Welcome to the
NAMMA website

NAMMA is an ecumenical, Christian association of individuals and organizations involved in maritime ministry throughout North America, including the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Founded in 1990, its mission is to provide a framework to support and assist port chaplains and others in this field in their ability to minister to the spiritual, moral, human rights and physical concerns of mariners and all others in the maritime community.

NAMMA helps equip port chaplains with the resources needed to carry on their ministry. It acts as a consultant and coordinator for services and training, as well as providing standards for these services.

NAMMA includes many ministries from a wide variety of denominations, as well as the four major maritime ministries of North America: Apostleship of the Sea (Roman Catholic), The Mission to Seafarers (Episcopal and Anglican), Lutheran Association for Maritime Ministry, and Port Ministries International (Southern Baptist). NAMMA's members include 41 major maritime ministry agencies and approximately 150 member chaplains.

SeaRiver Maritime Inc. is the winner of NAMMA's 2007 Annual Seafarer Salute Award for caring for its crews

Lloyd’s List is the winner of the NAMMA's 2007 Joe Gerson Humanitarian Award for continuing its trend of superb journalism when dealing with seafarers issues.

In October, 2007, NAMMA became one of the original signing organizations for NAMEPA (North American Marine Environment Protection Association).

Our 2007 Membership Directory in PDF format.

Our Spring 2008 newsletter and others.

Seamen SOS
Help for seafarers.

Yacht Race to Benefit NAMMA

Friday, May 16, 2008. Click here to learn more about the inagural Fairplay Cup USA at the American Yacht Club, Rye, New York.

Seminar on the Environmental Imperative: Accelerating Solutions

National Maritime Day, Wednesday, May 21, 2008, Rayburn House, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. Call 203 255-4686. Click here for a flyer you can print and post.

NAMMA Annual Conference

Boston, August 18-21, 2008, This year's theme is "Chaplain Inside - Chaplain Outside: Filling Your Vessel with Grace." Click here to see the Spring 2008 issue of Waterlines, which has a tenative conference schedule and a registration form you can print and mail in.

NAMMA Conference Keynote Address

"God lives and loves on ships. I know this. I have learnt from faith and experience to expect this. I am neither shocked nor frightened by it. But I am ceaselessly in awe."
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