Outbound from San Francisco Bay, the PRESIDENT TRUMAN makes its way to ports of call in the Far East. It was th e first of five ClO-class vessels built by American President Lines and is crewed by MM&P Licensed Deck Officers.
This is MM&P Country. Oakland, California: This is the West Coast export port for American President Lines and its new ClO-class vessels. The PRESIDENT TRUMAN was the first of five such "postPanamax" vessels constructed for American President Lines using new and highly-efficient technology. The PRESIDENT TRUMAN and her sisterships, PRESIDENT ADAMS , PRESIDENT JACKSON , PRESIDENT KENNEDY and PRESIDENT POLK, are crewed by Masters, Mates & Pilots Licensed Deck Officers, as are all APL vessels. With a beam of 129 feet , these Cl Os exceed the limitations of the Panama Canal and are designed specifically for trans-Pacific container shipping service. At 903 feet , LOA, they are longer than thr:ee football fields , tower 20 stories above the water and displace 77 ,000 metric tons , yet the 57 ,000 horsepower engine on these ships gives them a service speed of 24 knots. The PRESIDENT TRUMAN and her sisterships incorporate the latest in navigational and operational technology, including computerized vessel management systems and the latest Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA) . MM&P Licensed Deck Officers on the Cl Os and all other American President Lines' ships train and sharpen their skills at MITAGS , the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies, located in Linthicum Heights, MD . Convenient to Baltimore and Washington, D.C. , MITAGS is the most advanced maritime training school in the world . Adding to its already full range of shipboard training courses, MITAGS developed its own ARPA course, setting another industry standard. The MITAGS ARPA course was the first in the nation to receive U.S. Coast Guard approval. MITAGS is the result of a close collaboration between the MM&P and the U.S.-flag shipping companies in their joint Maritime Advancement, Training, Education and Safety (MATES) program.
ROBERT J. LOWEN
F. ELWOOD KYSER
International President
International Secretary-Treasurer
International Organization of
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