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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…
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May 2017 Back to Issue SIU President Michael Sacco discusses the latest views on how American’s freight cabotage law protects U.S. national, economic and homeland security Look no further than the front page of this month’s LOG to see some of the continuing positive effects of the Jones Act.…
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May 2017Outing Welcomes Sec. Chao, Acclaims Agency’s 50th Year Even in a town with no shortage of recognizable names, the speaker lineup for the March 29 event at U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) headquarters was noteworthy. The list included SIU President Michael Sacco, one of seven speakers featured at…
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May 2017“The future is truly ours to shape.” With these words, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on April 4 that the national labor federation would be active in pushing its agenda for working people and their families. “Everybody deserves (an opportunity for)…
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April 2017 Congressman John Garamendi (D-California), ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, early last month introduced H.R. 1240, his “Energizing American Maritime Act.” If signed into law, the measure would strengthen the U.S. domestic maritime industry. Unveiled March 3, the bipartisan bill would require…