JR 1/5/23 JR 1/5/23 “I Just Whipped it Out to the Helicopter:” Military Sealift Command 3rd Engineer Suspended for 30 Days After Exposing Genitals to Shipmates During Helo-Ops. Read More JR 12/27/22 JR 12/27/22 The Safer Seas Act The Safer Seas Act Read More MLAA 12/4/22 MLAA 12/4/22 After Heaps of Sexual Harassment Cases on Maersk Ships, the Company Admits it Has a Problem Read More MLAA 11/7/22 MLAA 11/7/22 U.S. Coast Guard Charges Female Chief Steward with Sexually Harassing and Molesting Male Steward’s Assistant (SA) Aboard Military Sealift Command Vessel Operated by Maersk Subsidiary USMMI. Read More MLAA 11/3/22 MLAA 11/3/22 U.S. Attorney Breon Peace Declined to Prosecute Capt. John Merrone for Drugging 2 USMMA Cadets & Raping One. Now the USCG Says More Victims Have Come Forward & Peace is Changing his Story. Read More 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 Newer Posts Older Posts
JR 1/5/23 JR 1/5/23 “I Just Whipped it Out to the Helicopter:” Military Sealift Command 3rd Engineer Suspended for 30 Days After Exposing Genitals to Shipmates During Helo-Ops. Read More
MLAA 12/4/22 MLAA 12/4/22 After Heaps of Sexual Harassment Cases on Maersk Ships, the Company Admits it Has a Problem Read More
MLAA 11/7/22 MLAA 11/7/22 U.S. Coast Guard Charges Female Chief Steward with Sexually Harassing and Molesting Male Steward’s Assistant (SA) Aboard Military Sealift Command Vessel Operated by Maersk Subsidiary USMMI. Read More
MLAA 11/3/22 MLAA 11/3/22 U.S. Attorney Breon Peace Declined to Prosecute Capt. John Merrone for Drugging 2 USMMA Cadets & Raping One. Now the USCG Says More Victims Have Come Forward & Peace is Changing his Story. Read More
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
