2007, 1,152 ballots had been mailed to active

seagoing members. Of these ballots, 338 were returned

and counted.

At 1250, the ballot count was completed. The results

were as follows:

Item Yes No

1. Change in PRO registration time 265 71

2. Shipping card if laid-off 305 33

3. Leaves of absence 304 31

4. Company select list 193 137

5. Class “D” membership 245 89

6. Late fees 296 40

7. General registration 295 34

8. Same day registration 280 57

9. Job call, Honolulu 289 22

10. Third job call 286 28

11. Pierhead jumps 294 20

12. Unlicensed shipping list 289 22

13. Application for registration 278 35

14. Expiration of PRO registration 285 28

15. PRO dispatch order 255 56

16. Amendment of Shipping Rules 284 28

17. Return to work card 299 15

18. Retention of assignment slip 293 21

19. Permanent officer 278 34

20. Preamble subtitle 290 20

21. Company referral/select list 290 19

22. Next assignment 278 32

23. 15-day rule 250 47

MM&P dues can be waived in the event that a member becomes

“unfit for duty” for medical reasons, or is called up for active duty

in the military. The procedure for requesting a dues waiver is not

complex, and there is no need to include extensive documenta-

tion. To request a medical dues waiver, all you need to do is have

your doctor supply MM&P with an “unfit for duty” statement

that specifies the date on which you became disabled and the

date on which you will be fit to return to work. If no determina-

tion can be made as to the date on which you will be fit to return

to work, you must submit an updated doctor’s statement every

six months. There is no need to provide extensive personal medi-

cal information to the union. In the event that you are called up

for active duty in the military, you must supply a copy of your

orders. Letters requesting a dues waiver should be addressed to:

Marita Engler, MM&P, 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B, Linthicum,

MD 21090-1953. Include only the doctor’s statement or the copy

of your orders to return to active duty.

MM&P Dues Can Be Waived for Medical Disability or Active Duty

“If we have learned anything over

the years, it’s that our likelihood

of success in Congress is directly

related to our ability and willing-

ness to work together,” MM&P

International Secretary-Treasurer

Glen Banks told delegates to the

Seafarers International Union (SIU)

Convention Sept. 13. Banks told the

audience that all MM&P officers “are

totally committed to the proposition”

of working side by side with other maritime unions on key issues.

As examples of areas in which union teamwork has played a

decisive role, he cited enactment, reauthorization and funding of

the Maritime Security Program, as well as defense of the current

configuration of the food aid program.

MM&P International Secretary-TreasurerCites Recent Maritime Labor Successes

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NEWS BRIEFS (CONTINUED)

MM&P’s United Inland Group-Pacific Maritime Region (PMR)

has recently registered a number of important successes at the

bargaining table, reports MM&P San Francisco Branch Agent

Ray Shipway.

PMR recently extended, until spring 2008, the agreement

with Westar, which covers 34 tugs. In addition, says Shipway,

PMR has just written a three-year agreement, lasting until 2010,

for Foss tankermen in Los Angeles. The contract with Foss

covers three tank-barges and 25 people. PMR has negotiated a

one-year extension of the AMNAV NorCal agreement, covering

three new tractor tugs and a fleet of seven existing tugs. Finally,

the group has reached a tentative five-year agreement with Bay

Delta, which has just received the first of two new Z-drive harbor

tugs. The second tug is expected in December. Also in the news:

a successful wage opener for Blue & Gold. “The workload never

lessens, but we enjoy each and every challenge,” Shipway says.

APL’s President Adams was greeted on her arrival in New York

Aug. 17 by an all-star crowd that included USTRANSCOM

Commander Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, the new Federal Maritime

Commissioner A. Paul Anderson and APL Marine President Eric

Mensing. MM&P was represented at the event by Atlantic Ports

Vice President Rich May, shown in lower photo with Schwartz

(left) and President Adams Captain Bill Mahoney. The service will

have four U.S.-flag vessels on a Middle East/Far East run from the

East Coast of the United States via the Suez Canal.

New York Reception for APL President Adams

Contract News From MM&P’s Pacific Maritime Region

MV Cape Orlando recently completed a 92-day trip that covered

over 30,000 nautical miles. MM&P members aboard the vessel

were (above, left to right) Second Mate Gary Frame, Chief Mate

Joe Gors, Third Mate Taelson Larrow, Third Mate Bill Esselstrom

and Captain Andy Hetz. The vessel was activated in May, when it

successfully transitioned from reduced operational status (ROS)

to full operational status (FOS). “During our mission, we trans-

ported 848 pieces, or 25,574 measurement tons, of Department of

Defense cargo,” reports Chief Mate Joe Gors. “The voyage included

operations in Anchorage (twice), Fujairah, United Arab Emirates,

Al Shuaiba, Kuwait, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia and Port

Hueneme, Calif.” The “Mighty O” is a Ready Reserve Force ship

home-ported in Alameda, Calif. She is owned by the Maritime

Administration, operated by Patriot Contract Services and proudly

crewed by applicants and members of MM&P.

MM&P OfficersActivate the “Mighty O”

Military Sealift Command Accepts USNS ShepardMilitary Sealift Command (MSC) accepted delivery of dry cargo/

ammunition ship USNS Shepard on July 27 in San Diego. The

689-foot T-AKE vessel will crew 124 civil service mariners and a

military detachment of 11 sailors to provide operational support.

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In the wake of the controversy surrounding alleged improprieties

in the Coast Guard’s Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) pro-

gram, MM&P presented testimony July 31 before the House

Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation,

chaired by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.). MM&P, the only

union to present testimony at the hearing, was represented by

attorney William Hewig of the law firm Kopelman and Paige.

Hewig specializes in Coast Guard legal aid matters.

“Merchant marine licenses and documents are livelihoods,”

Hewig told the members of the subcommittee. “They are mort-

gage payments, college tuition payments and food on the table. It

is absolutely essential to the integrity of the Coast Guard’s regula-

tory and supervisory powers over the industry that the ALJs

who preside over this segment of Coast Guard authority be truly

independent from any control, supervision or interference by the

Coast Guard.”

Hewig made recommendations in his testimony about how

to make the system more fair. Under the current system, for

example, if a mariner requests an appeal of a decision made by an

ALJ, the appeal is heard by the Coast Guard Commandant. Hewig

advised the subcommittee to look instead to the Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) ALJ system as an example. Under the

system used for airplane pilots and dispatchers, an appeal of an

FAA decision is heard by a National Transportation Safety Board

(NTSB) ALJ, not by an FAA ALJ. Successive appeals, if they occur,

are heard by the full NTSB. The FAA program, Hewig said,

“serves as a good example of a system that operates at an appro-

priate arms-length distance from the involved Federal agency, and

does as much as possible to ensure that only those individuals

having no direct relationship to or involvement with the charg-

ing agency will be hearing appeals and deciding the fate of the

affected worker.”

The idea of having a different government agency hear charges

brought by the Coast Guard was embraced by Cummings and

by the subcommittee’s ranking member, Rep. Steven LaTourette

(R-Ohio).

Attorney Bill Hewig presented testimony for MM&P at a House subcommittee

hearing in July on the Coast Guard’s Administrative Law Judge program.

Hewig specializes in Coast Guard legal aid matters.

MM&P Testifies Before Congress on Coast Guard’s Administrative Law Judge Program

With 70 mph winds kicking up 30-foot swells, the MM&P-

crewed Horizon Falcon rescued two Chinese seafarers who had

been stranded in the ocean for two days after their Panamanian-

flagged ship sunk 375 miles northwest of Guam.

Hai Tong No. 7 had left New Guinea en route to China when

it was overcome by the storm surge of Typhoon Man-Yi, which

caused the cargo of the bulk log-carrier to shift. The Coast

Guard received a distress alert from the vessel at about 11 a.m. on

July 10. Other efforts to contact the ship failed.

The newbuild Horizon Falcon was the first to arrive on the

scene. It had just left Guam on the way to Yantian, China, when

it received a call to change course and join the search. To bring

the containership into safe recovery distance, Captain Tom

McDorr navigated rough seas filled with logs and other debris

from the sunken ship. A lifeboat with three seamen, under the

command of Chief Mate Kevin McCarthy, was dispatched to the

scene.

After one survivor was rescued, a swell knocked the lifeboat

over to a 45-degree angle, damaging the motor. The crew was

ordered to abandon the lifeboat and climbed to safety up the

ladder, bringing the survivor with them. A second man was res-

cued by crewmember J. Dacaug, an able-bodied seaman. Dacaug

harnessed himself to the pilot’s ladder, attached a grappling hook

to the man and lifted him to safety.

With flares from an Okinawa-based Navy PE Orion 225

airplane providing some light from above, the Falcon contin-

ued searching for survivors. The MV Coral Emerald eventually

joined it in the search. Later, a U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tender

from Guam arrived to relieve the Falcon, which was running low

on fuel. The Coast Guard suspended the search operation on

July 15, after 13 members of the 22-man crew had been rescued.

Besides McDorr and McCarthy, MM&P members aboard the

Falcon at the time of the rescue included Second Mate Harvey

Bert Smith and Third Mate Nicholas C. Moore.

Horizon Falcon Rescues Survivors of Sunken Ship Near Guam

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NEWS BRIEFS (CONTINUED)

Getting an original license via “the hawsepipe” today is difficult,

but not impossible. MM&P member Leonard Lambert, one of the

first hawsepipers in Seattle to qualify under the new STCW rules,

has written an informative book on the topic. His book, “The

New Hawesepipe,” published by Cornell Maritime Press, will be a

great resource to mariners.

The publisher describes the book as “a pragmatic reference

which explains all the U.S. Coast Guard and STCW ‘95 require-

ments for merchant mariners who want to get promoted and for

non-mariners interested in a well-paying, exciting career.”

To order a copy: e-mail joswald@cmptp.com; call 1-800-638-

7641 (Maryland residents, 410-758-1075), Monday to Friday, 8:30

a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; or send a fax to 410-758-6849.

Lambert, who as of this writing has shipped twice as second

mate on the Matson-contracted Ready Reserve Force vessel Cape

Jacob, is a Coast Guard-approved instructor at maritime schools

in Puget Sound. He has also worked as a limited tonnage mate

and master for tug and barge, passenger vessels, and coastal

freighters in Puget Sound, including research vessels in the Gulf

of Mexico. He holds a second mate unlimited, 1600 ton master’s

license, and is working towards an unlimited master’s license.

MM&P Member’s Book a “How-To” for Today’s Hawsepiper

“Remember the basics and just look out the window,” is still

good advice for the modern watchstander, even in this era of

technological advances, according to speakers at the first in a

series of meetings on bridge resource management organized

by the Nautical Institute. The meeting, which was hosted by

MM&P’s Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate

Studies (MITAGS), drew participants from as far away as India.

Speakers at the well-attended event, held Aug. 15, included:

MM&P Offshore member Wilbur Dahn, master of the Military

Sealift Command (MSC) container and roll-on/roll-off ship

SS Pfc Eugene A. Obregon; Christian Hempstead, formerly of the

Pacific Maritime Institute and now ECDIS instructor at the U.S.

Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point; and Jorge Arroyo of

the U.S. Coast Guard. The panel discussion was led by George

Sandberg, chairman of the Northeast Coast USA Branch of the

Nautical Institute.

All the speakers underlined the importance of basic watch-

standing skills. “One thing we stress on the Obregon is to stay

focused and look out the window” said Dahn. He urged that in

the future, new strategies be devised to incorporate input from

watchstanding professional mariners into the installation of new

equipment in the wheelhouse. “They’re the ones who have to use

it and they know where it belongs,” he said. Dahn told the group

that when he started out, “All we had was a grease pencil, a rapid

radar plotting ruler and VHF.” He said he hopes that during his

career he will see “integration of all the equipment in synergy

with the operator.”

The Nautical Institute is an ideal forum for the exchange of

professional information on cutting-edge topics, says MITAGS

Executive Director Glen Paine. He said MITAGS encourages

licensed mariners to join the Nautical Institute and participate

in its meetings. Among those present at the Aug. 15 event were

MITAGS students, instructors and MM&P and MITAGS staff

members, including Richard Beadon, an internationally known

expert in bridge resource management who works as a consul-

tant for the school.

Skilled Mariners Key to Effective Bridge Resource Management

Skilled mariners remain the most important component of effective bridge

resource management, according to speakers at a recent meeting of the

Nautical Institute. (Left to right) Christian Hempstead of USMMA, MM&P

member Wilbur Dahn, Jorge Arroyo of the USCG and George Sandberg of the

Nautical Institute.

MM&P member and author Leonard Lambert.

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MM&P has once again presented testimony to Congress about

the shortcomings of the Transportation Worker Identification

Credential (TWIC) program.

MM&P told members of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard

and Maritime Transportation in a July 12 hearing that TWIC

must preempt local access control schemes, not overlay them.

“Unless the federal government acts to ensure that the TWIC

program will preempt state and local programs, the maritime

workforce and America’s maritime transportation system will be

adversely affected without any additional security benefits for

our nation,” said Mike Rodriguez, Executive Assistant to MM&P

International President Tim Brown, who testified on the union’s

behalf.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has post-

poned the enrollment phase of the program, originally sched-

uled for July, until sometime in the fall. There has been no word

yet about whether the government will allow mariners more

time to actually obtain a TWIC. The deadline is still set at Sept.

25, 2008, although calls for the agency to delay the deadline have

been steadily increasing in view of the controversy and delays.

“Maritime workers are a mobile workforce, continually in

transit,” the union told members of the subcommittee. “If the

TWIC regulations allow each state, port and facility to develop

their own unique access control systems in addition to what the

federal government deems necessary, then the TWIC program

will become an unjustifiably burdensome and costly administra-

tive impediment to the efficient flow of commerce.”

Subcommittee members from both political parties chastised

the Administration during the hearing for the series of problems

and delays that have beset the TWIC program. “TSA has gotten

so very little right so far that I’m concerned that the people in

the real world who are going to have to live with this card are

going to have some very great obstacles to overcome,” said Rep.

Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.).

“It’s frustrating that we’re five years from enactment [of the

law mandating TWIC] and we still don’t have a card,” said Rep.

Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.). “Extremely frustrated doesn’t quite go

far enough to describe how I feel,” LoBiondo agreed.

Speaking on the Bush Administration’s behalf was TSA’s

Maurine Fanguy, who directs the TWIC program. Rear Adm.

Brian Salerno of the USCG also testified. Fanguy said the

numerous delays in implementation of the TWIC card were due

to TSA’s desire to “be in alignment with the latest and greatest

that America has to offer in terms of technology.”

MM&P has countered that one of the reasons TWIC has

fallen so far behind is the policy decision to use the unproven

FIPS-201 standard for the biometric identity cards, rather than

the widely used and internationally recognized International

Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards. The ICAO stan-

dards are used, for example, on America’s electronic passports.

Businesspeople testifying at the July 12 hearing argued that

TWIC could put them out of business. The president of a small

Annapolis, Md.-based company that offers tourist cruises on the

Chesapeake Bay says the college students on summer break who

work as deck hands on her vessels will choose other jobs rather

than go through the hassle of getting a TWIC. “They cannot

apply for summer employment and then wait 30 days for an ID

card,” said Debbie Gosselin of Chesapeake Marine Tours.

Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) chastised TSA for turning for

realization of the TWIC program to Lockheed Martin, the

contractor embroiled in controversy over the USCG’s Deepwater

fleet renovation. “The folks you hired to do this are the same

ones who didn’t think you needed waterproof radios, waterproof

radar or waterproof GPS on the exposed bridge of your 110-ft

cutters,” he said.

Cummings told Fanguy and Salerno he was going to call

them back in 90 days for an update on the program. He asked

other witnesses at the hearing, including MM&P, to provide

information to the subcommittee on how Congress can inter-

vene to “fix” the TWIC program at this point.

MM&P Testifies Before Congress Once Again on Shortfalls of TWIC Identity Card Program

Do You Have a Photo of the Zoella Lykes?“I am searching for a photo of the freighter Zoella Lykes,” writes

Eric Dietrich-Berryman of Virginia Beach. “I applied for and

was approved for immigration on the German quota for 1957

and embarked on Zoella Lykes from Liverpool to the Port of

Mobile, where I landed May 16, 1958, as a 17-year old immi-

grant. I would have come sooner but by 1958, 17 had become

the minimum age for unaccompanied immigration. I know

that Lykes Lines is history now and there is no office remain-

ing to write to for a photograph. It is my hope that one of your

readers served aboard Zoella Lykes, or has a friend who did and

who might be willing to share a photo of the ship.

“Like many immigrants to the United States, I have never

looked back on the decision to make a life here. Seventeen-

year-olds are not known for being especially insightful but I

knew with an unwavering fierceness that Europe was a hapless

place. America was the future. I was right. Now, as I approach

the half century mark of my landing and plan the family hoopla

we’ll have next May, I am collecting the papers, pictures and

bits and pieces of that long ago for my children and grandchil-

dren, as well as for myself.”

If you have a photo of the Zoella Lykes, please contact: Eric

Dietrich-Berryman, PhD, Commander, USN retired, 2200

Maple Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23451; 757-496-2473;

757-270-7487 (cell); berryman2@earthlink.net.

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NEWS BRIEFS (CONTINUED)

MM&P Mans AFL-CIO Booth at State Fair

Staffers at MM&P

International Headquarters

were pleased to be on the

receiving end of photos

from the crew of MV Green

Point. “The vessel’s recent

voyages have included

Australia, northern Europe,

Mediterranean ports, the

Middle East, Singapore

and Japan,” reports Captain John E. Belcourt. “Now we are in

the semi-finals of our Green Point Lane Bowling Tourney. All

departments are represented and the competitive tension is

palpable.” The winner will receive $300 and his or her photo

will be proudly displayed on the bulkhead. Second place win-

ner receives $100 and the high score bowler receives $100. In the

photos above, members of the crew take time off for sightseeing

at the Parthenon, and the vessel is shown in its approach to the

Columbia River Bar. “All on the Green Point share in amity and

commitment to put in that extra to make it all work,” Belcourt

says. “I greatly appreciate the Green Point crew.”

News From MV Green Point

MM&P International President Tim Brown met with MM&P

members in the Houston area this spring. (Above) Brown with

Gulf Ports Vice President Bob Groh and Agent-Gulf Ports Wayne

Farthing take questions from members. Among the topics that

were discussed: the MM&P Offshore Pension Plan and the mail

order drug program offered by MM&P Plans’ new prescription

benefit manger, PharmaCare.

Houston Union Meeting Focuses on Pension, New Prescription Benefit Manager

MM&P members stepped up to the plate to run the Baltimore AFL-CIO booth at the Maryland State Fair in August. Continuing in a

long tradition, members of the MM&P community came out in force to man the booth and talk up the benefits of union membership

to visitors to the fair. (Left) MM&P International President Tim Brown, MITAGS Executive Director Glen Paine and MM&P member

Keith Finnerty took the first shift. (Right) Brown, Assistant Comptroller Beverly Gutmann, International Secretary-Treasurer Glen Banks

and Mike Rodriguez, Executive Assistant to the President, report for duty at the booth.

Houston Union Meeting

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Representatives of the U.S. Embassy in Chile and U.S. Navy offi-

cers and sailors serving aboard USS Pearl Harbor paid tribute to

seamen killed more than a century ago at a May 25 wreath-laying

ceremony held at “Cemeterio de Dissidentes” in Valparaiso.

Captain Richard Goodwyn, Defense and Naval attache for the

U.S. Embassy in Santiago (left), and Captain Randy Snyder

(right), commander of Destroyer Squadron-40, commemorated

USS Essex sailors killed in the War of 1812, USS Baltimore sailors

killed during a riot on Oct. 16, 1891, and USS Pensacola sailors

who died in January 1883 while their ship was conducting routine

operations from Valparaiso.

Approximately 30 sailors paid their respects during the cere-

mony. USS Pearl Harbor Command Chaplain Lt. Dennis Wheeler

led prayers and wreaths were laid at two separate monuments

bearing the names of those lost on the ships. “This was a very

moving and meaningful ceremony and an excellent opportunity

for those in attendance to show respect to the fallen as well as

acquire more knowledge of U.S. naval history,” Goodwyn said.

As reported in The Master, Mate & Pilot last year, MM&P

member Bertil James Haney had found the graves in the cem-

etery near his house in Valparaiso, and was dismayed to learn

that the U.S. government was apparently unaware of their

existence. He and his son, Bertil Haney Jr., placed U.S. flags on

the graves on the Fourth of July and the anniversary of the 1812

battle. Haney wrote to Goodwyn asking that more be done to pay

homage to these brave men. After thanking Haney for calling the

situation to his attention, Goodwyn set to work. The result was

the wreath-laying ceremony, at which the fallen sailors received

their long-overdue recognition.

“Forgotten Graves” of Fallen Mariners Remembered at Wreath-Laying Ceremony

As part of the community outreach effort at MM&P’s training

institute, MITAGS, a group of young people from the Baltimore-

Washington area were recently given an opportunity to learn about

the life and work of today’s merchant mariners. Under the super-

vision of MITAGS instructors, the children were able to experi-

ence the tug simulator first-hand. They also heard from MM&P

member Mary Jane Shelley about life aboard ship. A highlight of

the tour was the Underhill Planetarium, which projects 1,200 stars,

the sun, the moon and five planets. There, the group learned how

mariners navigate by the stars. Among the comments of the par-

ticipants: “It was awesome!” “I could pilot all day…” “Piloting ships

and the planetarium were cool, really cool.”

Kids Visit MITAGSPlanetarium, Simulators

Rear Adm. Robert Reilly, commander of Military Sealift Command,

discussed the maritime industry with MM&P Government Group

Representative Randi Ciszewski at a recent meeting of the United

Seamen’s Service. Reilly, a keynote speaker at the event, seized the

opportunity to emphasize his support for the merchant marine and

the civilian mariners that MM&P represents.

MSC Commander WithGovernment Fleet Rep

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NEWS BRIEFS (CONTINUED)

ISC Headquarters Now in Mobile, Ala.

Union Leaders Turn Out for Sen. Ben CardinMM&P International President Tim Brown, Secretary-Treasurer

Glen Banks and Ernie Grecco, president of the Metropolitan

Baltimore Council of AFL-CIO Unions, were among the union

leaders who rallied in April to show their support for labor-

friendly elected officials and candidates. The venue was the

Committee on Political Education (COPE) dinner, at which

newly elected Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin was honored.

Sealand Motivator Hosts Junior Crewmembers on Coastwise Voyage

The children of MM&P member Terry Williams, Savannah

and General, recently set sail with their mother, Sheree, on a

12-day coastwise voyage on Sealand Motivator with Captain

Kevin O’Halloran and Captain John Finney. While on the trip,

the children visited Williamsburg, Va., and NASA in Houston.

Their mother says they most enjoyed the movie locker, unlim-

ited ice cream and water gun fights with Finney.

—Katy Bradford

Captain Kevin O’Halloran presents Savannah and General Williams with

good shipmate discharges at the end of their 12-day voyage on Sealand

Motivator.

News briefs continued on page 21…

MM&P-contracted International Shipholding Corporation (ISC) has moved its headquarters to the tallest office building in Mobile: the

RSA Battle House Tower. ISC subsidiary Waterman Steamship Corporation was already headquartered in the city. Through its subsidiaries,

ISC is engaged in various types of waterborne freight transportation including: rail-ferry transport, domestic coastwise services and pure

car-truck carrier services. MM&P Gulf Ports Vice President Bob Groh visited ISC at its new headquarters in July.

—Katy Bradford

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NEWS FROM HEADQUARTERS

It has been a very busy summer for MM&P. We have partici-

pated in meetings of the International Maritime Organization

(IMO), testified at Congressional hearings and worked, under

the auspices of the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory

Committee (MERPAC), on the U.S. Coast Guard’s medical

policy. Here is an update on the key developments of the past

few months.

Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)

Officials of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

and its contractors, Lockheed Martin and Deloitte, have

advised TWIC stakeholders that they expect to begin issuing

TWIC cards this fall. As this issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot

went to press, however, the government had not yet made

available any system for maritime workers to enroll to receive

the card. Mariners have until Sept. 25, 2008 to obtain a TWIC.

MM&P and others are arguing that the 2008 deadline should

be pushed back given the government’s delays in getting the

program started. But TSA and the USCG say they have no

plans to move the deadline—at least until the program is up

and running. Until Sept. 25, 2008, merchant mariners will be

allowed unescorted access to secure areas in terminals and

ports when they show a valid photo ID with either a Merchant

Mariner’s Document (MMD) or a USCG license.

On July 2, the USCG published Navigation and Vessel

Inspection Circular (NVIC) 03-07 entitled “Guidance for the

Implementation of the Transportation Worker Identification

Credential (TWIC) Program in the Maritime Sector.” The

NVIC provides guidance on the implementation of the TWIC

Final Rule, which made several changes to 33CFR Chapter I,

subchapter H, 46CFR Chapter I, subchapter B, and 49CFR

Chapter XII subchapter D of the Code of Federal Regulations.

On July 12, I testified on the TWIC program before the

House Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime

Transportation. The hearing focused on the delays in the

TWIC program and on the relationship of the disqualifying

crimes to the determination that a person is “a terrorism secu-

rity risk.” MM&P, seafaring labor and transportation labor all

opposed taking the disqualifying crimes out of the TSA regu-

lations and putting them into the U.S. Code. We argued that

TSA should have the flexibility to adjust the list after govern-

ment and industry gain experience with the program.

Ultimately, however, the list of TWIC disqualifying crimes

was incorporated into the U.S. Code through its inclusion in

the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission

Act of 2007. Transportation labor did succeed, however, in

convincing Congress to give TSA the authority to modify by

rulemaking the list of disqualifying offenses.

MM&P members should monitor this publication and The

Wheelhouse Weekly for news on TWIC. In addition, TSA and

the USCG maintain “Help” resources at the following web-

sites: www.tsa.gov/TWIC and www.homeport.uscg.mil. You

may also call: (866) DHS-TWIC and (877) MTSA-AID.

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

We have continued to monitor the status of a number of issues

moving through the IMO. MM&P attends IMO meetings as

a member of the International Transport Workers Federation

(ITF) delegation. It is through our work on this delegation

that we advocate for the interests of our members in the inter-

national arena.

IMO Facilitation Committee

The 34th session of the IMO Facilitation Committee (FAL

34) convened in London the week of March 26. As reported

in the May-June issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot, a major

issue on the table was an attempt by certain member states

to introduce an amendment to the FAL Convention that

MM&P, MIRAID, Advocate for Members’ Interests in Multiple Arenas

Mike Rodriguez

MM&P and MIRAID were frequent visitors to Capitol Hill over the summer.

Here MIRAID Representative Steve Wines, MM&P Pilot Membership Group

Vice President George Quick and Mike Rodriguez, Executive Assistant to

MM&P International President Tim Brown, compare notes outside the offices

of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

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would require visa information be included in crew lists.

This proposal was strongly opposed by the ITF and many

others because it would run counter to International Labor

Organization (ILO) Convention 185 (C 185), which provides

guidelines for Seafarers’ Identity Documents. The amendment

would have had the effect of requiring every seafarer to have

a visa before entering a country for shore leave. After a great

deal of work, the proposal was rejected.

During the meeting, a working group considered the secu-

rity and facilitation of the movement of closed cargo trans-

port units (CTUs) within the context of the ISPS Code and

the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) SAFE Framework

of Standards and Authorized Economic Operator (AEO)

Guidelines. While the SAFE Framework and AEO Guidelines

provide guidance for supply chain operators with respect to

personnel practices, they are silent with respect to the rights

of seafarers. Our concern was that any guidance generated

by FAL 34 should reaffirm the rights of workers in accor-

dance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security

Code (ISPS) and the ILO/IMO Code of Practice for Security

in Ports. The debate will continue at the Maritime Safety

Committee (MSC 83) meeting in Copenhagen in October.

The joint Maritime Safety Committee FAL working

group also considered the United Nations Global Counter-

Terrorism Strategy. The working group concluded that most

of the issues raised by the strategy were relevant to the 2005

Protocols to the 1988 Suppression of Unlawful Acts at Sea

treaties. Following our intervention, with support from the

International Chamber of Shipping and others, the working

group agreed to recommend to the full committee that IMO

should develop training and guidance with respect to seafar-

ers’ rights related to the conduct of boardings at sea.

Safety of Navigation Subcommittee

Key agenda items at the 53rd session of the Safety of

Navigation Subcommittee (NAV 53) were development of

guidelines and standards for Integrated Navigation Systems

(INS) and Integrated Bridge Systems (IBS), carriage require-

ments for Electronic Chart Display Information Systems

(ECDIS), and control of ships in an emergency.

The INS/IBS issue touched on consistent treatment of

alarms. The committee also considered carriage requirements

for watch alarm systems. While ITF agreed in principle, we

underscored our view that these alarms should not be used

to reduce manning in the wheelhouse. In addition, alarms do

not address the problem of fatigue.

There was considerable debate regarding the availability

of electronic navigation charts (ENC) and making ECDIS

mandatory given that ENCs are not available worldwide and

must be backed up.

Proposals for guidance relating to control of ships in an

emergency were intensely debated at NAV 53. This item is a

direct reaction by IMO to the Prestige incident.

The guidelines seek to avoid misunderstandings as to who

is responsible in cases in which a ship’s master is ordered to

take action against his/her judgment. ITF’s concern was that

the draft guidelines took control away from the master and

that the master should be allowed to communicate with the

owner or designated person at all times.

ITF intervened to include language in the document’s

General Guidance that would reaffirm the master’s authority

to take action to protect the lives of those on board.

These issues will come up again when the Maritime Safety

Committee meets in Copenhagen, Oct. 3-12. Among the top-

ics on the agenda that are important to labor will be manning,

a comprehensive review of STCW and alternative certification.

This meeting will be preceded, Oct. 1-2, by a meeting of the

ITF. MM&P Pilot Membership Group Vice President George

Quick and I will attend these meetings as part of the ITF

delegation.

USCG Medical Policy

The Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee

(MERPAC) is set to resume discussion of the USCG’s pro-

posed medical policy: As this issue of The Master, Mate &

Pilot was going to press, MERPAC was scheduled to meet at

the Calhoun Marine Engineering School in Easton, Md.

Since the last meeting on the NVIC, held June 27-28 at

MITAGS and reported in the July-August edition of The

Master, Mate & Pilot, MERPAC has formed six working

groups to focus on specific unresolved elements of the NVIC.

These working groups are looking into standards with respect

to vision, hearing, seizures, sleep apnea and the use of nar-

cotics. I am chair of the sixth working group, which is con-

sidering job/task analyses aboard vessels with a view toward

developing guidance for waivers.

MM&P’s position on this issue remains that the NVIC is too

complicated and costly and leaves little discretion to the medi-

cal examiner who actually evaluates the mariner. We believe the

USCG should conduct a meaningful study to determine if the

overly burdening approach in the NVIC is justified.

If you have any comments on any of the material presented

in this article, please contact me at mrodriguez@bridgedeck.org

or (410) 850-8700 ext. 23.

NEWS FROM HEADQUARTERS

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Masters, Mates & Pilots Plans

Our New Prescription Benefit Manager, PharmaCareIt’s been several months since the

Health & Benefit Plan transferred

administration of our prescription

drug program to a new prescrip-

tion benefit manager, PharmaCare.

Many members and their depen-

dents have already ordered pre-

scription drugs from PharmaCare

and are therefore familiar with its

procedures. If you have not recently

obtained a prescription at your

retail drug store, please remember the next time you do

so to give the pharmacist your new Health & Benefit

Plan Identification Card, which has PharmaCare’s

information on it. If you do not have your card with

you, you will need to provide the pharmacist with the

following information: your full member identification

number (which has not changed); the RxGroup number -

Z50136968; the RxBin number - 610468; and the RxPCN

number - PC2. If your pharmacist has any questions, he

or she should call PharmaCare at (800) 503-3241.

If you regularly take medication for a chronic condi-

tion, you may want to order your prescription through

PharmaCare’s mail order program, PharmaCare Direct.

The mail order program allows you to have up to a

90-day supply of your medication delivered directly to

your home. If you decide to use the mail order service,

please review the Prescription Benefit booklet that was

mailed to you with your new Plan Identification Card.

When you submit your first prescription, you must fill

out a Confidential Mail Service Enrollment Form. You

can return the form to PharmaCare Direct in the pre-

paid envelope attached to the booklet. Don’t forget to

include the coupon on the last page of the booklet: it’s

valid for up to $25.00 off your co-payment the first time

you use PharmaCare Direct.

The Plan’s Prescription Benefit Program covers thou-

sands of members and their dependents and hundreds

of prescriptions are processed for our membership on

a daily basis. Overall, the transi-

tion to the new prescription benefit

manager has been relatively smooth.

I know that the Plan’s staff worked

very hard to resolve problems that

occurred during the transition, and

I would like to thank each and every

one of them for the assistance they

provide.

Check the Cost of Your PrescriptionsPharmaCare offers an online service

that allows you to quickly and easily

find out how much your co-payment would be through

PharmaCare Direct as compared to a local pharmacy.

Log on to https://www.pharmacare.com/openenroll/

mmp and follow these simple steps:

▶ The first screen welcomes you as an MM&P member

▶ Click “go”

▶ Select an option, then click “continue”

▶ The next screen will be the Co-Pay Counselor page:

to begin, select the name of your medication. For

example, if you want to check the price of a medica-

tion called Benicar, type in Benicar and click “search”

▶ Check the box that indicates the strength of the

medication you are taking and the dosage, and answer

“yes” to the next question. You will be told whether the

medication has a generic equivalent and you will be

asked if you would like to pick a participating retail

pharmacy in your area

▶ Click “yes” and enter the zip code, distance and type

of pharmacy

▶ Click on the pharmacy you will be using

▶ Click on “add” to Co-Pay Counselor

▶ Click “calculate price” and you will see your

co-pay for retail as opposed to mail order.

(see top of next page for example)

Administrator’s ColumnPatrick McCullough

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Offshore Scholarship Program

Applications for the 2008-09 Scholarship Program are now avail-

able for eligible dependent children of Offshore members and

co-pay pensioners in good standing. Applicants must be high

school seniors during the 2007-08 school year. Please contact

Madeline Petrelli at the Plan Office at (410) 850-8615 to request

an application packet.

Completed applications must be returned to the Plan

Office no later than Nov. 30 for review and processing by the

Scholarship Recognition Award Program in Princeton, N.J. The

Scholarship Recognition Award program reviews the qualifica-

tions of the applicants and selects the winners. The names of

the selected students will be presented to the Trustees for final

approval at their June 2008 meeting.

Local 90 Burial FundAs many of you know, the Plan Office in Linthicum Heights

began to administer the Local 90 Burial Fund in December

1997, after the Plan’s West Coast representative retired. The Plan

administrator presented a detailed review of the fund to the

Board of Trustees in February 1998. According to the review,

when the Plan took over administration of the fund, the situation

was as follows:

1. There were 1,146 eligible participants and $74,279.00 in

assets available to pay benefits under the fund.

2. Ten other people were listed by the West Coast Plan

Office as being eligible for benefits under the fund. But

because they had not responded to recent communica-

tions, their correspondence was held in a “pending” file.

3. Under the rules of the Local 90 Burial Fund, benefits are

payable as long as there are funds available to pay them.

4. Benefits under the fund involve reimbursement of burial

expenses (up to a maximum of $500) incurred by a legal

beneficiary of the deceased former Local 90 member.

5. In addition, there were at the time approximately 89 burial

plots available at the Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery. The

decedent’s family could bury a deceased former Local 90

member there instead of receiving the monetary benefit.

The family would be responsible for the cost of transport-

ing the remains for burial at the cemetery.

In late 2000, the Plan received $35,568.67 from the Local 90

Building Fund and this money was deposited to the account

containing the Local 90 Burial Fund. Over the next few years, no

one eligible for benefits under the fund opted for burial in the

plots available at the Greenlawn Cemetery. The Trustees there-

fore directed the Plan Office to sell the plots so that the proceeds

could be deposited to the Burial Fund account. In January 2003,

the plots were sold and the proceeds of $15,507.00 were depos-

ited into the account. Since 1998, the Local 90 Burial Fund has

paid out $136,827.12 in benefits incurred for burial expenses of

Local 90 members. The burial fund account had an estimated

net income of $15,064.05 from January 1998 to July 31, 2007. As of

July 31, 2007, the Local 90 Burial Fund had a balance of $3,591.60.

After these assets are exhausted, no further benefits will be pay-

able under the Local 90 Burial Fund.

Death of Fred J. Criscuolo Former Director of Plan BenefitsWe are saddened to report that Fred J. Criscuolo died on July 26

at the age of 71. Many of our long-term members will remember

Fred, who for many years played a vital role at the New York Plan

Office. Fred was the assistant to the administrator, Stephen P.

Maher, and the manager of the Claims Department. He retired

when the Plan Office moved to Linthicum in 1983. He was very

active in the community and served as a member, founder and

chairman of a number of civic organizations. Fred was also a

three-term mayor of his hometown, Ridgefield Park, N.J. He

will be sorely missed by his co-workers at the Plan Office, who

remained his friends throughout the years. We all extend our con-

dolences to his family.

Below are the results for the drug(s) you have selected. For your convenience, we have also included the preferred drug(s) for any non-preferred drug(s) you may have selected. If your plan does not offer mail order, no information is posted below under Mail Order.

Retail Pharmacy Drug Price* Mail Service Pharmacy Drug Price**

Drug Name B/G Pharmacy Drug Cost Co-Pay Qty Drug Cost Co-Pay Qty

F BENICAR HCT TAB 40-25MG B;M Default $74.53 $15.00 30 $195.75 $39.15 90

Co-Pay Counselor

FORMULARY STATUS

F FormularyNF Non-Formulary

B/G Status

B Brand medicationBGA Brand medication; Generic Alt(s) AvailG Generic medicationM Maintenance medication

The drug price and co-pay information posted above do not constitute a guarantee or obligation of PharmaCare because prices and co-pays may be influenced by many factors outside of our control such as physician instructions for use, drug packaging, and manufacturer price changes

SYMBOL KEY

? There was a problem calculating the co-pay amount for this drug. Point your mouse at the red question mark to get further information.

* Retail Pharmacy drug price is for a 30-day (one month) supply of medication

** Mail Service drug price is for a 90-day (three-month) supply of medication

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CROSS’D THE FINAL BAR David B. Barth, 89, died June 9. A pensioner since

1980 and a resident of Tucson, Ariz., he last sailed

for Sealand Services Inc. as second mate on the

Sealand Explorer. He enjoyed geography, studying

Spanish, and history. His daughter, Laurie, a grand-

daughter and two great-grandchildren survive him.

Carlo Biagini, 87, died June 2. A resident of Oakland, Calif.,

and a pensioner since 1985, he last sailed for Lykes Brothers

Steamship Co. as third mate on the Mason Lykes.

Justin J. Bonanno, 82, died March 2. A resident of Bradenton,

Fla., and a pensioner since 1989, he last sailed for U.S. Lines Inc.

as master of the Pioneer Gem.

Eugene A. Booth, 82, died May 16. A pensioner

since 1982 and a resident of Danville, Calif., he

sailed for several years for Pacific Far East Line

as master of the Golden Bear. He was a graduate

of Kings Point, Class of 1946. His wife, Sally, a

son, John, a daughter, Grace, a sister, Betty and

three grandchildren survive him.

Kenneth R. Bryant, 76, died May 12. A resident of

Dalton, Ga., and a pensioner since 1997, he last sailed for

Puerto Rico Marine as third mate on the SS Mayaguez.

A sister, Mary, a brother, Gerald, and many nieces and

nephews survive him.

George C. Carrington, 85, died April 22. A pensioner since 1993 and

a resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, he last sailed for Lykes

Brothers Steamship Co. as third mate on the MV Adabelle Lykes.

Paul J. Cavanah, 63, died May 15. A resident of Sea

Level, N.C. and a pensioner since 1996, he last sailed

for Matson Navigation Co. as third mate on the

SS Manulani. He is survived by a sister, Bette, and

four sons, Paul, Michael, David, Christopher and

Timothy.

John B. Clark, 95, died April 20. A pensioner

since 1977 and a resident of Teaneck, N.J., he last

sailed for U.S. Lines Inc. as third mate on the

American Champion. He enjoyed ships and

golfing. He is survived by three sisters, Mildred,

Elizabeth and Helen.

John M. Cotter, 88, died May 25. A resident

of Penngrove, Calif., and a pensioner since

1979, he last sailed for Pacific Far East Lines

as master of the Atlantic Bear. After retiring

from the sea, he started his own tool sales

and service business, at which he worked

until the age of 85. He loved to cook for

family and friends, and to tell sea stories.

He is survived by: his wife, Janis; two

daughters, Emmalene and Julia; two sons

Gerard and Jason; 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Ennis E. Daniel, 82, died April 30. A pensioner since

1989 and a resident of Randolph Center, Vt., he last

sailed for Oil Carriers Joint Venture as master of the

Orion Star.

Samuel D. Dedeian, 84, died April 19. A resident of Poway, Calif.,

and a pensioner since 1990, he last sailed for American President

Lines Inc. as second mate on the President Taft. A World War II

veteran, he enjoyed fishing, hunting and golf. His wife, Joan, son,

Ricardo, daughter Suzette and two grandchildren survive him.

Robert A. Elder, 81, died June 5. A pensioner since 1984 and

a resident of Barstow, Calif., he last sailed for Lykes Brothers

Steamship Co. as chief mate on the SS Elizabeth Lykes.

Karl P. Fanning, 63, died May 20. A pensioner since 1995 and

a resident of Texas City, Texas, he last sailed for Lykes Brothers

Steamship Co. as master of the Charlotte Lykes.

Robert Ferris, 87, died June 13. A resident of Houston

and a pensioner since 1980, he last sailed for Lykes

Brothers Steamship Co. as master on the SS Adabelle

Lykes. He enjoyed sailing, gardening and reading. His

wife of 63 years, Jean, three daughters, seven grand-

children and five great-grandchildren survive him.

Mark S. Gervais, 51, died April 11. A resident of

Houston, he last sailed for Waterman Steamship Co. as

second mate on the Atlantic Forest. He enjoyed

traveling and always shared his enthusiasm and vast

knowledge of the world with others. His father, Ernie, a sister, six

brothers and many nieces and nephews survive him.

William D.A. Hoffman, 85, died June 2. A pensioner

since 1995 and a resident of Caldwell, Idaho, he last

sailed for Vessel Charters Inc. as third mate on the

SS Santa Juana. He loved his two shih tzu dogs, “Ying

and Yang,” often taking them to the MM&P Union

Hall. His wife, Dolores, four stepchildren, seven grandchildren

and three great-grandchildren survive him.

Ingard A. Hystad, 87, died March 23. A pensioner since 1970 and

a resident of North Bend, Ore., he last sailed for Weyerhaeuser

Lines as master of the SS F.E. Weyerhaeuser. He enjoyed play-

ing golf. Three daughters, Carolyn, Sally, Jan, and a son, Phillip,

survive him.

Leland J. Jacobson, 67, died May 6. A resident of Homosassa,

Fla., and a pensioner since 1998, he last sailed for NPR Inc. as

third mate on the SS Mayaguez.

Bert R. Johnson, 83, died March 30. A pensioner since 1986 and

a resident of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., he last sailed as master for U.S.

Steel Corp.

Francis K. Kahle, 88, died May 9. A pensioner since

1986 and a resident of Seattle, he last sailed for U.S.

Lines Inc. as master of the American California. He

enjoyed hunting, fishing, wood-working, and

gardening. A daughter, Françoise, survives him.

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Robert Krafft, 82, died March 30. A resident of LaGrangeville,

N.Y., and a pensioner since 1977, he last sailed for Farrell Lines

Inc. as second mate on the SS Austral Ensign. He was an avid

reader of books and newspapers. A son, Curtis, survives him.

Raymond J. Kroupa, 81, died May 1. A resident of Pittsgrove,

N.J., and a pensioner since 1987, he last sailed for U.S. Lines Inc.

as third mate on the American Aquarius.

Antonia Ligotti, 92, died April 20. A pensioner since 1977 and a

resident of Arlington, Texas, she last worked for MM&P Benefit

Plans as accounting manager.

George A. Madison, 82, died April 28. A resident of Jasper, Texas,

and a pensioner since 1971, he last sailed for Lykes Brothers

Steamship Co. as master of the Christopher Lykes.

Patrick H. McDonald, 79, died April 7. A pensioner since 1992

and a resident of Taylors, S.C., he last sailed for the Panama

Canal Co. as chief mate on the Zoella.

Lionel C. Meeker, 87, died May 1. A resident of Sea Level, N.C.,

and a pensioner since 1971, he last sailed for Pacific Transport

Lines Inc. as third mate on the Japan Transport. He was a builder

of model ships and the author of many articles for modeler

magazines.

Michael Papalios, 91, died April 1. A resident of Athens and

a pensioner since 1974, he last sailed for Maritime Overseas

Corp. as chief mate on the Overseas Alice. He served in the

Greek Merchant Marine and then in the U.S. Merchant Marine

in World War II, Vietnam and the Korean Conflict. He enjoyed

spending time with his grandchildren and friends. A daughter,

Eugenia, a son, Marcos, and four grandchildren survive him.

Robert E. Powell, 79, died May 3. A pensioner since 1991 and a

resident of East Brunswick, N.J., he last sailed for Puerto Rico

Marine as chief mate on the SS Ponce.

John Raymond, 81, died April 10. A pensioner since 1987 and

a resident of New Eagle, Pa., he last sailed as a mate for Great

Lakes and Rivers.

James E. Rine, 81, died May 21. A resident of Two Harbors,

Minn., and a pensioner since 1992, he last sailed for U.S. Steel

Corp. as third mate on the Edgar B. Speer.

Andrew F. Rose, 47, died Jan. 30. A resident of

Quincy, Mich., he last sailed as bosun for Grand

River Navigation. He enjoyed playing in various

intramural sport leagues. A daughter, Chelsea, a

grandson, and a brother survive him.

Norman J. Rupp, 86, died May 9. A pensioner since

1983 and a resident of Green Bay, Wis., he last sailed

for Isthmian Steamship Co. as second mate on the

Steel Flyer. He was a merchant mariner in World War

II. After retirement, he ran sea trials and deliveries

for Peterson Builders, volunteered at the Door

County Maritime Museum and was a part of the Travelers’

Century Club for having visited 100 countries. He is survived by:

his wife, Florence; three daughters, Teresa, Mary and Gina; two

sons, John and Norman; and eight grandchildren.

John A. Swanson, 89, died April 13. A pensioner since 1980

and a resident of Scotts Valley, Calif., he last sailed for Sealand

Service Inc. as second mate on the SS Sealand Exchange. His wife,

Geneva, and daughter, Jackie, survive him.

Homer C. Taylor, 93, died April 18. A resident of

San Jose, Calif., and a pensioner since 1983, he

last sailed for Delta Steamship Lines Inc. as

master of the Santa Adela. In 1991, he was

awarded the Commemorative Medal “The 40th

Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic

War (WWII)” as recognition, by the Soviet

Union, of our support for our Russian allies. At conclusion of his

wartime service, he received an Honorable Discharge from the

Navy after serving in 1946 as Lieutenant Commander on the

USS Sangay. He was an avid golfer and enjoyed filming his trips

with a 16-mm Bolex camera. His daughter, Yvonne, two grand-

daughters and a sister survive him.

Charles Thompson, 84, died June 8. A resident of

Santa Rosa, Calif., and a pensioner since 1986, he

last sailed for American President Lines Inc. as

third mate on the President Pierce. He enjoyed

participating in social organizations such as the

Elks Club, feeding wildlife, and spending time with

family and friends. His daughter, Pamela, survives him.

George Tucker, 92, died June 15. A pensioner since

1977 and a resident of Carney’s Point, N.J., he last

sailed for American Condor Steamship Co. as

chief mate on the Condor. He sailed as master

from pre-World War II to post-Vietnam, and

during World War II, he was commissioned by the

Navy as Lieutenant Commander, carrying supplies

to the European war zone. Four brothers and two sisters survive

him.

Robert L. Weber, 80, died May 16. A resident of Minden, Nev.,

and a pensioner since 1994, he last sailed for Lykes Brothers

Steamship Co. as master of the SS Ashley Lykes.

James Wocelka, 90, died May 7. A pensioner since 1969 and a

resident of Appleton, Wis., he last sailed for Pacific Far East Lines

as third mate on the Monterey.

Harold D. Younce, 72, died April 25. A pensioner since 1985 and

a resident of Las Vegas, he last sailed for Trinidad Corp. as chief

mate of the USNS Susquehanna. He enjoyed fishing and biking.

His wife, Elsie, survives him.

CROSS’D THE FINAL BAR cont...

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 17 - September - October 2007

International Headquarters

700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B

Linthicum Heights,

MD 21090-1953

Phone: 410-850-8700

Fax: 410-850-0973

iommp@bridgedeck.org

www.bridgedeck.org

International Officers

Timothy A. Brown President

Ext. 17

president@bridgedeck.org

Glen P. Banks Secretary-Treasurer

Ext. 21

sec-treas@bridgedeck.org

Executive Offices

George Quick Vice President

Pilot Membership Group

Ext. 20

gquick@bridgedeck.org

Mike Rodriguez Executive Assistant

to the President

Ext. 23

mrodriguez@bridgedeck.org

Richard Plant Director of Special Projects

Ext. 36

rplant@bridgedeck.org

Audrey Scharmann Executive Secretary

Ext. 17

ascharmann@bridgedeck.org

Diane Chatham Executive Secretary

Ext. 21

dchatham@bridgedeck.org

Legal Department

John Singleton International Counsel

Ext. 19

jsingleton@bridgedeck.org

Gabriel Terrasa Associate Counsel

Ext. 45

gterrasa@bridgedeck.org

Communications Office

Lisa Rosenthal Communications Director

Ext. 27

communications@

bridgedeck.org

Accounting Office

John Gorman International Comptroller

Ext. 12

jgorman@bridgedeck.org

Government Employees’

Membership Group

Randi Ciszewski Representative

37 Edward Hart Dr.

Jersey City, NJ 07305

Phone: 732-248-8702

Fax: 201-433-7959

rciszewski@bridgedeck.org

David H. Boatner West Coast Contact

Los Angeles/Long Beach

533 N. Marine Ave.

Wilmington, CA 90744-5527

Phone: 310-834-7201

Fax: 310-834-6667

dboatner@bridgedeck.org

Randi Ciszewski U.S. Navy Civil Service

Pilots Representative

37 Edward Hart Dr.

Jersey City, NJ 07305

Phone: (201) 433-7700

Fax: 201-433-7959

rciszewski@bridgedeck.org

Offshore Membership Group

Rich May Vice President-Atlantic Ports

Bob Groh Vice President-Gulf Ports

Don Marcus Vice President-Pacific Ports

Boston

Dan Cartmill Dan Goggin Representatives

Harbour Pointe East

80 Everett Ave. – Suite 211

Chelsea, MA 02150

Phone: 617-884-8680

Fax: 617-884-8438

boston@bridgedeck.org

Charleston

Elise Silvers Representative

1529 Sam Rittenberg Blvd.

1st Floor

Charleston, SC 29407

Phone: 843-766-3565

Fax: 843-766-6352

esilvers@bridgedeck.org

Honolulu

Randy Swindell Representative

707 Alakea St. - No. 212

Honolulu, HI 96813

Phone: 808-523-8183

Fax: 808-538-3672

rswindell@bridgedeck.org

Houston

Wayne Farthing Agent-Gulf Ports

Nell Wilkerson Representative

8150 S. Loop E. - Suite 207

Houston, TX 77017

Phone: 713-649-8812

Fax: 713-649-6101

wfarthing@bridgedeck.org

nwilkerson@bridgedeck.org

Jacksonville

Liz Pettit Representative

349 E. 20th St.

Jacksonville, FL 32206

Phone: 904-356-0041

Fax: 904-353-7413

lpettit@bridgedeck.org

Los Angeles/Long Beach

David H. Boatner Agent-Pacific Ports

Bernadette Hertel Representative

533 N. Marine Ave.

Wilmington, CA 90744-5527

Phone: 310-834-7201

Fax: 310-834-6667

dboatner@bridgedeck.org

bhertel@bridgedeck.org

Miami/Port Everglades

Bob Groh Vice President-Gulf

Andrea Fortin Dave Goff Representatives

540 East McNab Rd., Suite B

Pompano Beach, FL

33060-9354

Phone: 954-946-7883

Fax: 954-946-8283

rgroh@bridgedeck.org

pompano@bridgedeck.org

New Orleans

Sue Bourcq Representative

3330 West Esplanade, Ste 209

Metairie, LA 70002-3454

Phone: 504-837-5700

Fax: 504-834-1815

sbourcq@bridgedeck.org

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New York/New Jersey

Richard May Vice President-Atlantic

26 Journal Square, Ste 1502

Jersey City, NJ 07306

Phone: 201-963-1900

Fax: 201-963-5403

rmay@bridgedeck.org

Assistant Port Agent

201-963-1918

nynj@bridgedeck.org

Norfolk, Va.

Patricia Powell Representative

1058 West 39th St.

Norfolk, VA 23508

Phone: 757-489-7406

Fax: 757-489-1715

ppowell@bridgedeck.org

San Francisco

Sandy Candau Representative

450 Harrison St. - Room 209

San Francisco, CA 94105-2691

Phone: 415-777-5074

Fax: 415-777-0209

scandau@bridgedeck.org

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Eduardo Iglesias Representative

Miramar Plaza Center

Suite 305

954 Ponce de Leon Ave.

Santurce, PR 00907

Phone: 787-724-3600

Fax: 787-723-4494

Hours: Monday-Friday

9:00am – 1:30pm ET

eiglesias@bridgedeck.org

Seattle

Don Marcus Vice President-Pacific

Kathleen O. Moran Representative

15208 52nd Ave. South

Suite 100

Seattle, WA 98188

Phone: 206-441-8700

Fax: 206-448-8829

dmarcus@bridgedeck.org

kmoran@bridgedeck.org

Tampa

Laura Cenkovich Representative

202 S. 22nd St., Suite 205

Tampa, FL 33605-6308

Phone: 813-247-2164

Fax: 813-248-1592

lcenkovich@bridgedeck.org

Pilot Membership Group

George A. Quick Vice President

3400 N. Furnace Rd.

Jarrettsville, MD 21084

Phone: 410-557-8757

Fax: 410-557-7082

gquick@bridgedeck.org

East Coast

Regional Representative

Timothy J. Ferrie201 Edgewater St.

Staten Island, NY 10305

Phone: 718-448-3900

Fax: 718-447-1582

tferrie010@msn.com

Gulf Coast

Regional Representative

Richard D. Moore8150 S. Loop E.

Houston, TX 77017

Phone: 713-645-9620

West Coast

Regional Representative

Kip CarlsonPier 9, East End

San Francisco, CA 94111

Phone: 415-362-5436

sfbpkip@aol.com

Alaska Marine Pilots

Stephan Moreno President

P.O. Box 920226

Dutch Harbor, AK 99692

Phone: 907-581-1240

Fax: 907-581-1372

amp@arctic.net

Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots

Jim DooleyP.O. Box 2767

Corpus Christi, TX 78403

Phone: 361-884-5899

Fax: 361-884-1659

Associated Branch Pilots

Mike Lorino Jr.3813 N.Causeway Blvd.

Suite 100

Metairie, LA 70002

Phone: 504-831-6615

Association of Maryland Pilots

Eric Nielsen President

3720 Dillon St.

Baltimore, MD 21224

Phone: 410-276-1337

Fax: 410-276-1364

MDPilots@aol.com

Biscayne Bay Pilots

John R. Fernandez Chairman

2911 Port Blvd.

Miami, FL 33132

Phone: 305-374-2791

Fax: 305-374-2375

Boston Pilots

Greg Farmer256 Marginal Street, Bldg 11

East Boston, MA 02128

Phone: 617-569-4500

Fax: 617-564-4502

Boat: 617-569-4503

Canaveral Pilots

David P. Callan David A. Richard Co-Chairmen

Box 816

Cape Canaveral, FL 32920

Phone: 321-783-4645

Caribbean Harbor Pilots

P.O. Box 34336

Ponce, PR 00734-4336

Phone: 787-848-7180

Charleston Branch Pilots

Whit Smith6 Concord St.

P.O. Box 179

Charleston, SC 29402

Phone: 843-577-6695

Fax: 843-577-0632

Columbia Bar Pilots

John TorjusenP.O. Box 87

Astoria, OR 97103

Phone: 503-325-2641

Columbia River Pilots

Alan J. Widme Branch Agent

13225 N. Lombard

Portland, OR 97203

Phone: 503-289-9922

Coos Bay Pilots

Steven H. Sweet President

686 North Front St.

Coos Bay, OR 97420-2331

Phone: 541-267-6555

Fax: 541-267-5256

Crescent River Port Pilots

Allen J. “A.J.” Gibbs President

8712 Highway 23

Belle Chasse, LA 70037

Phone: 504-392-8001

Fax: 504-392-5014

Galveston-Texas City Pilots

John Halvorsen1301 Pelican Island #1

Galveston, TX 77552

Phone: 409-740-3347

Fax: 409-740-3393

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Hawaii Pilots Association

Steve Baker President

Pier 19-Honolulu Harbor

P.O. Box 721

Honolulu, HI 96808

Phone: 808-532-7233

Fax: 808-532-7229

officeadmin@hawaiipilots.net

Houston Pilots

Robert L. ThompsonPresiding Officer

8150 S. Loop E.

Houston, TX 77017

Phone: 713-645-9620

Humboldt Bar Pilots

John Powell 707-443-3878

Timothy Petrusha 707-443-5365

P.O. Box 3555

Eureka, CA 95502-3555

Key West Bar Pilots Association

Michael McGrawP.O. Box 848

Key West, FL 33041

Phone: 305-296-5512

Fax: 305-296-1388

Lake Charles Pilots

Michael Miller President

4902 Ihles Rd.

Lake Charles, LA 70665

Phone: 337-436-0372

Fax: 337-474-4573

officemgr@lakecharlespilots.com

www.lakecharlespilots.com

Mobile Bar Pilots

David W. Wittendorfer President

P.O. Box 831

Mobile, AL 36601

Phone: 251-432-2639

Fax: 251-432-9964

New Orleans-Baton Rouge

Steamship Pilots

William O. Watson IIIChris Rieder401 North New Hampshire St.

Covington, LA 70433

Phone: 985-867-5332

Fax: 504-832-1932

Northeast Pilots, Inc.

Howard McVay243 Spring St.

Newport, RI 02840

Phone: 401-847-9050

Toll Free: 1-800-274-1216

Pilots Association for the

Bay & River Delaware

Michael J. Linton President

800 S. Columbus Blvd.

Philadelphia, PA 19147

Phone: 215-465-8340

Fax: 215-465-3450

Port Everglades Pilots

Thomas Hackett Bruce CumingsCo-Directors

P.O. Box 13017

Port Everglades, FL 33316

Phone: 954-522-4491

Puget Sound Pilots

Capt. Richard McCurdy101 Stewart St. - Suite 900

Seattle, WA 98101

Phone: 206-728-6400

Fax: 206-448-3405

Sabine Pilots

Ellen K. WarnerPresident

5148 West Pkwy.

Groves, TX 77619

Phone: 409-722-1141

Fax: 409-962-9223

Saint Johns Bar Pilots

Joseph J. Brown President

4910 Ocean St.

Mayport, FL 32233

Phone: 904-249-5631

Fax: 904-249-7523

admin@jaxpilots.com

San Juan Bay Pilots

P.O. Box 9021034

San Juan, PR 00902-1034

Phone: 787-722-1166

St. Lawrence Seaway Pilots

Richard G. Tetzlaff President

P.O. Box 274

733 E. Broadway

Cape Vincent, NY 13618

Phone: 315-654-2900;

Fax: 315-654-4491

San Francisco Bar Pilots

Pete McIsaac Port Agent

Kip Carlson MM&P Representative

Pier 9, East End

San Francisco, CA 94111

Phone: 415-362-5436

Fax: 415-982-4721

Sandy Hook Pilots

Peter Rooss Branch Agent

201 Edgewater St.

Staten Island, NY 10305

Phone: 718-448-3900

Fax: 718-447-1582

Savannah Pilots Association

William T. Brown Master Pilot

550 E. York St.

P.O. Box 9267

Savannah, GA 31412

Phone: 912-236-0226

Fax: 912-236-6571

Southeast Alaska

Pilots Association

Larry Vose President

1621 Tongass Ave. - Suite 300

Ketchikan, AK 99901

Phone: 907-225-9696

Fax: 907-247-9696

pilots@seapa.com

www.seapa.com

Southwest Alaska

Pilots Association

Jeffrey D. PiercePresident

P.O. Box 977

Homer, AK 99603

Phone: 907-235-8783

Fax: 907-235-6119

swpilots@gci.net

Tampa Bay Pilots

Allen L. Thompson Executive Director

1825 Sahlman Dr.

Tampa, FL 33605

Phone: 813-247-3737

Fax: 813-247-4425

Virginia Pilot Association

J. William Cofer President

3329 Shore Dr.

Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Phone: 757-496-0995

Western Great Lakes

Pilots Association

Donald Willecke President

1325 Tower Ave., P.O. Box 248

Superior, WI 54880-0248

Phone: 715-392-5204

Fax: 715-392-1666

Wilmington (N.C.) Pilots

Capt. HerringP.O. Box 10070

Southport, NC 28461

Phone: 910-457-6909

United Inland

Membership Group

Michael Murray Vice President

Cleveland

Charles Malue Great Lakes Representative

1250 Old River Rd.

Cleveland, OH 44113

Phone: 216-776-1667

Fax: 216-776-1668

cmalue@bridgedeck.org

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Jacksonville

James Avera International Representative

349 E. 20th St.

Jacksonville, FL 32206

Phone: 904-355-3534

Fax: 904-353-7413

javera@bridgedeck.org

Portland

John Schaeffner Branch Agent

2225 N. Lombard St. - No. 206

Portland, OR 97217

Phone and Fax: 503-283-0518

jschaeffner@bridgedeck.org

San Francisco

Raymond W. ShipwayBranch Agent

450 Harrison St.

East Mezzanine - Room 205

San Francisco, CA 94105-2691

Phone: 415-543-5694

Fax: 415-543-2533

rshipway@bridgedeck.org

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Eduardo IglesiasRepresentative

Miramar Plaza Center

Suite 305

954 Ponce de Leon Ave.

Santurce, PR 00907

Phone: 787-725-7604

Fax: 787-723-4494

eiglesias@bridgedeck.org

Seattle

Michael MurrayVice President-UIG

144 Railroad Ave., Suite 205

Edmonds, WA 98020

Phone: 425-775-1403

Fax: 425-775-1418

mmurray@bridgedeck.org.

Wilmington

Raymond W. Shipway Branch Agent

533 N. Marine Ave.

Wilmington, CA 90744-5527

Phone: 310-549-8013

Fax: 310-834-6667

rshipway@bridgedeck.org

MIRAID

C. James Patti President

1025 Connecticut Ave., NW

Suite 507

Washington, DC 20036-5412

Phone: 202-463-6505

Fax: 202-223-9093

jpatti@miraid.org

Masters, Mates & Pilots

Federal Credit Union

Kathy Ann Klisavage Manager

MM&P Plans Building

700 Maritime Blvd. - Suite A

Linthicum Heights, MD

21090-1996

Phone: 410-850-8700,

Ext. 43

Fax: 410-859-1623

Toll-Free: 1-800-382-7777

(All U.S. and Puerto Rico)

mmpfcu@bridgedeck.org

MM&P Maritime Advancement,

Training, Education &

Safety Program (MATES)

Patrick McCullough Administrator

Glen Paine Executive Director

MM&P Health & Benefit,

Vacation, Pension, JEC

and IRA Plans

Patrick McCullough Administrator

MM&P Plans

700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A

Linthicum Heights, MD

21090-1996

Phone: 410-850-8500

Fax: 410-850-8655

Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522

mmpplanspat@aol.com

Hours: Monday – Friday

8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET

Atlantic & Gulf Region Health,

Pension and Education,

Safety & Training Funds

Wendy Chambers Account Executive

Associated Administrators Inc.

4301 Garden City Drive, Ste 201

Landover, MD 20785

Direct Line: 301-429-8964

Member Calls:

1-800-638-2972

Pacific Maritime Region

Pension & Benefit Plans

Columbia Northwest

Marine Benefit Trust

Patrick McCullough Administrator

700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A

Linthicum Heights, MD

21090-1996

Phone: 410-850-8500

Fax: 410-850-8655

Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522

mmpplanspat@aol.com

Hours: Monday-Friday

8:30 AM– 4:30 PM ET

Northwest Maritime

Pension Trust

Randy G. GoodwinAccount Executive

P.O. Box 34203

Seattle, WA 98124

Phone: 206-441-7574

Fax: 206-441-9110

Southwest Marine Health,

Benefit & Pension Trust

3545 Long Beach Blvd.

Suite 220

Long Beach, CA 90807

Toll-Free: 1-888-806-8943

Maritime Institute of

Technology & Graduate

Studies (MITAGS)

Glen Paine Executive Director

692 Maritime Blvd.

Linthicum Heights,

MD 21090-1952

Main Phone: 410-859-5700

Toll-Free:

Admissions: 1-866-656-5568

Residence Center:

1-866-900-3517

BWI Airport Shuttle

(avail. 24 hours a day):

1-866-900-3517 Ext. 0

Fax:

School: 410-859-5181

Residence: 410-859-0942

Executive Director:

gpaine@mitags.org

Admissions:

admissions@mitags.org

www.mitags.org

Pacific Maritime

Institute (PMI)

Gregg Trunnell Director

1729 Alaskan Way, S.

Seattle, WA 98134-1146

Phone: 206-441-2880

Fax: 206-441-2995

Toll-Free: 1-888-893-7829

admin@mates.orgwww.mates.org

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The Master, Mate & Pilot - 21 - September - October 2007

MM&P Government Fleet Representative Randi Ciszewski has

been visiting ships in the Norfolk, Va., area to keep our mem-

bers abreast of the Department of Defense and Military Sealift

Command (MSC) issues that the union is bargaining. (Above

left) Ciszewski and MSC Captain Philippe Julienne. (Above

right) Ciszewski chats with MSC Captain Nate Reybold aboard

USNS Grapple.

MM&P Government Fleet Rep Meets With Members in Norfolk

Victor J. Nevins, son of the late MM&P member William J.

Nevins, visited and photographed the Brunswick, Ga., monu-

ment to America’s “Liberty Ships.” The memorial pays tribute to

the industry and patriotism of the men and women who served

the Allied war effort by producing, in record time, 99 steel vessels

for the country’s merchant marine. The ships, which carried both

cargo and troops, were called “Liberty Ships” in recognition of

their role in keeping vital supply lines open. —Katy Bradford

Paying Homage to Brunswick’s “Liberty Ships”

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NEWS BRIEFS (CONTINUED)

The statement below is published in compliance with U.S. Postal Service regulations.

September - October 2007 - 22 - The Master, Mate & Pilot

COMMODORES

Glen P. Banks

Robert C. Beauregard

Timothy A.Brown*

Kevin P. Burke

Raymond Conrady

Michael F. Cotting

Jeff G. Cowan

Matthew C. Craven

Robert Darley

In Memory of Charlie

Darley

Steven J. Demeroutis

Danny Duzich

Raymond F. Dwyer*

Danny Ellis

Robert N. Ethier

Mustafa I. Fakhry

John W. Farmer, III

David C. Goff

John A. Gorman

Edward W. Green*

Richard M. Gurry

Samuel A. Hanger

Fred Harris

Harold J. Held*

Rudolph A. Hendersen

Michael Herbein

Andrew W. Hetz

James F. Hill

John J. Hunt

Philip Kantz

John M. Kelly

Lawrence T. Lyons

George P. MacDonough

William J. Mahoney

Charles W. Malue

Donald J. Marcus

Richard W. May

Edward M. McManus

Thomas J. Mignano

Paul H. Nielsen

Joseph O. O’Connor*

Peter J. Parise, III

Richard M. Plant

George A. Quick

Michael A. Rausa

Mark D. Remijan

Jack S. Slier

Thomas E. Stone

Stanley M. Willis

Constatine Afanasief

Bruce M. Badger

Thomas A. Bagan

Bruce H. Baglien

Susan N. Begg

David E. Behr

Charles T. Beresheim

James K. Boak, IV

David H. Boatner

Stanley E. Breedlove

James P. Brennan

Robert B. Burke

Joseph A. Byrne

James A. Carbone

Timothy M. Carey

Kenneth J. Carlson, Jr.

Thomas J. Casynn

Elmo J Cerise, III

Bent L. Christiansen

Kevin S. Cichon

Paul E. Coan

Darren W. Collins

Dean R. Colver

Barry V. Costanzi

Vincent J. Cox

Gerard H. DeGenova, II

Timothy A. Devine

John M. Dolan

Dorothy Dunn

In Memory of Darrell

Dunn

Edward W. Enos

Jackson P. Everett

Malvina A. Ewers

In Memory of Franklin

Ewers

Wayne Farthing

William H. Fisher, III

Nathaniel Gibbs

William D. Good, Jr.

In Memory of William

Good, Sr.

Charles A. Graham

Paul B. Grepo

Robert H. Groh

Michael K. Hargrave

John B. Harris

Gerard Hasselbach

Joseph D. Henderson

Michael C. Herig

John R. Humphreys

Jeff H. Idema

William H. Imken

Fred E. Jeffery

Earl W. Jones

Donald F. Josberger

Eric S. Kelm

William L. Kennedy, Jr.

Clyde W. Kernohan, Jr.

John H. Kerwin

Robert T. Kimball

James D. Kitterman

George W. Koch, Jr.

Jonathan F. Komlosy

Mark L. Lamar

Robert B. Lamb

Donald D. Laverdure

Thomas P. MacKay, Jr.

Stephen Maher

George E. Mara

Robert G. Mattsen

Robert C. McCarthy

Charles L. McConaghy

Michael K. McCormick

James P. McGee

Daniel F. McGuire

Sean T. McNeice

Paul F. McQuarrie

Kurt A. Melcher

Peter W. Mitchell

David V. Myles

Douglas J. Nagy

Mark J. Nemergut

Frederick J. Nicoll

John J. O’Boyle, Jr.

James P. Olander

Vasilios L. Pazarzis

Robert A. Pechusick

Wesley C. Penney

Joaquin Pereira, Jr.

Ernest C. Petersen

Rick Pietrusiak

Norman A. Piianaia

Stephen F. Procida

David S. Putty

Robert J. Ramsey

Lloyd S. Rath

Bruno P. Ravalico

Robert A. Reish

Jay M. Roche

Michael J. Rodriguez

Herbert P. Rosen

In Memory of Capt.

Theodore Fillipaw, Jr.

Allen M. Ross, Jr.

Edward B. Royles

Randy E. Rozell

Mark I. Ruppert

James J. Sanders

Scott D. Saunders

Robert H. Schilling

Gary R. Schmidt

John F. Schmidt

Paul T. Schulman

Gary M. Setvin

Michael S. Shanley

Steven P. Shils

Raymond W. Shipway

Kaare G. Sivertsen

Dickey J. Skolnik

Edward C. Smith

James Stebbins

Carl W. Stein

Laurence B. Stone

Peter J. Strachota

Glenn D. Strathearn

Einar W. Strom

David A. Sulin

Deatra M. Thompson

William R. Travers

John S. Tucker

Gregory M. Tylawsky

Charles W. Viebrock

Ren W. Vurpillat

John C. Wallace

George E. Weisgerber

Michael K. Welch

Jay D. Werner

Steven E. Werse

Warren A. Weymouth

Erik P. Williamson

James G. Wilson* These active and retired members have contributed

$1,000 or more.

CAPTAINS

Make Your Voice Heard in WashingtonThe MM&P Political Contribution Fund Is Your Voice in WashingtonU.S. maritime jobs depend on MM&P’s work in Congress and the Administration. Make sure that your

interests and those of your fellow merchant mariners receive the attention they deserve in Washington.

The MM&P Political Contribution Fund Works for You Supporting the MM&P Political Contribution Fund (PCF) is a direct way to support your own

interests: Consider an annual donation of $100 or more.

Make your contribution today by visiting the Members Only section of the MM&P

website at www.bridgedeck.org. If you’re already registered on the site, just log in. If

you’re not registered, follow the simple directions to gain access. Then, on the drop-

down menu, select “Make a PCF Contribution.” Fill in the information and choose

from among the gifts appropriate to your contribution level.

The names below represent a partial listing of active and retired MM&P members

who have voluntarily contributed $100 or more to the MM&P PCF in the past year.

Commodores Club recognizes contributions of $500 or more.

Captains Club recognizes contributions between $250 and $499.

Contributors level recognizes contributions between $100 and $249.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 23 - September - October 2007

Anders E. Aaberg

Mohamed A. Abbassi

Scott F. Abrams

Jeffrey D. Adamson

Owen B. Albert

Frederick W. Allen

Ian D. Allen

John Allen

Robert B. Allen

Murray G. Alstott

Andrew J. Altum

Hans W. Amador

Lee Andersen

Gerald W. Anderson

Robert N. Anderson

William L. Anderson

Noel E. Anthonysz

John E. Antonucci

Thomas E. Apperson

Alberto D. Archaga

Timothy M. Arey

Manuel H. Arosemena

Brian D. Arthur

Jenaro A. Asteinza

Kara M. Babb

Harvey N Bailey

Christopher D. Baker

Niles T.P. Baker

David B. Barth

Charles K. Barthrop

Steve J. Batchelor, Jr.

Edward S. Batcho, Jr.

Dorinda L. Beach

Harald Beck

Leo P. Bednarik

Paul F. Beglane

John W. Behnken

John E. Belcourt

Herbert S. Bell

Derek J. Bender

Fred A. Bennett

George Berkovich

James T. Bevacqua

Shankar Bhardwaj

Lyle R. Bjelde

Earl R. Blakely

Joseph J. Blazich

Emil J. Blische

Farrell E. Bodden

Boris O. Bode

Charles E. Booher

Carl E. Bowler

William H. Boyce, Jr.

Robert N. Boyd

James J. Brady

Warren J. Bragg

Frank W. Branlund

Anthony A. Brantley

Allan R. Breese

Jeffrey C. Bridges

Anders K. Brinch

Alfred A. Brown

Clifford B. J. Brown

Wardell E. Brown

Dean K. Bruch

Douglas K. Buchanan

J. Michael Buffington

Fernando C. Buisan

Bert Burris

Thomas V. Cadloni

Marc C. Calairo

Todd J. Campbell

John H. Carlisle

Michael J. Carolan

James A. Carroll

Chriss B. Carson

Robert J. Carter, Jr.

Juan C. Carvajal

Christoforos Catsambis

Richard P. Chandler

Dawai W. Chang

Donald R. Chittenden

Stanislaw Chomicz

Paul Christ

Ejnar G. Christiansen

Francis H. Ciccosanti

O. J. Clausen

Donald P. Cocozza

Harry C. Collins

Martin N. Collins

Richard R. Conlin

Richard W. Conway

Frederick D. Cook

Christopher D. Cooper

Mark A. Cooper

Russell C. Cooper

Gary J. Cordes

Daniel W. Corn

Andrew R. Corneille

Richard F. Corso

John M. Cotter

Scot A. Couturier

David E. Cox

Erik T. Cox

James Crandall

Richard W. Crane

Jacob A. Crawford

Samuel J. Crawford

Anthony E. Crish

John F. Cronin

Todd C. Crossman

James J. Cullen

Kirk W. Cully

James M. Cunningham

Peter S. Curtis

Gregory Cygal

Robert A. Dalziel

George M. Darley

In Memory of Charlie

Darley

Michael H. Daugherty

Howard E. Davenport

Don F. Davis

Joseph J. Davis

David D. DeCastro

George A. Defrain

Ronald T. Degrazia

Stephen A. DeJong

Thomas A. Delamater

Marguerite Delambily

In Memory of Robert

Delambily

Joseph F. Delehant

Edward J. DesLauriers

Michelle M. Despot

Charles A. Dickman

Stephen J. Diederiks

Bernard J. Diggins

Richard J. Domnitz

Lyle G. Donovan

Jerome J. Dorman

Ornulf C. Dorsen

Moulton Doughty

Robert Drew

Dale S. Dubrin

Fred J. Duffy

George Dunham

Geoffrey P. Dunlop

James C. Dykes

Robert W. Eisentrager

Gordon W. Elden

Bruce R. Elfast

John C. Emmel

David K. Engen

Glen E. Engstrand

Troy J. Erwin

Eric L. Eschen

Edward M. Evans

Henry E. Faile

Karl P. Fanning

Scott A. Farnham

Timothy J. Ferrie

Eddo H. Feyen

Jose Fidalgo

Harry A. Filkins

Keith W. Finnerty

Russel W. Finstrom

Jorge R. Fortes

Glenn E. Fortin

Milton K. Foss

Ryan K. Foster

James L. Frank

James E. Franklin

Jan M. Fraser

Karin Fretz-Party

J. Peter Fritz

Eric R. Furnholm

Nicholas J. Gagliano

Angelo F. Gazzotto

Gregory J. George

Peter T. Gibney

Francis G. Gilroy

Patrick N. Glenn

Thurman G. Godfrey

Gregory A. Goolishian, Jr.

Gerald M. Gordon

Donald P. Gorman

Beau Gouig

Joseph D. Graceffa

Walter A. Graf, Jr.

Peter S. Grate

Orie F. Graves

Paul A. Gregware, Jr.

Gregory P. Gretz

Stanley V. Griffin

Mike F. Gruninger

Adam W. Guice

Juancho A. Gutierrez

David C. Haa

P.R. Haertel

Timothy J. Hagan

Brandt R. Hager

Francis M. Haggerty

Geoffrey F. Haley

Curtis B. Hall

Richard S. Haller

Michelle Hallmark

Herman Hallock

Kenneth J. Halsall

Lloyd W. Hamblet

James D. Hamblett

Kyle J. Hamill

Dianna L. Hand

Daniel J. Harmon

Jon Harrison

Jack F. Harry

John J. Healey

Kenneth R. Hele

Richard H. Hemingson

Christopher Hendrickson

Franklin J. Hennessy

Patrick J. Hennessy

Thomas E. Henry

William H. Hermes

Earl W. Herring

James D. Herron

Edward B. Higgins, Jr.

Jeffrey S. Hill

Alan G. Hinshaw

Daniel R. Hobbs

Richard G. Hoey

Roger L. Hoffman

Kurt Holen

John Holster

David J. Hood

Jeff D. Hood

Kurt J. Hopf

Shimon D. Horowitz

Robert B. Howard

David H. Hudson

Nicole L. Humphreys

Steven P. Huse

David N. Hutchinson

Amos A. Idris

Vance L. Idzal

Clark S. Inman

George S. Ireland, III

Samuel S. Irvin, III

Donald L. Isler

Steven M. Itson

Theodore F. Jablonski

John P. Jackson, Jr.

Thomas J. Jacobsen

Manuel A. James

James Jannetti

J. Kevin Jirak

Christian Johnsen

Eric B. Johnson

William L. Johnson

Eldon D. Jones

Erik P. Jorgensen

Jorgen A. Jorgensen

Eleftherios G. Kanagios

Steven W. Kanchuga

Kris J. Karandy

Christopher G. Kavanagh

William Kavanaugh, Jr.

Sven E. Keinanen

James J. Kelleher, Jr.

John P. Kelley

Ralph C. Kelly

Joseph E. Keyes

Darrell R. Kimmerly

Timothy R. Kincaid

John M. King

Robert E. King

Sandra Kjellberg

Robert E. Klemm

Henry C. Knox-Dick

James E. Kobis

Laura L. Kohler

Johan Kooystra

Brian M. Koppel

Wayne L. Korb

John D. Kourian

Damian Krowicki

Vitaly Kuznetsov

Salvadore F. Lacava

Anthony C. Lafayette

Theodore W. Laing

Cecil H. Lamb

Mark Landow

William C. Laprade

Keith Lawrence

Samuel P. Lesko

Michael Leveille

Thomas N. Lightsey, Jr.

William J. Lindros

John R. Lindsay, Jr.

Leif H. Lindstrom

Steven Lohman

Rogelio R. Lomahan

James R. Londagin

Karl P. Lonsdale

Manuel F. Lopez

Douglas M. Lord

Hughston E. Lowder, Jr.

John T. Lutey

John J. Lynskey

Philip M. Lyons

Jeremiah F. Lysaght

Ross D. MacDuffie

PCF CONTRIBUTORS

My Contribution to the PCF Honors Women Members of Our Union“I was the sixth woman captain to serve with Washington State Ferries (WSF),” writes

pensioner Karin Party. “I leave the vessels of the WSF in the capable hands of men and

women who have an extremely responsible and stressful job transporting 25 million

people a year across the waters of Puget Sound. My check for $100 to the MM&P

Political Contribution Fund is in honor of the women members of our union. I will

always have a place in my heart for MM&P.”

— Karin Fretz-Party, who retired from the United Inland Group’s Pacific Maritime Region last year, in a photo taken in Sweden

September - October 2007 - 24 - The Master, Mate & Pilot

William C. Mack

Lewis M. Malling

John J. Malone, III

Victor R. Manoli, III

Michael A. Mara

Nicholas A. Marcantonio

Thomas C. Marley

Brett Marquis

John P. Marshall

Daniel J. Martin

Richard L. Maxwell

Marcus Mazsick

Alton R. McAlister

David McAulay

Rodney D. McCallen

Brent McClaine

Michael J. McCormick

Michael J. McCright

Michael G. McDevitt

Thomas D. McDorr

Michael F. McGahran

Kevin J. McHugh

Thomas P. McHugh

David A. McLean, III

Marci R. McNamara

Frank V. Medeiros

Francis X. Meier, Jr.

Nicholas Mellis

Louis A. Mendez

Colin Mepstead

Eric T. Michael

Mark P. Michals

Joseph E. Miller

Steven J. Miller

Cloyde L. Miner

Bruce D. Mitchell

James L. Mixon

Klaus Moller

Steven R. Moneymaker

Jose Montero

Cesar A. Montes

Dale A. Moore

Nicholas C. Moore

George B. Moran

Jerome K. Moran

Edward A. Morehouse

John M. Morehouse

Theodore R. Morgan

Stuart E. Mork

Paul A. Mospens

Brian A. Mossman

John Moustakas

Philip D. Mouton

Charles P. Moy

Shane M. Murphy

Arthur R. Murray

Curtis G. Murray

Brad Musselman

Daniel S. Nakos

Roland L. Nalette

Eric B. Nelson

Kenneth R. Nelson

Michael E. Nelson

Douglas A. Nemeth

In Memory of Capt. Glen

Leland

Henri L. Nereaux

Joseph W. Neudecker, III

Joseph W. Neuman

Dennis Newbanks

Howard W. Newton, Jr.

George B. Nichols

Michael L. Nickel

Nicholas J. Nowaski

Bernard Gerald O’Brien

Mary Beth O’Brien

Robert J. O’Donnell

Gregory Oelkers

Peter R. Ohnstad, Jr.

Hans Olander

Timothy J. O’Laughlin

Patrick B. O’Leary

James E. O’Loughlin

Cornelius C. O’Malley

James E. Orton

Robert P. O’Sullivan

Michael B. O’Toole

Robert R. Owen

Jeffrey J. Oyafuso

Henry M. Pace

Glen M. Paine

Errol F. Pak

Michael Papalios

Michael G. Parenteau

Robert F. Park

Michael V. Parr

Samuel B. Pearson, III

Francis X Pelosi

Joseph L. Perreault

Joseph A. Perry

Jerome A. Peschka, Jr.

Henry Petersen

Ioannis M. Petroutsas

Andrew M. Petruska

Kerry D. Phillips

L.B. Eugene Phillips

Richard Phillips

William E. Phurrough

Arthur E. Pierce

Joseph P. Pierce

Sandra L. Pirtle

Kirk C. Plender

Elmer W. Poser

Joseph L. Pospisil, Jr.

James A. Potter

Demetrios A. Poupalos

Jonathon S. Pratt

George C. Previll

Carmon L. Pritchett

Joseph V. Pulitano

John P. Rawley

Patrick J. Rawley

John P. Redfearn

Scott B. Reed

Timothy R. Reinholdt

Keith W. Restle

James G. Rettke

Karen A. Reyes

In Memory of Charlie

Darley

John J. Reynolds

Javier Riano

Ronald E. Riley

Steven P. Roberto

James R. Robey

James J. Robinson

Paul M. Rochford

Carson L. Rock

Theodore F. Rodes

G. Kenneth Rose

Steven M. Rose

Edmund J. Rothwell

Bruce Rowland

Dennis Ruff

Craig A. Rumrill

Marshall M. Russell

Edwin W. Rutter

David C. Ryan

Kenneth Ryan

Thomas M. Ryan

Donald R. Sacca

Roberto H. Salomon

Elizabeth Sanchez

Michael A. Santini

Edmund J. Santos, Jr.

Keith Sauls

Paul B. Savasuk

Thomas J. Savoie

John J. Schaeffner

John D. Schampera

Christopher D. Schlarb

Charles R. Schmidt

Ross E. Schramm

Gary W. Schrock

Andrew Schroder

Henry L. Schroeder

William F. Schumacher

Benjamin L. Scott

Bernard W. Scott

Joseph D. Seller

Rafik A. Shahbin

Plamen M. Shapev

Ralph H. Sheffield

Paul R. Shepard

Edwin L. Sherrill, III

Travis A. Shirley

Ned J. Shore

Edward Simmons

David M. Sink

Harold V. Sipila

Bruce W. Skillman

Ernest P. Skoropowski

Frederick K. Smallwood

Gerald V. Smeenk

Francis X. Smith

Frederick D. Smith

Joseph S. Smith

K. W. Smith

Michael D. Smith

Peter S. Smith

Glen E. Smith, Jr.

Frank W. Snell

Robert R. Spencer

Joseph B. Stackpole

Egon K. Stage

James K. Staples

James W. StClair

A.H. Stegen

Leonard A. Stenback

Jeffery R. Stephens

Richard C. Stephens

Robert W. Stevenson

John G. Stewart

Peter K. Strez

Tore Stromme

Charles A. Stukenborg

Roy T. Sturdivant

Andrew C. Subcleff

Thomas Sullivan

Chris D. Sweeny

Robert E. Sweet

Roy E. Tallaksen

Kevin M. Tapp

Thomas F. Taylor

Jason Teal

Antoine I. Tedmore

Arthur J. Thomas

Brian D. Thomas

Stephen N. Thompson

Gary E. Tober

Norman B. Toroni

Adam Torres

Lee A. Townsend

Daniel C. Tucker

Joel E. Tucker

Peter A. Tupas

James L. Turman

Stephen L. Turn

Jerimiah Lars Turner

Jed J. Tweedy

Edward J. Usasz

Roy K. Valentine, Jr.

Stephen R. Vandale

Robert Vasko

Eric C. Veloni

Dean C. Ventimiglia

Glenn E. Viettone

Douglas C. Vines

Nancy L. Wagner

Honoring MM&P Women

Officers

Jeremiah W. Walcik

Lacy J. Walker

Gregory S. Walsh

Janet S. Walsh

Harry Walton

Andrew A. Wargo

James H. Warmack

Ruffin F. Warren

Paul M. Washburn

Kevin L. Watson

Steven D. Watt

Jerone P. Watts

Robert L. Weber

William H. Weiss

Nathaniel R. Weissman

Lawrence L. Welsh

George A. Werdann, Jr.

John L. Westrem

William J. Westrem

Eugene K. Whalen

Gordon S. White

Michael Wholey

Richard S. Wickenden, II

Ronald C. Wilkin

Lester S. Williamson

John A. Willis

Denis J. Wilson

Wesley R. Wilson

Jon C. Winstedt

John B. Winterling

John R. Wood

Christopher Woodward

Michela Worthington

Janusz A. Wozniak

Jose B. Yap

John B. Young

Frank Zabrocky

James R. Zatwarnicki, Jr.

George N. Zeluff, Jr.

Demetrios Zouzoulas

PCF CONTRIBUTORS

The New MM&P WatchIt Fastens and

Unfastens in a Snap!

The newest addition to the elegant

line of MM&P Political Contribution

Fund (PCF) gifts is a highly polished,

two-tone watch that is easy to fasten

and unfasten. Perfect for any occasion,

this quality, union-made watch,

available in both men’s and women’s

editions, can be yours for a $200

contribution to the PCF. The watch

features the MM&P wheel on a cream-

colored background with Roman

numerals stamped in gold. Make your

contribution today on the Members

Only section of www.bridgedeck.org

or call MM&P Assistant Comptroller

Beverly Gutmann at 410-850-8700

ext. 11 for more information. Then,

wear your MM&P watch with pride!

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NEWS FROM MITAGS

Gregory GoolishtonGregory joined MM&P in 2005 after retir-

ing from the U.S. Navy. A 1983 graduate of

the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Greg

currently works out of the Norfolk Union Hall

and occasionally sails with Horizon Lines.

Greg lives in Beaufort, N.C., with his wife,

Susan, and their eight-year old daughter, Riley.

In his spare time, he enjoys running, sailing

and kayaking.

Kyle HamillKyle joined MM&P in 1998, after graduating

from the California Maritime Academy. He lives

in Costa Mesa, Calif. In his spare time, Kyle

enjoys fishing and reading. He offers his appre-

ciation to Mary Matlock, MITAGS admissions

coordinator, for helping him with the course

registration process.

Following in Their Father’s Footsteps

Armando GundinArmando joined

MM&P in 2003, after

graduating from

Massachusetts Maritime Academy. He is now a second mate

working out of the Tampa Union Hall. He loves traveling back to

Panama to enjoy the warmer weather there. Armando has just

completed the Chief Mate/Master program at MITAGS.

Roger GundinRoger joined MM&P in 2005, the same year he graduated

from Massachusetts Maritime Academy. He lives in Riverview,

Fla., and sails out of the Tampa Union Hall. Roger also enjoys

going back to Panama to spend time with his family. Roger and

Armando hope to follow in their father’s footsteps and become

Panama Canal Pilots.

Congratulations Recent Graduates!MITAGS would like to congratulate the following graduates of the Chief Mate/

Master (CMM) Program for their diligence and hard work.

It’s a Family AffairCongratulations to Karen Reyes and George Darley! George

joined MM&P in 1995 and currently holds a second mate’s

license. He lives in Canyon Lake, Texas, with his wife, Karen

Reyes, and their daughter, Jesilyn. Karen joined MM&P in

January 1999, after graduating from California Maritime

Academy. Karen and George love spending time with 10-month-

old Jesilyn, who keeps them very busy. George loves to hunt, fish,

practice archery and target shooting.

AB-to-Mate Training Now Available at MITAGSMITAGS is offering all the courses necessary to upgrade from

Able-Bodied Seaman to STCW-95 Officer in Charge of a

Navigational Watch (OICNW) on vessels over 500 gross tons.

Financial aid is available through SLM Financial (Sallie Mae)

for qualified candidates. For a complete listing of the AB to

Mate Program courses, please visit the MITAGS website at

http://www.mitags.org under “Original Licenses and Upgrades.”

Interested individuals can also contact the MITAGS Admissions

Department toll free at (866) 656-5568 or via e-mail at

admissions@mitags.org.

James L. Mixon Shoots Perfect Score in Small ArmsJames joined MM&P in 1997

after graduating from Texas

A&M in 1995. He currently lives

in Allardt, Tenn., with his wife,

Anya. He works in the Horizon

Lines T-AGS Program. In his free time, he enjoys paintball surf-

ing, and sailing.

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