MLAA 11/1/22 MLAA 11/1/22 Captain John Merrone Surrenders Captain’s License to Avoid Coast Guard Trial. Receives Permanent Lifetime Ban From U.S. Maritime Industry Read More MLAA 10/26/22 MLAA 10/26/22 U.S. Coast Guard Charges Another Crowley Officer With Sexual Misconduct. Read More MLAA 10/23/22 MLAA 10/23/22 Crowley Engineer Accused of Sexually Harassing & Assaulting a Cadet as Well as Exposing Himself to a Cadet After Opening Cadet’s Cabin Door. Read More MLAA 10/14/22 MLAA 10/14/22 Accused Serial Rapist Captain John Merrone Kicked Out of American Maritime Officers (AMO) Labor Union Following “Multiple Credible Allegations” Ashore & Aboard Vessels Under AMO Contract Read More JR 10/13/22 JR 10/13/22 Historic Maritime Safety Legislation “Safer Seas Act” Introduced in Full Senate. Bill Now Part of “Must Pass” National Defense Authorization Act & Set to Become Law by End of 2022 Read More MLAA 10/12/22 MLAA 10/12/22 RESOLUTION: ACTION DROPPING CAPTAIN JOHN MERRONE FROM ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP BY AMO NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD AND AMO NATIONAL PRESIDENT Read More JR 9/18/22 JR 9/18/22 Historic Maritime Safety Legislation “Safer Seas Act” Clears Senate Commerce Committee, Now Heads to Full Senate for Vote Read More MLAA 8/23/22 MLAA 8/23/22 August 23, 2022: Maersk Finally FIRES Captain Mark Stinziano Read More MLAA 8/22/22 MLAA 8/22/22 El Pais: “Sexual harassment of sailors sees the light: After decades of silence about the abuses of shipping company crew members, two victims have gone to court in the United States.” Read More JR 8/19/22 JR 8/19/22 U.S. Coast Guard Answer to MLAA Lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Read More MLAA 8/19/22 MLAA 8/19/22 In Answer to MLAA Lawsuit Filed in SDNY, U.S. Coast Guard “denies the USCG gave extraordinarily lenient punishments to USCG-credentialed mariners who the USCG knew were sexual predators.” Read More MLAA 7/31/22 MLAA 7/31/22 Military Sealift Command & U.S. Coast Guard Operating Agreement Does Not Address Mariner Sexual Misconduct or Require MSC Captains to Report Allegations of Sexual Assault IAW 46 USC 10104 Read More MLAA 7/30/22 MLAA 7/30/22 Navy & Coast Guard Allowed Military Sealift Command Medical Officer to Quietly Retire After NCIS Investigation Found He Sexually Molested at Least Two Female Mariners Aboard USNS PECOS Read More MLAA 7/29/22 MLAA 7/29/22 U.S. Coast Guard vs. Arne Gunnar Svendsen: 3 Month MMC Suspension For Mariner Convicted of “Assault with Deadly Weapon on Sheriff’s Deputy,” “Sexual Battery,” & “Two DUI’s” Read More JR 7/28/22 JR 7/28/22 MARAD Files Answer to MLAA Lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Read More MLAA 7/28/22 MLAA 7/28/22 U.S. Coast Guard vs. Andrew W. Betnar: 12 Month Suspension of License and MMC After Conviction for 199 Counts of “Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse” Read More MLAA 7/27/22 MLAA 7/27/22 U.S. Coast Guard vs. Captain Michael James Verdin: After Sexual Battery Conviction and 1 Year of “Hard Labor” in Louisiana Penitentiary, Licensed Captain Given 7 Month Suspension by Coast Guard Read More MLAA 7/26/22 MLAA 7/26/22 U.S. Coast Guard vs. Richard J. Tietge: In Secret Settlement Agreement, USCG ALJ Judge Gave Registered Sex Offender 20 Month Suspension After a Child Porn Conviction, Then Allowed Him to Ship Out Read More MLAA 7/26/22 MLAA 7/26/22 USCG vs. Stinziano: Defense Submits Reply Brief to USCG Commandant. Tedious & Unpersuasive Brief Argues Maersk Captain Should Not have his Captain’s License permanently REVOKED (July 23, 2022). Read More MLAA 7/25/22 MLAA 7/25/22 Maersk Chief Mate Charged With Shipboard Rape and Molestation By U.S. Coast Guard Allowed to Keep His Merchant Mariner’s License After Signing Secret Settlement Agreement Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
MLAA 11/1/22 MLAA 11/1/22 Captain John Merrone Surrenders Captain’s License to Avoid Coast Guard Trial. Receives Permanent Lifetime Ban From U.S. Maritime Industry Read More
MLAA 10/26/22 MLAA 10/26/22 U.S. Coast Guard Charges Another Crowley Officer With Sexual Misconduct. Read More
MLAA 10/23/22 MLAA 10/23/22 Crowley Engineer Accused of Sexually Harassing & Assaulting a Cadet as Well as Exposing Himself to a Cadet After Opening Cadet’s Cabin Door. Read More
MLAA 10/14/22 MLAA 10/14/22 Accused Serial Rapist Captain John Merrone Kicked Out of American Maritime Officers (AMO) Labor Union Following “Multiple Credible Allegations” Ashore & Aboard Vessels Under AMO Contract Read More
JR 10/13/22 JR 10/13/22 Historic Maritime Safety Legislation “Safer Seas Act” Introduced in Full Senate. Bill Now Part of “Must Pass” National Defense Authorization Act & Set to Become Law by End of 2022 Read More
MLAA 10/12/22 MLAA 10/12/22 RESOLUTION: ACTION DROPPING CAPTAIN JOHN MERRONE FROM ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP BY AMO NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD AND AMO NATIONAL PRESIDENT Read More
JR 9/18/22 JR 9/18/22 Historic Maritime Safety Legislation “Safer Seas Act” Clears Senate Commerce Committee, Now Heads to Full Senate for Vote Read More
MLAA 8/22/22 MLAA 8/22/22 El Pais: “Sexual harassment of sailors sees the light: After decades of silence about the abuses of shipping company crew members, two victims have gone to court in the United States.” Read More
JR 8/19/22 JR 8/19/22 U.S. Coast Guard Answer to MLAA Lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Read More
MLAA 8/19/22 MLAA 8/19/22 In Answer to MLAA Lawsuit Filed in SDNY, U.S. Coast Guard “denies the USCG gave extraordinarily lenient punishments to USCG-credentialed mariners who the USCG knew were sexual predators.” Read More
MLAA 7/31/22 MLAA 7/31/22 Military Sealift Command & U.S. Coast Guard Operating Agreement Does Not Address Mariner Sexual Misconduct or Require MSC Captains to Report Allegations of Sexual Assault IAW 46 USC 10104 Read More
MLAA 7/30/22 MLAA 7/30/22 Navy & Coast Guard Allowed Military Sealift Command Medical Officer to Quietly Retire After NCIS Investigation Found He Sexually Molested at Least Two Female Mariners Aboard USNS PECOS Read More
MLAA 7/29/22 MLAA 7/29/22 U.S. Coast Guard vs. Arne Gunnar Svendsen: 3 Month MMC Suspension For Mariner Convicted of “Assault with Deadly Weapon on Sheriff’s Deputy,” “Sexual Battery,” & “Two DUI’s” Read More
JR 7/28/22 JR 7/28/22 MARAD Files Answer to MLAA Lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Read More
MLAA 7/28/22 MLAA 7/28/22 U.S. Coast Guard vs. Andrew W. Betnar: 12 Month Suspension of License and MMC After Conviction for 199 Counts of “Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse” Read More
MLAA 7/27/22 MLAA 7/27/22 U.S. Coast Guard vs. Captain Michael James Verdin: After Sexual Battery Conviction and 1 Year of “Hard Labor” in Louisiana Penitentiary, Licensed Captain Given 7 Month Suspension by Coast Guard Read More
MLAA 7/26/22 MLAA 7/26/22 U.S. Coast Guard vs. Richard J. Tietge: In Secret Settlement Agreement, USCG ALJ Judge Gave Registered Sex Offender 20 Month Suspension After a Child Porn Conviction, Then Allowed Him to Ship Out Read More
MLAA 7/26/22 MLAA 7/26/22 USCG vs. Stinziano: Defense Submits Reply Brief to USCG Commandant. Tedious & Unpersuasive Brief Argues Maersk Captain Should Not have his Captain’s License permanently REVOKED (July 23, 2022). Read More
MLAA 7/25/22 MLAA 7/25/22 Maersk Chief Mate Charged With Shipboard Rape and Molestation By U.S. Coast Guard Allowed to Keep His Merchant Mariner’s License After Signing Secret Settlement Agreement Read More
