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June 2017 SIU-contracted Alaska Tanker Company (ATC) recently added to its already substantial collection of wellearned safety awards. In early April, the company received the Governor’s Special Achievement Award during the 36th annual Governor’s Safety and Health Conference in Anchorage, Alaska. ATC was recognized for its crews having completed more…
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June 2017 The $1.1 trillion federal appropriations bill passed by both the House and Senate and signed by President Trump on May 5 includes funding for several programs important to the U.S.-flag maritime industry as well as health care for retired coal miners and their families. The bipartisan bill covers…
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June 2017 U.S. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), a longtime advocate of the Jones Act and U.S.-flag shipping, as well as a trusted ally of the SIU, is the recipient of the 2017 Salute to Congress Award. The legislator received the award May 2 during this year’s International Propeller Club…
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June 2017 One of the American maritime industry’s most consistently outspoken advocates recently issued a characteristically strong defense of the Jones Act. U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-California) posted and circulated the op-ed in late April, under the headline: Protecting our southern border with U.S. mariners. Hunter serves on the House…
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June 2017 Responding to an April 23 Washington Post editorial attacking the PL-480 Food for Peace Program, the president of the Navy League of the United States told the paper, “Our nation’s cargo preference programs, including the Food for Peace Program, are instrumental to sustaining the U.S. Merchant Marine and…
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June 2017 Seafarers-contracted and Honolulubased Pasha Hawaii on May 11 announced that the company has selected Keppel AmFELS in Brownsville, Texas, for the construction of two new liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled containerships, with the option to order two additional vessels. Pasha Hawaii was in the process of finalizing contract specifications…
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June 2017 SIU President Michael Sacco recaps this year’s Seafarers Waterfront Classic and examines recent maritime developments in the nation’s capital Congratulations to everyone involved in this year’s Seafarers Waterfront Classic, which lived up to its reputation as a fun event benefiting two worthwhile causes. Even though the fish mostly…
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June 2017 To view photos from the Waterfront Classic, visit the event's Facebook page here. Despite a lack of fish, the fifth annual Seafarers Waterfront Classic nevertheless set records on its way to another successful year. Conducted on May 2 at the Seafarers-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and…
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June 2017 In 2015, on average, 150 workers died from preventable work-related injuries and illnesses every day in the United States, according to a report released in late April by the AFL-CIO. The federation (to which the SIU is affiliated) confirmed that 4,836 workers died due to workplace injuries, and…