Disgraced maritime union leader Don Marcus has protected and defended numerous members of the IOMMP who were accused of sexually harassing and sexually assaulting mariners aboard IOMMP-contract ships, including infamous shipboard sexual predators Samuel Sullivan Irvin and Captain Mark Stinziano.

As of August 24, 2022, Marcus is still defending Stinziano and continues to allow Stinziano to remain a member in good standing of the IOMMP, despite the fact that Maersk eventually fired Stinziano after a federal judge suspended Stinziano’s merchant mariner’s license after he was found to have committed at least three acts of “assault and battery” against a USMMA deck cadet, to have “hazed” a USMMA deck cadet, to have stuck a ball point pen into his own asshole and made the cadet smell it, and to have repeatedly groped and sexually assaulted the cadet.

Links to MLAA stories about Don Marcus:

1. ShippingWatch.com: Maersk Finally FIRES Captain Mark Stinziano (August 23, 2022)

2. Maersk Chief Mate and IOMMP Member Charged With Shipboard Rape and Molestation By U.S. Coast Guard Allowed to Keep His Merchant Mariner’s License After Signing Secret Settlement Agreement

3. MLAA SENDS LETTER TO NEW MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR ANN PHILLIPS EXPRESSING ABSOLUTE AND TOTAL OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT OF DONALD J. MARCUS TO USMMA ADVISORY COUNCIL

4. Chief Mate of the APL President Jackson Was Convicted of Raping & Murdering a Passenger. Masters, Mates & Pilots Leader Don Marcus Allowed Him to Remain a Member of the Maritime Labor Union

5. 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

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

7. 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