Next issue submissions due March 1, 2012, for the April 2012 Issue.
Our focus will be on preparing for the PDC/AGM with articles that ready members for discussions, including speaker topcis and more importantly, views and positions, often centered around safety and regulations.
Sidelights February 2012 out now!
Criminalizaion and unfair treatment of seafarers continues, MarAd dissolving GMATS, NANOOS/IOOS, Coast Survey Teams, Seasickness, Kindness of Strangers, STCW codes go into effect, and more!
Download the February 2012 Issue now. (pdf format, 4149 kb - low res)
Sidelights is written by master mariners and pilots for master mariners and pilots. It is the place we share our ideas, concerns, and experiences with others in our profession from all over the nation, and now, world. It is an outlet for our views to be heard by industry, government and regulatory officials. Sidelights is a way we communicate.
Sidelights is distributed to key industry officials, government officials (including MARAD, USCG, Congressional committee chairs, etc.), international shipmaster associations and international regulatory entities such as IFSMA and the IMO.
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In Each Issue
- View From the Bridge report from our own CAMM National President regarding the hot issue of the month;
- CAMM Chapter & Committee Reports;
- Legislative & regulatory news updates by Will Watson;
- The most current issues facing mariners and their effects on the industry;
- Original, timely articles submitted by maritime professionals;
- Seafarers’ rights by Father Sinclair Oubre, CAMM Chaplain;
- IFSMA: 2-4 pages each issue, Secretary-General Capt. Rodger MacDonald typically reports on safety at sea;
- In the Membership: poems, perspectives, and letters;
- Company of Master Mariners of Canada (CMMC) Section;
- International Perspective, featuring articles about or writtten from around the world.
Submit an Article
Next issue submissions due March 1, 2012, for the April 2012 publication.
Guidelines for article submissions
To submit an article, please email or send your articles, photos and related material to:
CAMM Sidelights
c/o Tom Bradley
4605 NW 139th Loop
Vancouver, WA 98685
Tel: 360-901-1257
sidelights@mastermariner.org
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Publication Schedule
February: February 1 (articles due by January 5)
April: April 1 (articles due by March 1)
June: June 1 (articles due by May 1)
October: October 1 (articles due by September 1)
December: December 1 (articles due by November 1)