Seafarers Log
December 2016 Long-term safety efforts by the SIU, its contracted companies and others in the American maritime industry are paying off. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released the findings of their 2015 Employer- Reported Workplace Injury and Illness study, and found that the maritime industry is safer than…
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December 2016 General Dynamics NASSCO shipbuilders recently delivered the Constitution, a Jones Actqualified ECO Class tanker, to SEA-Vista LLC. The ship will be crewed by SIU mariners and is operated by Seabulk Tankers. The Constitution is a 610-foot-long, 50,000 deadweight- ton, LNG-conversionready product tanker with a 330,000-barrel cargo capacity. The…
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December 2016 Although the SIU-supported candidate didn’t win the presidential election, Seafarers- backed candidates in the House and Senate fared well on Nov. 8. SIU Political and Legislative Director Brian Schoeneman noted, “Most attention will be focused on the presidential election, but for the SIU, this election was largely a…
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December 2016 More than a dozen Seafarers- contracted companies and numerous SIU-crewed ships and tugs recently were honored by the Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA) for their respective achievements when it comes to environmental excellence. The CSA normally hosts two awards ceremonies each year: one in the summer, focusing…
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December 2016 The U.S. Coast Guard’s National Maritime Center issued the following notice in early November. The National Maritime Center (NMC) is experiencing a higher than average volume of applications for this time of the year. With Hurricane Matthew passing through Florida and South Carolina in October, both REC Miami…
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December 2016We Are One Crew Election Day hadn’t even ended when the SIU began working to promote the U.S. Merchant Marine in the next congress. Our political activities never stop and never end, whether it’s an election year or not. SIU-backed candidates in the House and Senate fared very well…
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December 2016 The Seafarers Appeals Board acting under and pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement between the Union and various signatory Contracted Employers hereby takes the following action. WHEREAS, Seafarers Appeals Board Action No. 398 was promulgated to require all mariners involved in the Deep Sea shipping industry to possess…
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December 2016 In peace and war, SIU members deliver. Seafarers lived up to that decades-long standard in late October when the USNS LCPL Roy M. Wheat carried “the largest single Army-run shipment of ammunition to Europe in more than two decades,” according to the U.S. Army. That shipment on the…
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