http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/97ab47414715ce44151bcdf2aaebfe06.PDF 130a1cc4d09017198380a0eb097cf9e1 PDF Text Text / f . Tallying Panel Announces Union Election Results ::p. • N.J. Fishermen's Group Signs Up with the SlU • . •••. isJTi. . • Pages Pages OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS imERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC GULF, UKES AND INUND WATERS DISTRIQ • AFL-CIO Volume 55, Numbers February 199S Braer Tanker Spill Revives Runaway Issue • .'I The January 5 grounding of the Liberian-flag tanker Braer, pictured in the photo above, and the corresponding 26 million gallon oil spill have focused public attention to the vagaries of runaway-flag registries. The public is becoming increasingly aware that runaway registries are used by shipowners to evade taxes, safety regulations, obligations to crewmembers and often are a tool for get-rich-quick schemes unconcerned with the shipping industry itself. Crew Reports Smooth Sailine 3- • . • I •I? First Trip a Succesp For New Cable Ship '• %' • •-iX- Pagb3 • ..'••HM#; •• The SlU-crewed GlobalMariherenters Honolulu harbor on its maiden voyage. : "-r'--' . // - • •• ' -i , .T-' ' 4>-- :"-i / V �2 FEBRUARY 1993 SEk^MERSlOG President's Report House Maritime Panei Reorganizedi Senate ConRrms New OUT Secretary Missed Opportunities Congress convened its 103rd sight and Investigations Subcom­ the Senate. Lloyd Bentsen CDLate last year the giant cruise ship company. Carnival Cruise session on January 3 in order to mittee, while splitting the old Texas) was selected by President Lines, announced it had entered into an agreement with an Italian hold its own organizational meet­ Fisheries and Wildlife Conserva­ Clinton to serve as secretary of shipyard for the building of three immense pas­ ing as well as confirmation hear­ tion and the Environment Sub­ the treasury. Bentsen's seat on the senger vessels. That action has put the spotlight ings for Clinton administration committee into two separate subcommittee is vacant and will on what other nations' governments are willing groups. The changes in the make­ be filled this month. appointees. to do to encourage ship construction in their At the same tim^, the House of up of the subcommittees were countries' yards and what arrangements they seek Pena Approved Representatives approved the part of the House leadership's re­ to promote their national flag fleets. Maritime was a concern for The Shipbuilding Council of America, repre­ chairmen of its various commit­ quest for more efficient working senting U.S. yards, has asked the Federal tees, including Gerry Studds (D- arrangements among all of the the senators who questioned Maritime Commission to investigate the Italian Mass.) to head a revamped branch's committees. Studds will Federico Pena, the former mayor subsidies. The SCA points out that unsubsidized Merchant Marine and Fisheries serve as chairman of the new En­ of Denver, during his confirma­ Michael Sacco American yards cannot have fair access to vironment and Natural Resources tion hearings to be secretary of ' Committee. markets in which competitors enjoy significant During its initial meeting on Subcommittee. Representative transportation. Pena, who was ap­ assistance from their governments. January 7, the Merchant Marine Thomas Manton (D-N.Y.) will proved by the senate, told the The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department and the Metal Trades and Fisheries Committee ap­ head the Fisheries Management elected officials on the Senate's Department have supported the shipbuilders' request. The Maritime Commerce Committee that he al­ proved William Lipinski (D-Ill.) Subcommittee. Trades Department's submission to the FMC notes the U.S. govern­ The Oceanography, Gulf of ready had spoken with several as head of the Merchant Marine ment must determine what steps are necessary to ensure American shipyards can enter the world shipbuilding market. The Metal Trades Subcommittee. He succeeds the Mexico and the Outer Continen­ people involved in maritime. Department warned the FMC that if action is not taken, scores of Without being specific, Pena late Walter Jones (D-N.C.), who tal Shelf Subcommittee will be yards will close by 1998 with a loss of 180,000 shipyard and shipyard had served as both chairman of led by Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas). said he would work with all con­ supplier jobs. Despite the naming of the sub­ cerned on U.S.-flag maritime the subcommittee and full com­ Like it or not, we in the United^ates must face the fact that while committees and their chairmen, legislation. He added the bills of­ the Italian government has been out there hustling for its maritime sec­ mittee. Representative W.J. "Billy" Tauzin (D-La.) retained several seats remain vacant on the fered in the last session were an tor, the U.S. remains asleep at thp^witch. Look at what happened in his chairmanship of the Coast full Merchant Marine and important first step, but more the past decade. In the Unitod-States, the Reagan administration Guard and Navigation Subcom­ Fisheries Committee. A spokes­ needs to be done. unilaterally ended a shipyafu support mechanism known as the Con­ The new secretary noted that man for the conunittee said all the mittee. struction Differential Subsidy and did not develop any replacement programs. Meanwhile, nations around the world were busy increasing seats should be filled sometime he grew up in Brownsville, Texas direct and indirect government subsidies to their shipyards. New Subcommittees Formed and knew how important the ship­ this month. In the case of the three Carnival ships, the Italian government is One of the new committee's The same is true for the Mer­ ping industry was to the economy picking up more than half the shipbu^ing tab. Of the total $800 mil­ first acts was to dissolve the Over­ chant Marine Subcommittee in of the area. lion price tag for the construction of the three ships, it is estimated Carnival will not have to pay some $464 million. • The Italian government also encourages shipowners to register ves­ sels under the Italian flag. By building in Italian yards and operating tivities to celebrate the swearing the ship under the Italian flag, a vessel owner enjoys a 30 percent sub­ sidy equivalent to the depreciation during the first five years of a in of the new president. ship's life. The Seafarers, wearing the By contrast to what Italy will do to support its ship building sector, union's traditional white caps, the small assistance the U.S. government can extend to assist in ship­ were located near the stage area building projects through rnortgage loan guarantees seems paltry in­ where members were able to see deed. President and Mrs. Clinton and The Italian example shows the government of any nation has an im­ Vice President and Mrs. Gore ar­ portant role to play in the destiny of any industry and in the job oppor­ rive in Washington. They also tunities offered to its citizenry. This is not to say that the government were able to see and hear a diverse has to find all the answers, but its involvement is critical. We are hopeful the new administration in this country understands group of entertainers including the role of government in encouraging investment in American in­ Aretha Franklin, Kenny Rogers, dustries and the American economy. The Clinton administration, we Bob Dylan, Oprah Winfrey, Jack hope, also will take up the challenge of true fair trade. As is the case Nicholson, Ray Charles and in shipbuilding, ma,ny American industries are forced to go at it alone Receiving instructions for helping spectators from fellow trade unionist Michael Jackson. while their international competitors-enjoy very favorable direct sub­ Chris Marston (left) are Seafarers Brett Hopson and Raul Hernandez. "To be so far from home and sidies or government regulatory schemes. see all these sights, I'm just proud Getting the Ball Rolling The inauguration of President "This is a new experience." to be a Seafarer," noted Robert Certainly U.S.-flag ship operators are confronted with unfair trad­ Bill Clinton took on a special "I'm proud to be representing Sweatt, an engine department ing practices. American-flag ships compete with national flag ship­ meaning for more than 40 my union at this event," added member from Compton, Calif. ping lines which are heavily subsidized and, in some cases, owned Seafarers who participated in engine department member "We' re in a great spot," added and managed by foreign governments. Additionally, U.S. ships must events around the Lincoln Thomas Stead. Peter Rice from the port of Jack­ compete with vessels operating in the bargain basement of shipping— Memorial in Washington, D.C. Brintley, Stead and the others sonville, Fla. "It doesn't get any the more than 20 runaway flag registries offering breaks from taxes, on January 17. were part of a delegation of trade better than this." crew wages, inspection procedures and other safety-related standards. "I never thought this would unionists assisting inaugural or­ At the tail end of the Bush administration there was a sudden inter­ Looking at the stage, steward happen," galley gang member ganizers at the nationally department member Justin est in getting something going, due largely to the interest and deter­ mination of Andrew Card who was then secretary of transportation. Cameron Brintley told a televised "Reiinion on the Mall," Stewart smiled and nodded, "This It is now up to the Clinton administration to meet the challenge. reporter for the Seafarers LOG. the first event in a week of ac­ is great, and I voted for them." The new DOT secretary, Frederico Pena, recognizes there is a prob­ lem. At a recent meeting of the National Governors Conference, Pena said, "There is a strong feeling that unless we do something very quickly in this nation we are going to lose the maritime industry to the rest of the world." It's time for the administration to play a strong role, and working with Congress and the industry come up with programs that will pro­ vide opportunities for investment in the American merchant marine. The time is now to come up with creative, cost effective programs that address all components of the industry—liners, tankers, bulkers, passenger ships and vessels in the domestic trades. Seafarers 'Proud' of Inaugural Rolo •t Volume 55, Number 2 February 1993 The Seafarers LOG (ISSN 0160-2047) is published monthly by the Seafarers Intemational Union; Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District; AFL-CIO; 5201 ^ Auth Way; Camp Springs, Md. 20746. Telephone (301) 899-0675. Second-class postage paid at MSC Prince Georges, Md. 20790-9998 and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Seafarers LOG, 5201 Auth Way, Camp Springs, Md. 20746. Communications Department Director and Editor, Jes­ sica Smith; Managing Editor, Daniel Duncan; Associate Editors, Jordan Biscardo and Corrina Christensen; As­ sociate Editor/Production, Deborah A. Hirtes; Art, Bill Brower. Seafarers march into position around the Lincoln Memorial to participate in pre-inaugural festivities " /I I y- • • ':lri i'lr. ' �:.V FL3HUARY1993 SOFARBtSLOG *• , • 3 '•f® Election Tally Panel Announces Results of Vote 4-i ""3 president; Coast assistant vice president; • Mike Paladino, Philadelphia lenged ballots. The report issued Uit^ael Sacco •mentJackviceCaffey, Atlantic Coast • David Heindel, Gulf Coast as­ port agent; by the committee will be sub­ vice president; sistant vice president; mitted for a vote by the member­ • David Carter Sr., Mobile port Re-Elected Pns. • Dean Corgey, Gulf Coast vice •' Don Anderson, West Coast as- agent; ship at union meetings in March. -. / The SIU's Tallying Commit­ tee, composed of two members elected from each of the Seafarers' 10 constitutional halls, have released their tabulation of the ballots cast by union members in the voting for national officers of the Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District which took place November 1 through December 31, 1992. The rank-and-file committee, chaired by Bosun John Cain from the port of Houston and cochaired by Recertified Bosun The Union Tallying Committee reviewed and counted all ballots cast In the recent SlU election. Seated Henry Bentz of San Francisco, from left are Bill Davis, Jim BernachI, Henry Bentz, John Cain, Ray Smith and Alfred Varona. Standing certified the re-election of Michael from left are Mike Slaght, John Wozunk, Robert Scott, Wllmer McCants, Calvin James, Peter Lolk, Gary Sacco as president of theSlU, elec­ Coates Frank Lyie, Jamie Miller, Felix Santiago, John Hosklns, Gary Lackey and John Thomas. SlU tion of John Fay as the union's attorney Leslie Tarantola, SlU Secretary-Treasurer John Fay and Joanne Herrlein, assistant to the secretary-treasurer and re-election secretary-treasurer, helped the committee by answering technical questions during the vote count. of Joseph Sacco as executive vice president; sistant vice president; • Jose "Joe" Perez, New Or­ president. All three were elected to • George McCartney, West Co • Anthony Sacco, Great Lakes leans port agent; four-year terms which will begin ast vice president; and inland waters assistant vice • James McGee, Houston port immediately after approval of the president; agent; tallying committee's report by the • Byron Kelley, Great Lakes • Robert Hall; government ser­ • Nick Celona, San Francisco membership at union meetings and inland waters vice president; vices and fishing industries assis­ port agent; next month. Roy "Buck" Mercer, govern­ tant vice president; • Steve Ruiz, St. Louis port The committee also reported ment services and fishing in­ • Leo Bonser, headquarters rep­ agent; the election of the following of­ dustries vice president; resentative; • Joe Sigler, Detroit-Algonac ficers, who also will serve four- • Kermett Mangram, contracts • Carl Peth, headquarters repre­ port agent. year terms: and contract enforcement assis­ sentative; The committee met during the • Augustin "Augie" Tellez, tant vice president; • Edward "Edd" Morris, Piney week of January 4 at the union's Robert Pomerlane, Atlantic Point port agent; contracts and contract enforce­ headquarters in Camp Springs, Md. • Robert Selzer, New York port to receive the ballots from the bank agent; where they were held, count the • Thomas Fay, Philadelphia votes in die contested races and port agent; determine the status of void or chal­ In concluding the report which was approved unanimously, the committee congratulated the newly elected officers and ex­ tended "best wishes for the next four years. We hope that you will carry on the tradition of our union and advance the strength of the maritime industry." Also serving on the committee from the Atlantic Coast were QMED John Hosklns and Recer­ tified Bosun Jamie Miller from Piney Point, Recertified Bosun Calvin James and AB Felix San­ tiago from New York, Oiler John Wozunk from Philadelphia, and Chief Steward Gary Lackey and Recertified Bosun Peter Lolk from Baltimore. Representing constitutional ports on the Gulf Coast were AB Frank LyIe from Houston, QMED Wllmer McCants and Recertified Steward Robert Scott from Mobile, and AB Gary Coates and Recertified Bosun Bill Davis from New Orleans. Elected to the committee from Algonac were Captain Michael Slaght and Deck/Engineer Raymond Smith. Attending from St. Louis were Recertified Bosun James Bemachl and AB John Thomas. AB Alfred Verona served after being elected from the port of San Francisco. • V •-I •,•-.iy, -. •; :, •i • ' Crew Reports Smooth First Voyage On New AT&T Ship Global Mariner Seafarers report all is well oceanic fleet, after completing bers hustled down the gangway to aboard the Global Mariner, the the initial leg of the vessel's first use the pier's lone telephone Bill Davis (left) and James BernachI Inspect a sealed ballot. booth tocall home. Others headed newest cable ship in the Trans- voyage. into the city to take advantage of Bosun N.C. Keydel told Honolulu Patrolman Kevin BalContinued on page 6 dado that the trip went smoothly with no mechanical problems. The bosun added the crewmembers were getting used to the new surroundings. Among those getting ac­ quainted with the ship is Chief Cook Olav Pederson who said he "loved working in the new gal­ ley." Pederson had sailed as an executive chef on both of the SlU-crewed passenger ships, the SS Independence and SS Constitu­ tion, during the last five years. In that role, he oversaw the activity of Belford (N.J.) commercial fishermen sign on as members of the Seafarers International Union. From the the entire galley crew that served left are fishermen Bern Yahara and Roy Dlehl; SlU President Michael Sacco; fishermen Dave Thompson up to 8(X) passengers daily. and Joe Branin; SlU Secretary-Treasurer John Fay; and fishermen Louis Egnatovlch and Tom Schnoor Jr. "This is quite a change," Pederson said to Baldado. "1 have A group of New Jersey com­ we act individually. There are manage and conserve the national been looking forward to it." mercial fishermen is the newest many issues confronting fisher­ resource of fisheries in an equi­ As soon as the 479-foot vessel Rlgglng the ship's gangway net Is member of the Seafarers Interna­ men, and we have to work table manner. Since their estab­ cleared U.S. Customs, crewmem- Splicer/Joiner Mike Mitchell. tional Union of North America. together to protect our interests. lishment, the councils have.been Among those issues is the paying more attention to the SlU President Michael Sacco over-regulation of the fishing in­ recreational side of the industry presented a Seafarers' member­ dustry. Fishermen point out that by limiting wh^t could be har­ ship charter to a delegation of they have to bear the brunt of vested and in what amounf ac­ Belford, N.J. fishermen during a costs when new regulations are cording to Branin. meeting at the union's head­ issued concerning their industry. quarters in Camp Springs, Md. on "Congress meant well in pass­ January 15. The fishermen sail One example concerns the many ing the Magnuson Act," he noted. out of the Belford Seafood Co- changes announced^by both the "However, today it's a regulatory U.S. Coast Guard and the Nation­ nightmare for fishermen. No one (^perative Association. al Marine Fisheries Service over wants to manage and conserve Following the presentation of the size and type of nets commer­ our fisheries more than fisher­ the charter, Sacco told the group, cial fishermen can use. men. It's our livelihood." "We are proud to welcome you "They tell us we must use this into the SIU family. We will work net or that device, but make no Branin sees working with hard with you and for you to rep­ provision for how much it costs Congress to revamp the Mag­ resent your needs and interests in us," Branin noted. "They make nuson Act as a top priority for New Jersey and in Washington." these decisions and expect us to 1993. "As fishermen, we look "The SlU is the way to go," comply with them immediately." forward to working with the SlU said Belford fisherman Joe The Magriuson Act of 1976 in Washington to make the Mag­ Branin about the group signing on established a system of regional nuson Act work for commercial Members of the GlobalMariner's deck gang head for shore. From the with the Seafarers. "The union councils under the National fishermen and conservationists at left, they are AB John Halpin, Bosun N.C. Keydel and ABS Thbr Young, Jack Madden and Paul Latere. gives us a stronger voice than if Marine Fisheries Service to the same time," he said. NJ Fishermen Sign On with the Sill iJfh • r - i-- '' . - % y-'-. M • "•' y. y- '• yr 4 yy ;• J .yIf • f „l • , .v'yy 'M ?- �'iMnij 4 FERRUARY1993 SEJ^ARERSLOG Harbor Tugs Answer Call for Help From FlrO'Slrlcken Tug Osprey Crewmembers aboard the tug Osprey discovered firsthand what the "Brotherhood of the Sea" means when their vessel caught fire last month in the Savannah, Ga. harbor. Four tugs, including two SIUcrewed boats from Crescent Towing, responded immediately to control the fire, move the loaded barge the Osprey was pushing and rescue the crewmembers, none of whom was injured. leaking fuel line sprayed a fine en vessel, two other tugs secured mist which ignited when it hit a the barge and pulled it away hot engine part, according to from the Osprey. Spoerle and Petty Officer Andy Legge who is his crew had boarded the Vir­ investigating the fire for the Coast ginia to continue the fight Guard. Chief Engineer Ray Bax­ against the flames. Land-based fire crews extinguish the fire on the Osprey (left) while a ter spotted the fire and closed the Shortly after a Coast Guard Coast Guard rescue boat and the Virginia stand by. fuel valves. He then called the rescue vessel arrived, the port wheelhouse to sound the alarm. authority cleared the Crescent In a matter of seconds, vessels to push the Osprey to the Spoerle, who had been on the dock where land-based barge to direct docking opera­ firefighters were standing by with tions, returned to the wheelhouse foam to extinguish the flames. to take charge of the firefighting The fire was out within 20 details. He notified the port minutes of arriving at the dock. Port Captain Jeff Parker of Al­ authority and Coast Guard of the lied Towing (which operates the Osprey's situation, then grabbed a hose with AB Don Autery and Osprey) also had high praise for began shooting water down the everyone involved in the inci­ blower stack. "It was the only dent. "They did a very good job way we had access to the fire," the in a difficult situation," he noted. "We were very fortunate." captain said. Crewmembers of the Osprey gather on the dock after inspecting the In a few minutes, smoke Little Metal Fatigue tug. From the left are AB Tom Norton, Cook Maxwell Carawan, Mate chased the pair away. They An initial inspection of the tug G.W. Urban and AB Don Autery. moved to the fiddley hatch on the revealed minimal metal damage first deck and started sending water through it. Again smoke to the vessel. "The damage in the and heat prevented them from engineroom was confined mainly staying there, and they retreated to the overhead," Parker stated. to the b^arge where the other mem­ Smoke and fire damage was bers of the crew were manning found in the galley and crew Utilityman Frank Ingellis shows hoses spraying water on the su­ living quarters. The Osprey was physical wear-and-tear after as­ perstructure to keep the rest of the towed to a Louisiana shipyard sisting in fighting the fire. vessel from catching fire. Crew­ where it is being repaired. Maggioni said he never had members had rigged a hose from "I want to thank everybody the washdown pumps on the experienced a rescue before in his with Crescent Towing and all the barge to continue spraying water 16 years of sailing. "You never know what you're going to do others who helped," Osprey Cap- after losing power on die tug. tain Phil Spoerle told the until it happens. All of my crew, Seafarers LOG. "Everyone did an Harbor Tugs Respond the Osprey crew, the Fall River excellent job." In the meantime. Crescent har­ crew and everyone else involved - Captain Joe Maggioni from bor tugs monitored the call for should get recognition for a job the Crescent tug Virginia added help and headed to the scene. "We well done." thafeveryone involved in the res­ could see smoke but no flame," Spoerle added his crew cue "worked well together. We Maggioni reported. "Our main responded immediately when the did what we had to do. I'm glad concern when we got there was to alarm was sounded. "We do a fire nobody was hurt." drill every trip (21 days)," he keep everything cool." Engineroom Fire While the Virginia and pointed out. "TTiis top notch crew The.fire is out and (left to right) Mate G.W. Urban, Chief Engineer Ray The January 6 fire began in the another Crescent ing-^Fall knew what to do without being Baxter and Captain Phil Spoerle prepare to examine the damage. Osprey's engineroom when a River—shot water onto the strick­ told. We're all proud of them." Seafarers Stand by ILA in Sugar Beef Seafarers join with Longshoremen and other trade unionists urging consumers to boycott Domino sugar. With Atlantic Coast Vice President Jack Caffey (in front of gate) are SlU members Hugh Woods, Francisco Bosch, Louis Charlean, Sean Grace, Damon Lobel, Chester Trundy and Warren Mundy. II Seafarers are marching with their fellow trade unionists to urge shoppers to stop buying Domino sugar until a strike is settled be­ tween theLongshpremen's Union (ILA) and Domino's parent com­ pany, Tate and Lyle, Pic. Approximately 25 SIU mem­ bers hit the bricks in midtown Manhattan on January 6 in sup­ port of more than 300 members of ILA Local 1814 who have been on strike since October 3, 1992. Seafarers and other trade unionists participated in a rally and an informational picket liiie. They also distributed leaflets in front of Tate and Lyle's head­ quarters. "The (ILA) local has been a longtime friend of ours," noted Jack Caffey, SIU Atlantic Coast vice president. "Seafarers wanted to lend a hand to our brother longshorenien in this beef." While the ILA members have been out of work, the strike has affected the SlU-crewed New York Cross Harbor Railroad whose barges deliver sugar to the Domino refinery in Brook­ lyn. The union is honoring the picket line and no barges have delivered sugar since the strike began. Caffey stated Cross Har­ bor SIU members have stayed busy with other towing jobs. The ILA claims Tate and Lyle is trying to bust the local by not negotiating in good faith. Is­ sues include the company's proposal to use temporary workers paid at lower wages with no fringe benefits and its push to eliminate employee as­ signment restrictions, minimum manning requirements and guaranteed overtime at the Brooklyn Domino plant. During the shutdown of the waterfront refinery. Domino has been transporting sugar from facilities in Baltimore and New Orleans not affected by the strike to fill the company's noitheastem United States orders. Posing on the Virginia are Its crewmembers who helped the Osprey. From the left are Deckhands Ron Gering and Keith Glass, Chief Engineer Richard Johnson and Captain Joe Maggioni. ii u. : The crew of the FallRivera\so assisted in the action. From the left are Deckhand Kelley Stanford, Chief Engineer George Morales and Cap­ tain Anthony Gober. Engineer Charlie Hart provided the Seafarers LOG with the photographs for this story. �; / •' • .'• ' FEBRUARY 1993 f^r K • '• '.I SEAFARERS LOG Braer Tanker Spill Highlights Dangers Posed by Runaways The Braer's oil spill has revived the fee to an agency of a non-maritime nation issue of runaway-flag shipping and sug­ seeking to raise revenue and thereby es­ gests this is an area for the public and cape from a maritime nation's safety coastal communities throughout the world regulations, procedures and inspections, to reexamine. ^ tax laws and higher wages. En route from Norway to Canada the Adding to the furor over the dangers morning of January 5, the Braer, a posed by runaway-flag tankers was a Liberian-flag tanker, lost power in the 22- January 21 collision in the Malacca Strait mile channel between Scotland's Orkney of two ships^—one Danish-owned, the Islands to the south and its Shetland Is­ other Japanese-owned and both operating lands to the north. under the Singapore flag, another flag-ofFloundering and unable to be towed in the convenience register. (See accompanying AP/WideWorid Photos Waves driven by gale force winds crash against the house of the runaway-flag tanker severe weather, the 17-year-old, 797-foot article on page 8.) Braerafter it ran aground last month on the southern coast of the Shetland Islands. The disabled ship grounded near the 75-foot Hundreds of Ships vessel split apart, spilling 26 million gallons of oil along the shore and into the North Sea. cliffs on the southern Shetland coast and six Fall Safety Tests days later snapped apart in towering 30-foot It has been pointed out that hundreds of swells and 95-mile-an-hour winds. flag-of-convenience ships are unable to tional Federation of Transport Workers Shell representatives said in their ex­ For more than a week, the public pass routine safety inspections instituted (ITF), seamen aboard the Braer had their perience at least 20 percent of the world around the world saw images of the by marine insurance companies because of share of complaints. The Braer's manage­ fleet is substandard. stranded but twisting and turning tanker a spate of costly marine accidents. Despite ment, it appears, did its best to chisel and A Shell statement noted the business first spewing and then leaking her 26 mil­ disgruntlement about the independent sur­ chip away at the pay of its seamen. consequences of a market riddled with in­ lion gallons of oil. (By comparison, the veys from shipowners and classification For example, last January, the Braer ferior ships: "The ability of such substan­ March 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska societies, the marine insurers intend to crew contacted the ITF in an attempt to dard ships to evade the authorities and was 11 million gallons.) keep up the practice because of the rectify unpaid standby wages, insufficient continue trading for less well-informed or The public witnessed the helplessness astonishingly high number of ships which food allowances, unpaid excess overtime less scrupulohs charterers, instead of being of officials and spill experts unable to fail the inspection. for officers, inadequate manning and in­ forced into the scrapyard, is delaying the adequate pay for Sunday and holiday recovery of freight rates, one of the neces­ reach the tanker because of hurricane-like A marine insurers group in London sary precursors to shipowners being able storms. News reports carried accounts of a reports of its most recent 133 inspections, work. deep stench throughout the island, a sheen only 21 ships passed the first time around. Responsible Companies to invest to improve safety standards." Among Shell's recommendations for of oil coating fields, roads and fish farms; That means an 84 percent failure rate, or Fed Up with Sham Registers safer and cleaner seas is the strengthening inhabitants ddnning respiratory masks; five out of every six. The majority of the A number of responsible shipping com­ and wildlife coated in crude. of links between ship ownership and ships which flunked the inspection survey panies and charterers have called for a Public comment and news coverage were bulk carriers and tankers operating crackdown oh substandard vessels, urging country of registry; improved account­ during this time began to focus pn factors throughout the world. that old and dangerous tonnage be forced ability of ship registers; tightened training, which may have contributed to the Braer The group further reports that 40 ships off the high seas. Among those calling for manning and certification regulations; in­ disaster. Cited quite often is the issue of of the 133 eventually did pass the survey a revamping of world shipping is the creased resources for government agen­ flag-of-convenience registers, dubbed after owners made the recommended marine arm of the giant oil company cies responsible for ship safety; and more rigorous inspections. runaway registers by American maritime repairs and equipment modifications. Shell. unions in the 1940s because of their use as Alarming, however, is the fact that 72 of Speaking as a charterer of 114 tankers. Continued on page 8 a device for shipowners to pay a nominal the vessels that failed the first inspection have outstanding obligations. casualty data indicate ships Who Is Responsible? thatWorldwide are totally lost in marine accidents are Because runaway-fla^ ships layer each seg­ twice as likely to be runaway-flag ships ment of the responsibilities for vessel opera­ tion between scores of companies and instead of those vessels belonging to a agencies of different nationalities, it is not national fleet. .vk", i..-• 7,,y Hinders Safe Shipping ^ always easy to pin down where respon­ sibility lies. Here is a breakdown of the country of origin for the following aspects of the Braer: Owners U.S./U.K.-based Norwegian Register Liberia (Headquarters is in Reston, Virginia in the U.S.) Japan Shipbuilder U.S. Shares Listed Canada Charterer Great Britain Accident Site U.S. Manager Nonivay Classification Society Greece, Philippines, Crewmembers Poland Protection & Nonivay Indemnity Club Netherlands Salvage Company . /•¥» ' • '• Seafarers Bear Brunt Of Inferior Standards Runaway-Flag Operators Promote Fast Bucks Scheme The Braer disaster has put a spotlight on an often unseen side of runaway ship­ Some 1,200 seamen died last year in ping—its use as a get-rich-quick scheme ship accidents, the majority of them in­ for those who want to dart in and but of the volving runaway shipping. Thousands of industry to make a quick killing without other seamen bore the brunt of a system any regard to longterm profitability and which seeks to expend the least amount of the development of stable, established and funds. integrated shipping companies. These exploited seamen, often hailing This type of business scheme does little from some of the most economically dis­ to encourage responsible shipping because advantaged areas of the world, had to purit depends on inexpensive, older vessels chase their shipboard jobs from and the low standards and costs afforded unscrupulous manning agents; signed con­ by runaway registries. tracts stating one rate of pay, only to be While it is recognized universally that paid something much lower; and worked making a profit is a positive thing and part in unsafe conditions, fearful of reporting and parcel of any business operation, the such to any outside authority. quick; windfall approach of speculative According to records of the world or­ business ventures makes a dangerous in­ ganization of transport unions, the Interna­ dustry even more perilous and works against the interests of responsible and legitimate shipping companies. In the Braer case, the vessel is immedi­ ately owned by the Braer Corp., and the stock of that company is in the hands of other companies to which the ultimate ownership is traced to Arvid Bergvall and Michael S. Hudner. The ship is managed by another Bergvall and Hudner company, B&H Ship Management based in Stam­ ford, Connecticut. Cheap Old Tankers Part of Business Plan The Braer's owners are known in ship finance circles for their elaborate network of public and private companies with in­ terest in more than 30 runaway-flag ships—all of them bulkers and tankers. The Bergvall/Hudner formula for quick financial success appears to be as follows: Set up a self-liquidating company with a AP/WideWortd Photos short life span; raise capital from specula­ Recent accidents involving runaway-flag vessels have focused the world's attention on tive investors; buy cheap old ships; how these vessels operate outside of international norms for safety and crews. Above, employ them in the world tramp market/ waves batter the stack and bridge of Liberian-flag Braer days after vessel ran aground. operate them in the most lax, unrestricted and tax-free environment afforded by runaway Registers; then watch the fluctuat­ ing used-ship market and sell the vessels off at the right time to other operators or to scrapyards. Runaway Operator Points To Real Estate Model Hudner, in a 1988 interview with an American shipping magazine reporter, talked about the B&H strategy. Hudner told the American Shipper that the ship­ ping industry could learn something from the real estate industry, a business in which he had some experience. He said the"ship­ ping business is 20 years behind the real estate business in terms of the depth of capital markets and lack of sophisticated financing techniques." He noted one could "apply real estate financing techniques to shipping. A ship is like an office building—you rent out space." It is ironic that in the case of the Braer, Bergvall and Hudner had to neither sell nor scrapie vessel to make money. The Braer, while estimated to be worth close to $5 million in resale value, was insured at the time of the accident for $19 million. According to news reports, the Braer and another ship, the Celtic, were pur­ chased at the same time for $31.6 million. The $19 million the company will collect will pay off all but $2.8 million on the two ships' mortgage, significantly-reducing their mortgage costs. Interestingly, Bergvall and Hudner had another ship go down from which their operation experienced financial gain. In August' 1990, B&H's runaway-flag product tanker, the Livi, sank in a typhoon off the coast of Taiwan. Insurance pay­ ments collected totaled $15.3 million, of which $7.7 million immediately was con­ verted into shareholder dividends. , t/', / ././ - • -7 ' 7-- ^•^1: I • -r - �6 FERRUARY1903 SEAFARERS LOG Safety Masks Require Clean Shaven Face On Tanker Seamen for Peak Effectiveness The masks approved by the Seafarers who wear beards fuel, kerosene, crude oil, gasoline and sail aboard tankers and tank and other products. It can be ab­ Coast Guard and the Occupation­ vessels as designated by the U.S. sorbed into the blood stream by al Safety and Health Administra­ tion are ones that have a snug fit. Coast Guard benzene regulations breathing and/or skin contact. must remove any facial hairs that It has been found by these agen­ cies that the masks cannot fit impede the snug fit of any breath­ properly if impeded by facial hair. ing apparatus required when TTius, for the safety of a crewworking around the petroleummember, the Coast Guard is requir­ based chemical. ing any seaman who may be in a The SIU contracts department position to wear such a mask must is notifying members aboard not have a beard or other facial hair these vessels that the Coast Guard which prohibits a snug fit. is enforcing the portion of the The Seafarers Appeals Board benzene regulations regarding approved in November 1992 a safety masks. change in the shipping rules that "The new Coast Guard benzene provides for any member being regulations state the breathing ap­ shipped to a contracted tanker, paratus must fit securely and tank vessel or barge to have a properly," noted Augie Tellez, SIU Seafarers Welfare Plan benzene vice president for contracts and contract enforcement. "This is the Facial hair must not impede the clearance on his or her clinic card latest condition associated with the snug fit of breathing apparatus re­ and a current Seafarers Welfare benzene regulations that our quired when working with benzene. Plan benzene certificate. Members have to take two members have to work with on a daily basis, and the regulations The regulations require tanker tests to receive the clearance. A are quite clear on this matter of a and tank vessel operators to carry blood test, known as a Complete tight-fitting mask." on board the ships the necessary Blood Count (CBC) is taken an­ Tests have determined that protective equipment—including nually and reveals the make-up of benzene can cause immediate and masks^—to minimize the amount an individual's bipod. This test is long-term health care problems. of chemical exposure when the given because benzene can affect the blood's chemisitry. The chemical can be found in jet gear is worn. The other test is called a Pul­ monary Function Test (PPT) which measures a member's breathing capacity. Taken once every three years, the PPT deter­ mines the type of breathing ap­ paratus a member needs to wear while working around benzene. Members showing little or no pulmonary restriction after a PPT test can be fitted to wear a nega­ tive pressure respirator. The per­ son wearing such a mask does all the work to breathe air through carbon-filtered cartridges. For those members displaying breathing impairments, positive pressure respirators are to be made available. These units supp­ ly fresh air or oxygen into the mask from an outside source. Seafarers who sail only on containershif>s, dry bulkers or certain other tyi^ of vessels are not re­ quired to take the benzene clearance tests, nor are they required to be clean shaven. However, the tests are available to all members. SIU Fishemen Score Victory with Dropping Of Rack Tax AoUon New Cable Ship Begins Maiden Voyage Continued from page 3 the few hours of shore time they would have in Honolulu. The Global Mariner is ex­ pected to dock at its home-port of Baltimore later this month after leaving Honolulu. Seafarers flew to Singapore in December when Transoceanic, a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T, assumed control of the vessel. The crewmembers worked for several weeks on the vessel to make it ready for the trans-Pacific voyage that began in mid-January. Once its shakedown voyage is completed, the Global Mariner will join the Global Sentinel, Global Link, Long Lines and Charles L. Brown in the Tran­ soceanic fleet of cable-laying and repair vessels. The SIU has crewed Transoceanic vessels for Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and SIU fishermen met last summer to review legislative action to prevent a punitive IRS ruling from coming into full force. From the left, Steward Assistants Hayward Pettway, Lee Ellis, Dennis Fitzgerald and Darryl Jackson are ready to see Honolulu. nearly 30 years. Like the Global Link and Global Sentinel, the Global Mariner features storage facilities that provide space for up to 4,100 miles of cable. The ship is capable of a cruising speed of 15 knots per hour. That drops to around 4 knots when towing a sea-plow and laying cable. Looking over a list of stores delivered to the cable ship is Chief Steward Brian W. Gross. i bieUCook Olav Pederson and ^ ook/Baker Barbara^Clucas are AB Thomas Spangler watches ac­ happy to be back in the U.S. tivity on the gangway. • I- i/Vhile OMU Richard Tankersley catches up on news from home, Bringing stores aboard ship is AB Kamin Raji. Wiper Celina Butler and OMU Kelly McDonal wait patiently. Officials with the Justice delay the trial, set to start in late Department and the Internal January. The break came when Revenue Service (IRS) have Kennedy talked with the head of agreed to stop pursuing a trial to the Justice Departhient's tax collect back taxes from New Bed­ division and explained the situa­ ford fishing boat owners as well tion only days before the trial was as defer any collection action in to get under way. order to give Congress a chance Legislation calling on the IRS to resolve the dispute. to use an annual average to deter­ The SIU, working with the mine crew size was filed in both Massachusetts x^ongressidnal branches of Congress on the first delegation, has been seeking a day of the session. Senator John remedy to a tax law that, if pur­ Kerry (D-Mass.) joined Kennedy sued by the IRS, would have as a sponsor of the Senate's bill. levied New Bedford fishing boat JRe|)resentatives Richard E. Neal owners with $11 million in back (D-Mass.) and Barney Prank (Dtaxes, penalties and interest. Mass.), whose district includes The dispute stems fi-om the IRS New Bedford, have offered a act of 1986 which stated that fisher­ similar ^1in the House. The bills men on boats with crews of fewer do not aHect how much taxes the than 10 are self-employed and fishermen pay, but address the would have to file their own state question of whether the fisher­ and federal withholding taxes. men are treated as self-employed. In 1988, the IRS issued a "The whole fleet faced being ruling stating that the agency taken over by the IRS," said Henri would calculate crew size on a Francois, port agent in New Bed­ quarterly rather than annual ford. "The boat owners love what average. The ruling was made has been worked out. We have retroactive to 1985. been afraid that the trial would Most New Bedford fishing occur before the change in the boats hold crews of fewer than 10. White House. Now we have faith However, there were times when that a bill will pass." more were needed. Under the In 1990, U.S. Representative" 1988 ruling, boat owners who had Geny Studds (D-Mass.), whose more than 10 fishermen on their district at the time included New vessels during a majority of any Bedford, offered legislation to quarterly period between 1085 and return the crew determination to 1988 became liable for filing the an annual average. Thjit bill taxes for those crewmembers. The passed the House but did not clear federal agency went after the .boat the full Senate. owners for the back taxes, going so Similar legislation to correct far as to file a suit in federS court. the problem passed both the The IRS interpretation of the Senate and House of Repre­ ruling has been a source of legis­ sentatives twice last year. How­ lative; action in Washington for ever, both times the legislation four years. The most recent effort became part of larger tax bills that to amend the act began shortly were vetoed by President Bush after the November elections because of other considerations when U.S. Senator Edward Ken­ not associated with New Bedford, nedy (D-Mass.) started contact­ the nation's largest per catch fish­ ing officials at Justice and IRS to ing port. •U'ii! / �, * ' "• :.• ':• •' •• X FEBRUARY 1993 SEAFARERS LOG 7 Somalia Is 'Bleak,' B^MUIS Smanan Evans Taking a tour of Mogadishu, Somalia via military convoy has provided Seafarer Cliff Evans and fellow crewmembers of the USNS Pollux the opportunity to see the people they are helping through the shipment of food and materiel to the East African na­ tion. In a letter to the Seafarers LOG, Evans wrote, "The people here in the city are, I am told by the Marines, hungry but not starv­ ing as they are in the interior [of Somalia]. The children wave and smile as we pass, but most of the older people give us sullen looks. Let us hope for better times in Mogadishu." The Pollux is one of 17 SIUcrewed vessels involved in the U.S.-led, United Nations (U.N.) effort toend the civil war and feed the people of Somalia. The ships—including other fast sealift vessels like the Pollux, military prepositioning vessels from Diego Garcia and roll on/roll off ships chartered by the Military Sealift Command—are assisting approximately 24,000 U.S. troops as well as almost 12,000 soldiers from 20 U.N.member nations. U.S. vessels have been docking at the Indian Ocean ports of Mogadishu (Somalia's capital city) and Kismaayo since forces started going ashore December 9. Evans, who is sailing as a utility junior engineer, stated that he and several other crewmem­ bers from the engine department caught a ride with a Marine patrol around the city when they were given shore time. "The city—what 1 could see of it from the ship—looks pretty bleak," he wrote. "As night fell and no lights could be seen, not even from automobiles, one could almost feel the destitution and suffering of the city of Mogadishu. "The port, airport and U.S. Embassy are guarded by U.S. troops, but if one goes eWn a small distance past the gates, gangs of kids and teenagers will swarm upon you and take any­ thing they can, as two of my ship­ mates discovered the hard way." ' Evans continued that the route used by the Marine patrol carried him "through areas where the most heavy fighting occurred as • 'VrtiI'r- V" ' ': 44^: - Crewmembers from the USNS Pollux pose with a Marine patrol in front of closed shops in the business district of Mogadishu. The mariners include Chief Engineer Glen Richard Loeber, Third Asst. Engineer Cosby L. Anderson and Chief Electrician Dwayne Jones. well as by the airport and U.S. and French embassies. Large portions of the city are deserted and what must have been a pretty city now is for the most part in ruins." Original plans had called for American forces to begin withdrawing in mid-January in order to turn over command to the U.N. by February 1. However, the U.N. sought and received an ex­ tension for the U.S. forces to remain for an unspecified tiifie. U.S. and U.N. troops are lo­ cated throughout the country providing armed support for food convoys and attempting to return order to a country that has been in tl?e midst of a civil war since 1991. Washington Befriends 7th Grade Class Suburban Pittsburgh is not a Children run out of battle-scarred building to view U.S. Marines driving regular stop for the Overseas through Mogadishu. Utility Junior Engineer Cliff Evans provided the Washington, but crewmembers of the SlU-contracted tanker never­ Seafarers LOG with the photos for this story. theless have befriended a class of seventh-graders at a parochial school located outside the city. For the second straight year, the O/S Washington is participat­ ing in the "Adopt a Ship Pro­ gram" run by the Propeller Club of Washington, D.C. The pro­ gram educates Americatis about the merchant marine. Last year, the ship corresponded with a fifth-grade class from Irwin, Pa.'s Immaculate Conception School, Vessels continually offload food and materiel in the port of Mogadishu. which has since merged with another to form Queen of Angels in nearby Huntingdon, Pa. This year, both the unlicensed and licensed crew are keeping in touch with a seventh-grade science class at the new school. The merchant mariners answer students' questions and also send Aboard the Overseas Washington, (from left) Chief Cook Thurman items such as charts, photos and Johnson, GSU Mike Bubakerand Steward Baker EricT. Manley enjoy videotapes taken aboard ship. the correspondence program. Christmas cards from the seventhRecently, DEU AH Saleh wrote a grade class are in the background. letter in Arabic to a student who from basic to fairly complex to • How did you get to vote in speaks the language. (Saleh's let­ humorous (whether by intent or the presidential election? ter was copied in the school not). A sampling: • If you are on watch, what do newsletter.) • What kind of rhusic does you do if you have to use the Armed support helps provide security in Mogadishu for food convoys. In return, the children send let­ bathroom? ters and cards. They also say a most of the crew like? special prayer every day for crew• Do you ever get to swim off The O/S Washington can hold Lundeberg School Honors Great Chefs nieipbers and are working on the ship? more than 600,000 barrels of their own videotape. • Are there any wonien on cargo oil and often sails on an "The crew enjoys correspond­ Alaskan run. ing with the students," Steward- board? Baker Eric Manley said in a letter to the Seafarers LOG. "It helps keep up the morale and gives us something to look for­ ward to." Audrey Quinlan, the teacher The 1993 sailing season for during the winter. who four years ago got Immacu­ SlU m^bers on the Great Lakes The American Republic will late Conception School involved starts this month when the carry ore from Ashtabula, Ohio to in the program, said the seventh- American Republic fits out in the McLeod Steel plant in Tren-/ graders "are managing it themsel­ Toledo, Ohio. The American ton, Mich. The of the ves. They jumped right in, and we Steamship Company (ASC) ves­ ASC fleet will remainder follow the usual The culinary department of the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School all really love that ship. The crew sel is scheduled to begin saihng fitout schedule of late March or of Seamanship, which trains SlU members in the art of food has been terrific." during the middle of the month. early April, depending on Quinlan added that the curtent preparation and presentation, draws course material from a The February fitout by the weather and job orders, stated a premier chefs' association. As a way of saying thanks, Lundeberg sixth-graders who last year cor­ company spokesperson. School Corporate Chef Romeo Lupinacci, who himself is a mem­ responded with the O/S ASC vessel is unusual, according All Great Lakes members are ber of the Golden Toque board of directors, presented a plaque Washington "dXrcady are talking to Byron Kelley, SlU vice presi­ for the Johnson and Wales University culinary school on behalf Of about getting back with the ship dent for the Great Lakes. None of reminded to stay in contact with the Great Lakes has iced over be­ the Algonac, Mich, or Duluth, the SlU. From the left are John Bander, Lupinacci, Robert Nograd, next, year." cause of mild weather conditions Minn, halls for fitout information. Stanley Nicas and James Bowden. ITie students' questions range ''.jtr.l -i.'i •. ... .H'-V'' American Republic Fits Out To Begin '93 Lakes Season /•'4 :4 ,4/ .m X: •' ijy w ' • -• 'V . r-y • ; :4-4,-\' • • • • -s 'i vA ' �8 FERRUARY1993 SEAFARERS LOG Runaway-flag Issue Brought to Fore by Braer's Massive Spill '"f " s'"' ** agency of the United Nations, is the proper vehicle to bring about effective and uniform implementation of safety regulations.. Others have argued for more control by The British transport secretary an­ the nations in which vessels call. Tffls notion nounced on January 11 that his agency's of port state control allows the authorities of Marine Accident Investigation Branch the country in which a vessel is docked to (MAIB) had begun a full investigation of check the ship's seaworthiness, equipment the incident. According to a public state­ and other indicators of safety. ment distributed by the MAIB, the agency Some governments argue for unilateral will address the cause of the accident, the action and the enactment of individual na­ action taken after the event, the seaworthi­ AP/Wide World Photos tional laws governing ship safety practices The Singapore-flagged, Danish-owned Maersk Navigator burns near the Strait of ness of the vessel, the competence of the and regulations governing their coastal Malacca after colliding with another runaway-flag tanker in late January. The Navigator crew and the safety of navigation. was on fire for five days and spilled 11 million gallons of oil, creating three major oil slicks. A wider public inquiry is being headed waters. At the heart of the discussion are the by a high official. Lord Donaldson, who was appointed by the British secretary of risks inherent in a system which promotes state. The panel headed by Lord the use of substandard shipping through Donaldson will establish whether further the proliferation of runaway-flag registers. Obviously, the Braer incident and the measures are appropriate and feasible to protect the United Kingdom coastline hundreds of marine accidents involving runaway-flag ships which preceded it from oil spills. point to the fact that closer and closer What Happens examination must take place by the A fully loaded Danish-owned tanker dolphins and whales abound. In the Future? There were no reports of serious in­ public and government groups around the and an empty Japanese-owned tanker — There is a debate among those con­ world. juries to the crewmembers on either both registered under the runaway registry cerned with the condition of international tanker. The Singaporean, Indian, British, of Singapore—collided January 21 in open With the lives and limbs of seamen and shipping as to the best mechanisms avail­ Malaysian and Burmese crewmembers seas, 60 miles off the northern tip of the able for policing ship safety standards and individuals living in coastal communities from Navigator were picked up by a Indonesian island of Sumatra. vessel conditions. Some governments and at stake, as well as the condition of the passing German ship near the entrance to The Danish Maersk Navigator, owned organizations believe the International marine environment, this matter is of the congested Strait of Malacca, a shallow, by y*P. Moller, was carrying almost 78 Maritime Organization, a London-based pressing international concern. million gallons of crude oil. The tanker busy and often dangerous channel separat­ bumdd for five days and drifted 20 miles ing Malaysia and Indonesia. while spilling much of its cargo into the Immense Insurance Bill sea. By the time firefighting tugboats ex­ Insurance claims for the 255,312-deadtinguished the blaze and after the weight-ton Navigator, operated by Maersk Navigator was fully patched, roughly 11 Singapore Pte., are expected to exceed million gallons had been spilled. $100 million. The Japanese vessel, the ill35 Mile Slick fated, 96,545-deadweight-ton Sanko As a result, three major oil slicks exist, Honour, did not suffer serious damage. (In including^one that stretches at least 35 the past 11 years, the Sanko Honour has miles long and several hundred yards wide. been grounded, stalled at sea and in a col­ Another oil shck, 10 miles long, threatens a lision.) rich reserve of marine life in India. At press Investigations by regional authorities time, that slick was less than 10 miles from are expected to last for several weeks. It southernmost tip of the island chain, where still is not clear why the tankers collided there are 179 species of coral, and where or who was at Continuedfrom page 5 Inquiry Under Way On Braer Disaster I TWO Rmiawa]^ CoUbte; Spew 11 MiHion Gallons German Union Wins Raise For Riinnino Seamen Filipino crewmembers aboard the German runaway-flag MV Atlanta show their solidarity during a three-day strike in which they gained a contract bringing their wages and working conditions to the same level as German seafarers. ir-Wtffyi, The German Seafarers Union (OTV) scored its second victory since November against German-owned, runaway-flag vessels. On January 16, the union negotiated back wages and a five-fold pay increase for Filipino Workers aboard the MV Atlanta, which is registered under the German off-shore ship registry, known as the German International Shipping Register (DISR). Second registries like the DISR are mechanisms for fraditkenal maritime countries to set up flag-of-conveniencelike conditions under their national flags. The German government established a second registiy so shipping companies could hire foreign crews and exempt them from national labor standards. The OTV is fighting this by getting contracts for the foreign nationals and raising their salaries and conditions to the standards set for Ger­ man seafarers in order to keep the com­ panies from undercutting German vessel/s with all-German crews. The contract, which brought .the Filipinos to the same status as the Germans sailing on board the Atlanta, is the latest effort by the OTV to organize foreign workers on DISR vessels. Strike Called \. .;; ,, The incident began January 14 in the port of Newark, N.J. when 13 Filipinos went on strike shortly before the fully loaded Atlanta was to set sail. Spiro Varras, v/ho worksfor the Seafarers and serves as an inspector for the International Transport Workers Union (ITF), was called to the scene. Varras notified the captain and pilot, a member of the Masters, Mates and Pilots who already was on board, that a strike was taking place and conditions were not safe for the vessel to leave the dock. He also told the members of the Longshoremen's Union who were handling the lines from the docks about the strike. They immedi­ ately tied the ship back to the dock and honored the strike. Galley Gang Helps Wyman Celebrate 21 Years at Sea SIU steward department members or­ ganized a special celebration in honor of the 21st anniversary of the USNS Wyman. SA Tom Milovich wrote to the Seafarers LOG that the galley gang put together a birthday party including a bar­ becue on the deck. Cook/Baker Lorrin Rodrigues baked a unique cake which was carved and assembled into a model of the Wyman. When Captain Edward P. Wilisch cut the first piece of cake, he thanked the galley gang led by Chief Steward David St. George for the deli­ cious food and wonderful tribute to the ocean survey ship. "All in all, the celebration was a suc­ cess," stated Milovich. He noted the event took place while the crew was cleaning, painting and buffing the ship for its quarterly inspection. The steward assistant added the crew and ship passed the inspection with an excellent rating. The Wyntan is operated by MarShip Operators Inc. It was launched in 1969 and commissioned in 1971. Sub-Par Wages The Filipinos claimed they were being paid below both the level paid to German seamen for the same work and the ITF standard for crewmembers aboard runaway-flag vessels. They also stated they were forced to work overtirtie with no compensation, suffered from a lack of stores and winter work clothes and were being discriminated against. TTie .strike was settled after nearly roundthe-clock negotiations when theowner of the German shipping company signed an OTV contract covering the Filipinos at the same level as the German seafarers. The contract raised the salaries of the Filipinos to nearly $3,(XX) ajnonth, more than three times the standard called for by the ITF. The OTV gained a, contract for a foreign crew on anotherGerman runawayflag vessel that was docked in Sweden in November. I I // I \ ;/\\ Cutting the 21st anniversary cake aboard the USNS Wyman is a team effort. From the left are Chief Steward David St. Geor||e, Cook/Baker Lorrin Rodrigues, Captain Edward P. Wilisch and scientist Mark Sands. �FEMUARYim SEAFARERS LOG 9 Parents of Victim in Runaway Ship Fire Urge Closing of Loopholes in World Safety Regs Editor's note: The following Organization is in the process of emptor. The seller should have a misfeasance, since they are a legitimately imposed by the article was written by Louis anc' adopting new standards for pas­ duty to disclose fully to the buyer powerful stimulus to enforce shipowner's country of principal Winifred Rome, whose daughter, senger ship safety, including rules all present conditions, prior sur­ safety standards. operation and/or domicile. Ruth, died in the Scandinavian for emergency alarms, smoke veys and government reports that • Nations with ship registries As to the Scandinavian Star, Star ferry disaster in 1990. It was detectors, fire doors, automatic deal with safety issues. must ensure ship safety. Where we ask: published in the December 18, sprinklers, flammability and the • Governments should these governments fail to or­ • Do foreign "flags of con­ 1992 issue of The Marine toxicity of wall and ceiling sur­ prevent ships from leaving their ganize, pay for and assure the ser­ venience" protect sufficiently the Fireman and is reprinted here faces. Standards for crew safety ports if they don't carry a certifi­ vices and protection they offer, interests of Denmark, Norway, with permission. training and management, fire cate, issued to its current owner, their flag should not fly above the the United States or other The Scandinavian Star wa5 a drills and a common language for that certifies it as seaworthy. ship. The IMO should not permit countries in today's international runaway flag vessel which prior shipping environment? to use as a passengerferry sailing • Did the Bahamas flag offer between Norway and Denmark, real protection to our daughter? had been a flag-of-convenience • Did it protect anything cruise ship operating out <? other than the shipowner's pocket Florida. and the Bahamas Treasury? The vessel, while operating We believe these are truly in­ from the U.S., had been taken to ternational problems that should task by the National Transporta­ be addressed by the entire tion Safety Board (NTSBf the maritime community. government's safety agency We believe tJjie answers to which investigates transportation these problems are found in accidents and disasters. The prevention. But we recognize that NTSB investigated a March 1988 human action often is tardy and engineroom blaze, finding a lack remedial. Not all cures come from of preventive maintenance, in­ treaties, legislation and judicial adequate crew training, lack of decision. The best regulation is by written firefighting procedures the shipping industry itself, where and an inability of crewmembers there should be a constant and to communicate in a common lan­ AP/Wide World Photos mutual commitment to safety, guage. Firemen try to put out the fire in the bridge of the Scandinavian Sfar hours after the crippled ferry was practiced with vigilance by The Scandinavian Star was towed to the port of Lysekil, Sweden. Officials suspect arson as the cause. everyone. sold to a Danish company not Our daughter lives on in us, long after the NTSB issued its communication between crew • Punitive damages should shipowners to shop for registry and this is the way we honor her report. Shortly after it began and ship command are also in the be levied more often against a and "flags" to escape the rigors of goodness, her talents and the love operating in Scandinavia as a works. shipowner fpr malfeasance or safety standards that are we had for each other. passenger ferry under the Had any one pf these safety Bahamian flag, a fire raged measures been implemented on through the vessel as it was sail­ the Scandinavian Star, some lives ing through the North Sea. would have been spared. Hac Crewmembers from the more been in place, perhaps all Philippines and Portugal were 159 people would be alive today. unable to understand the orders Perfecting ship construction of the Scandinavian officers. The and safety equipment, and the ship's master testified that safety jresence of well-trained crews, . equipment had not been checked improves ship safety. Treaty A fatal accident aboard a nor had there been time to train protocols that require uniform Bahamian-flag ship off the coast crewmembers in safety opera­ standards worldwide are also im­ of New York serves as yet tions—including fire and evacua­ portant. Together, they are another example of the tion drills. As the fire burned, the jowerful catalysts for better ship dangerously loose regulations vessel's officers abandoned the safety. But the implementation of under which flag-of-convenience ship in a lifeboat while the pas­ treaties and regulations depend in vessels operate, said an inspector sengers waited to be rescued. The arge part on the good faith and for the International Transport death toll as a result of the fire good will of people in the ship­ Workers Federation (ITF). was 159 passsengers and crew­ ping industry. It is they who must On December 11, an Indian give their personal commitment officer aboard the Castillo de members. Ricote apparently was swept - Last week in Copenhagen, the to safety at sea. We suggest that everyone in overboard during a severe storm Sea and Trade Court of Denmark the international maritime in­ roughly 200 miles from the port The Castillo de Ricote unloads at Bayway, N.J., four days after the closed a chapter in the tragedy of dustry consider these important of New York. Bahamian officials, ship's officer was declared missing at sea. the Scandinavian Star passenger changes in ship safety rules, even at first reluctant to investigate the ferry fire of April 7, 1990. The if it is politically and financially man's unexplained disap­ court, after trying the shipowner, difficult to do so: pearance, did not board the ship SlU's ITF Inspector Spiro Varras, Also, Mody had gotten married his rhanaging director and the • Establish an international until December 16—four days who interviewed Castillo de four months earlier. ship captain on criminal viola­ Bahamian investigators have Ricote officers and crewmembers tions of ship safety laws, found ombudsman for ship safety after it had docked. By then, th^ day the ship doc)ted in New not made public their official list-1 the defendants guilty and sen­ within the IMO or as an inde­ many of the Spanish, Indian and Jef^ey!i "Because of fhe mix of ing of the cause of the officer's tenced them to brief prison terms. pendent entity fqnded by the en­ Filipino crew had left the vessel, nationmities aboard the ships, death. However, one possibility We lost our only child, our 27- tire industry. This office would which in November had switched they (ipn't consider it their would seem to be that Mody— year-old daughter, in that disaster. receive ha:^ard reporfs from from a Spanish to a Bahamian responsibility. either following orders or on his ( Ruth Rome, a singer and enter­ seamen, officers or the public and flagown—was securing the deck as "In this case, the Bahamian tainer, joined the ship just/eight report them to shipowners, the - "The flags-oficonvenience, consi^Iatejin New York thought the storm hit and thWeby was* classification society andithe and even some national flags, days earlier, as had all the Ctew. U.S. authorities should inves­ washed overboard. • That Ruth and 158 other ship's insurer so that corrective don't investigate properly," said tigate, even though the ship was Varras said the mcident il­ peol)le ,lost their lives arid their action would occur and sub­ lustrates how easily ^atal acci­ beyond U.S. territorial waters dreams because of the reprehen­ sequent reviews be made. | dents aboard flag-of-cdnvenience when the crew realized the sible disregard for hum^n safety^ „ • Classification sociefies vessels can avoid legal scrutiny. second mate was missing." (The by shipowners and an afso^ist is 'shoiild have only one unc6m"There should have been a Coasti Gujard had no jurisdiction promised master and one source an unspeakable tragedy. professional inv^st^gatipn," he to investigate the incident.) That courts in the United of funding—either the nation of said. He also noted that rej^reThe officer, Pinakin Mody, States and Denmark have had so ship registry or perhaps the in­ was relieved of his watch at about sentatives from the Protection surance industry, but certainly much trouble attributing criminal 4 a.m. by the chief mate, just as and Indemnity Club, which repre­ and civil accountability to the not the shipowner. the ship was entering a stonu. sents the ship's underwriters, • The inspection and survey shipowners borders on the Mody never was seen again. boarded the vessel as soon as it Jl'l of passenger ships should be in­ bizarre. When Mody did not report for his arrived in New York anchorage itiated by the inspecting agency at nexf assignment about eight and proceeded to conduct an unf\ That countries allow the ship­ times of its choicey not Just when hours later, he was discovered supervised investigation to ping industry to evade its share of the ship's master or owner ex­ missing. A futile search of the protect the shipowners' interests. responsibility for maintaining tends an invitation. Moreover, when Varras, at the vessel ensued. safe passagf;, and that some na­ • A risk-rating "seaworthi­ According to written state­ request of an Indian seamen's \tions earn ijevenue by perpetuat­ ness" system with comparative ments from various crewmem­ union, went to the vessel, the of­ ing loopholes in ship-safety ratings for each vessel, should be ITF Inspector Spiro Varras (left) bers, Mody's recent behavior and ficers and crew were reluctant to regulation, are causes for an-^ a matter of public record. guish. • Ship sales should not be meets with Rupam Mody, brother the condition of his cabin indicate answer questions. Instead, they that suicide is extremely unlikely. offered written statements. \ The International Maritime governed by the rule of caveat of the missing officer. •m • •' • '• '• 1' Bahamian Government Authorities Fail To Gonduct Proper Investigation In Officer's Disappearance, Charges IFF W \ • /i v' ; /; .. S i • ... ' • 'v - �10 FERRUARY1993 SEAFARERS LOG Trainins Expands on Riverboats Lundeberg School Enhances On-Site j^' i ., 5.^ '.' In 1990, when the Seafarers •Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship first brought its com­ prehensive safety training pro­ gram to the SlU-crewed . overnight passenger boats Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen, in­ structors John Smith and Byran Cummings spent most of their time meticulously covering the basics of CPR and first aid, firefighting and damage control. In 1992, more than 300 Seafarers who have crewed the Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen received not only refresher courses, but also additional ad­ vanced training. And for this year, Cummings and Smith plan to continue furthering the training aboard America's two most famous riverboats. Last year. Smith conducted his usual trio of week-long classes aboard the Delta Queen while Cummings did the same aboard the Mississippi Queen. The in­ structors will go again this year, beginning this month with Smith aboard the Delta Queen. Seafarers will receive a total of anywhere from 15 to 120 hours of instruction, including hands-on training. (The emergency squads, comprised of the master, two ^ots, chief mate, third mate and deck crew, receive about 40 hours of training per week. The rest of the hotel staff receives about five per week.) "Both of these vessels are family-oriented, and sometimes they might be five or six hours from the nearest doctor," said Part of firefighting training includes a day ashore so crewmembers have a chance to work with various hose lines. "We have to expand each year so we're not redundant," ex­ plained Cummings who, like Smith, has years of experience as a firefighter and paramedic; "There's not that much turnover in the deck and engine depart­ ments on these boats, so we're stressing continuing education, building on programs." Cummings. "So the crew has to be able to handle any situation." 'Man Overboard' Course cover ruptures in various parts of the boats' hulls. During those ex­ ercises, Seafarers had to calculate how many gallons of water would be taken aboard, based on the size and location of the rupture or rup­ tures. The first aid and CPR segment included certification or "recertification of crewmembers. ' As usual. Smith and Cum­ mings provided training throughout the day and evening, interspersed between regular crew duties and various shifts. "You catch crewmembers around the clock," Cummings said. "We're taking time out of their schedules, so we have to be avail­ Seafarers get plenty of hands-on training in CPR, first aid, damage control and firefighting, as this porter on the hotel staff demonstrates. able whenever they are." Even Better in '93 Cummings and Smith each year have been received warmly by the crewmembers aboard the Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen. "We're like family now," Cummings said. "They are ap­ preciative, efficient and eager to learn more. They know that this training makes thern better and better at their jobs." David Kish, vice president for the Delta Queen Steamboat Com­ pany, reiterated Cummings' remarks. "The instructors have built a personal relationship with the crewmembers. [Cummings and Smith] also know more about the vessels each time they teach Lundeberg School Instructor Byran Cummings (left) explains proper use of breathing apparatus to Carl Koen (center), Robert Pou (right) here," he noted. and Greg Hawkins (with back to camera). "We have been very pleased with the classes taught. Tliey get programs on both vessels, Kish tough," noted Cummings, who better every year because the added. pointed out that many untrained school provides quality training This year, members will leam people may hesitate to perform and education that is up to date. CPR not only for adults, but also CPR on an infant simply be­ Thanks to this program, we have for infants and children. "The cause they are afraid of causing been able to start new safety psychology of infant CPR can be injury. The training last year included a surprise "man overboard" drill (a dummy was used) on the Mis­ sissippi Queen. With the approval of the company and the boat's master, Cummings checked river traffic and then tossed the dummy into the water. He was pleased that the crew reacted very quickly from the time they were alerted to recover what they eventually realized was a stuffed uniform. Other training on both boats included drills with a non-toxic smoke generator which simulates conditions of a shipboard fire. Also during firefighting training. Seafarers spent time ashore workr ing with various hose lines and other equipment. During the damage control week, SIU members drew a com­ plete "pre-plan" of their respec­ tive vessels. The pre-plan marks the exact locations of all cabins, fire-main systems, radios and es­ cape hatches and routes. Aboard the Delta Queen, Joseph Serpas, Mike Williams, Johnny Crewmember emerges from The members also practiced Speed, Gerald Henderson, Michael Ward and Willie Allen construct smoke-filled hold with breathing Rescue of the dummy in the manmaking patches which would a patch for the hpll. apparatus in place. overboard drill took little time. From left, SIU members William Freitas, Man/in Joy and Rob McLemore practice adult, infant and child CPR- A dummy was used for the surprise man-overboard drill. 4 ••J. ^ •• • -V •;/ -i • ' ^ •• ... ' : , ••• ' . v •' , �• •\;,v -rM. SEAFARERS LOG FEBRUAltY1993 11 .•i •/ • \:.''y'.--. l' .<, V St. Clair, others Complete Busy Year on the Lakes J'. ... .. .'> ..* . ., ... .„. '•:' t.v: '•'..• s....,..,. / QMED Edward Elder makes sure all opera­ tions are running smoothly in the engineroom. n' Watching loading operations , on the deck is 23-year SIU mernber AB/Wheelsman John B. Church. ' m ..' When the SIU members aboard the St. Clair signed off for the last time in December, they had com­ pleted another busy sailing season on the Great Lakes. The crew, led by Bosun John Sellers, carried nearly 2.2 million tons of cargo with most of it coming in the form of coal. The ship hauled almost 1.9 million tons of coal to Detroit Edison power plants along the eastern shore of Michigan. Sellers, who has been sailing since 1960, stated the crew did another excellent job this year on the American Steamship Company selfunloader. One of the highlights of 1992 came when the 770-foot vessel successfully entered the dock at Calcite, Mich, to load stone. The St. Clair became one of the largest ves­ sels to enter and load at that location. Overall, the sailing season on the Lakes came lU to an JUaKeS cailic an end in the middle of January. Preliminary totals, as ac­ cumulated by the Lakes Gamers Association, showed ah increase in total cargo carried by U.S.-flag ves­ sels on the Lakes of 1.7 percent above the 1991 totals. A total of 105.7 million tons of cargo were car­ ried during 1992. The breakdown includes 56.6 million tons of iron ore (an increase of 3.1 percent above 1991), 18.8 nullion tons of coal (almost even with the 1991 figure), 3.3 million tons of cement (up 7.1 percent) and 1.1 mil­ lion tons of grain (up 5.7 percent). Among the cargo totals that decreased in 1992 were limestone, gypsum, sand and liquid bulk. Fitout for the 1993 sailing season is expected to begin in late March and continue into April. MM . -v' ' V4 v> S' • iis^- I-.' Operating the lift on the ship's bow is Bosun John Sellers. RIGHT AB/Watchman Con * Gleason drives the hatch cover on the deck of the St. Clair. ,jy." * •M' • fc •.'I- ^ i'bte .J .^1 �12 SEAFARERS LOG FERRUARY1993 MxxrmeLnsk.—^2: THE DIARY OF WILLIAM D. HENDERSON 1 was in the shower when the seen leaving the docks down at Murmansk as they always do alarm was sounded aboard ship. when the alarm sounds, and head Washed off soap and was strug­ gling into my pants when the out into the stream. 1 had carried my plate from the )ombs began to whistle. 1 threw supper table aft to the poop deck myself down onto my bunk so when the guns ashore and on the that, should the ship be struck, the Russian destroyer ahead of us concussion and rebound would opened up. Then our machine not be so apt to throw me about. ' The Nazi's and Russians guns began to fire. The Germans came in across the hills above fought a long dogfight very high town, swooped a couple of above us for half an hour. Air raid at 6:20 p.m. Just one hundred yards aft of us from the starboard side, and dropped load plane came over at a very high after load of bombs on the Empire altitude—probably to take pic­ Starlight lying about four ships' tures. Heavy shrapnel barrage. 1 had grabbed a few bites of supper lengths upstream from us. I can't remember what the Ger­ from the deserted table and was man planes were (though some of back finishing washing my socks the boys say there were eight or 10 when it came this time. Seafarer William Henderson met Wymond in Rotterdam, Holland on in number and of both one- and [Diary interrupted for two December 20,1947, the day this photo was snapped. They were married two-motored types), but 1 remem­ weeks while ashore—without four months later in Rotterdam. Two of their sons are now seafarers. ber the little seed-like black leave—in Murmansk.] June 8. Got aboard Russian tug of a boiler and went out through between the anchor paw and the bombs as they left the planes and to return to ship at 7:00 a.m. in grew with awful rapidity, like a the bottom of the ship, apparently anchor windlass. company of White, Walker, Waldrop of water falling toward your Three Russian tugs came along without exploding, leaving a hole the starboard side. One made fast face as they hurtled earthward. lis, the chief engineer, the third somewhat larger. There was no one below at the there; one took a bow tow-line, First they lay in a neat little line mate, Tully. These last two had like peas when you pop open a been instructed by Naval attach^ time. The water came in rapidly. and one went back. We were moved up the Kola pod. When they hit the water, they to round up those of lis ashore and When the watertender went below, he found water up to the Inlet to a shallow spot several seemed very large and threw up a tell us to go back aboard. We got aboard at 10:00 a.m. floor plates. He closed the water­ miles above town where several geyser of water. This time the toads of bombs each contained The chief mate told the bosun we tight door into the shaft alley and wrecks already were beached. A salvage tug tied up on the some small ones with one or two could turn to if we wanted to, but came Up. The orders were called aft to port side after the sloop had cast much larger. They fell all around that he would tog us for the entire the Empire Starlight, aft, forward day anyhow. We didn't turn to. make the lifeboats ready for off. June 9. Turned to for first time This was about 3:00 a.m., and and on each side. lowering. since Wednesday, May 27, when All hands threw a few items in the merged sunrise and sunset that How Can They Miss? Parti about 8:00 in the evening. Walker, had glowed crimson and lovely their suitcases and streamed up to 1 just can't understand how, May 12. Ten minutes after the the boat deck. over the snow all night was still when the planes swooped so tow, White, Kostigan, Bill (the wiper). mate had ordered the men below The smooth water of the nar­ tinted with color though the they could miss. It may be that Sparks and I got aboard a Russian into the lower hold, the thread-like row inlet, carrying her proud but daylight was getting stronger. workboat and went ashore. On some of them may have struck her, white trails of planes flying at high somewhat ineffectual flotilla of No orders were being given, for 1 remember that when we were May 28 1 went to the Maritime altitudes were observed approach­ warships and armored merchant and things seemed at a standstill, Commission representative here hit a week or more ago, we did not in Murmansk, Mr. (or Capt.) Pear­ ing. Our gun crew rushed to their men, and the narrow, snow- so 1 turned in. know it 'til the water started to rise stations. The planes circled, dived molded hills, all looked good May 17. Air raids at 6:00 and in the engineroom. It is strange sons, and complained that the and attacked the Yaka, a tanker on when one's ship was sinking. 10:00 a.m. No alarm on the last that none were dropped at us, but crew of the Yam was not being one side, and a freighter on the giveii reasonable consideration by 1 threw off the turns on the one. Was awakened by diving other. No ships were struck, but forward fall of #4 boat and waited, planes and the whistle of bombs. now that they are singling out cer­ the Master when, after remaining three huge bombs fell so close to under the third mate's command, Bombs fell between us and the tain ships, our turn will undoubthe Yaka that water drenched the to lower away. shore in two groups, but apparent­ decks and the ship jumped and The captain called to the ly were not aimed at us. There shook 'til men were thrown off nearest British sloop to order a tug followed the sounds of shooting their feet. Minor damage was done for us. She replied on her address and zooming in the clouds above, to the ship by the concussion, in­ system that she would do so. where a dogfight was in progress. cluding several broken lines in the The captain then ordered us A Russian Hurricane plane came engineroom, and the galley stove forward to break out two manila spinning down directly over us. It was damaged. A huge screen from hawser lines for towing, it being seemed that it would hit the poop the engineroom ventilator was apparent that we would not go deck, and many of us ran forward hurled to the hatch below. into the after well deck. The huge four-motored bom­ down immediately. The deck engineer was already As it struck the water aft of us bers (there were several of them) then fled. Our machine guns working on the pin in the anchor in a slow, flat spin, the pilot ceased firing. The Russian fighter chain shackle, trying to loosen it seemed to be standing up in his planes filled the air. All hands, in for easting off (as there was, of cockpit. Later, when his body was no steam for raising the brought up, it was found that he life preservers, stood about watch­ course, anchor). had been shot between the eyes. ing the planes. May 18. Air raid at 11:20 a.m. Saving the Ship May 15. Yaka struck in en­ Shrapnel barrage put up around gineroom by bomb today. The air Soon the British sloop Husser town. Many planes in air. Dog­ raid alarm commenced about 5:15 (J82) came along the port side, put fights over town. No bombs p.m. A wave of about five four- lines aboard fore and aft, took a motored Nazi bombers came over couple of manila lines aft, and dropped. Could see nothing about 6:00 p.m. and dropped very made ready to give a side tow. At decisive, but one Russian fighter large bombs that fell close off the the same time, she inserted a hose went in low, smoking. Air raids at starboard side; also near a British into the hold above the waterline 12:30, 1:05, 2:50 and 4:10 p.m. freighter lying after and starboard and commenced pumping water Bombs dropped from consider­ Although Ben Henderson was on|y four months old and George only two of us, and a British sloop to port. out of the engineroom, which by able height without diving. They years old when their father, the author of the diary appearing on this page, No hits. Tremendous concus­ then had filled to the level of the struck the edge of town, the other died, both have followed in his footsteps by choosing a career in the SIU. sion. They came back about 7:10 second grating down from the side of a long line of low hills that tedly come. Air raid at 6:25 p.m. aboard for one month while the rise from the edge of the inlet here. p.m. dropping sticks of about nine level of the after well deck. May 27. Air raid at 1:30 p.m. No ship lay at anchor in the harbor of Air raids at 7:20,10:10 and 11:45 small bombs. Most of them fell to An officer and a number of German planes observed, but Murmansk, he still refused to starboard again, but one apparent­ men came aboard and directed the p.m. shooting heard in distance. Raid grant shore leave. 1 also requested May 19. 10:00 a.m. air raid. ly entered our port side a little cutting of the anchor chain which lasted 'til 2:45 p.m. Clear weather that gas masks be provided the crew, Shrapnel barrage put up. Enemy above the water line amidships, was finally sawed with hacksaws all morning, but high clouds cover if possible, as most other ships were planes sighted. Plane shot down leaving a jagged hole about 18 until nearly off, then broken with . the sky now. so provided and as all Russian inches across. It tore off a corner a wedge and hammer. It was cut about 10:35 a.m., crashing into Air raid at 5:05 p.m. Bombers civilians were carrying them. hill. 12:30 p.m. air raid. Enemy He replied that as to shore bombers came in high, leaving dove in about three minutes after white trails and dropped bombs the siren alarm was heard going up leave, tugs were veiy hard to get, somewhere over hills" in Finnish town. There were one- and two- so that it would be difficult to ar­ motored (perhaps some four- range for transportation to and direction. 11:00 p.m. air raid. May 25. Overcast 'til noon. motored, too) jobs. Probably from the boat while ship was at Clear and warm all afternoon. Air about seven or eight of them came anchor (this, despite the fact that Russian workmen were commut­ raid 5:30 p.m. Dropped bombs at down from a high altitude. They dropped tremendously ing to and from the ship every day 8:00 p.m. in inlet about a quarter mile upstream from us. Apparent­ large bombs. One group nearly working on the boilers), but that ly, two Germans let bombs go struck a tug that happened to be he would endeavor to arrange for when attacked by Russians. passing. Another group fell on the shore leave when the ship went starboard sidepretty well forward. into drydock, where he expected Heavy shrapnel barrage sent up. May 26. Clear and warm with Two groups of^bombs fell aft of us her to go shortly. As to gas masks, he said it was low cumulus clouds occasionally between us and the Empire Star­ light. The ship jumped and shook, impossible to obtain them here. 1 closing in qverhead. but not as violently as during the told him that 1 had understood from Air raids at 2:10 and 9:20 a.m. raid when we were struck at the Russians with whom 1 had talked Siren did not go up town 'til after other anchorage. that they could be obtained. He said Shooting had' commenced up the Shrapnel barrage was put up all that if 1 found a supply, to let him inlet ahead of us. around us. Guns shooting like know. 1 asked him if he would have Just four months after this family picture was taken, Brother Henderson Shrapnel barrage. Air raids at mad. Our machine guns among the ship pay for any that 1 might buy died in an automobile accident in Portland, Ore. From the left are William; 1:00 and 5:15 p.m. Siren went up them. nwself. He said he thought that his his wife, Wymond; Ben, 3 days old; George, 2; and John, 3V2. town. The little towboats could be How can they miss so often? office would pay. With all the current recognitiori being given by the Russian republic to U.S. merchant mariners who sailed in the Mur­ mansk Run during World War II, the Seafarers LOG is pleased to have received a copy of the diary of a Seafarer who was part of this vUal supply run. Seafarer William D. Henderson chronicled his thoughts and experiences during the Murmansk Run. Although he died in 1959, Henderson 's sailing tradition lives on. Of his three sons, John, 38, the eldest, works in the field of computers; the other two, Beni 33, and George, 35, are members of the SIU. Ben Henderson sails aboard the USNS Harkness as chief steward. George, who provided the LOG with this material, joined the SIU in 1989. He sails in the engine department and currently is attending the QMED upgrading course at Piney Point. He was only two years old when his father died. William Henderson's wife, Wymond, resides in Oregon. What follows is Part I of Henderson's narrative of the SS Yaka's voyage to Murmansk, Rus­ sia in 1942. The remaining part of Brother Henderson's diary will appear in future issues of the �\,• . ': <:' .• :'"•- - -; •' FEBRUARY 1993 SeAFARERSLOG 13 STATE: TAXES NOT WITHHELD F •r OR SEAMEN, the tax filing process can become extremely complicated. The nature of Seafaring work raises many issues at tax time that most shoreside workers do not have to consider.. Among the concerns raised by seamen interviewed by the Seafarers LOG were questions of claiming a residence for purposes of filing state tax returns and the issue of what is considered a work-related tax deductible expense. In preparing this guide of t?ix tips for seamen, the staff of the LOG, working with a certified public accountant familiar with the maritime industry, has attempted to gather information that addresses the concerns of Seafarers. FOR MORE INFORMATION General Information: 1-800-829-1040 can be called for general information. IRS staff answer questions from 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Monday through Friday. Publications: 1-800-829-3676 operators will take or­ ders for publications. "#553 Highlights of 1992 Tax Changes" and "#552 Record Keeping for Individuals" are two publications that many people find especially useful. Walk-In Help: IRS representatives are available in many IRS offices around the country to help with tax questions that cannot be answered easily by telephone. To find the location of an IRS office, look in the phone book under "United States Government, Internal Revenue Service." Telephone Help: IRS representatives are available to help with tax questions. If needed, call the IRS using the toll-free number listed in the telephone directory. Send IRS Written Questions: Written questions regarding the tax returns can be sent directly to an IRS District Director. Include a social security number with the letter. INFORMATION BY PHONE The IRS is prepared to answer questions by phone. Through the agency's tax-payer information service, publications covering all aspects of tax-filing can be ordered. The "Tele-Tax" Service has recorded tax information covering more than 140 topics. 1-800-829-4477 is the IRS's 24-hour automated "Tele-Tax" system. When call­ ing from a touch tone phone, the "#" sign will repeat the topic and the will stop the message. To listen to a directory of topics after the introductory message finishes, dial 323. This telephone service is available from 7:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. when calling from a touch tone phone. Rotary dial phone users can call the service between 8:00 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. ' fv '• " I'''"- • a».1M mm MJQB xjipo 3Rjm M.MD M.4M |0.4aD 30MR 9Q.4M MMR VJW JCJfO 3433 • 9047 S.991 9 67S o.m 5.701 snr 4731 1745 i.m xmo m.'m 303m 3tno 3o.m woo ilSSSS jidat 3I QM 31 IflD 31 tpo !«.nQ i«2V} ISJOO It.MQ •.MO l«.4» U«00 VMM t«.4» te.MO iaaoo IOJM ja.W k.iio ^.800 Mt.M0 M.MO <ft.Ddo it.roo t«7M» itjtoo i*.«M I4.SOO te.MO >7.000 i17,00a 31.000 91.100 M.tM sijn 31 XB 37.730 31 m 3I.30B 31300 31300 )i.pO 31.400 • 31400 3>;AM 31,490 37,900 3X300 3f.«M IIJOO 4.787 4B0i 5914 4*» 4449 5-M7 9«7> >885^ -..my 43t1 ioil 4Mi 48S4 im 3307 4.011 6074 • OM . 6053 31.000 3I M0 • 007 • 0«l 3t.«0 3>.T80 31.700 91.790 • OK Sl.rtO 31400 4 too 31.000 3*300 B.t«' 31490 31300 31.000 ii.om 3i.0»0 U3O0 32.000 V The law prohibits employers from withholding state and local taxes from the wages of seamen working aboard U.S.-flag ships. Specifically, the law [46 USCA 11108(11)] provides •that "no part of the wages due or accruing to a master, officer or any other seaman who is a member of the crew on a vessel engaged in the foreign, coastwise, intercoastal, interstate or noncontiguous trade shall be withheld pursuant to the provisions of the tax laws of any state, territory, possession or commonwealth, or a subdivision' of any of them, but nothing in this section shall prohibit any such withholding of the wages of any seaman who is employed in the coastwise trade between ports in the same state if such withholding is pursuant to a voluntary agreement between such seaman and his employer." The law, however, does not exempt seamen from paying state and local taxes. A seaman, just like any other citizen of any given state, must meet his or her obligations to the government of the area in which he or she lives. Each state has a set of criteria to determine whether an individual is a resident of that state. A seaman should check with a state tax office if he or she is unsure as to his residency status. For example, in California during the early 1970s, a case before the California State Board of Equalization stated that a merchant seaman—despite the fact that he was on a ship for 210 days of the year—was a resident of the state for tax purposes. The board took into considera­ tion the fact that the seaman owned a home in California and maintained a bank account in a California-based bank. Additionally, each state has established conditions under which non-residents of that state must pay a portion of state tax if such an individual earned income from a source based in that state. Many states allow a credit in the amount an individual must pay the state if that person has already paid taxes in another state. In this supplement are two charts for seamen to use if questions arise on residency and state tax issues. The first is a list of phone numbers of state tax boards and offices to call for more information . The second provides infor­ mation on what each state consideres to be tajtable in­ come for residents and non-residents. The chart indicates that seven states do not require state taxes to be paid of its residents and three states limit state taxes to profits earned form investments but do not consider wages sub­ ject to taxation. : '> •' - 7^ t : , VV-:« U.<XB M4M A'' 'f— • • * ' >* rvi: i PREPARING A RETURN Step 1. Get all records together. • Income Records. These include any Forms W-2, W-2G and 1099. • Itemized deductions and Tax Credits. • Medical and dental payment records. Real estate and personal property tax receipts. • Interest payments records for items such as a home mortgage or home equity loan. • Records of payments for child care so an individual could work. Step 2. Get any forms, schedules or publications neces­ sary to assist in filing the return. IRS Publication 17 entitled "Your Federal Income Tax for Use in Preparing 1992 Returns" is the most comprehensive guide the agen­ cy has issued this year. Most IRS offices and many local banks, post offices and libraries have publications designed to provide individuals with information on cor­ rectly filing tax returns. Step 3. Fill in the return. Step 4. Check the return to make sure it is correct. Step 5. Sign and date the return. Form 1040 is not con­ sidered a valid return unless signed. A spouse must also sign if it is a joint return. Step 6. Attach all required forms and schedules. Attach the first copy of Copy B of Forms W-2, W-2Gand 1099R to the front of the Form 1040. Attach all other schedules and forms behind Form 1040 ip order of the attachment sequence number. If tax is owed, attach the payment to the front of Form 1040. OVERSEAS? Should a seaman find himself or herself overseas and seeking IRS forms or IRS assistance, U.S. embassies and consulates are equipped to provide some taxpayer-re­ lated services. At a minimum, IRS forms are available at all U.S. embassies and consulates. The U.S. embassies and consulates located in the following cities can provide IRS assistance: Bonn, Germany; Caracas, Venezuela; London, England; Mexico City, Mexico; Nassau, Bahamas; Ottawa, Canada; Paris, France; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Rome, Italy; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Sydney, Australia; and Tokyo, Japan. -x". STANDARD DEDUCTION This is the standard deduction chart for most people. It should not be used if taxpayer is 65 or older or blind or if a dependent. Filing Status Standard Deduction Sifigle $3,600 Married filing joint return or Qualifying widow(er) with dependent children . . $6,000 Married filing separate return $3,000 Head of household . . . . . . $5{250 J.'- .'• ; .; . -•Sl. �\ J-?. v-VJ • . ''r ' . ••. -C • i ?.--V i'-' '.-, •'f'r- "l : "v.:,' '' ' FEBRUARY 1993 SEEAFAREifS LOG DEDUCTIONS, W-2'S AND OTHER INFORMATION '.'v..-'' • *:.v •. l' Employer W'2's: Employers are required to mail W-2 forms to employees by January 31. If an individual believes he or she is missing W-2's, contact the employer. For seamen who have ever used a union hall as a return address, check with the SIU port agent to determine if a W-2 has been sent to that address. Seafarers Vacation Plan W-2's: If a Seafarer has received monies from the SIU Vacation Plan, he or she should receive a W-2 from that fund. Seafarers who have received SYP monies but who have not received a W-2 from the plan should contact their union hall or call Andy Marmo at the SYP office in Camp Springs, Md.: (301) 899-0675. Increased Peductions: The deduction for each ex­ emption—for the individual, his or her spouse and de­ pendents has increased to $2,300 per person. Standard Deducation Has Increased: The standard deduction has increased for most people. Because of this increase, it may be to an individual's benefit to take the standard deduction this year even if that person has itemized deductions in the past. Personal Interest Deducations: For 1992, personal interest cannot be deducted. Personal interest includes interest on car loans, credit cards and personal loans. Interest on Secured I^ans Deductible: Interest paid on mortgages or secured loans is 100 percent deductible. Union Dues Deduction: Union dues are only deduct­ ible if they exceed 2 percent of gross income. If they do, only the portion over the 2 percent is deductible. SPAD contributions have never been deductible. Deducting Work-Related Expenses: Expenses as­ sociated with a seaman's work, may be considered tax deductible. However, no expense can be deducted for which a seaman has been reimbursed by the employer. Travel to the union hall to register or travel to the union's designated medical facility to take the required physical and drug tests are examples of expenses which are workrelated but not reimbursed by the company. Members of the galley crew may deduct the costs of knives and other equipment they personally own but use when on a ship performing their work duties. The purchase of work-re­ lated clothing and other gear, as long as it is truly for work and not paid for by the employer, are likely to be'considered tax-deductible. Deducting Work-Related Car Expenses: Use of a personally-owned automobile in work-related travel can result in deductible expenses. Two methods can be used to compute automobile expenses—either listing a stand­ ard mileage rate or determining actual cost. On the tax return due April 15 of this yesr, the IRS is accepting a standard mileage rate of 28 cents per mile. Parking fees and tolls can be added when using the standard mileage rate. If using actual expenses, information must be avail­ able on all operating-related costs for the vehicle, includ­ ing interest, insurance, taxes, licenses, maintenance, repairs, depreciation, gas, oil, tolls and parking. In either the standard mileage rate or the actual cost method of determining car expenses, accurate records should be kept. The IRS recommends keeping a log book or diary listing all expenses related to travel. Only work-related expenses not reimbursed by an employer can be claimed. Deducting Work-Related Meals When Traveling: Workers in transportation are allowed a special rate on the meal allowance of $30 per day. Otherwise the IRS standard meal allowance is generally $26. In some loca­ tions it is $34, and in Hawaii and Alaska it is computed differently. Travel expenses, including meals, can only be deducted if directly related to one's work and if they have not been reimbursed from any other source. Umit on Itemized Deductions: Beginning in 1992, itemized deductions may be limited for an individual earning more than $105,250 of federal adjusted gross income (or $52,625 if married and filing separately). Keeping Records: Keep records of income, deduc­ tions and credits shown on the tax return, as well as any worksheets used to figure them, until the statute of limita­ tions runs out for that return, usually 3 years from the date the return was due or filed, or 2 years from the date the tax was paid, whichever is later. However, it is recommended that all records be kept for about 6 years. Fast Refund: If a tax refund is expected for 1992, instead of mailing the return to the Internal Revenue Service, it can be filed electronically. When filed electronically, a refund will be received in about 3 weeks, or in 2 weeks if it is deposited directly into a savings or checking account. For a charge, many professional tax return preparers offer electronic filing in addition to their return preparation services. If an individual prepared his or her own return, a preparer or transmitter in their area can file the return electronically. For a list of who can file a tax return electronically in any given area, call the IRS toll-free number, 1 (800) 829-1040, and ask for the Electronic Filing Office. Dependent's Social Security Number: If an in- dividual claims an exemption for a dependent who is at least 1 year old by December 31, 1992, he must list the dependent's social security number on Form 1040 or Form 1040A. A social security number requirement ap­ plies to all dependents (not just children) claimed on the tax return who are at least 1 year old. • Gift to Reduce the Public Debt: An individual may make a gift to reduce the public debt. To do so, enclose a separate check with the income tax return. Make it payable to "Bureau of the Public Debt." Do not add it to any tax owed. Change of Address: If an individual has changed his or her address fro the one listed on that person's last tax return, IRS Forrti 8822 should be filled out and filed with the agency. • Education Savings Bond Program:All or part of the interest for certain U.S. savings bonds can be excluded from income if one pays qualified higher education expenses during the year he redeems the bonds. Death of a Taxpayer: If a taxpayer died before filing a required return for 1992, the taxpayer's personal rep­ resentative (and spouse,in the case of a joint return) must file and sign the return for that person. A personal repre­ sentative can be an executor, administrator or anyone who is in charge of the taxpayer's property. Rounding Off to Whole Dollars: Cents may be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar on the tax return and schedules. To do so, raise amounts from 50 to 99 cents to the next dollar. For example, $1.39 becomes $1 and $2.50 becomes $3. Unemployment Compensation: Unemployment compensation (insurance) is fully taxable. By January 31,1993, an individual who has received unemployment compensation should receive a Form 1099-G showing the total unemployment compensation paid during 1992, Use line 20 on the tax return to report unemployment compensation. Earned Income Credit: To qualify for the earned income credit, families must have an income of less than $22,370 and have at least one child living with them. The maximum credit for families with one child is $1,324. Families with 2 or more children may receive up to $1,384. With a child bom in 1992, the family may qualify for an additional $376 credit and if the family paid for part of the premiums for a health insurance policy cover­ ing a child, an additional credit of $451 may be due. To apply for the eamed income credit, a family must file using Form 1040 or 1040A, but not 1040EZ, and attach IRS Schedule EIC. SOFMEItSLOG FEBRUARY 1993 STATE MAILING ADDRESS (address written Inquiries to'Taxpayer Information") LOCAL NUMBER TOLL FREE NUMBER NON-REPORTED INCOME FILING AN EXTENSION In addition to wages, salaries, tips, unemployment compensation, capital gains, dividend payments and other income listed on the federal tax retum, the following kinds of income must be reported. • Jones Act settlements for lost wages. • Amounts received in place of wages from accident and health plans (including sick pay and disability pensions) if employer paid for the policy. • Life insurance proceeds from a policy cashed in if the proceeds are more than the premium paid. • Profits from corporations, partnerships, estates and trusts. • Endowments. • Original Issue Discount. • Distributions from SEPs and DECs. • Bartering income (fair-market value of goods or services received in retum for services). • Tier 2 and supplemental annuities under the Railroad Retirement Act. • Lump-sum distributions. • • Gains from the sale or exchange (including barter) of real estate, securities, coins, gold, silver, gems or other property (capital gains). • Accumulation distributions from trusts. • Prizes and awards (contests, raffles, lottery and gam­ bling winnings). • Eamed income from sources outside the United States. • Director's fees. • Fees received as an executor or administrator of an estate. • Embezzled or other illegal income. The following kinds of income do not need to be reported on the federal tax retum: • Benefits from govemment welfare programs. • Jones Act settlements for injuries, pain, suffering, medical costs. • Maintenance and Cure. • Workers' compensation benefits, insurance damages, etc^r injury or sickness. • Disabilky-r^irement payments (and other benefits) paid by the Yeterans'Administration. • Child support. • Gifts, money or other property inherited or willed. • Dividends on veterans'life insurance. • Life insurance proceeds received because of a person's death. • Amounts received from insurance because of loss of the use of a home due to fire or other casualty to the extent the amounts were more than the cost of normal expenses while living in the home. • Certain amounts received as a scholarship. IRS Form 4868 can be used to ask for a fourtnonth extension to file IRS Form 1040A or Form 1040. An individual requesting an extension is under no obligation to explain why the additional time is needed. Filing of the form gives an individual until August 16,1993 to file his or her 1992 federal tax return. The IRS will contact the individual directly only if the request for an extension is denied. To be able to extend the period of time in which one can file his or her tax retum, that individual must correctly fill out Form 4868 and pay all of the tax monies due (as noted on line 6 of the form). If the filing of Form 4868 and the subsequent four-month extension to file does not provide the individual with enough time, he or she can then file Form 2688, known as "Application for Additional Extension of Time to File U.S. Individual Income Tax Retum." Another option open to the person seeking more time in which to file is to write a letter to the IRS stating the reason the extension is neces­ sary and mailing it to the correct IRS location (see "Where to File" in this supplement). An individual seeking an extension is advised by the IRS to file Form 4868 before filing Form 2688. To obtain a copy of Form 4868, an individual can call the agency's toll free number which is dedicated to tax form requests. That number is 1 (800) 8293676. Also, Form 4868 is available from all main IRS branch offices. If a Seafarer finds himself or herself overseas, he or she can obtain the form from any U.S. embassy or consulate. It is important to bear in mind that the filing of Form 4868 requesting an extension does not get one off the hook fromhaving to pay any taxes due. Form 4868, when sent in, must be accompanied by all tax monies due the U.S. govemment from the individual filing the extension. The deadline for filing the form and the taxes due is April 15. Deadline for ALABAMA Taxpayer's Assistance, P.O. Box 327410, Montgomery, AL 36132-7410 ALASKA Department of Revenue, Juneau, AK 99811-0400 ARIZONA Department of Revenue, P.O. Box 29086, Phoenix, AZ 85038-9086 .. i •• • • • K• (205) 242-1000 (907) 465-2320 (602) 255-3381 (800)352-4090 Phoenix (602)628-8421 "Tucson Tax Administrator, P.O. Box 3628, Little Rock, AR 72203-3628 (501)682-1100 (800)882-9275 Taxpayer Information, P.O. Box 942840, Sacramento, CA 94240-0040 (916)854-6500 (800)852-5711 Taxpayer's Assistance, 1375 Sherman St., Denver, CO 80261 (303)534-1209 Taxpayer's Assistance, 92 Farmington Ave., Hartford, CT 06105 (203)566-7033 (800)382^9463 Taxpayer's Assistance, Ninth and French Streets, Wilmington, DE 19801 (302)577-3746 (800)292-7826 Taxpayer's Assistance, 300 Indiana Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001 (202)727-6103 Department of Revenue, Carlton Bldg., Tallahassee, FL 32.399-0135 (904)488-6800 (800)226-3411 Revenue Information, P.O. Box 38007, Atlanta, OA 30334 (404)656-6286 (800)338-2389 Department of Taxation, P.O. Box .35.59, Honolulu, HI 96811-.3559 (808)587-6515 (8(K))222 .3229 Tax Commission, P.O. Box 56, Boise, ID 83756-0201 (208)334-3660 Tax Infomiation, P.O. Box 19044, Springfield, IL 62794-9044 (217)782-3336 (8fXl)732-8866 Taxpayer Information, 100 N. Senate Ave., Rm. 209, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2253 (317)232-2240 (800)382-4646 Taxpayer Services, Hoover State Office Bldg., Des Moines, lA 50319-0120 (515)281-3114 (800)367-3388 DepartmentofRevenue, P.O. Box 12001, Topeka,KS 66612-2001 (913)296-0222 Revenue Cabinet, Capitol Annex Bldg., Frankfort, KY 40620 (502)564-4580 Taxpayer Information, P.O. Box 3440, Baton Rouge, LA 7082.3-0001 (504)925-4611 Bureau of Taxation, State Office Bldg, August, ME 04.332-1067 (207)626-8475 (800)452-1983 Comptroller of the Treasury, Income Tax Division, Annapolis, MD 21411-0001 (301)974-3981 (800)638-2937 Massachusetts Dept. of Revenue, P.O. Box 7071, Boston, MA 02204 (617)727-4545 (800)392-6089 Taxpayer Information, Treasury Bldg., 430 Allegan St., Lansing, MI 48922 (517)373-2873 (800)4&7-7000 Deptartment of Revenue, Taxpayer Information, St. Paul, MN 55146-4450 (612)296-3781 (80())652-9094 Use this address: ...IRS Atlanta, GA 39901 " New Jersey, New York (New York City ...... ......... IRS ; Holtsville, NY 00501 and counties of Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester) ....: IRS ' New York (all other counties) Andover, MA 05501 . Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island. Vermont IRS Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri.........; Kansas City, MO 64999 Wisconsin Delaware, District of Columbia,............; .........IRS Philadelphia, PA 19255 Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia IRS Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio,........ ^ Cincinnati, OH 45999 West Virginia Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas...... A........ IRS Austin, TX 73301 IRS Alaska, Arizona, California (counties......... Ogden, UT 84201 of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, (Tontra Costa, Del Norte, A*!'A-; - V ''•> A/;- . , - • • El Dorado. Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, ; • ' •• •, ' A; • •• Tehama, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba), ' A.­ "Aj ' •.* •' .. v'-" • A A'A Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska. •/••A-.'-:'•'^ • - -"A -/'.-l'A "• Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota. Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, •'' ' A' • -A" , Washington, Wyoming > IRS ;. California (all other counties), .............. Fresno, <2A 93888 A Hawaii IRS Alabama. Arkansas, Louisiana ..........: Memphis. TN 37501 Mississippi. North Carolina. Tennessee ., ........IRS American Samoa Philadelphia. PA 19255 Commissioner of Guam Revenue and Taxation 855 West Marine Dr. Agana,GU 96910 ; Puerto Rico (or if excluding incbme.......;.. .........IRS Philadelphia, PA 19255 under section 933), Virgin Islands: Nonpermanent residents ......... V.I. Bureau of Internal Virgin Islands Revenue Charlotte Amalie Lockharts Garden No. 1A St. Thomas, VI 00^2 IRS All A.P.O, or F.P*0. addresses .... • • > -.... v. Philadelphia, PA 19255 in the following states Florida, Georgia, South Carolina 'Taxpayer Information") LOCAL NUMBER TOLL FREE NUMBER (800)332-6103 (800)323-4400 (800)225-5829 (8(X)) 222-9965 (800)224-3450 (800)282-1780 (800)522-8165 (800)356-4222 (800)76.3-1295 (800)342-100.3 (800)252-5555 (800)662-4335 (800)642-9016 , • "H • • ;•, V. -A;;.•• ' . . V V'' • ,•' • '• -a"-' • ;N",. i, - ' •v.'"";'"- ' For Individuals iiving . .•% I*.. :• \ r' Tax returns should be mailed to the Internal RevenueService Center designated for the area in which the taxpayer lives. These addresses are listed below. No street address is needed for the IRS. (601)359-1141 Tax Commission, P.O. Box 23050, Jackson, MS 39225-.3050 (314)751-7191 Department of Revenue, P.O. Box 2200, Jefferson City, MO 65105-2200 (406)444-2837 Department of Revenue, P.O. Box 5805, Helena, MT 59604 (402) 471-5729 Taxpayer's Assistance, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, NE 68509-4818 (702)687-4820 Department of Taxation, Capital Complex, Carson City, NY 89710-0003 (603)271-2191 Taxpayer Assistance, 61 South Spring St., P.O. Box 637, Concord, NH 03302-0637 (609)292-6400 Taxpayer Information, 50 Barrack St., CN 269, Trenton, NJ 08646-0269 (505)827-0700 Department of Taxation & Revenue, P.O. Box 630, Santa Fe, NM 87509-0630 (518)438-8581 Taxpayer's Assistance, W.A- Harriman Campus, Albany, NY 12227 (919)7.33-4147 Department of Revenue, Two South Salisbury St.. Raleigh, NC 27602 (701)224-3450 Taxpayer Infonnation, State Capitol, Bismarck, ND 58505-0599 (614)846-6712 State Information, P.O. Box 2476, Columbus, OH 43266-0076 (405)521-3146 Taxpayer Information, 2501 Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73194-0009 (503)378-4988 Revenue Bldg., 955 Center St., NE, First Floor, Room 135, Salem, OR 97310 (717)787-8094 Taxpayer's Assistance, Department 280504, Harrisburg, PA 17128-0504 (401)277-2905 Taxpayer's Assistance, One Capitol Hill, Providence, RI 02908-5801 (803)737-5000 Research and Review, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 (60.5)773-3311 Department of Revenue, "700 Govemors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2291 Department of Revenue, 807 Andrew Jackson State Office Bldg., Nashville, TN 37242-0482 (615) 741-3665 (800)252-5555 Taxpayer Assistance, Capital Station, Austin, TX 78774 (801) 530-4848 Taxpayer Assistance, 160 East Third South, Salt Lake City, UT 84134-0200 (802)828-2865 Department of Taxes, 109 State St., Montpelier, VT 05609-1401 (804)367-8031 Taxpayer Information, P.O. Box 1115, Richmond, VA 23208-1115 (206)753-5525 Taxpayer Information & Education, P.O. Box 47476, Olympia, WA 98504 (304)348-3333 Taxpayer Services, P.O. Box 3784, Charleston, WV 25337-3784 (608) 266-2486 Department of Revenue, 4638 University Ave., Madison, WI 53705 (.307)777-7962 Department of Revenue, 122 West 25th Street, Cheyenne, WY 82002 MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING - 1^::..; •-r. WHERE TO FILE STATE MAILING ADDRESS (address written inquiries IS REPORTED INCOME OIRECTORY FOR ADDITIORAL STATE TAX INFORMATION ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE WASHINGTON, DC FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII N IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA M-"-' • . .• •;-. > a 14 -\V'v \ • • .• J ii �.r-" • ••.n-r;-'.'--';?'';-*'-;' '-••••,• 16 FERRUARY1993 SEAFARERS LOG .1 i. - • , STATE RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT Alabama Subject to state income tax on entire net income. Taxable on income from property owned or business transacted in Alabama. Alaska , No state tax. No state tax. Arizona Subject to tax on entire net in­ come. A credit is only allowed for taxes paid to the other state on income derived from sour­ ces within that state which are taxable under that state's laws without regard to theVesidence or domicile of the recipient. No credit is allowed if the other state allows residents of Arizona a credit against taxes imposed by that state for taxes paid to Arizona. Subject to tax on net income derived from sources within Arizona. I 'l" • Arkansas California Subject to state income tax on entire taxable income. Subject to state income tax on all net income from sources within the state such as all property owned, and from every business, trade or oc­ cupation carried on in Arkan' sas. Subject to state income tax on all taxable income derived from sources within the state. Subject to state income tax on federal adjusted gross in­ come attributable to sources within Colorado. Colorado Subject to state income taxa­ tion on federal adjusted gross income with certain modifica­ tions. Connecticut Subject to tax on certain dividends, interest and capital gains income. Delaware Subject to state income taxa­ tion on federal adjusted gross income with certain modifica­ tions. Subject to state income tax on federal ."djusted gross in­ come attributable to sources within Delaware. District of Columbia Subject to D.C. income tax on entire net income. Not subject to the income tax. Florida No state tax. No state tax. Georgia Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income less cer­ tain items. Subject to tax on net taxable income derived from certain ^ecified activities within Georgia. Hawaii Subject to tax on entire income and a credit is allowed for taxes paid to another state which is paid on income derived from sources outside the state. Subject to tax on income derived from sources within Hawaii, with the possibility of a credit for taxes paid to other governments outside the state. Subject to tax on federal tax­ able income with a credit for income taxes paid to another state or territory. Subject to tax on federal tax­ able income attributable to certain sources within Idaho. Illinois Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income with cer­ tain modifications. Subject to tax on all income attributable to certain ac­ tivities within Illinois. Indiana Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income with cer­ tain modifications and with the possibility of a credit for state taxes paid in another state. Subject to tax on federal ad­ just^ gross income derived from sources within Indiana with the possibility of a credit for state taxes paid in another state. Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income with modifications and with the possibility of a credit against Iowa tax for taxes paid to another state on income sub­ ject to tax in Iowa. Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income derived from sources within Iowa, with the possibility of a credit against Iowa tax for taxes paid to another state or foreign countiy on income subject to tax in Iowa. Idalio Iowa • Subject to state income tax on entire net income. Kansas Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income with cer­ tain modifications. Subject to tax on that portion of federal adjusted gross in­ come derived from sources within Kansas. Kentucky Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income with cer­ tain modifications. Subject to tax on federal ad­ justs gross income derived from sources within Ken­ tucky. Louisiai;a Subject to tax on all net income which is defined generally as gross income of whatever kind minus the deductions allowed. Subject to tax on net income derived from sourcps within Louisiana. Maine Subject to tax on taxable in­ come with the possibility of a reduction of taxes for taxes paid to another jurisdiction. Subject to tax on the portion of federal adjusted gross in; come derived from sources within Maine with the pos­ sibility of a reduction in taxes for taxes paid to another jurisdiction. ' NON-RESIDENT STATE RESIDENT Michigan Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income allocable to sources within Michigan. Subject to tax on taxable in­ come allocable to sources within Michigan. Minnesota Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income with cer­ tain modifications. Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income al­ locable to sources within Minnesota. Missouri Subject to tax on Missouri tax­ able income. Subject to tax on income derived from sources within Missouri. Mississippi Subject to tax on entire n^J^come. Subject to tax on entire net income from sources within Mississippi. Montana Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income with cer­ tain modifications. Credit for taxes paid to other states is al­ lowed Subject to tax on net income derived from sources within Montana. Nebraska Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income with cer­ tain modifications. Subject to tax.on federal ad­ justed gross income derived from sources within Nebras­ ka. Nevada No state tax. No state tax. New Hampshire Subject to tax on interest and dividends over $1,200. New Jersey Subject to tax on entire New Jersey gross income and credit is allowed for tax paid to another state on income sub­ ject to New Jersey income tax. Subject to tax on certain specified categories of New Jersey gross income from New Jersey sources. New Mexico Subject to tax on federal tax­ able income with certain modification and with the pos­ sibility of a credit for taxes paid to another state. Subject to tax on net income derived from within New Mexico. New York Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income with cer­ tain mmifications. Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income derived from sources within New York. North Carolina Subject to tax on net income with the possibility of a tax credit for taxes paid to another state. Subject to tax on net income derived from sources within North Carolina. North Dakota Subject to tax on federal tax­ able income with certain modifications. Subject to tax on net income from sources within North Dakota. Ohio Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income with cer­ tain mc^ifications. Subject to tax on adjusted gross income derived from sources within Ohio. Oklahoma Subject to tax on the federal adjusted gross income with certain modifications. Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income derived from sources within Ok­ lahoma. Oregon Subject to tax on federal tax­ able income with certain modifications and credit against Oregon income taxes for taxes imposed by another state. Subject to tax on federal tax­ able income derived from sources within Oregon. Pennsylvania Subject to tax on entire income with a credit for taxes paid to another state on income also subject to tax in Pennsylvania. Subject to tax on income from sources within Pen­ nsylvania. Rhode Island Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income with cer­ tain modifications. Subject to tax on taxable in­ come derived from sources within Rhode Island. Tennessee Subject to tax on dividends from stock and interest on bonds. South Carolina Subject to tax on their entire net income. Subject to tax on taxable in­ come derived from sources within South Carolina. South Dakota No state tax. No state tax. Texas No state tax. No state tax. Utah Subject to tax on federal tax­ able income with certain modifications. Subject to tax on taxable in­ come derived from sources-^ within Utah. Vermont Subject to tax on federal adJusted gross income with a credit for income taxes paid to another state or territory upon income derived from sources within that state or territory. Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income derived from sources within Ver­ mont. Virginia Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income with cer­ tain mi^ifications. - Subject to tax on taxable in­ come derived from sources within the state. Washington No state tax. No state tax. TAXABLE INCOME BY STATE ft- Maryland Subject to tax on federal adju.sted gross income with cer­ tain modifications. Subject to tax on the portion of federal adjusted gross in­ come derived from sources within Maryland. West Virginia Subject to taxable income as defined in terms of federal ad­ justed gross income with modifications. Subject to tax on taxable in­ come derived from sources within West Virginia. Massachusetts Subject to a tax on federal ad­ justed gross income. A credit for taxes paid to qther states is allowed. Subject to tax on the portion of federal adjusted gross in­ come derived from sources' within Massachusetts. Wisconsin Subject to tax on federal ad­ justed gross income with cer­ tain modifications. Subject to tax on taxable in­ come derived from sources within Wisconsin. 1^1 , Wyoming No state tax. No state tax. / /. SOURCE; Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Federal Voting Assistance Program; Voting Assistance Guide 1992-1993; Appendix G. Slate Income Tax Liability; pp. 265-285. 1. •M �FEBRUARY 1993 SEAFARERS LOG Dispatchers' Report for Deep Sea JANUARY 16 — FEBRUARY 15,1993 •TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Trip Reliefs ••REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C March & April 1993 Membership Meehrtgs Deep Sea, Lakes, inland Waters New York Philadelphia 30 34 16 24 21 9 13 62 43 27 3 9 3 2 11 2 4 2 9 5 5 Baltimore 5 0 9 12 0 0 9 3 6 Norfolk 11 18 16 10 18 4 8 25 28 18 Mobile 13 12 5 10 10 2 2 19 30 5 New Orleans 16 24 10 14 17 8 5 38 36 17 Jacksonville 25 25 8 16 24 3 • 5 52 37 25 San Francisco 28 22 6 20 18 2 . 5 52 45 11 Wilmington 22 16 8 8 6 25 33 12 Seattle 28 26 7 15 21 1 9 46 35 14 Puerto Rico 12 5 3 5 3 : 1 2 20 9 3 Honolulu 7 15 7 5 8 9 8 9 24 10 Houston 37 '•4"f •v#;f';.47 24 19 26 • 1 -v 49 18 St. Louis 1 0 0 0 1 0 oJ-i 3 0 Piney Point 6 0 4 0 :• 1 -> 0 2 6 Algonac 2 1 0 0 • 1 0 0 • 1 1 0 Totals 255 228 99 164 202 45 71 411 394 169 Port ENGINE DEPARTMENT New York 3 29 16.-/^ 14 7 0 7 42 47 9 Philadelphia 34' 4 0 .1 • , 4 7 Baltimore 6 7 12 2 1 12 -3 ' Norfolk 7 6 3 2 T:": 8 4 0 10 13 5 Mobile 12 10 2 8 3 2 4 20 24 3 New Orleans 11 14 7 13 3 4 1 27 23 15 Jacksonville 20 14 8 14 «10^' 7 24 : 35 16 San Francisco 14 17 4 11 8 • 1 37 42 12 Wilmington 10 11 3 4 7 1' 3 23 8 Seattle 15 10 2 12 11 0 7 25 25 10 Puerto Rico 5 0 2 6 2 0 1 8 2 0 Honolulu 6 13 11 4 11 10 10 5 17 9 Houston 22 16 5 . 8 14 4 5 32 21 7 • St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Piney Point 0 20 0 1 4 0 1 23 2 0 Algonac 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 Totals 160 160 58 97 101 29 49 265 312 104 Port STEWARD DEPARTMENT New York 25 11 3 • 13 8 0 33 19 6 W6\ Philadelphia 3 l':'^ 3 0 • 3 2 4 3 3 Baltimore 3 0 3 4 2 '• o-:;-^:::uv 0 , : -3 4 0 Norfolk 6 ' 9 4 3 5 1 3 9 10 6 Mobile 12 7 1 3 2 0 • 1 17 13 2 New Orleans 10 7 0 6 10 0 0 18 12 2 Jacksonville 8 10 3 10 3 2 2 20 21 4 San Francisco 49 8 14 . 25 • 11 0 84 28 5 Wilmington 12 , 6 • • -ir' ' 6 2 / 0 4 17 9 3 Seattle 6 15 4 12 4 1 7 26 11 4 Puerto Rico 6 0 0 1 1 4 0 9 3 3 Honolulu 13 15 12 8 9 10 37 20 30 19 Houston 8 0 8 6 0 13 3 18 3 5 St. Louis 0 0 0^ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Piney Point 3 3 8 0 • v 5 13 0 2 23 6 0 0 0 Algonac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 109 71 75 Totals 177 114 14 280 191 66 ENTRY DEPARTMENT Port New York 39 22 5 31 3 0 27 9 76 71 3 2 1 2 0 9 Philadelphia 6 1 8 1 0 15 0 0 0 Baltimore 2 9 1 2 10 16 Norfolk 3 16 3 1 2 0 6 27 15 3 5 0 Mobile 4 14 2 3 3 30 9 ' 15 7 3 0 . New Orleans 6 20 • 4 15 35 25 11 1 12 3 0 5 Jacksonville 3 15 30 21 20 2 0 30 14 •• 13 46 64 49 San Francisco 26 6 4 8 Wilmington 17 7 5 • 11 9 0 20 13 5 2 2 0 16 Seattle 8 11 14 24 1 5 3 0 0 13 17 8 Puerto Rico 6 6 6 32 38 79 100 0 61 137 Honolulu 8 12 10 8 2 7 44 11 Houston 3 27 0 - -1 ^ •> . 1, ' 0 2 0 ' 0 0 5 4 0 2 St. Louis 0 24 26 0 0 0 0. 7 0 25 4 Piney Point 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 Algonac 0 4 127 49 197 0 159 481 390 175 88 281 Totals Totals All 574 ^37 195 806 434 426 1,048 1,428 848 Departments 653 * 'Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last mpnth. ** "Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. A total of 1,432 jobs were shipped on SlU-contracted deep sea vesselsX>f the 1,432 jobs shipped, 426 jobs or about 30 percent were taken by "A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B" and "C seniority people. From December 16,1992 to January 15,1993, a total of 195 trip relief Jobs were shipped. Since the trip relief program began on April 1,1982, a total of 18,059 Jobs have been shipped. 1^ • 17 • • Piney Point Monday: March 8, April 5 New York Tuesday: March 9, April 6 Philadelphia Wednesday: March 10, April 7 Baltimore Thursday: March 11, April 8 Norfolk Thursday: March 11, April 8 Jacksonville Thursday: March 11, April 8 Algonac Friday: March 12, April 9 Houston Monday: March 15, April 12 New Orleans Tuesday: March 16, April 13 Mobile Wednesday, March 17, April 14 San Francisco Thursday: March 18, April 15 Wilmington Monday: March 22, April 19 Seattle Friday: March 26, April 23 San Juan Thursday: March 11, April 8 St. Louis Friday: March 19, April 16 Honolulu Friday: March 19, ^nl 16 Duluth Wednesday, M^ch 17, April 14 ^pierseyCity lesday: March 24, April 21 Wednesday: New Bedford Tuesday: March 23, April 20 ' . Each ports meeUng startsat 10:30 a jn. Personals WALTER H. SIBLEY Please contact Roger Warren at 4 West 12th Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21225; telephone (410) 636-4377. LEONARD DOWER Richard Blomquist is looking for Leonard Dower who was deck maintenance aboard the Steel Navigator in 1956 on a round-the-world trip. His inquiry is in regard to photos taken on that voyage. Please contact Richard Blomquist, 4002 77th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11232; (718) 854-4529. PAT FOX Please get in touch with Jimmie Tucker at P.O. Box 374, Kenansville, NC 28349 or phone (collect) at (919) 293-7955. Anyone Who Knew SHELBROUN W. HUDGINS Shelbroun W. Hudgins sailed aboard Murmansk Run vessels Alomar and Massmar. Anyone who knew him, please contact Mrs. Maxine Hudgins Seinfeld at 11800 NE 11th Avenue, Biscayne Park, FL 33161. JOSE ANTONIO LOPEZ Please contact the LOG office for a message: (301)899-0675. ' ' ' • ' Correction The December 1992 edition of theSeafarers LOG (page 13) incorrectly stated the length of time Chris­ topher R. Chubb has been a member of the SIU. He sailed from December 1978 until January 1981, spent 10 years in other ventures and then returned in December 1990. He will be putting his book into retirement soon, however, due to medical problems. •/ : : j• •• V .si. ' .m: �18 FE8RUARY1993 SEAFARERSLOG Dispatchers' Report for Great Lakes Seafarers International Union Directory Michael Sacco ' President John Fay Secretaiy-Treasurer Joseph Sacco Executive Vice President Augustin Tellez Vice President Collective Bargaining George McCartnCT Vice President West C?oast Roy A. "Buck" Mercer Vice President Government Services Jack Caffey Vice President Atlantic Coast Byron Kelley Vice President Lakes and Inland Waters Dean Coreey Vice President Gulf Coast • :rv HEADQUARTERS 5201 Auth Way Camp Springs, MD 20746 (301)8^99-0675 ALGONAC 520 St. Clair River Dr. Algonac, MI 48001 1313)794-4988 BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 327-4900 DULUTH 705 Medical Arts Building Duluth, MN 55802 (218)722-4110 • HONOLULU 606 Kalihi St. Honolulu, HI 96819 (808) 845-5222 HOUSTON 1221 Pierce St. Houston, TX 77002 (713)659-5152 JACKSONVILLE 3315 Liberty St. Jacksonville, FL 32206 (904)353-0987 JERSEY CITY 99 Montgomery St. Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201) 435-9424 MOBILE 1640 Dauphin Island Pkwy. Mobile, AL 36605 (205)478-0916 NEW BEDFORD 48 Union St. New Bedford, MA 02740 (508) 997-5404 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 Fourth Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11232 (718)499-6600 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Norfolk, VA 23510 (804) 622-1892 PmLADELPHIA DECEMBER 16,1992— JANUARY 15,1993 CL—;Company/Lakes L—^Lakes NP—Non Priority •TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class CL Class L Class NP •y -.V-; ••REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class CL Class L Class NP DECK DEPARTMENT Port 0 Algonac 27 0 Port 0 5 0 0 32 1 0 12 4 0 7 1 0 22 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 0, Algonac . 12 ; y 1 0 4 2 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port 0 Algonac 6 1 0 4 1 ENTRY DEPARTMENT Port 0 Algonac 16 4 0 0 0 7 • Totals All Departments 0 61 6 0 13 3 0 73 .* "Total Registered" means the number of men who.actually registered for shipping at the port last month. 13 Dispatchers' Report for Inland Waters DECEMBER 16,1992 — JANUARY 15,1993 •TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Region Atlantic Coast 5 0 • Gulf Coast 4 8 Lakes 8c Inland Waters 26 . i.:0. West Coast 3 0 Totals 38 8 Region Atlantic Coast ,. -' A 2 0 Gulf Coast 0 1 Lakes & Inland Waters {i: 20 0 West Coast 0 0 Totals 22 1 Region Atlantic Coast ^|,, Gulf Coast 0 1 Lakes & Inland Waters 48,-:^§;' West Coast 1 0 Totals 11 0 0 9 0 5 14 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 10 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B ClassC ••REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 3 0 0 55 4 0 1 2 12 11 , 0 0 0 46 0 J 46 0 23 4 0 50 6 136 15 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 0 0 .00 0 0 0 0 •' '•ycytm 0 30 ••"••• 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 1 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 0 0 .0.,:r 10 0 • 6 1 0 0 ; 0 12 . a-v; I'rvO'. 0 0 0 .2 1 0 0 2 25 1 0 20 16 ; 36 0 6 .; mom • o' Totals All Departments 71 9 26 50 0 8 201 17 * 'Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. ** "Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. 0 6 8 8 50 I «• '..v, ft 4 St Philadelphia,'PA 19148 (21$) 336-3818 PINEY POINT P.O. Box 75 Piney Point, MD 20674 (301) 994-0010 PORT EVERGLADES 2 West Dixie Highway Dania, FL 33004 (305)921-5661 SAN FRANCISCO 350 Fremont St. San Francisco, CA 94105 (415)543-5855 Government Services Division (415)861-3400 SANTURCE 1057 Fernandez Juncos Ave. Stop 161^ Santurce, PR 00907 (809)721-4033 SEATTLE 2505 First Ave. Seattle, WA 98121 (206)441-1960 ST. LpUIS 4581 Gravois Ave. St. Louis, MO 63116 (314) 752-6500 WILMINGTON 510 N. Broad Ave. Wilmington, CA 90744 (310)549-4000 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class CL Class L Class NP ^ SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM SEEKS VOLUNTEERS ^ The South StreekSeaport Museum in New York is seeking^en and women : who are able to volunteer four hours per week of their time to help the complex. The volunteers would work with visitors who are viewing the museum's ships and galleries. Free special training clas­ ses for all interested volunteers will begin Sunday, March 7 at the museum. ; For more information, call Patricia Sands or Catrin Perth at (212) 669-9400 weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time. The South Street Seaport Museum is located at 207 Front Street in Manhattan. Is ATTENTION: GREAT LAKES MEMBERS Several vessels are having an early fitout this year because of the mild winter in the Great Lakes region. Please mm stay in touch with the Algonac, Mich. (313-794-4988) 6r Duluth, Minn. (218722-4110) hiring halls to get the latest information on when vessels will return to the Lakes. 9 CJ QMED GLASSES AVAILTia;^ FOR UPGRADING-^ The Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at the Paul HaU Center for Maritime Training,.alfd Education in Piney Point, Mdi-Jfas en­ gine department upgrading classes Available throughout the year. The ship­ ping rules state that QMEDs must upgrade their classifications each year until they reach QMED 1. To find out more about classes like Marine Electrical Maintenance, Diesel Engine Technology, Welding, Hydraulics and others, talk with a union representative at any hall, a boarding patrolman at payoff—or contact the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg Upgrading Center at P.O. Box 75, Piney Point, MD 20674. 9 ATTENTION: PORT ARTHUR,TEXAS INLAND MEMBERS A meeting for all inland members in the Port Arthur area will be/held on Wednesday, April 7, 1993 atjZ:00 p.m. It will take place at the Ramada Inn on Highway 87 in Port Arthur. ' PENSIONER SEEKS INFORMATION ON POEM Maxwell Wadlington, an SIU pen­ sioner, writes: "Long ago, shipping out of New Orleans on the passenger ships Del Sud and Del Norte, some crewmembers were a bit literartly inclined. We sat in the crew's lounge and recited poetry. One such poem concerned a seaman of long ago. "I have tried librarians and have run ads offering a reward to anyone who can furnish the title and author of the poem that contains the following verse, all that. I can remember: I I ; Tell me sailor and tell me true Is my little boy, my Elihu Asailing with your jhip? The sailors eyes grew dim with. dew What little boy, what ship? Why it was just the other day The white swan sailedaway..." Anyone who can help Pensioner Wadlington find the title and author of the above poem may write him at 15404 Chisholm Trail, Eustis, Fla. 32726. �FEBRUARY 1993 SEAFARERS LOG 19 Personal Touch on SlU-Crewed Constitution ' The call of duty for SIU mem­ bers working in the Hibiscus Dining Room aboard the 55 Con­ stitution includes several items outside of the usual taking orders and serving meals. The members' singing skills are called upon al­ most every evening. "Many of the passengers travelling with us are celebrating a special occasion, like an an­ niversary or birthday," noted Head Waiter Alex Borgogno. "We try to make dinner on that evening a special event for them." Keeping up with who is celebrating what is no small task. With two seatings nightly for din­ ner, Borgogno works with Maitre d' Hotel Bob McCioskey and AsBetween-meal preparations are handled by Waiter Jeff Gerow. sistant Head Waiter Shawn what they were assigned^McCanon to match who is celebrat­ Gloskey said. ing what with their table and seat­ Before the Hibiscus doors ing priorities. open to passengers for the eve­ ning med, McCioskey, Borgog­ Passengers Seek Changes no and Canon meet with the McCioskey works on the seat­ waiters and assistant waiters to ing assignments each day because advise them if anything is people make friends on the seven- planned for their sections. But, day trip and want to visit with sometimes it works in reverse. them during dinner. In other "There have been times when cases, when the American Hawaii we've been told while serving Cruises vessel still is in port, pas­ dinner that someone is celebrat­ sengers may wish to stay ashore ing a birthday," Waiter Tom to enjoy dinner and nightlife oh Bean recalled. "The people at the one of the islands before return­ table didn't know to tell the com­ ing to the ship. pany or someone on ship in ad­ "It's a challenge, but we try to vance, and they want to know work out something for those pas­ Continued on page 24 sengers seeking a change from ;0i". SIt&im I \ "( t u Ready to take a drink order is Deck/ Lounge Stev/ard Christina Alo. . #>• Assistant Waiter Steve Kuklis Singing "Happy Anniversary" to a couple are (left to right) Waiter brings freshly cut lemons to the Marek Narzekalski, Head Waiter Alex Borgogno, Wine Steward Evaristo Russo, Waiter Craig Naugle and Waiter Tom Bean. Removing trays from a poolside tea stand, Waiter Tara Bartolome verifies lunch is Deck/Lounge Steward meals with her order sheet. Gino D. Freedum. •> • k.\.- .'•liOffering a slice of pie during a pool- Congratulating Waiter Pale Samuelu (center) on the birth of twin sons are Heading to his station with dinners Waiter Noel Nazareno has everyside lunch is Waiter DebraMcRight. fellow Waiters Kitty Vandaal and Tom Bean. is Waiter Ed Cateil. thing under control 4 �Y .1• 20 FERRUARY1993 SEAFARERS LOG Roundtrip to India Takes 83 Days Frances Hammer Crew Heads for Heme After CompleUon of Long Journey The port of Mobile, Ala. was a welcome site to the crew of the tug/barge Frances Hammer as they returned home from an 83day voyage to India that included very little shore time. "This is a good, hard-working crew," Bosun Rick Wilson, who sails from the port of Jackson­ ville, Fla., told a reporter for the Seafarers LOG shortly after the vessel cleared U.S. Customs. "But we are ready for some time off." The Ocean Shipholdingoperated vessel was shutting down for a brief layup for minor repairs once its tanks were cleaned. The crew had their gear packed and airplane tickets for home in hand, but still had memories of India to share. Chief Cook Toyo Gonzales took advantage of his few hours off the ship in the port of Paradip, India (on the west coast) to sightsee. "I took a horse-andbuggy ride into town arid^had delicious garlic shrimp at the hotel," said the 12-year SIU member who sails from Seattle. "I also got to look at wood carvings before heading back to the ship." ••-N, The voyage allowed AB Kevin Hare of Houston to recall being in India 20 years earlier. "The people and sites appeared the same as I remembered," he stated. The vessel departed Jackson­ ville loaded with merchant grade phosphoric acid. It delivered half of the cargo to Paradip. The remainder was offloaded at the east coast town of Madras. The Frances Hammer, like its sister tug-barge, the Julius Hamliquid fenilizer feedstock, The galley gang of Chief Cook Toyo Gonzales and Stewafd«aker Janet Pace discuss travel plans. Mobile Patrolman Ed Kelly (right) answers a question for Engine Utility John Kasbarian. Heading for his New York home is Ready to go ashore is AB Kevin Bosun Rick Wilson inspects deck AB Joseph Humphrey. . Hare, an eight-year member. lines before signing off the ship. SEAFARERS SCHOLARSHIPS Members and Dependents Should Apply NOW Checking out the galley a final AB George Roth catches up with time is OS William Powell. the news in the Seafarers LOG. All Seafarers and their spouses and children who plan to attend college are encouraged to apply for one of seven scholarships being given out in 1993. Three will go to SIU members; the other four will go to the spouses or dependent children of eligible Seafarers or SIU pensioners, AprillS, 1993 is the last day in which applications are being accepted for the Seafarer&Scholarship Program. (The application package includes not only the application form; it also includes an autobiographical statement, photograph, copy of birth certificate, high school or collie transcripts, letters of reference and SAT or ACT results.) For most scholarship winners, receiving the cash grant can greatly ease the financial burden associated with attending college. Don't let the April 15 deadline pass you hy. Apply NOW! ' Scholarship Program booklet which contains eligibilit^ ] -tTOformation, procedures for applying and the application form. j • Name I Book Number I j Address [ City, State, Zip Code Telephone Number This application is for: Self Dependent Mail this completed form to Scholarship Program, Seafarers Welfare Plan, 5201 Auth Way, Camp Springs, MD 20746. Pumpman William Dooling keeps an eye on the ballast tank gauges. ' I 2/93 �, ,,-'r • V FEBRUARY 1993 SEAFARERSLOG Digest of Ships Meetings The Seafarers LOG attempts to print as many digests of union shipboard minutes as possible. On occasion, because of space limitatipns, some wiil be omitted^ Ships minutes first are reviewed by the union's conh^t department. Those issues requiring attention or resolution are admssed by the union upon receipt of the ships minutes. The minutes are then forwarded to the Seafarers LOG. ULTRAMAX(Sea\ift Inc.), Sept. 13 — Chairman Glen James, Secretary Tamara Hanson, Educational Direc­ tor R. Gebbi, Deck Delegate 'Micbaeljohnson, Engine Delegate Harry Rocb, Steward Delegate Fred Lindsey. Chairman reported ship had problems with boiler and evaporator. Secretary said repair list items still need to be addressed. Educational director asked contracts department for clarification on pumpman's duties. He urged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. Deck delegate reported disputed OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by engine or steward delegates. Crew gave vote of thanks to steward department. ILE DE FRANCE (Sea-Land Ser­ vice), Oct. 25 — Chairman J.R. Wil­ son, Secretary E. DofToh, Educational Director W. Dooling, Deck Delegate D. Christie, Engine Delegate C. Zubowicz, Steward. Delegate A. Algazalli. Chairman dis­ cussed importance of voting and pro­ cedures for filing absentee ballots. Educational director encouraged members to upgrade at Lundebergi School. Engipe delegate reported dis­ puted OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by deck or steward delegates. Crew discussed need for caution when locking work spaces. Crew expressed genuine thanks to galley gang for otitstanding job. Next port: Boston. SEA-LAND INDEPENDENCE (Sea-Land Service), Oct. 23 — Chairman'Francis Adams, Secretary Nancy Heyden, Educational Director Mike Devonish, Deck Delegate Peter Bean, Engine Delegate S. All, Steward Delegate C. Gubisch. Chair­ man thanked ^1 departments for job well done. He noted importance of donating to SPAD and MDL. Educa­ tional director urged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School and read Seafarers LOG. Deck delegate asked contracts department for clarification on sanitary. Engine delegate reported beef. No beefs or disputed OT reported by steward delegate. Crew reported beef about draws. Crew still needs new VCR. Crew thanked steward department for job well done. t/LrF?4/ll4X(Sealiftlnc.),Oct. IS — Chairman Glen James, Secretary Tamara Hanson, Educational Direc­ tor R. Herian, Deck Delegate Michael Johnson, Engine Delegate James White, Steward Delegate Fred Lindsey. Chairman announc^ payoff. Secretary suggested pumpkin-carving contest between departments. Educa­ tional director discussed shipping rules and permanent jobs. He advised mem­ bers to upgrade at Lundeberg School and thereby keep up with industry's rising standards and requirements. Deck and steward delegates reported beefs. Engine delegate reported dis­ puted OT. Next port Houston. CHARLES L. SHOWW (Trans­ oceanic Cable), Nov. 28 — Chairman J. Harrington, Secretary Dennis Prescott, Deck Delegate Richard Morris, Engine Delegate J. Canada, Steward Delegate William E. Smith. Two of ship's three ice machines are out of order. Chairman announced payoff and upcoming cable operation. No beefs or ^sputed OT reported. En­ gine delegate asked contracts depart­ ment for clarification on working dues. Scenes for TV series "Raven " were shot aboard the Charles L Brown, with episode to air sometime in January. Next port Honolulu. NEDLLOYD HOLLAND (Sea Land Service), Nov. 15 — Chairman F. Goethe, Secretary V. Harper, Educa­ tional Director D. Bush, Deck Delegate S. Luna, Engine Delegate B. Hutching, Steward Delegate R. Tarantino. Chairman reminded mem hers to vote in SlU election. Engine delegate reported disputed OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by deck or steward delegates. Next port: Boston. ILE DE FRANCE (Sea-Land Ser­ vice), Nov. 29 — Chairman J, Wil-^ son. Secretary E. DofToh, Educational Director W. Dooling, Deck Delegate D. Christie, Engine Delegate B. Davis, Steward Delegate A. Algazalli. Chairman thanked crew for fine work. Educational director ad vised members to upgrade at Lun­ deberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew thanked QMED C. Zubowicz for generosity in pur­ chasing new movies for crew. LNG ARIES (ETC), Nov. 15 — Chairman Robert Schwartz, Secretary Dana Paradise, Education­ al Director Curtis Jackson, Deck Delegate R. Mohamed, Engine ^ Delegate D. Panko, Steward Delegate A. Fretta. Chairman reminded crew to use proper techni­ que when lifting objects or pulling lines. He congratulated AB Rami! Mohamed, who is going to LNG Gemini as bosun. Educational direc­ tor noted upgrading schedule is posted. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked contracts department to have magazine sub­ scriptions included in next contract. Crew thanked galley gang for good eats and menus. LNG LEO (ETC), Nov. 22 — Chair­ man Albert Pickford, Secretary Henry Jones Jr., Educational Direc­ tor John Wong, Deck Delegate Stephen Hill, Engine Delegate Hose Quinones, Steward Delegate Rick Juzang. Chairman spoke about U.S. seamen being unofficial ambassadors of their country. He noted deadline for SIU scholarships. He discussed importance of upgrading at Lun­ deberg School. Educational director noted new books and movies are available. Crew asked contracts department to seek increases in dental and optical benefits. Crew gave vote of thanks to steward department for good food and pool parties. MV PATRIOT(Vulcan Carriers), Nov. 25 — Chairman Ralph Gibbs, Sepretary Joseph Williams, Educa­ tional Director M. Pryor, Deck Delegate R. Desmarteau, Engine Delegate Thad Hyatt, Steward Delegate L. Jenkins. Chairman reported ship will lay up for repairs. Educational director urged members to apply for SIU scholarship. Deck delegate reported disputed OT. Steward delegate reported minor beef. No beefs or disputed OT reported by engine delegate. Crew ob­ served one minute of silence in memory of departed members. OMI MISSOURI(Wulcan Carriers), Nov. 30 — Chairman Marvin Zimhro, Secretary Clyde Kreiss, Deck Delegate C. Merida, Engine Delegate R. Bunch, Steward Delegate Jorge Bemardez. Chair­ man announced payoff. He asked those who are signing off to strip bunks and turn in dirty linen. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew will see patrolman about company refusing to send money home. Crew thanked galley gang for job well done. OMI WILLAMETTE (OMI CorpO, Nov. 22 — Chairman M. McDuifie, Secretary Robert Scott, Educational Director J. Badgett, Deck Delegate 1. Desaville, Engine Delegate Robert Pricherd, Steward Delegate A. Groode.jChairman encouraged all members to attend union meetings. Crew asked contracts department to return to rotary shipping. Next port: Long Beach, Calif. OVERSEAS MARILYN(Mantime Overseas), Nov. 29 — Chairman M. Galliano, Secretary O. Castagnino, Deck Delegate Arthur Sjaastad, En­ gine Delegate A. Jones, Steward Delegate Lucas Martinez. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked contracts department to seek reduc­ tion from 120 days to 60 for mem­ bers to be eligible for vacation check. SEA-LAND A TLANTIC (Sea-Land Service), Nov. 22 — Chairman W. Byrd, Secretary F. Costango, Educa­ tional Director Miguel Rivera, Deck Delegate Ernesto Guarin, Engine Delegate D. Walker, Steward Delegate Eugene Perez. Chairman announced payoff. Educational direc­ tor urged members to upgrade at Lun­ deberg School. Deck and steward delegates reported disputed OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by en­ gine delegate. New chairs are needed for crew lounge. Next port: Boston. SEA-LAND CHALLENGER (SeaLand Service), Nov. 15 — Chairman Roy Williams, Secretary H. Scypes, Educational Director Dann Manthei, Engine Delegate S. Padilla, Steward Delegate Rivera Genaro. Chairman reminded members to vote in SIU elec­ tion. Educational director advised members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. No b^fs or disputed OT reported. Crew thanked steward depart­ ment for cookout and other good meals. Crew observed one minute of silence in memory of departed brothers. Next port Elizabeth, N.J. for use in tank cleaning. Crew en­ countered four days of rough weather en route to Tacoma, Wash. On third night, heavy seas pushed in a dining room window. Main deck was awash but entire unlicensed crew was in­ strumental in securing gangway, mop ping sea water and providing damage control at open window. SEA-LAND PRODUCER (SeaLand Service), Nov. 29 — Chairman L. Cope, Secretary L. Hoffman, Deck Delegate Raymond Vicari, En­ gine Delegate Teddie Carter, Steward Delegate Y, Isril. Chairman announced annual Coast Guard in­ spection scheduled for Dec. 3 in Long Beach, Calif. He reported ship's gym is complete thanks to recent additions of rowing machine, stair-climber and universal weight set. All equipment was paid for by in­ dividual crewmember donations. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked contracts department to review possible amendment to shipping rules to again limit A-books to 180 days, B books to 120 d^ys and C-books to 60 days. Crew also suggested reducing vacation pay requirement from 120 days to 90 days of sailing time. Next port: Oakland, Calif. SEA-LAND QUALITY(Sea-Land Service), Nov. 29 — Chairman Car­ mine Bova, Secretary T. Smith, Educational Director Harold Mes- Celebrating Christmas at Sea The entire crew abbard the LNG Taurus thanks the steward depart­ ment for a delicious holiday feast on Christmas Day. Steward department members are, from left, Steward Assistants Ronald Adriani and Vicky Echeverio, Chief Cook Mark Kalmus, Chief Steward David Pappas and Steward Assistant Ralph McKee. SEA-LAND DEVELOPER (SeaLand Service), Nov. 29 — Chairman Pat Gallagher, Secretary L. Finn, Educational Director Robert Dehlbom, Deck Delegate Tillman Churchman, Steward Delegate Michael Baker. Chairman an­ nounced payoff and good work by deck crew. Secretary thanked crew for keeping ship clean. Educational director reminded members to upgrade at Lundeberg School and urged members to donate to SPAD. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked contracts department to seek addition of refrigeration main­ tenance man to crew. Crew thanked steward department for job well done. Next port: Tacoma, Wash. SEA-LAND DISCOVERY (SeaLand Service), Nov. 29 — Chairman N. Sala, Secretary J. Salazar, Educa­ tional Director J.Shuler, Deck Delegate Ramon Castro, Steward Delegate Osvaldo Rios. No beefs or . disputed OT reported. Crew recom­ mended reduction in minimum re­ quirement for annual seatime for full books. Next port: San Juan, F.R. SEA-LAND EXPEDITION(Sea;^and Service), Nov. 22 — Chairman Paulino Flores, Secretary E. Vaz­ quez, Educational Director D. Beeman. Chairman reported every­ thing mnning smoothly. Educational director conveyed thanks to galley gang. No beefs or disputed OT reported. SEA-LAND PACIFIC(Sea-Land Service), Nov. 26 — Chairman Wil­ liam Lough, Secretary John Hanrahan. Deck Delegate Greg Johnson, Engine Delegate Mike Viegle, Steward Delegate John Ben­ nett. Chairman reminded members that SIU elections are in progress. He wished everyone a happy Thanksgiv­ ing. Engine delegate reported disjjuted OT. No beefs pr disputed OT reported by deck or steward delegates. Crew reported need for oxygen tester and other equipment sick. Deck Delegate Jose Soto, En­ gine Delegate Ali Monsin, Steward Delegate Tliomas McNeills. Chair­ man noted hospitable seamen's club in La Porte, Texas. Educational direc­ tor advised members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. No b^fs or dis­ puted OT reported. Crew requested fans for each room. Crew gave vote of thanks to steward department. Next port: Boston. SEA-LAND RELIANCE (Sea-Land Service), Nov. 19 — Chairman R. McGonagle, Secretary G. Sivley, Educational Director A. Jaramillo, Deck Delegate Thomas Schroeder, Engine Delegate C. Aragou, Steward Delegate J.McCree. Chairman thanked crew for smooth trip. He reminded crew to help keep laundry room and rec room clean. No beefs or disputed OT reported. New thermo­ stats have been ordered for all crewmembers' rooms. Crew thanked galley gang for job well done. SEA-LAND TRADER (Sea-Land Service), Nov. -29 — Chairman L. Watson, Secretary J. Johnson, Educational Director M. Phillips. Educational director urged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew thanked steward department for good job and particularly for fine Thanksgiving dinner. SUGAR ISLANDER (Pacific Gulf Marine), Nov. 30 — Chairman Pete Loik. Chairman thanked all depart­ ments for cooperation. Deck and steward delegates reported disputed . OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by engine delegate. PFC DEWAYNE t. WILLIAMS (Amsea), Nov. 8 — Chairman Alvin McCants, Secretary Kenneth Whit­ field, Deck Delegate Frank Hedge, Engine Delegate Steve Johnson, Steward Delegate Dehorah Koen. Chairman discussed U.S. elections. He thanked all crewmembers for ex­ cellent job keeping ship clean. He dis­ • "^r 21 cussed alcohol and drug testing. Educational director encouraged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Steward delegate gave spe­ cial thanks to Chief Steward Whit­ field. Crew asked contracts department to forward new copy of contract. Repair list has been posted. Galley gang thanked other crewmem­ bers for helping keep ship clean. SGT. MATEJ KOCAK(Waterman Steamship), Dec. 13 — Chairman B. Hutcherson, Secretary Anthony Piazza, Educational Director S. Wilkinson, Deck Delegate E. Gerena, Steward Delegate Albert Hendricks. Chairman thanked steward department for good food and good service. Secretary thanked deck and engine crews for coopera­ tion. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew would like to see posted in messhall at all times a union contract for military vessels. LNG AQUARIUS (ETC), Dec. 20 — Chairman J. Gamer, Secretary F. Robertson, Deck Delegate P. Jagger. Chairman discussed need for all SIU brothers and sisters to look out for each other not only while aboard a vessel but also when ashore. Secretary advised members to start new year right by upgrading at Lun­ deberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. LNG ARIES (ETC), Dec. 13 — Chairman Robert Schwartz, Secretary Dana Paradise, Education­ al Director Curtis Jackson, Deck . Delegate R. Vargas, Engine Delegate D, Panko, Steward Delegate Al Fretta. Chairman reported all going well. He.reminded eligible members to upgrade at Lun­ deberg School. Educational director discussed importance of working safe-, ly. No beefs or disputed OT. Chief Steward Paradise praised Chief Cook Fretta and SAs Chad Rodriguez, Kenneth Epps and Andre Graham for job well done. Crew suggested contracts department consider having pensions based on a percentage of base pay, thereby encouraging all ac­ tive members to upgrade frequently. Crew gave vote of thanks to galley gang for pool parties and being a good feeder. LNG CAPRICORN (ETC), Dec. 13 Chairman C. Kahl, Secretary N. Duhe, Educational Director Brude^ Smith, Steward Delegate Benedict ( Opaon. Chairman thanked crew for smooth work. Educational director noted information about SIU scholar­ ships has been posted. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew extended vote of thanks to galley gang for very good food. LNG LIBRA (ETC), Dec. 2 — Chairman Bill Darley, Secretary R. Frazier, Educational Director Otis Sessions, Deck Delegate George Kehris, Engine Delegate David Terry Jr., Steward Delegate Henry Janiels. Chairman reminded crew to be considerate of fellow crewmem­ bers by reducing noise. Educational director reminded members to upgrade at Lundeberg School and apply for SIU scholarship. He urged members to keep lounge clean. Steward delegate reported one hour of disputed OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by deck or engine delegates. Washing machine has been ordered. Basketball court will be painted as soon as weather permits. Crew thanked steward department for Thanksgiving dinner. Crew observed one minute of silence in memory of departed brothers. i VIV GROTON (Sheridan Transporta­ tion), Dec. 3 — Chairman Keith Matthey, Secretary Marvin Jeloatch, Educational Director / indreas Alexakis, Deck Delegate trian Fountain, Engine Delegate ames Perez, Steward Delegate Hichael Hammock. Chairman an­ nounced payoff. He encouraged mem­ bers to donate to SPAD. Secretary thanked crew for keeping mess room clean. Educational director stressed importance of upgrading at Lun­ deberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew thanked Chief Steward Deloatch and Chief Cook Hanunock for good meals, including Jammock's firesh-baked pastries. Next port: Stapleton, N.Y. Continued on page 25 •;j;*v' :• • • • :' }f, '' �22 T FERRUARY1993 SEAFARERS LOG he Seafeirers Pension Plan this month announces the retirements of 18 members. Eleven of those signing off sailed in the deep sea division, while five sailed in the inland division and one each sailed in the Great Lakes and Railroad Marine divisions. Recertified Bosun James Mann is one of 11 new pen­ sioners who served in the U.S. armed forces. Brother Mann served in the Army from 1954 to 1955, and he received the Nation­ al Defense Service Medal and the Army Occupation Medal. Brief biographical sketches of Brother Mann and the other new pensioners follow. RAILROAD MARINE To Our New Pensioners ... Thanks for a Job Well Done Each month inthe Seafarers LOG, the names of SIU members who recently have become pensioners appear with a brief biographical sketch. These men and women have served the maritime industry well, and the SIU and all their union brothers and sisters wish them happiness and health in the days ahead. port of Port Arthur, Texas. Bom in East Broussard, La., he sailed in the deck department. Boatman Duhon spent nearly 20 years of his maritime career working as a JAMES captain for Higman Towing and MANN, 65, for Westem Towing. He also joined the served in the U.S. Navy from Seafarers in 1945 to 1950 and in the Army 1947 in his DEEP SEA from 1950 to 1953. Boatman native Savan­ Duhon lives in Kaplan, La. nah, Ga. He PAUL inteiTupted EVANS JR., his maritime VICTOR 65,joined career to serve in the Army from SCHERER, the SIU in 62, joined 1954 to 1955, then retumed to 1971 in the the union in department. sailing in the deck port of Bal­ 1970 in his Brother Mann completed the timore. A na­ bosun recertification course at native Bal­ tive of the Lundeberg School in 1982. timore. He Halifax He has retired to Houston. sailed in the County, N.C., he sailed in the engine deck department. Brother Evans department. Boatman Scherer PETER served in the U.S. Navy from served in the U.S. Navy from MAZZI1943 to 1946. He sailed in the 1949 to 1952. He has retired to TELLI,65, union's inland division before Glen Bumie, Md. joined the converting his book to the deep union in sea division in 1979. Brother 1951 in his Evans has retired to Roanoke native New Rapids, N.C. York. He Editor's note: SIU pen­ sailed in the JUAN GARCIA, 61, joined the sioner Anthony Skillman, 72, steward department. Brother Seafarers in 1970 in the port of Mazzitelli has retired to Jackson­ was an active Seafarer for 34 San Francisco. Bom in Puerto ville, Fla. years (1944-78). Last month his Rico, he sailed in the engine niece, Yvette Paris, a freelance department. Brother Garcia's RUPERTO writer, wrote and submitted the first SIU ship was Sea-Land RIVERA, Service's SS Ponce. Brother Gar­ following feature story about 59, joined cia resides in Stockton, Calif. Brother Skillman, who most the SIU in recently sailed as a bosun. 1977 in the EDWIN HARRIS, 65, joined Even before he became a port of New the union in 1956 in the port of merchant mariner, Anthony York. Bom New York. He was bom in Geor­ in Puerto Skillman—affectionately gia and sailed in the engine Rico, he known as Uncle Tony or Sea department. Brother Harris sailed in the steward department. upgraded frequently at the LunDog to me and the rest of his Brother Rivera resides in deberg School. He lives in family—somehow seemed Carolina, P.R. Washington, Ga. drawn to water. But it wasn't always JOHN SAMUELS, 62, joined . WILBURT pleasant. At age 14, dressed in the Seafarers in 1957 in the port RYDER, 65, a new blue suit that his parents of Baltimore. The native of joined the really couldn't afford, Tony Mobile, Ala. completed the SIU in 1971 headed forms confirmation at a steward recertification course at in the port of the Lundeberg School in 1982. local Catholic church in Brook­ San Francis­ Brother Samuels served in the lyn, N Y. Halfway to the co. The na­ U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953. tive of church, he heard screams for He still c£dls Mobile home. Missouri help coming from the East sailed in the engine department. River. Brother Hyder upgraded frequent­ SALA young boy was drowning. VATORE ly at the Lundeberg School. He Tony, new suit and all, SBRIGLIO, served in the U.S. Army from jumped into the water and 63, joined 1946 to 1947 and from 1951 to saved the boy. He then con­ the SIU in 1954. Brother Hyder has retired tinued on to the church, after 1959 in the to Reno, Nev. port of Hous­ wiping off as much of the river ton. He was mud as he could. LEWIS bom in Mas­ LAMTen years later, in 1944, PHERE, 58, sachusetts and in 1976 completed Tony joined the SIU in the port the bosun recertification course joined the of Baltimore. He soon took part at the Lundeberg School. Brother Seafarers in in another rescue, this one Sbriglio has retired to Hender­ 1964 in his aboard the Bull Steamship son, Nev. native New Beatrice. York. He INLAND On unstable seas, the chief completed mate went to check the anchor the steward recertification course CHARLES at the Lundeberg School in 1982. cha:ins when a huge wave CHISHOLM, Brother Lamphere also served in 64, joined washed over the side of the the U.S. Navy from 1953 to the union in ship. Tony was looking out of a 1961. He resides in Seattle. 1963 in the porthole when the chief mate port of Port washed past him. HORACE Arthur, Tony ran out on the slippery LEDWELL, Texas. He deck and carried the uncon­ 64, joined was bom in scious man to safety. the SIU in the British West Indies and 1955 in the sailed in the deck department. port of New Boatman Chisholm served in the Orleans. A U.S. Army from 1948 to 1954. native of He lives in Port Arthur. Johnson City, Tenn., he sailed in the en­ CLEMENT DUHON, 65, gine department. Brother Ledjoined the union in 1964 in the well upgraded frequently at the Lundeberg School. He lives in Bristol, Tenn. EDWIN CARTER, 64, joined the union in 1961 in the port of Norfolk, Va. The North Carolina native sailed in the deck depart­ ment. Boatman Carter served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954. He has retired to Portsmouth, Va. ALAN WRIGHT, 66, joined the union in 1978 in the port of Wil­ mington, Calif. A na­ tive of Washington, he sailed in the deck department. Boatman Wright upgraded at the Lun­ deberg School in 1981. He served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1976. Boatman Wright lives in San Diego. Pensioner Skittman's Career WILLIAM CALLIS, 62, joined the union in 1959 in the port of Norfolk, Va. The Virginia native sailed in the deck department. Brother Callis has retired to Hudgins, Va. GREAT LAKES JAMES BURNS, 60, joined the Seafarers in 1961 in his native New York. He sailed in the deck depart­ ment. Brother Bums served in the U.S. Army from 1949 to 1952. He has retired to Lorain, Ohio. Correction The December 1992 issue of the Seafarers LOG con­ tained incorrect information about new pensioner William Hawkins. Brother Hawkins joined the Marine Cooks and Stewards in 1944, not 1963. In '63 he sailed with Weyerhauser Lines for the first time. Brother Hawkins, 69, lives in San Francisco. by Rescues Amazingly, Tony's involve­ ment in rescues continued on its "schedule" of one every 10 years or so, although the next one took place on land. In 1955, while back on the beach in Brooklyn, Tony was passing a tenerpent when he noticed black smoke billowing from a window of one of the first-floor apartments. With fire trucks en route, Tony shifted through the flames and helped a mother and her three children to safety. Not until they were back on the street did Tony understand the mother's hysterical plea to save her newborn, who was still in his crib inside the building. The firemen would arrive at any moment, but Tony refused to wait. He re-entered the apart­ ment and grabbed the baby, but by then the thick smoke virtual­ ly had eliminated all visibility. Still holding the infant, Tony finally got back outside. He was rushed to the hospital and received treatment for smoke inhalation and minor bums. He also received recog­ nition for his heroic acts when the New York Daily News put him on the front page. Five years ago, Tony met one of the children he helped save from that fire. Now grown and with a family of his own, the erstwhile fire victim ex­ pressed his most sincere thanks. A Natural Seafarer One might say that Tony had sailing in his blood. His father sailed in the Austrian navy and, after immigrating to the United States, worked as a chief mate. SIU Pensioner Anthony Skillman recounts exciting stories atx)ut his career at sea. With him is the family pet, Red Bear. ./ . After his initial stint as a merchant mariner, Tony served in the U.S. Army. He advanced to sergeant and served during World War II, but decided to return to the sea. (He also sailed during the war.) Tony has been all over the world, seemingly visiting each port several times. He sailed to Egypt, down the Amazon River and through the Bermuda Tri­ angle as often as a landlubber might stroll down Main Street. Uncle Tony now is covered by faded blue tatoos, but he still is in "shipshape." And when he occasionally recounts the excit­ ing and funny stories about his long career, there is no doubt that his heart still belongs to the SIU and to the sea. �I FEBRUARY 1993 /- SEAFMERSLOG Summary Annual Report Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Pension Plan This is a summary of the annual report of the Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Pension Fund EIN13-1953878 for the year ended December 31, 1991. The annual report has ben filed with the btemal RevenueService, as required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 197^ (ERISA). Baste Financial Statement Benefits under the plan are provided by the Trust. Plan exiwnses were $836,142. These expenses included $155,221 in administrative expenses and $680,921 in benefits paid to participants and beneficiaries. A total of 546 persons were participants in or beneficiaries of the plan at the end of the plan year, although not all of these persons had yet eamed the right to receive benefits. The value of plan assets, after subtracting liabilities of the plan, was $17,097,845 as of December 31, 1991 compared to $14,571,440 as of January 1,1991. During the plan year, the plan experienced an increase in its net assets of $2,526,405. This increase included unrealized appreciation (deprecia­ tion) in the value of plan assets; that is, the difference between the current value of assets at the beginning of the year plus the cost of any assets acquired during the year less the current value of assets at the end of the year. The plan had total income of $3,362,547 including employer contributions of $212,284, employee contributions of $90,120, gain of $536,112 from the sale of assets, and earnings from investments of $2,524,031. Minimum Funding Standards An actuary's statement shows that enough money was contributed to the plan to keep it funded in accordance with the minimum funding standards of ERISA. Your Rights to Additional information You have the right to receive a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, on request. The items listed below are included in that report:. 1. An accountant's report. 2. Assets held for investment. 3. Actuarial information regarding the funding of the plan. 4. Service provider and trustee information. To obtain a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, write or call the office of Mr. Nick Marrone, who is the plan administrator, 5201 Auth Way, Camp Springs, MD 20746; (301) 899-0675. The charge to cover copying costs will be $2.10 for the full annual report, or $.10 per page for any part thereof. You also have the right to receive from the plan administrator, on request arid at no charge, a statement of the assets and liabilities of the plan and accompanying notes, or a statement of income and expenses of the plan and accompanying notes, or both. If you request a copy of the full annual report form the plan administrator, these two statements and accompanying notes will be included as part of that report. The charge to cover copying costs given above does not include a charge for the copying of these portions of the report because these portions are furnished without charge. You alsohave the legally protected right to examine the annual report at the main office of the plan at 5201 Auth Way, Camp Springs, MD 20746 and at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washin^on, DC, or to obtain a copy from the U.S. Department of Labor upon payment of copying costs. Requests to the Department should be addressed to: Public Disclosure, Room N4677, Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20216. Supplementary Information In accordance with Department of Labor Regulations, the net real­ ized gain of $536,112, as shown above, is computed on the "market-tomarket basis'—^the difference between the sale price and market value of an asset as of January 1, 1991, or if the asset was both acquired and disposed of within the plan year,it is the difference between the purchase and sale price. Included in the net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of invest­ ments of $2,030,822, as shown on the financial statements, is $739,951 of net realized gain which is the difference between the sales price and the original cost of the assets. 23 Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. an SIU member works and lives EQUAL RIGHTS. All mem­ The constitution of the SIU Atlan­ aboard a ship or boat. Members bers are guaranteed equal rights in tic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters should know their contract rights, employment and as members of District makes specific provision as well as their obligations, such as the SIU. These rights are clearly set for safeguarding the membership's filing for overtime (OT) on the forth in the SIU constitution and in money and union finances. The proper sheets and in the proper the contracts which the union has constitution requires a detailed manner. If, at-uny tithe, a member negotiated with the employers. audit by certified public account­ believes that an SIU patrolman or Consequently, no member may be ants every year, which is to be sub­ other union official fails to protect discriminated against because of mitted to the membership by the their contractual rights properly race, creed, color, sex, national or secretary-treasurer. A yearly finance he or she should contact the nearest geogra^ic origin. If any member committee of rank-and-file mem­ SIU port agent. feels that he or she is denied the bers, elected by the membership, equal rights to which he or she is EDITORIAL POLICY — each year examines the finances of THE SEAFARERS LOG. The entitled, the member should notify the union and reports fully their find­ Seafarers LOG traditionally has union headquarters. ings and recommendations. Mem­ refrained from publishing any ar­ SEAFARERS POLITICAL bers of this committee may make ticle serving the political purposes ACTIVITY DONATION — dissenting reports, specific recom­ of any individual in the union, of­ SPAD. SPAD is a separate mendations and separate findings. ficer or member. It also has segregated fund. Its process are TRUST FUNDS. All trust refrained from publishing articles used to further its objects and pur­ funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, deemed harmful to the union or its poses including, but not limited to, Lakes and Inland Waters District collective membership. This estab­ furthering the political, social and are administered in accordance lished policy has been reaffirmec economic interests of maritime with the provisions of various trust by membership action at the Sep­ workers, the preservation and fur­ fund agreements. All these agree­ tember 1960 meetings in all con­ thering of the American merchant ments specify that the trustees in stitutional ports. The marine with improved employ­ charge of these funds shall equally responsibility for Seafarers LOG ment opportunities for seamen and consist of union and management policy is vested in an editorial boatmen and the advancement of representatives and their alter­ board which consists of the ex­ trade union concepts. In connec­ nates. All expenditures and disbur­ ecutive board of the union. The tion with such objects, SPAD sup­ sements of trust funds are made executive board may delegate, ports and contributes to political only upon approval by a majority from among its ranks, one in­ candidates for elective office. All of fte trustees. All trust fund finan­ dividual to carry out this respon­ contributions are voluntary. No cial records are available at the sibility. contribution may be solicited or headquarters of the various trust PAYMENT OF MONIES. No received because of force, job dis­ funds. monies are to be paid to anyone in crimination, financial reprisal, or SHIPPING RIGHTS. A any official capacity in the SIU un­ threat of such conduct, or as a con­ member's shipping rights and less an official union receipt is given dition of membership in the union seniority are protected exclusively for same. Under no circumstances or of employment. If a contribution by contracts between the union and should any member pay any money is made by reason of the above the employers. Members should for any reason unless he is given such improper conduct, the member get to know their shipping rights. receipt. In the event anyone attempts should notify the Seafarers Inter­ Copies of these contracts are to require any such payment be m^e national Union or SPAD by cer­ posted and available in all union without supplying a receipt, or if a tified mail within 30 days of the halls. If members believe there member is requii^ to maJce a pay­ contribution for investigation and have been violations of their ship­ ment and is given an official receipt, appropriate action and refund, if ping or seniority rights as con­ but feels that he or she should not involuntary. A member should tained in the contracts between the iave been required to make such support SPAD to protect and fur­ union and the employers, they payment, this should immediately be ther his or her economic, political and social interests, and should notify the Seafarers Ap­ reported to union headquarters. peals Board by certified mail, CONSTITUTIONAL American trade union concepts. If at any time a member feels return receipt requested. The RIGHTS AND OBLIGA­ proper address for this isi^— TIONS. Copies of the SIU con­ 1 hat any of the above rights have Augustin Tellez, Chairman stitution are available in all union been violated, or that he or she Seafarers Appeals Board haUs. All members should obtain tas been denied the constitution­ 5201 Auth Way copies of this constitution so as to al right of access to union Camp Springs, MD 20746 familiarize themselves with its con­ records or information, the Full copies of contracts as tents. Any time a member feels any member should immediately referred to are available to-members other member or officer is attempt­ notify SIU President Michael at all times, either by writing directly ing to deprive him or hCT of any Sacco at headquarters by cer­ to the union or to the Seafarers Ap­ constitutional right or obligation by tified mail, return receipt re­ peals Board. any methods, such as dealing with quested. The address is: Michael Sacco, President CONTRACTS. Copies of all charges, trials, etc., as well as all SIU contracts are available in all SIU other details, the member so affected Seafarers International Union 5201 Auth Way halls. These contracts specify the should immediately notify head­ Camp Springs, MD 20746. wages and conditions under which quarters. Letters to the Editor Thirty-five Years And No Regrets Once again the John W. Brown appears from the past as a reminder of the type of living conditions in which she sailed in serving our country during WWII. Being built in the early '40s by American men and women with American steel and know-how, she served well in carrying men and supplies to wherever needed, put­ ting countless sea miles astern of her. It seems she. was destined for fame from the moment she was launched, hitting the water with a big splash, no doubt. She served well in wartime, otherwise she wouldn't be a sight to see in the present day of seamanship as a museum piece for the seamen and seawomen of today and the fu­ ture. Today's seafarers should com­ pare the living conditions of her with the vessels of today. Un­ believable is the only word to describe the difference. These conditions didn't come easy aboard the ships of today and will improve even more for future seafarers. The union fought very, veiy hard to get my conditions when I started sailing in 1951, which were just great. Two men to a room, a sink, a locker per man and, at times, a desk, and shower in pas­ sageway. As my years of sailing continued, I had a room to myself, 2 big lockers, bunk bed with drawers under it, sink, shower, writing desk and even piped-in music. There weren't any port­ holes, instead there were windows, even a swimming pool (since it was a former passenger ship be­ sides carrying a regular load of cargo). It was paradise, and gettiri^ a good salary to go with it—along with the food. > As I've said, my conditions and yours didn't come easy, so whatever is asked of you by the union, do it, 'cause the leadershp has your interest in mind. Whenever the John W. Brown appears in the LOG, I look very closely at the forward gun tub, thinking I can see the spot that I was assigned to, not as a gunnner of the Navy but as a high school student of Metropolitan Vocation­ al High School in 1948. The spot I look for was my first assigned job aboard a real ship and it was a CSR (chipping, scraping, redleading) job which I was proud to do. I honestly feel to this date that I did the best CSR of the entire class, which encouraged me to a sailing career that ended in 1986./ , Thirty-five big years with the SIU without regretting one year of it, even when asked by MSTS per­ sonnel to sail with them. Walter Karlak 35-20 62nd Street Woodside Queens, NY 11377 Editor's Note: Brother Karlak collects stamps and has many duplicates from around the world. Any stamp collectors who are in­ terested in his free duplicates should write him at the above ad­ dress. 4. 4. 4. Steward Assistant on Charger A Credit to the SIU In today's world of finger pointing and blame spreading, I ask for your attention in a different perspective. I bring to you not a letter of malice, accusation or defense; but a letter of respect and pvation. I seek-to deserv^ly turn your attention to a member of your union, Donald Meder. Having the pleasure of sailing with Don for the last four months, I can attest to his ability, conviction and enthusiasm. Don is a man who knows his job and goes beyond the call of duty. He is always there, always polite and always busy. He is overwhelmingly the best steward assistant I have ever sailed with. Don always has a first-dayon-the-job enthusiasm. I was surprised to learn he has been going to sea for more thian 42 years. A credit to his ship, his union and the American merchant marine: Donald Meder deserves noteworthy acclaim. Second Mate Robert Lee OMI Charger ' . '• • •" '-v, = �24 iwmuutrisos SEAFARERS LOG Dining Room Members Do More than Serve parade. Immediately after the dinner plates have been cleared, the house lights go out. Then all the waiters and assistant waiters march in single file from the gal­ ley carrying trays of flaming baked Alaska while the ship's or­ chestra plays "When the Saints Go Marching In." They parade throughout the dining room before the house lights go back on and the dessert is served. Maitre d'Hdtel Bob McCloskey (left) leads the Constitution dining room staff in singing "Aloha." Finally, the sound of a conchf shell horn sounds throughout the room. That call rallies the waiters and assistant waiters to the stairs in the front of the dining room Final Evening Parade where, led by McCloskey, they On the last evening of the sing "Aloha" to bid farewell to cruise, the dining room staff the passengers departing the ship presents its famous baked Alaska in the morning. Continued from page 19 then if we can do anything spe­ cial." The something special— whether known in advance or at the spur of the moment—usually means a visit from the maitre d', a head waiter and as many of the waiters and assistant waiters as are available to sing around the table. Leis are presented and des­ sert is served. "We try to make it something they'll remember," added Waiter Kitty Vandaal. ' With his tray loaded with dirty Dessert is always a treat aboard glasses and silverware is Assis- the Constitution, as Waiter Rasa tant Waiter Roger Jackson. Clark well knows. m / • I The job is not over until the plates are clean, as Assistant Waiter Ally Baldomero conveys. m Discussing the next day's tours with a passenger is Assistant Waiter Tony Eyans. 00 to i 'I if 1 Bartender David Lee stands ready to answer a passenger's call. Serving a passenger in the dining room is Deck/Lounge Steward Cheryl Heflin. Assistant Waiter Alex Garrett Jr. serves butter to guests at the captain's table. / •'Hanging loose" aboard the Con­ stitution is Waiter Glenn Dennehy. Waiter John Mark helps a passenger make his dinner selection. j. •;1: Stewards. Upgrade Your Skills Deck/Lounge Steward Mike Pownall heads back to the bar with a drink request. % \ Make the most of your union benefits by increasing your learning as well as your earning potential! A number of courses have been scheduled this year at the Lundeberg School for training assistant cooks, cooks and bakers, chief cooks and chief stewards. See page 27 of this month's Seafarers LOG for an application form to apply for one of these upgrading programs. Waiter Kevin Gushing presents dinner to a passenger. �N^,: FEBRUARY 1993 SEAFARERS LOG 25 ir r Final Departures DEEP SEA DAVID CRAWFORD David Craw­ ford, 38, passed away November 18. A native of South Carolina, he graduated from the Lundfeberg School in 1972. Brother Crawford sailed in the steward department. JAMES CURRAN Pensioner James Curran, 69, died December 9. Bom in Oxnard, Calif., he joined the SIU in 1969 in the port of Seattle. Brother Curran sailed in the deck department. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1941 until 1961. Brother Curran began receiving his SIU pension in January 1988. JOHN DEHRING Pensioner John Dehring, 68, passed away December 16. The native of New Orleans Joined the Seafarers in 1955 in the port of New York. Brother Dehring sailed in the deck department. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945. Brother Dehring retired in July 1985. ALFRED DEREPENTIGNY Pensioner Alfred Derepentigny, 90, died October 26. He was bom in Manchester, N.H. and in 1954 joined the Marine Cooks anc} Steward in the port of San Francisco, before that union merged with the AGLIWD. Brother Derepentigny began receiv­ ing his pension in Febmary 1980. ROBERT DILLON Robert Dillon, 66, passed away Oc­ tober 30. Bom in Danville, Va., he joined the SIU in 1945 in the port of Galveston, Texas. Brother Dillon completed the bosun recertification course at the Lundeberg School in 1981. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1940 to 1944. Brother Dillon was an active member at the time of his death. PETER GEBBIA Pensioner Peter Gebbia, 63, died November 20. He joined the Ships Digest Continued from page 21 . ».,. MV RANGER (Vulcan Carriers), Dec. 27 — Chairman H. Johnson, Deck Delegate Casey Downing, En­ gine Delegate Michael Johnson, Steward Delegate Karriem Allah. Crew asked contracts department for clarification on conversion to stand­ ard tanker agreement. Educational director informed members about SIU scholarships. Deck and engine delegates reported disputed OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by steward delegate. Crew thanked gal­ ley gang for good job and great . holiday meals. Next port: Providence, R.I. NEWARK BA Y (Sea Land Ser vice), Dec. 14 — Chairman Pedro Sanchez, Educational Director Richard Johnson, Deck Delegate Fred Collins, Engine Delegate P. Pardovich. Chairman announced payoff and thanked deck crew for job well done. No beefs or disputed OT reported. New TV and VCR for lounge are on order. Crew thanked steward department for job well done. Next port: Elizabeth, N.J. NUEVO SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico Marine), Dec. 1 — Chairman W. Card, Secretary G. Prescott, Educa­ tional Director C. Gallagher, Steward Delegate Brian McEleney. Chairman stressed importance of safety. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew was reminded to separate plastics from trash. NUEVO SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico Marine), Dec. 22— Chairman W. Card, Secretary G. Prescott, Educa­ tional Director C. Gallagher, Deck Delegate R. Davis, Engine Delegate John Leiter, Steward Delegate Seafarers in 1958 in his native New Orleans. Brother Gebbia completed the steward recertification course at the Lundeberg School in 1981. He retired in October 1986. ERIC HAYES Pensioner Eric Hayes, 88, passed away Decem­ ber 14. A na­ tive of British Guiana, he joined the union in 1944 in the port of New York. Brother Hayes sailed in the engine department. He began receiving his pension in January 1971. ALVIN JOHNSON Alvin Johnson, 53, died Novem­ ber 15. Bom in St. Louis, he joined the SIU in 1962 in the port of San Francis­ co. Brother Johnson com­ pleted the steward recertification course at the Lundeberg School in 1991. He served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953. Brother Johnson was an active member at the time of his death. FRANK KING Pensioner Frank King, 76, passed away Decem­ ber 11. He was bom in Georgia and in 1965 joined the Seafarers in the port of New York. brother King sailed in the engine department. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1945. Brother King retired in December 1983. WILLIAM MEEHAN Pensioner William Meehan, 75, died October 31. He joined the SIU in 1958 in his native New Orleans. Brian McEleney. Educational direc­ tor urged members to upgrade at Lun­ deberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Brother Meehan sailed in the steward department. He served in the U.S. Arniy from 1941 to 1945. Brother Meehan began receiving his pension in September 1982. JOSEPH MICHAEL Pensioner Joseph Michael, 73, passed away November 8. He joined the Seafarers in 1951 in his na­ tive Bal­ timore. Brother Michael completed'the bosun recer­ tification course at the Lundeberg School in 1974. He retired in August 1985. WILLIAM MILLET Pensioner Wil­ liam Millet, 70, died of a heart attack December 3. A native of Lovell, Wyo., he joined the union in 1968 in the port of New York. Brother Millet sailed in die deck de­ partment He retired in februaiy 1987. KENNETH SANFORD Pensioner Kenneth Sanford, 67, passed away December 9. Bom in Texas, he joined the SIU in 1955 in the port of Lake Charles, La. Brother Sanford sailed in the engine depart­ ment. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946. Brother Sanford retired in December 1990. WILLIAM SMITH department. He began receiving his pension in March 1982. DENNIS SMITH Pensioner Dennis Smith, 91, passed away December 9. The native of Florida joined the SIU in 1949 in the port of Tampa, Fla. Brother Smith sailed in the engine department. He retired in October 1968. GERVACIO VINLUAN Pensioner Gervacio Vinluan, 85, died December 9. He was bom in Binalonan, Philippines, and in 1947 joined the Seafarers in the port of New York. Brother Vinluan sailed in the steward department. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1945. Brother Vinluan spent most of his SIU career sailing with American President Lines. He retired in August 1972. INLAND EMMETT BERTRAND Pensioner Emmett Bertrand, 55, passed away October 20. A native of Oberline, La., he joined the union in 1961 in the port of Port Arthur, Texas. Boatman Bertrand sailed in the deck department. He began receiving his pension in June 1989. GEORGE DAVIS Pensioner Wil­ liam Smith, 75, died November 14. He joined the Seafarers in 1955 in his na­ tive New York. Brother Smith sailed in the engine announced payoff. He noted request has been submitted for new washing machine and dryer. Secretary urged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School and support SFAD. Engine delegate reported disputed OT. No beefs br disputed OT reported by deck or steward delegates. Crew re­ quested antenna for lounge. Crew thanked steward department for Thanksgiving dinner and job well done. PFC EUGENE OBREGON(Water­ man Steamship), Dec. 13 — Chair­ man Henry Bouganim, Secretary Patrick Helton, Deck Delegate Reeves Hornby, Engine Delegate John McCabe, Steward Delegate Mariano Martinez. Chairman an­ nounced payoff. Educational director OVERSEAS ALICE(Maritime urged members to upgrade at Lun­ deberg School to help ensure themsel­ Overseas), Dec. 30 — Chairman Cesar Gutierrez, Secretary Paul ves of future employment. No beefs Stubblefield, Educational Director or disputed OT reported. Crew Dennis Riley, Deck Delegate T. thanked galley gang for great trip, Thomas, Engine Delegate F. Bolton, especially Thanksgiving. Steward Delegate S. Deanda. OMI DYNACHEM(OMl Corp.), Steward delegate reported beef. No Dec. 13 — Chairman Lawrence beefs or disputed OT reported by Kunc, Secretary Steven Wagner, deck or engine delegates. Crew rec' Educational Director Randy Snay, room needs new sofa and chairs. TV Deck Delegate M. De La Cerda, En­ and radio antennas also need repair or gine Delegate Michael Harmanson, replacement. Crew gave vote of Steward Delegate Beverly Harris. thanks to galley gang. Chairman reported beef about reliefs. OVERSEAS PHILADELPHIA Educational director urged members (Maritime Overseas), Dec. 27 — to upgrade at Lundeberg School. No Chairman E. Slwaeard, Secretary beefs or disputed OT reported by Jose Rivera, Educational Director department delegates. Crew gave vote of thanks to steward department. Ross Hardy, Deck Delegate Robert Pacheco, Engine Delegate D. Next port: Lake Charles, La. Vasquez, Steward Delegate Billy OMI HUDSON (OMI Corp.), Dec. Mitchell. Chairman reported smooth 30 — Chairman David Smolen, trip. Secretary wished a Merry Secretary F. King, Educational Direc­ Christmas and Happy New Ye^ to tor James Raible. Steward delegate all SIU brothers. He thanked deck reported beef. No beefs br disputed and engine departments for keeping OT reported by deck or engine ship clean. No beefs or disputed OT delegates. Crew reported no launch ser­ reported. Crew thanked steward vice in Mexico. Next port: Houston. departmeht for good food and job well done, especially Christmas din­ OMI STAR (OMI Corp.), Dec. 12 — ner. Next port: Providence, R.I. Chairman Eugene Granthan, Secretary K. Jones, Educational OMI WABASH (OMI Corp.), Dec. Director J. Anderson, Deck 2 — Chairman H. Jones, Secretary Delegate John Wolfe, Engine R. Jones, Educational Director J. Delegate Terrance Reed, Steward Trent, Engine Delegate William Delegate Coy Hendricks. Chairman Beatty, Steward Delegate Anderson Pensioner George Davis, 68, died December 4. Bom in Paulsboro, N.j., he joined the union in 1973 in the port of Philadelphia. Jordan Jr. No beefs or disputed OT reported, but steward delegate will speak with patrolmen about voucher for OT not paid due to mistake on OT sheet. Chairman reminded crew about alcohol testing. RALEIGH DAYfSea-Land Ser­ vice), Dec. 20 ^ Chairman Howard Knox, Secretary J. Speller, Educa­ tional Director David Dukehart Educational director reminded mem­ bers to upgrade at Lundeberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported.. Crew thanked steward department for job well done. SEA-LAND CHALLENGER (SeaLand Service), Dec. 13 — Chairman R. Williams, Secretary H. Scypes, Educational Director Ronald Smith, Deck Delegate Juan Ayala, Steward Delegate Genaro Rivera. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew thanked galley gang. Crew observed one minute of silence in memory of departed brothers. Next port: Elizabeth, N.J. SEA-LAND CONSUMER (SeaLand Service), Dec. 12 — Chairman William Mortier^ Secretary G. Boop, Educational Director die Webber, Deck Delegate R. Funk. No beefs or disputed OT reported. SEA-LAND ENDURANCE(SeaLand Service), Dec. 6 — Chairman E. Sierra, Secretary M. Kohs, Educa­ tional Director G. Evosevich. Educa­ tional director discussed importance of upgrading at Lundeberg School. He noted scholarships available to SIU members and their dependents. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew gave special thanks to steward department for Thanksgiving feast. Crew extended sincere best wishes to Chief Cook Roland Francisco, who is retiring after 47 years with SIU. Boatman Davis sailed in the steward department. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1943 to 1949. He retired in December 1987. ROLAND WRIGHT Pensioner Roland Wright, 67, passed away November 24. He joined the Seafarers Intemational Union in 1950 in his native Galveston, Texas. Boatman Wright sailed in the engine department. He began receiv­ ing his pension in October 1985. GREAT LAKES VIRGIL APPLETON Pensioner Vir­ gil Appleton, 79, died November 20. The Michigan nati ve joined the Seafarers Intemational Union in 1953 in the port of Frank- fort. Mich! Brother Appleton sailed in the deck department. He retired in August 1975. GAYLORD DRAGOO Pensioner Gaylord Dragoo, 84, passed away December 12. Bom in Michigan, he joined the Seafarers In­ temational Union in 1956 in the port of Elberta, Vlich. Brother Dragoo sailed in the deck depart­ ment. He began receiving his pension in November 1973. They will be sorry to see him hang up his apron for good! Next port: Long Beach, Calif. SEA-LAND EXPLORER (Sea-Land Service), Dec. 27 — Chairman Jack Kingsley, Secretary W. Burdette, Educational Director Guy PollardLowsleyi Deck Delegate D. Rothman, Engine Eielegate B. Tapia, Steward Delegate George Lee. No beefs or disputed OT reported. SEA-LAND HAWAII (Sea-Und Service), Dec. 20 — Chairman J. Carter, Secretary J. Jones, Educa­ tional Director D. Gordius, Steward Delegate J. Laureta. Secretary reported malfunction of freezer boxes which resulted in lost stores. No beefs or disputed OT reported. SEA-LAND INTEGRITY (SeaLand Service), Dec. 27 —;Chairman Stephen Argay, Secretary Pedro Laboy, Steward Delegate William Muniz. Chairman reminded mem­ bers who wish to sail on tankers that mandatory benzene testing is nW under way. He discussed importance of working safely. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported. Crew gave vote of thanks to galley gang. SEA-LAND NAVIGATOR (SeaLand Service), Dec. 13 — Chairman Werner Becher, Secretary R. Spingat, Educational Director W. Stevens, Deck Delegate BUI Rackley, Engine Delegate R. Zurfluh, Steward Delegate Raymond Garcia. Chairman reported good trip. Educa­ tional director discussed upgrading opportunities available at Lundeberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew thanked steward department for excellent Thanksgiv­ ing dinner and in general the fine food served on board. Crew lounge needs new coffee machine. Next port: Tacoma, Wash. • I '• . i-r ';-i • '••''v.- V. .1- .r ••V • • �26 FEBRUARY 1993 SEAFAREKSLOG Lundeberg School Graduating Classes Trainee Lifeboat Class 506—Graduating from trainee lifeboat class 506 are (from left, kneeling) Raul Hernandez III, Adele George, Steven Roquemore, Kevin Bowden, Casey Sutton, Adam Talucci, Lloyd Bates, Ben Cusic (instructor), (second row) Sean Adkins, Darren Watson, Carol MacDonald, Cindy Winter, James Cedeno, Cameron Brintley, Donas Armstrong, Ryan Reedy, (third row) Brett Hopsori, Brian Sargen, Steve Stepanski, Justin Collins, Herbert Anderson Jr., (fourth row) Scott Brietzke, Keith White, Troy Arrowoood, Robert Sweat III and Matthew Booth. Able Bodied Seaman—Completing the AB course on December 7,1992 are (from left, kneeling) Casey Taylor (instructor), Kamin Raji, P. Paul Staib Jr., Carl Nelson Jr., James Keevan, James Speer, Marius Louw, Enrique Crespo, (second row) Joseph J. Arnold, Martin Knezevich, Paul J. Fehling, David Elston, Joe Mieluchowski, Wayne Powers, Dwyen Ringbauer, Andrew Eastman, (third row) Benjamin Shupp, John Wills, Russell Williams, Greyson Brantley, Timothy Johnston, Thomas Zemiamek and Carlos Bonilla. -J Lifeboat--Members of the December isr f992 graduating class receiving their lifeboat endorse­ ments are (from left, front row) Gabrial Williams, Tom Priscu, John Brooks, Nick Reyes Jr., (second row) Uirry Rose, Justin Golub, Walt Filleman Jr., George Demetropoulos and J^e Karaczynski (instructor). Third Mate Graduating from the third mate course on December 3, 1992 are (from left, front row) Ron Raykowski (instructor), Tracy Reed, Anna Buyvid, John Baker, (second row) Henry Scott III, Kevin Combs, Jim Burt, George Davig, (third row) Patrick R. Hanning, Mark Holman and Ray Snow. Not pictured is William Payne. Hydraulics—Completing the hydraulics class on December 15,1992 are (from left) Bill Foley (instructor), Eric Bain, Jon Beard, Bruce Zenon, Richard Natoli, Troy Robin, Darren Henderson, Daniel Johnson, Monroe Monseur. Silas Bent 7 Have Unplanned ^Reunion' at Piney Point Seafarer Darryl Smith signed off the USNS Silas Bent in Oc­ tober, but when he recently ar­ rived at the Lundeberg School to upgrade to AB, for a moment he must have thought he was back aboard the oceanographic survey ship. Six of Smith's shipmates from the Silas Bent already were upgrading at the school when he arrived in Piney Point, Md. "It felt like a family reunion when I saw all of them," he said. "Maybe it's just a coincidence we're all here, but I think more and more people are getting the message that upgrading is the only way to go." Like Smith, Clay Swidas is upgrading to AB. Faustino Pereira is taking the QMED course, while galley gang mem­ bers Daniel Idos, Gary Mooney and Jeanette Ball each are taking cook and baker. Additionally, Mobney is taking lifeboat train­ ing and the GEO course, while Ball is taking firefighting and sealift. Dick Higgins was enrolled in celestial navigation, but in late January he rejoined the crew of the Mar Ship Operators vessel. Higgins and Ball in fate 1991 were part of another unplanned Silas Bent 'reunion' at the school. They and three other shipmates upgraded at the same time. In fact, one of those five is Danyl Smith's father, Donald, who sails in the engine department and From left. Clay Swidas, Daniel Idos, Gary Mooney, Faustino Pereira, Darryl Smith and Jeanette Ball recently sailed together and now are upgrading at the Lundeberg School. Not pictured is Dick Higgins. joined the SlU four years ago, one contact with instructors. after a 20-year career in the Navy. In the cook and baker course, he is enjoying learning "how to Encouraged to Upgrade prepare breakfast on the grill and For Idos, attending shipboard how to make biscuits." Idos added that upgrading is union meetings, helped him real­ ize the benefits of upgrading. "In more important than ever, largely every meeting, we always were because of competition for jobs. encouraged to upgrade," said the Ball, who joined the SlU two 30-year-old Seafarer, who joined years ago in Wilmington, Calif., the union in August 1991. "That said she has a simple reason for definitely helped our awareness." upgrading frequently. "I'll be Idos, who often writes to crew- very honest. 1 need to make more members still on board the Silas money, and the way to do that is Bent, said he is impressed by the to increase your skills and quality and breadth of the school knowledge—get better at your at the Paul Hall Center for job." Maritime Training and Education, The native of Georgia said the but he also appreciates the one-on- best part about the Lundeberg School "is the instructors. They are informative and friendly." Ball, 48, signed off the Silas Bent in November, following voyages to Japan and Hong Kong. "1 love the travel that goes with my job, and 1 don't mind the shopping in places like Hong Kong, either,'' she said with a laugh. , Similarly, Mooney chuckles "when1go home and see ads on TV offering trips to Hawaii for $400 or whatever amount. I've sailed there and gotten paid for it." Like most of his fellow upgraders from the Silas Bent, Mooney, 27, is fairly new to the SlU. He joined in San Francisco in June 1991. But again like the others, he headed for the Lundeberg School as soon as he had enough sea time to be eligible to upgrade. "1 like the variety of classes that are available," he said. "Upgrading will help me in my career and help me get a better-paying job." Moreover, Mooney and the others all praised the captain of the Silas Bent, Ernest Queck, for his professionalism and leader­ ship. "He was like a father fig­ ure," Mooney said. "Really, he and all the other officers are ter­ rific to work with." bitious. Opportunities abound at Piney Point, they said, but it is up to each individual to maximize his or her chances to learn, im­ prove and hone skills. "This school is fabulous, and it definitely makes people more effi­ cient at their jobs when they return to the ships," said Pereira, 66. "This is an opportune time , for me to upgrade, and I'm enjoying it." Swidas, a 25-year member of the union, said he likes the downto-earth nature of the Lundeberg School instructors. "They're like your shipmates," said the native of Cleveland. Swidas added that he was pleasantly surprised when he met his old Silas Bent shipmates at the school. "It's nice to know a few people right off the bat." For Smith, the school has been everything his seafaring father said it is. "He always kept telling me, 'Go to that school. The facilities are great.' Well, he was 100 percent right," said the deck department member. "Not many organizations have something like this school—not only the facilities but the staff." Smith has been with the SlU since August 1991. He already has a long-range goal: to continue upgrading in order to become a third mate. School Rewards Effort "The opportunities certainly The six Seafarers interviewed are here," he said. "1 plan to con­ for this story agree that the Lun­ tinue advancing, and 1 hope that deberg School rewards the am­ makes my father proud." - m... �FEBRUARY 1^ SEAFARERS IM 27 .<-r: LUHDEBBRG SCHOOL 1993 UPGRADING COURSE SCHEDULE RecertmcaUon Pmgnuns The following is the current course schedule for classes beginning between March and July 1993 at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship located at the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education in Piney Point, Md. All programs are geared to improve job skills of Seafarers and to promote the American maritime industry. The course schedule may change to reflect the needs of the membership, the maritime industry and—^in times of conflict—the nation's security. Check-In Completion Date Date March 29 May 7 May 24 July 2 July 19 August 27 All students must take the Oil Spill Prevention and Containment class. AprU2i5 June 21 May 7 July 2 ^dar Observer - Unliniited j March 1 April 19 May 17 July 12 March 15 May 24 July 19 May 3 March 5 April23 May 21 July 16 April 9 June 18 August 13 August 13 Safety Specialty Courses Check-In Date March 15 May 24 March 1 March 29 April 26 May 24 June 21 July 19 April 26 March 16 May 11 July 13 March 22 May 10 July 5 Course Oil Spill Prevention and Containment Lifeboatman Tankerman Basic/Advanced Fire Fighting Sealift Operations & Maintenance Completion Date March 19 May 29 March 12 April 9 May 7 June 4 July 2 July 30 May 21 March 26 May 21 July 23 April 16 June 4 July 30 UPGRADING APPUCATWH Date of Birth Name (Last) Month/Day/Year (Middle) (Fiist) Address. (Street) Telephone _L (Oty) (State) Deep Sea Member D (Zip Code) (Area Code) Lakes Member IZJ Inland Waters Member Q . Department if.S. Citizen: • Yes • No • Yes • Yes If yes, course(s) taken Have you taken any SHLSS Sealift Operations courses? a » ^ High School Equivalency (GED) Adult Basic Education (ABE) English as a Second Language (ESL) • Yes FULL 8-week sessions April 17 ^ ' • •- June 4 With this application COPIES of your discharges must be submitted showing sufficient time to qualify yourself for*the course(sj requested You also must submit a COPY of each of the following: the first page of your union book indicating your department and seniority, your clinic card and the front and back of your Lundeberg School identification card listing the course(s) you have taken and completed The Admissions Office WILL NOT schedule you until all of the above are received. RATING DATE DATE OF VESSEL HELD SHIPFED DISCHARGE SIGNATURE. GNO CPR:GYes. GNO ;• All open-ended (contact admissions office for starting dates) College Program Schedule for 1993 DECK AB/Sealift Jst Class Pilot Third Mate Radar Observer Unlimited Master InspectedTowing Vessel Towboat Operator Inland Celestial Navigation Simulator Course ENGINE Firefighting: G Yes ONO • The following courses are available through the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School. Please contact the admissions office for enrollment information. Check-In Completion Course Date Date • • • Do you hold the U.S. Coast Guard Lifeboatman Endorsement? • 11 1992'93 Adult Education Schedule • No If yes, how many weeks have you^pompleted?_ Primary language spoken A a • • • • • Last grade of school completed Date available for training Completion Check-In Date Date Aprill2 July 2 July 19 October 8 Fireman/Watertender and Oiler April 12 May 21 June 7 July 16 All students must take the Oil Spill Prevention and Containment class. Pumproom Maint. & Operations June 21 July 30 Refrigeration Maint. & Operations March 29 May 7 July 6 August 13 Marine Electronics—^Technican H March 15 AprU23 Hydraulics June 7 July 2 Welding March 29 Apra23 Diesel Engine Technology March 1 March 26 Refrigerated Container May 10 June 18 GNO to Have you attended any SHLSS upgrading courses? All open-ended (contact admissions office for starting dates) Oigfne UpgrarHag Courses .DATE. • Marine Electrical • • If yes, which program: from Check-In Completion Date Date All open-ended (icontact admissions office for starting dates) Chief Cook, Chief Steward ' Are you a graduate of the SHLSS trainee program? • Yes GNO August 2 I am interested in the following courts) checked below or indicated here if not listed Home Port. Endorsement(s) or License(s) now held June 28 Pacific IZI If the following information is hot filled out completely, your application will not be processed. Book# Social Security #. Seniority Steward Recertification Course QMED-Any Rating Shiphandling Third Mate Completion Date May 3 Course Assistant Cook» Cook and Baker Course Able Seaman Celestial Navigation Check-In Date March 29 StewanI Up^iHng Courses Deck Upgrading Courses • .- Course Bosun Recertification • ;• • FOWT n QMED—Any Rating ' D Variable Speed DC Drive Systems (Marine Electronics) • • • • • • • • • • • • • Maintenance Pumproom Maintenance & Operation Refrigeration Systems Maintenance & Operation Diesel Engine Technology Assistant Engineer/Chief Engineer Motor Vessel Original 3rd Engineer Steam or Motor Refrigeriated Containers Advanced Maintenance Electro-Hydraulic Systems Automation Hydraulics Marine Electronics Technician STEWARD Assistant Cook Utility Cook and Baker CThief Cook Chief Steward Towboat Inland Cook ALL DEPARTMENTS • Welding • Lifeboatman (must be taken with another course) • Oil Spill Prevention & Containment • Basic/Advanced Fire Fighting • • • • • ADULT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Adult Basic Education (ABE) High School Equivalency Program (GED) Developmental Studies (DVS) English as a Second Language (ESL) ABE/ESL Lifeboat Preparation .<'{.U' v;' COLLEGE PROGRAM • Associate in Arts Degree Transportation will be paid in accordance with the scheduling letter oidy if you present original receipts and successfully piele the course. If you have any questions, contact your port agent before departing for Piney Point RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION TO: Uindeberg Upgrading Center, P.O. Bo* 75, Piney Point MD 20674. , .11. 2/93 ... .'^0':' • •• •• �SEAEUaXS SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Pension Plan Page 23 February 1993 Volume 55, Number 2 New OS Learns Meaning of Trust from LNG Crew For any crewmember boarding a vessel for the first time, the mean­ ing of one word is learned very quickly in order to have any chance of success. That word is "trust." with them," OS Debbie Textor told the Seafarers LOG shortly after she signe'd off the LNG Capricorn. "You cannot lie to your shipmates because they are depending on you as much as you depend on them. What else do you have to build trust with your fellow crewmembers?" Textor boarded the 946-foot vessel in August 1992 after suc­ cessfully completing the trainee and LNG programs at the Lun­ deberg School. "At first I was scared and shy. Then, when you are working with and seeing the same people, you get chummy and friendly." "Indonesia is an Islamic na­ tion. Women there can be com­ pletely covered except for their eyes and hands, even when the temperature reaches 110 degrees. The guys on the ship showed us the ropes so we knew what we could do." :.'L Crew 'Very Helpful' The member of Lundeberg class 499 had nothing but praise for the crew headed by Bosun Charlie Kahl. "They are fantas­ tic. Being new, I had a lot of ques­ tions. Everyone took the time to show me or teach me the right Barbecues are special occasions on the LNG vessel. Crewmembers way to do what was needed on enjoy the food and fellowship while storm clouds gather behind them. ship." Textor was one of two females aboard the Capricorn. Although the years of experience among the crew varied from decades to new­ comers, the only place where Textor encountered any supersti­ tions about women on board a ship took place on land in Japan. "In Japan, they believe any woman on a ship is bad luck," she noted. "And if there is a woman on the ship, it's automatic that they are in the galley washing dishes or making beds. When Japanese men and women] heard The "bow gang" waits for the tug in Himeji, Japan. They are, from left: worked on the deck, it was un­ OS John Gillespie, 3rd Mate Jim Seliskar, Bosun Charlie Kahl, AB Ken Steiner and AB Zain Basir. real to them." Airlift Preparations She witnessed firsthand how trust worked when a crewmember went into an epileptic seizure. "Everyone pulled together. No questions were asked. Each mem­ OS Debbie Textor learns about ber accepted his Or her assign­ trust on her first time at sea. ment to make sure the member could be airlifted safely. We To a graduate of the Seafarers knew it had to be done." The Capricorn was a day out Harry Lundeberg School of of Japan when the attack started Seamanship working on her first after dark. The captain radioed vessel since leaving Piney Point, the U.S. military base at Okinawa the meaning of that word was for help. The air ambulance could driven home from the first day. not arrive until dawn, so crew"When you spend every day with the same people working members took turns watching and relaxing, you learn you have over their friend between their Boats Chased by Devil to depend on them and be honest own shifts as the liquified natural gas vessel changed course until Another superstition that Tex­ tor heard about and had to react to the helicopter arrived. When crewmembers went was the one held by Japanese ashore, trust once again played an fishermen that the devil chases important role. Textor stated each their boats at sea. new member was advised as to "When we would enter a which places were safe and wel­ Japanese port, extra watches were comed Americans, especially iti posted to make sure none of the Indonesia where the LNG vessels fishing boats were cutting too operated by ETC have two ports close across our bow. These boats of call. are like our pleasure boats—14 to 30 feet in length. They try to cut across our bow as close as pos­ sible in the belief that if any large ship gets between them and the devil, they can sail on to their fishing grounds arid have good luck fishing because the devil will not find them. "At any one time, there could be five or six boats trying to cut across our bow. We repeatedly had to change course to keep from hitting them." Textor plans to upgrade in the engine department as soon as she has the time. She praised the Lun­ deberg School especially for the LNG course which she said "helped me to know what I would be doing when I arrived." She enjoyed seeing Iridonesia, Japan and the Philippines while work­ ing on the LNG vessel and looks forward to visiting more df the OS Kevin Young chips a monitor on the vessel's bow. world in her travels. Help Find This Missing Child OS Terrence "T-Bone" Boney The galley gang of (from left) SA Henry Freeman, SA Larry Anderson and Chief Steward Norman Duhe watch over the grill. heads for his quarters. Standing in front of the LNG Capncom tied up at a pier in Bontang, Indonesia is SA Henry Freeman. OS Textor provided the Seafarers LOG with the photos on this page. The National Center for Police Department's Missing Missing arid Exploited Children Persons Unitat (604) 841-6490. has asked the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union to assist them in locating Leigh Marine Occhi, a 13-year-old from Tupelo, Miss. Missing since August 27, 1992, the child was last seen at her home. Foul play is suspected. At the time of her disap­ pearance, the blonde-haired, hazel-eyed girl was 5 ft. 2 in. tall and weighed 95 pounds. She wears glasses. Anyone having information on the disappearance of Leigh Marine Occhi should contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at (800) Leigh Marine Occhi 843-5678 or the Tupelo (Miss.) • ••• --''I'-' .:v r • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1990-1999 Description An account of the resource Volumes LII-LXI Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource February 1993 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES HOUSE MARITIME PANEL REORGANIZED; SENATE CONFIRMS NEW DOT SECRETARY ELECTION TALLY PANEL ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF VOTE MICHAEL SACCO RE-ELECTED PRES. CREW REPORTS SMOOTH FIRST VOYAGEON NEW AT&T SHIP GLOBAL MARINER NJ FISHERMAN SIGN ON WITH THE SIU HARBOR TUGS ANSWER CALL FOR HELP FROM FIRE-STRICKEN TUG OSPREY SEAFARES STAND BY ILA IN SUGAR BEEF BRAER TANKER SPILL HIGHLIGHTS DANGERS POSED BY RUNAWAYS RUNAWAY-FLAG OPERATORS PROMOTE FAST BUCKS SCHEME SAFETY MASKS REQUIRE CLEAN SHAVEN FACE ON TANKER SEAMEN FOR PEAK EFFECTIVENESS NEW CABLE SHIP BEGINS MAIDEN VOYAGE SOMALIA IS ‘BLEAK’ REPORTS SEAMAN EVANS WASHINGTON BEEFRIENDS 7TH GRADE CLASS AMERICAN REPUBLIC FITS OUT TO BEGIN ’93 LAKES SEASON TWO RUNAWAYS COLLIDE; SPEW 11 MILLION GALLONS GERMAN UNION WINS RAISE FOR FILLIPPINO SEAMEN PARENTS OF VICTIM IN RUNAWAY SHIP FIRE URGE CLOSING OF LOOPHOLES IN WORLD SAFETY REGS BAHAMIAN GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES FAIL TO CONDUCT PROPER INVESTIGATION IN OFFICER’S DISSAPPEARANCE, CHARGES ITF LUNDEBERG SCHOOL ENHANCES ON-SIT SAFETY COURSE ST. CLAIR, OTHERS COMPLETE BUSY YEAR ON THE LAKES MURMANSK- THE DIARY OF WILLIAM D. HENDERSON SHIPBOARD DINING ROOM MEMBERS PROVIDE PERSONAL TOUCH ON SIU-CREWED CONSTITUTION FRANCES HAMMER CREW HEADS FOR HOME AFTER COMPLETION OF LONG JOURNEY SILAS BENT 7 HAVE UNPLANNED ‘REUNION’ AT PINEY POINT NEW OS LEARNS MEANING OF TRUST FROM LNG CREW Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/01/1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 55, No. 2 1993 Periodicals Seafarers Log