Today we are pleased to welcome new 
PMM Online editor Mark Edward Nero. Mark has been a professional journalist since 1995 and has covered the maritime shipping industry since 2002. Based in Long Beach, California, Mark was previously a reporter with the 
Long Beach Press-Telegram where he covered the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. His work has also appeared in numerous other publications, including 
Pacific Maritime Magazine, 
The Cunningham Report, 
Fairplay magazine, the 
San Diego Union-Tribune, 
Boston Globe and the 
Los Angeles Daily News.