At a ceremony on February 17, at San
Francisco?s Pier 9, officiated by Captain Peter McIsaac, Port Agent for the Pilots, the Drake was christened by Monique Moyer, Executive Director of the Port of San Francisco
The Sailors? Union crewed another APL Marine Services vessel when the APL Turquoise was flagged from Singapore to United States registry on December 29, in Charleston, South Carolina.
SUP-contracted Matson Navigation Company this month won a decisive victory in federal court which saved the roll-on/roll-off, lift-on/lift-off vessel Mokihana from being banned from the domestic (Jones Act) trades.
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, speaking at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., singled out the achievements of the merchant marine.
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Seafarer wages have been frozen until some time next year, following an agreement between representatives of many leading shipowners and the main maritime trade Unions.
Delegates to the AFL-CIO?s Convention in Pittsburgh enthusiastically adopted an ambitious series of resolutions that set forth a strategy aimed at restarting the economy and creating and sustaining good jobs.
Our nation is now engaged in a great debate about the future of health care in America. Millions of Americans quietly struggle every day with a system that often works better for the health-insurance companies than it does for them.
Members of the House Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation expressed disappointment during a hearing on July 9, concerning the time necessary for the Coast Guard to process Merchant Mariner Credentials and license processing.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Pacific Coast Maritime Strike of 1934 and the General Strike in San Francisco?events which sparked the resurgence of the maritime labor movement and the labor movement as a whole.