JR 1/17/22 JR 1/17/22

Melogy v. Maersk: When MLAA Founder Filed A Union Grievance Against A Sexually Predatory Maersk Captain, Disgraced MMP President Don Marcus & Maersk Leadership Conspired to Shield Him From Justice

JR 1/8/22 JR 1/8/22

Maritime Legal Aid & Advocacy Receives 501(c)(3) Designation as Tax-Exempt Public Charity From the Internal Revenue Service

JR 1/3/22 JR 1/3/22

Legal Analysis: Shipping Companies Who Employ Known Sexual Predators Could Face Massive Civil Liability Pursuant to Lawsuits Permitted Under Federal Anti-Sex Trafficking Statutes.

JR 12/30/21 JR 12/30/21

MLAA Files FOIA Request Seeking MARAD Response to Senate Commerce Committee’s Demand for Answers to Allegations of Rampant & Unchecked Maritime Sexual Abuse Posted on MLAA Website

JR 12/28/21 JR 12/28/21

New FOIA Request Seeks Docs Submitted to DOT By Maersk & Other Vessel Operators Pursuant to EMBARC Sea Year Rules, Including Reports of SASH, Completed SASH Investigations, & Updated SMS Plans

JR 12/4/21 JR 12/4/21

MLAA Founder Files Legal Complaint Against Crowley For Physical & Psychological Abuse Aboard M/V Washington Express. Complaint Alleges Attacks Were Retaliation From MMP President Don Marcus

JR 11/9/21 JR 11/9/21

In Fleet-Wide Policy Letter, Maersk V.P. Labor Instructs Captains Who Witness Sexual Assault Aboard Their Vessels To Tell Sex Criminals “They Will Be Sent Off In The Next Port If They Don't Shape Up.”

JR 11/6/21 JR 11/6/21

MLAA Publishes Lengthy Public Comment Regarding Failures of U.S. Coast Guard to Enforce 46 USC 10104 for November 2021 National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) Meeting.

JR 10/28/21 JR 10/28/21

In Secret 2019 Settlement Agreement, USCG Gave 3 Month Suspension to Mariner who Subjected a USMMA Cadet to Weeks of Shipboard Sexual Terror Aboard a Maersk Ship. USMMA Continues to Send him Cadets.

JR 9/13/21 JR 9/13/21

In Sign of Fear & Desperation, Maersk Filed a Federal Lawsuit Against the U.S. Coast Guard Seeking Legally Privileged Info About Maritime Legal Aid & Advocacy & Its Founder J. Ryan Melogy

JR 9/7/21 JR 9/7/21

Maersk Given $2 Billion Military Contract Months After Record $32 Million Fine for Defrauding U.S. Military. Result Raises Doubt About Effectiveness Of USCG’s $10,000 Fine For Sexual Assault Coverups

JR 9/3/21 JR 9/3/21

In Precedent Setting Enforcement Action, U.S. Coast Guard Has Fined Maersk Line, Limited $10,000 For Violating 46 USC § 10104 During Shocking Shipboard Sexual Assault Coverup Involving USMMA Cadets

JR 8/31/21 JR 8/31/21

Congressional Research Service Report Confirms That Under Federal Law There Exists No Statute of Limitations for Prosecuting Sex Crimes that Occur Aboard American Vessels on the High Seas

JR 8/30/21 JR 8/30/21

In New FOIA Ruling, U.S. Coast Guard Doubles Down on Protecting the Names of USCG-Approved Sexual Predators from Public Release, Citing the Predators’ “Privacy Interests”

JR 5/12/21 JR 5/12/21

MARAD FOIA Request #3: MLAA Seeks Records of the USMMA Advisory Board

JR 5/5/21 JR 5/5/21

In 2018 a Texas A&M Maritime Academy Cadet and Registered Sex Offender was Given a Settlement Agreement by the U.S. Coast Guard Allowing Him to Obtain his Merchant Mariner’s License

JR 4/22/21 JR 4/22/21

USCG Licensed Merchant Marine Officer Convicted of Molesting His Daughter Given Only a Letter of Warning in Deal with U.S. Coast Guard; No Suspension or Revocation of License & Name Kept Secret.

JR 4/21/21 JR 4/21/21

U.S.C.G. Licensed Captain Charged With Rape & Convicted of Sexual Battery Given 7 Month Suspension of License & Allowed to Continue Sailing after Negotiating Deal With U.S.C.G. From Prison.

JR 4/18/21 JR 4/18/21

MARAD FOIA Request #2: MLAA Seeks All Documents Related to USMMA’s Referral Of Shipboard Sexual Assault Allegations to American President Lines for “Administrative Handling.”

JR 4/13/21 JR 4/13/21

MLAA Files FOIA Request with MARAD/USMMA Seeking All USMMA Board of Visitors’ Records Related to Sexual Assault Crisis