MEBA, Liberty Maritime Spat Heats Up
Liberty Maritime responds to MEBAâs âInformational Picketâ against the U.S. flag operator. Coinciding with Liberty Maritimeâs reflagging ceremony in the Golden Triangle; The Marine Engineersâ Beneficial Association (MEBA) this week staged what they characterized as an âinformational picketâ today against Liberty Maritime Corp., to include Liberty Global Logistics (Liberty). Not so, says Bob Wellner, President of Liberty Global Logistics LLC (LGL), who weighed in this morning on the matter. In his own prepared comments, Wellner told Marinelink, âThe MEBA agreement with Liberty Maritime only covers dry cargo vessels which are enrolled in the Maritime Security Program.
OMI Corporation Elects Shapiro as A Director
OMI Corporation has named Philip J. Shapiro, president and CEO of Liberty Maritime Corp. as a director. Shapiro, whose position is with the largest privately held independent operator of U.S. flag dry bulk vessels, is also a director of the Steamship Mutual Protection and Indemnity Club and an elected member of the American Bureau of Shipping.