Check out our Facebook album from the DOT ceremony HERE The SIU made a typically strong showing for today’s National Maritime Day observance in the nation’s capital. Union officials and an enthusiastic group of apprentices from the SIU-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education – two of whom…
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Here is this year's National Maritime Day statement from the White House. To access it on the White House website, click HERE Proclamation on National Maritime Day, 2019 On National Maritime Day, we honor the men and women who, throughout our history, have served with professionalism, dedication, and patriotism in…
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20
The following news release was issued by the American Maritime Partnership (AMP), to which the SIU is affiliated. THE DOMESTIC MARITIME INDUSTRY CREATES 22,500 JOBS AND $6.12 BILLION OF ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON Senator Cantwell Joins over 200 Maritime Industry Leaders in Celebrating the Domestic Maritime Impact…
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SIU-contracted NY Waterway issued the following news release and accompanying photo on May 15. A NY Waterway ferry crew aboard the Gov. Thomas Kean rescued the pilot after a helicopter crashed in the Hudson River today. Capt. Adam…
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The U.S. Maritime Administration recently issued the following advisory. To access it on the agency's website, click HERE. 2019-006-Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Bab-el-Mandeb, and Red Sea-Threats to U.S. Interests from Iran Description: 1. Reference: U.S. Maritime Advisory 2019-004. 2. Issue: Reporting indicates heightened…
May
09
Seafarers-contracted Crowley Maritime issued the following news release on May 9. SIU Executive Vice President Augie Tellez and SIU Assistant Vice President Kris Hopkins attended the event. Coast Guard Foundation Presents Award to Chairman and CEO Tom Crowley and Crowley Maritime (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; May 9, 2019) – The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit…
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The U.S. Navy has issued the following news release and photo that appears above. To access the content on the Navy website, click HERE. Members of the SIU Government Services Division sail aboard the USNS Comfort. U.S. Navy Hospital Ship to Deploy in Response to Humanitarian Crisis in Latin America…
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The U.S. Maritime Administration has issued the following notice. It's available on the agency's website HERE 2019-005-Eastern Mediterranean and Red Seas-GPS Interference Description: This revised Advisory cancels U.S. Maritime Advisory 2018-014 1. Reference: U.S. Maritime Alerts 2018-004A, 2018-004B, 2018-008A. 2. Issue: Multiple instances of significant GPS interference continue to be…
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The Coast Guard's National Maritime Center issued the following news item on May 6: Update 5 – Mitigation Efforts Due to Lapse in Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriations and Partial Government Shutdown Due to a continued backlog of credential applications and increased net processing time of both mariner credential applications and…
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Declaring himself once again “a strong supporter of the Jones Act’ and “a strong believer of cargo preference,” U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-Louisiana) received the International Propeller Club of the United States annual ‘Salute to Congress’ Award. During a dinner in northern Virginia on May 1, Richmond became the 35th…