On-Line Archive From August 1999 AMO Homepage IN THIS ISSUE News Coalition calls for U.S. cargo preference compliance U.S. rules out maritime as a bargaining issue in WTO AMO aboard 'USNS Pollux' Views Membership is source of pride as AMO 'turns to' for sealift service Great Lakes Bethlehem Steel retirees lose health, life insurance Maritime Task Force selects legislators of the year

April 2003 On-Line Edition 'Northern Lights' in 'Iraqi Freedom' Sealift Officers, crew on Jones Act vessel honored to be with troops The SS Northern Lights, operated in Jones Act service by Interocean Ugland Management for Totem Ocean Trailer Express and manned in all licensed positions by AMO, recently provided sealift support for Operation Iraqi Freedom.       The following was written by Captain Jack Hearn, master aboard the SS Northern Lights, in Kuwait. The Northern Lights is a Jones Act ship used by the Navy's Military Sealift Command in support of U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq and the Persian Gulf region. The Northern Lights, which ordinarily operates between Washington State and Alaska, is operated for Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) by Interocean Ugland Management Corp. The vessel is manned in all licensed positions by American Maritime Officers and by a Seafarers International Union crew. Full Text Of Article

MEMBER BULLETINS Mariners diagnosed with heart disease should not receive vaccination for smallpox Tax relief for Operation Iraqi Freedom civilian mariners AMO Members Asked To Call Ahead With Time Of Arrival Training U.S. Coast Guard implements new policy for issuance of Merchant Mariner Documents RTM STAR Center advises engineers to complete license upgrades, steam crossover

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