Survey targets mental health, well-being of mariners

Survey targets mental health, well-being of mariners

The University of Washington invites mariners from the U.S. maritime industry to take 10 to 15 minutes to anonymously complete the “2025 Mariner Mental Health & Well-being Survey” by scanning a QR code at the end of this aricle. Who is eligible to participate? We want to hear from sailing, credentialed mariners who work on U.S.-flagged vessels — including licensed…
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Federal maritime safety committees disbanded

As part of its efforts to reduce the scope and scale of the federal government, the Trump administration dismissed U.S. Coast Guard-credentialed mariners on nine federal advisory committees consulting on a variety of maritime issues, particularly on matters of safety.    In a Jan. 20 memo, then-acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Benjamine C. Huffman said, “I am directing the…
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A Mariner’s Notebook: FOC vessels shortchange the United States

A Mariner’s Notebook: FOC vessels shortchange the United States

For hundreds of years, domestic shipping companies registered their vessels in the United States, crewing them with U.S. merchant mariners. Then along came something called Prohibition, and things changed. In accordance with the 18th amendment to the Constitution, ratified on Jan. 16, 1919, it became illegal to manufacture, sell or transport alcohol in the United States. Since U.S.-flag vessels are…
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