Ships, Pirates and Unions

The Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (AFL-CIO) is just out with its most recent issue of the union’s bi-monthly magazine "Marine Officer," containing a full version the remarkable story of the pirate attack on the U.S.-flag containership Maersk Alabama.

see The Real Story of the MAERSK ALABAMA.pdf

It’s a nice piece of work by editor Marco Cannistraro, who pulls together most of the disparate elements of the story, and its aftermath. It has some great photos that you will see nowhere else.

It’s an appropriate Fourth of July salute to the men and women of the American Merchant Marine, who often work in obscurity and are often unjustly criticized.