The hiring halls in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Jersey City will reopen Monday morning, Sept. 21, 2020. The halls had been closed for precautionary reasons. Separately, the Mobile hall is still without power and remains closed until further notice. ###
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SIU-contracted Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) recently celebrated a significant safety milestone. As of Sept. 12, 2020, the company’s entire internationally trading “blue” fleet had gone 12 months without a single lost-time incident (defined as necessitating an injured mariner to miss a day’s work for recovery). “This is a major achievement…
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The hiring hall in Mobile, Alabama, didn’t sustain damage from Hurricane Sally, but is without power. The hall will remain closed until further notice, and the special meeting originally scheduled for Sept. 18 is being postponed. When a date is firmed up for the meeting, an update will be posted.…
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From the U.S. Coast Guard's National Maritime Center (original post available HERE): The National Maritime Center (NMC) is reopening Regional Examination Centers (RECs) Charleston, New Orleans, and New York for limited examination services beginning Monday, September 21, 2020. Additionally, RECs Boston, Honolulu, Houston, Juneau, Long Beach, Memphis, Miami, Seattle, and…
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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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11
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.…