MLAA 2/26/23 MLAA 2/26/23

Samuel Sullivan Irvin, III: Maersk Chief Mate & Captain, Member of Masters, Mates, & Pilots Labor Union, and Credibly Accused Shipboard Sexual Predator

MLAA 2/13/23 MLAA 2/13/23

For the First Time, the U.S. Coast Guard Outlines its Maritime Sexual Misconduct Reporting & Investigation Process

MLAA 2/10/23 MLAA 2/10/23

June 30, 2020: “An Epic Sexual Assault Scandal, 30 Years in the Making, is Coming for the U.S. Coast Guard. This FOIA Request is only the Beginning.”

June 30, 2020: MLAA’s 1st Blog Post: “An Epic Sexual Assault Scandal, 30 Years in the Making, is Coming for the U.S. Coast Guard. This FOIA Request is only the Beginning.”

MLAA 2/9/23 MLAA 2/9/23

Coast Guard Leader Linda Fagan Takes 9 Months to Issue Appeal Decision in USCG vs. Stinziano, Refuses to Condemn Shipboard Sexual Assault, and Remands Case Back to Predator-Protecting ALJ Court

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

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.

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.

JR 12/27/22 JR 12/27/22

The Safer Seas Act

MLAA 12/4/22 MLAA 12/4/22

After Heaps of Sexual Harassment Cases on Maersk Ships, the Company Admits it Has a Problem

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.

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.

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

MLAA 10/26/22 MLAA 10/26/22

U.S. Coast Guard Charges Another Crowley Officer With Sexual Misconduct.

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.

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

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

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

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

MLAA 8/23/22 MLAA 8/23/22

August 23, 2022: Maersk Finally FIRES Captain Mark Stinziano

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.”