With a substantial group of officers who have recent experience on liquefied natural gas carriers and a pioneering program for its membership to acquire the required training for work in the international LNG trades, American Maritime Officers is uniquely prepared to meet the growing demand for qualified officers in expanding LNG transportation markets.
LONDON and HOUSTON-Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Ltd. today announced it will begin recruiting U.S. seafarers for the company's growing portfolio of managed international liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels.
The State of Alaska in January awarded a contract to provide 35 ocean rangers for the 2008 cruise season to Crowley Liner Services. The new jobs aboard cruise ships sailing in Alaskan waters will be available to members of American Maritime Officers.
AMO is pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with OSG whereby OSG will utilize eighteen (18) AMO masters and chief officers who were employed by Maritrans prior to the purchase and who have been employed by OSG either onboard tankers or ashore working on projects, such as NS5, Management System review, etc.
In a decision dated Jan. 22, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied a petition from the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association for a rehearing following that court's rejection of MEBA's most recent attempt to have a potentially crippling lawsuit relocated to federal court.
American Maritime Officers has filed a lawsuit against Van Dee Services Inc., the independent vendor hired to provide copying, labeling and direct mailing services involving campaign literature for all candidates running in the union's 2006 election.
American Maritime Officers is developing a Career History, Assessment and Recruitment Tracking (CHART) system to optimize the application process and employment potential for AMO members interested in shoreside and seagoing jobs under the union's new agreement with Faststream Recruitment.
I cannot express the magnitude of gratitude my mom, brother and myself feel. Your generosity is overwhelming; and it is not just the monetary support but the compassion expressed by all that helps one get through such a time as this.
Construction began in January on the second new tanker in a series of nine being built for U.S. Shipping Partners at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) in San Diego, Calif.
