The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), to which the SIU is affiliated, has issued the following news item. To access the article on the ITF website, click HERE SIU Secretary-Treasurer David Heindel testified at the senate hearing in Canberra, Australia’s capital. Among other points, Heindel – who also chairs the…
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The SIU is mourning the passing of retired Port Agent Ed Kelly, who died of natural causes Feb. 3 in Houston. He was 78. Kelly, who came from a long line of Seafarers (including his father and five uncles, one of whom was a charter member), began working for the…
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The following release was issued by the U.S. Coast Guard on February 2. Novel Coronavirus This MSIB cancels MSIB 01-20 “Novel Coronavirus Precautions”, dated January 24, 2020. An outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) may affect mariners and maritime commerce. 2019-nCoV was first detected in Wuhan,…