UPDATE: The hiring hall in New Orleans reopens today, Sept. 16, at 8 a.m. local time. The hall in Mobile, Alabama, remains closed due to Hurricane Sally. (Original post from Sept. 14 follows.) The hiring halls in New Orleans and Mobile are closing at noon today (Sept. 14) due to…
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For precautionary reasons, the following hiring halls are closed until further notice: Philadelphia; Baltimore; and Jersey City, New Jersey. Those halls will be reachable by phone during normal business hours, and members can still conduct business with them. We will post an update as soon as possible, but anticipate the…
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LAST UPDATED SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 Editor’s note: The following is a recap of pandemic-related communications from the Coast Guard, National Maritime Center, and State Department that remain relevant to SIU members. Links to the original announcements are included. MMCs in Relation to TWIC From Marine Safety Information Bulletin Number 13-20,…
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The National Maritime Center has issued the following news item: Reopening of REC Seattle The National Maritime Center (NMC) is reopening Regional Examination Center (REC) Seattle for limited examination services beginning Monday, September 14, 2020. Additionally, RECs Boston, Honolulu, Houston, Juneau, Long Beach, Memphis, Miami, and Toledo, and Monitoring Units…
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The U.S. Coast Guard recently posted the following Marine Safety Information Bulletin, available on the agency's website HERE. Seafarers are encouraged to read the section titled "Merchant Mariner Credentials." The key points from that section include the following: "For mariners already holding a MMC, if their TWIC expires, and their…
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The following news release was issued by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on September 8. Allow crew changes to resolve humanitarian crisis, insists IMO Secretary-General A humanitarian crisis is taking place at sea and urgent action is needed to protect seafarers’ health and ensure the safety of shipping, the IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has warned.…
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Beginning this month (September 2020), the monthly membership meeting in Norfolk, Virginia, will take place on the Friday after the first Sunday of each month. The starting time of 10:30 a.m. remains the same. As a result of this modification, the next monthly membership meeting in Norfolk is now scheduled…
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The following news release was issued by the National Maritime Center on September 1. Reopening of RECs Memphis, Miami, Long Beach, and Toledo The National Maritime Center (NMC) is reopening Regional Examination Centers (RECs) Memphis, Miami, Long Beach, and Toledo for limited examination services beginning Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Additionally,…