UP COMING EVENTS 100 First Stamford Place, 6th Floor • Stamford, Connecticut • 06902 President’s Notes —page 1 From the Editor —page 3 CMA Website Update —page 3 Membership Notes —page 4 CMA "Work from home" Photo Winners —page 4 CMA Education Foundation Scholarship Program Winners 2020! —page 6 Employment Hub —page 8 NEWSLETTER JULY 2020 SAVE THE DATES JULY 2020 Thursday, July 16, 2020 CMA Annual Summer Picnic/Lobster Bake 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm Note that this event is CANCELLED due to City and State mandates and has been rescheduled to July 2021 ENJOY THE REST OF THE SUMMER WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND WE WILL RECONVENE WITH EVENTS IN SEPTEMBER AND HOPE FOR BETTER TIMES! BE WELL AND STAY SAFE! For Reservations for all CMA Events please call Lorraine at +1.203.406.0109 Ext 3717, or email [email protected]1 CONTENTS Not since perhaps the Cuban missile crisis has the world lived with as much uncertainty as we are living with today. In retrospect that was a comparatively short-lived incident in the larger history of the Cold War and did not disrupt day to day life. Not so for the Novel Corona Virus - 19 pandemic. Uncertainty colors every aspect of our daily lives as well as long term planning of our business, economic, social and family life. Globally COVID-19’s impact on world trade freezes supply and demand decisions so as to make planning of commerce and trade, and consequently cargoes and ships as well as ports and infrastructure nearly impossible. Perhaps the most troubling is how it effects the planning that is causing the most angst among those furthest from the decisions -- the seafarers. PRESIDENT’S NOTES
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UP COMING EVENTS
1 0 0 F i r s t S t a m f o r d P l a c e , 6 t h F l o o r • S t a m f o r d , C o n n e c t i c u t • 0 6 9 0 2
President’s Notes —page 1
From the Editor —page 3
CMA Website Update —page 3
Membership Notes —page 4
CMA "Work from home" Photo Winners —page 4
CMA Education Foundation Scholarship
Program Winners 2020! —page 6
Employment Hub —page 8
N E W S L E T T E R JULY 2020
SAVE THE DATES
JULY 2020
Thursday, July 16, 2020
CMA Annual Summer
Picnic/Lobster Bake
5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Note that this event is CANCELLED due to City and
State mandates and has been rescheduled to July 2021
Not since perhaps the Cuban missile crisis has the world
lived with as much uncertainty as we are living with today. In
retrospect that was a comparatively short-lived incident in
the larger history of the Cold War and did not disrupt day to
day life. Not so for the Novel Corona Virus - 19 pandemic.
Uncertainty colors every aspect of our daily lives as well as
long term planning of our business, economic, social and
family life.
Globally COVID-19’s impact on world trade freezes supply
and demand decisions so as to make planning of commerce
and trade, and consequently cargoes and ships as well as
ports and infrastructure nearly impossible. Perhaps the most
troubling is how it effects the planning that is causing the
most angst among those furthest from the decisions -- the
seafarers.
PRESIDENT’S NOTES
• CMA INFORMATION •
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OFFICERS PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT Chris Aversano Sandi Ennor Q88 LLC Transparensea Fuels, LLC SECRETARY TREASURER Marina Critides Ann Feltch Navios Maritime Holdings Dorian LPG
GOVERNORS & COMMITTEE CHAIRS MEMBERSHIP COMMUNICATION Paul Mazzarulli Jess Hurwitz The Baltic Exchange dX9 Global SOCIAL PLANNING & ADMIN Joyce Wang Patrick Bähr Eagle Shipping UPT United Product Tankers EDUCATION E-MEDIA Lorraine Parsons Cameron Amigo Marine Money SPI Marine
CMA AMBASSADOR (ASIA) Larry Liu Charles R. Weber Company
THE CMA HOME PAGE ADDRESS IS www.cmaconnect.com
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR & NEWSLETTER Donald B. Frost
By some estimates there are about a quarter of a million
sailors overdue for relief. I saw a LinkedIn post that showed
discharge papers for a mariner that signed on in September.
The longest I ever did was four months and that was hard. I
could not imagine three quarters of a year. Keep in mind
there are likely a similar number of workers who are stuck at
home waiting to earn a paycheck, a sometimes-overlooked
part of the equation.
The Question is: What can the CMA do? I think it's what
we always do. Keep the dialog open in our companies and
not just those that have mariners in their employ. We as an
organization can continue to keep this topic as a critical via
this newsletter, social media, lunches and for the trade show
in October. Individually we can keep pressure on local politi-
cians and those policy makers that can make a positive
impact.
Please don't forget to renew your dues. Our membership
sits at a very reasonable $100 per year. At the risk of sound-
ing like a late-night advert or charitable request --- its less
than 30 cents a day! Even though the focus and the benefit
of the CMA has traditionally been the subsidized networking
opportunities, we still rely on the support of members to keep
the lights on. Renewing is the same as it always has been
and can be found on our website. Speaking of which, we
hope to have a new and updated version of our site up and
running soon. Part of the revamp will include a membership
portal that will give members 'more' to their membership and
we can focus our effort that meets the needs of you, our
members, better.
As of this writing we are still planning a golf outing 28
September at Sterling Farms in Stamford CT and our 35th
annual CMA trade show 14-16 October also in Stamford
Connecticut. We are excited about the trade show as we are
partnering with SHIPPINGInsight to create the first annual
North American Shipping Week. We will continue to update
the status of both events as the dates approach.
Stay safe out there everyone
CL Aversano
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FROM THE EDITOR
With virtually every part of our lives being determined by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is hard to ignore it as a determinant of our business, financial and our families’ futures. Add the virus to pre-existing economic struggles world-wide. it is still harder to look to the future with optimism. My first job ashore was with NAESS SHIPPING CO. The founder, Erling D. Naess, saw our business as more com-plex than just ships. He suggested that “God must have been a shipowner. Why else would He have put the things that are needed so far from where they are needed?” As a consequence, over the years I have grown more and more aware that the activities that drive demand for trade among nations are often more important than the tools and systems that move the goods, energy and dry bulk cargoes. It is in this context that I have been writing a lot about the present and future state of globalism. The latest report from McKinsey (published July 8, 2020 in the American Shipper) “Freight, economy may not rebound in lockstep post pandemic” looks at how freight has decou-pled from the economy for the past 30 years. The authors see post-pandemic trade activity contracting like it did dur-ing the Great Depression and the global financial crisis. They see oil and gas growth as a “wildcard” that “will resume growth at some point but its timing and strength are going to depend heavily on the shape of the U.S. economic recovery, global recovery and macro forces.” Just focusing on the U.S. I found an interview (*) with Professor Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Laureate in Economics, focused on economic nationalism and what we, the people who execute the plans, might face in the next few years. To the question “Do you think tariffs have any role in today’s global economy?”, he replied: “They will not restore manufacturing jobs or coal-mining jobs. The trade war with China won’t even bring manufactur-ing back to the U.S.” “To the extent that “onshoring” occurs, production may largely be robotized. The jobs that are cre-ated will require different skills than those possessed by the workers that have lost their jobs, and they will be located in different regions of the U.S.” As a result of COVID-19 we have already seen the start of population shifts in the U.S. Will these shifts provoke long deferred transportation infrastructure investments enabling
Just wanted to bring everyone up to date on our current website status – you may have noticed that when you look at www.cmaconnect.com you see a very out of date web-site now – with updates overdue on many event dates, board members and so much else. We were about to launch a redesigned website at www.cmashipping.org and then discovered that the on-line membership function didn’t work when it was switched to the new site, so to continue to allow our members to use this part of it we had to revert to www.cmaconnect.com – then of course we found out it was no longer possible to update the old site so have no way of removing some of the current info showing. A perfect storm of unfortunate circum-stances! So, for up to date general CMA info go to www.cmashipping.org and if you wish to access the Membership module to renew or access member directory info continue to use www.cmaconnect.com but be aware that other info you see on this site is out of date. The development team let by E-Media Chair Cameron Amigo and assisted by Communications Chair, Jess Hurwitz is liaising with Memberclicks to get a new member-ship portal designed and ready to launch on the new site – hopefully no later than mid-July and then there will be a seamless redirect to the new site. So please bear with us, apologies for the outdated info you may be seeing at www.cmaconnect.com and do visit www.cmashipping.org for new info except the membership module if you prefer in the interim! And the show website remains as www.cmashipping2020.com and is not affected by any of the above! Thank you and be well, Lorraine Lorraine Parsons, CMA Event Director
CMA WEBSITE UPDATE
coastal and riverine marine transportation to be the future of shipping in the U.S.? For now, it looks like our business will continue to encounter disturbed seas and head winds with perhaps the most omi-nous aspects financial. (*) “Rethinking Globalization” COLUMBIA Magazine Winter 2019-20, pp 38-41
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We are pleased to welcome new member.
Mr. João Peixoto Silva, Executive Director, NAVEX, Lisbon, Portugal
Stay well. Paul Mazzarulli, Chairman, Membership Committee
MEMBERSHIP NOTES
Thank you for participating in our CMA “Work from home” Photo Contest, for submitting photos, for voting and for being part of this. As you saw on email the winners were based on the most liked photos posted on the event page in LinkedIn, and we decided to provide prizes also for the second place and three tied third place winners, as well as to the winner as a thank you for participating! 1st Joe Gross – d’Amico Shipping 2nd Lily Qosja – Dorian LPG 3rd Janek Ekeli – Dan-Bunkering 3rd Alex Koutsakis – PetroMar International 3rd Ed Waryas – KNOT Offshore Partners Joe won a complimentary one year membership or sum-mer picnic ticket for the July 2021 event for First Place. (he kindly donated the membership prize in return for two stu-dent memberships for SUNY Maritime Graduate Student CMA EF scholarship winners – thanks Joe!) Lily got a $50 Amazon gift card for Second and the three Third placed entries from Janek, Alex and Ed were also rewarded with a $25 Amazon gift card each. We appreciate your support. Be well and be safe, Joyce Wang, CMA Social Chair
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Congratulations to our Scholarship Program Winners 2020!
We look forward to honoring you and celebrating with all of you this Fall. 1st Place $7,500:
Connor Bradley, Morro Bay HS/ CA Maritime 2nd Place $5,000:
Hunter Moore, Cedarcrest HS/CA Maritime 3rd Place $2,500:
Carter P. Alexander, Franklin County HS/ME Maritime Finalists: $10,000 combined
High School Seniors Nolan Lovegrove, Darien HS/SUNY Maritime or ME Maritime
Miguel R. Sanchez, Terra Nova HS/Webb Institute Joseph P. Starck, III, St. Ignatius HS/SUNY Maritime
Avery Steffen, Mt. Pleasant HS/SUNY Maritime Undergraduate Program Zachary Hess, USMMA
Benjamin Lilly, Webb Institute Colin McCabe, MA Maritime
Serge N. Monthe, SUNY Maritime James Stacy, MA Maritime
Graduate Program Aman Bhalodi, SUNY Maritime Graduate
Habtamu L. Eshete, SUNY Maritime Graduate
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Hosting an Intern this Summer?
Internship stipends are available to students working at CMA member, domestic, maritime companies that are interested in pursuing a career in the maritime industry.
Internship Application Information & Form: http://www.cma‐edu.org/internships/ http://www.cma‐edu.org/support/
For additional information, please contact: Christeen Bernard Dür, Christeen@cma‐edu.org
The CMA Employment Hub is designed to match qualified candidates with good positions. Over the years, this serv-ice has proven to be extremely valuable to both job seek-ers and potential employers. Ads seeking to fill positions
will run for two months at a rate of $300. Candidates seeking employment must be a CMA member at a rate of $100 per year or
$40 per year for students.
To become part of the Employment Hub please call (203) 406-0109 ext. 3717 or
email: [email protected] The latest Employment Hub is always accessible on the