Seafarers International Union has announced the passing of its long-time president Michael Sacco. Sacco died of natural causes on December 28, 2023, in St. Louis, Missouri, surrounded by family members….
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By Don Marcus, President of International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P), Lost in the recent debate in gCaptain about the shortage of qualified American mariners is the reality…
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by John Konrad (gCaptain) In a significant stride towards promoting diversity and inclusion, Matson ($MATX), a leading US Flag containership operator, reported that over half of its new hires into…
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After World War II the United States had the largest and newest fleet of commercial ships in the world. World trade has roughly doubled every tens years since the Allied…