The number of new jobs directly or indirectly generated through the pioneering agreement between American Maritime Officers and Faststream Recruitment Inc., signed in December 2007, is fast approaching 40, and more opportunities through Faststream are now available to members of the union.
The APL Balboa has been re-flagged into U.S. registry. The 397-foot containership operates in a commercial feeder service in the Arabian Gulf for APL's liner fleet carrying containerized cargo. The APL Balboa is operated by APL Maritime Limited and manned in all licensed positions by American Maritime Officers. Built in 1998, the ship has been operating in the company's international fleet.
American Maritime Officers is actively recruiting AMO members who are licensed engineers for the State of Alaska's Ocean Ranger Program.
By Maritime Administrator Sean Connaughton
The fast sealift ship USNS Algol departed Wilmington, N.C., in early February carrying about 66,000 square feet of Marine Corps cargo destined for Afghanistan and more than 50 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs) destined for Iraq, Military Sealift Command reported in Sealift.
The large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off vessel USNS Seay Feb. 9 provided critical support in the rescue of four people from a fishing boat in harsh weather in the Straits of Gibraltar.
Two vessels manned in all licensed positions by American Maritime Officers assisted in the U.S. Navy's interception and tracking of a 5,000-pound non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite over the Pacific Ocean earlier this month.
The M/V American Tern and ice-strengthened tanker USNS Lawrence H. Gianella in February completed the annual re-supply mission to the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station in Antarctica for Operation Deep Freeze 2008.
By Capt. Robert Lee
In my opinion - By Susan McKenna
This resolution was adopted by the AMO National Executive Board and approved unanimously by AMO members at the March regular monthly membership meetings in Dania Beach, Fla., and Toledo, Ohio. No quorum was present for the meeting in Brooklyn, N.Y.
AMO members Greg Stuart (class of 1987) and John Evans (class of 2000) greet U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Joseph Stewart at a South Florida Kings Point Alumni Association function held March 4 in RTM STAR Center at AMO headquarters in Dania Beach, Fla.
