MLAA 2/8/23 MLAA 2/8/23 In New Book, Maritime Historian Calls Hope Hicks “the most talked-about woman EVER in the maritime world” & Expresses Optimism Hicks’ Bravery Will Lead to a Revolution in Maritime Life Read More MLAA 1/7/23 MLAA 1/7/23 A Military Sealift Command CIVMAR Secretly Filmed Female Cadets in their Staterooms Aboard USNS Kanawha. 4 Years Later He Was Sentenced to Probation. Read More 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 Newer Posts Older Posts
MLAA 2/8/23 MLAA 2/8/23 In New Book, Maritime Historian Calls Hope Hicks “the most talked-about woman EVER in the maritime world” & Expresses Optimism Hicks’ Bravery Will Lead to a Revolution in Maritime Life Read More
MLAA 1/7/23 MLAA 1/7/23 A Military Sealift Command CIVMAR Secretly Filmed Female Cadets in their Staterooms Aboard USNS Kanawha. 4 Years Later He Was Sentenced to Probation. Read More
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
