SIU Secretary-Treasurer Named to Lloyd’s List Top 100 in Shipping Industry

David Heindel, secretary-treasurer of the Seafarers International Union (an MTD affiliate), recently was included on a list of the 100 most influential people in the worldwide shipping industry by the […]
Parker Named MarAd Chief Counsel

Franklin R. Parker recently was sworn in as the chief counsel of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd). A graduate of Yale University, Stanford Law School and the John F. Kennedy […]
Whitlow, Angelo Urge International Action on Piracy

Two international maritime officials – one representing union mariners and the other overseeing an association of tanker owners – agreed that more must be done to insure the safety of […]