The Maritime Administration on National Maritime Day presented the Merchant Marine Medal for Outstanding Achievement to officers and crew members of several of the agency's vessels that supported recovery efforts after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Proposed rulemakings were published in the Federal Register May 22 for the new Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) system and consolidation of the merchant mariner document, license, certificate of registry and STCW endorsement into one document--the Merchant Mariner Credential.
Comments on both proposed rulemakings must be received by July 6, 2006, at the appropriate locations.
The U.S.-flagged roll-on/roll-off Maritime Prepositioning Ship 1st Lt. Jack Lummus May 22 joined in the Commonwealth of Saipan's first observance of National Maritime Day.
American Maritime Officers May 22 encouraged community support of federal legislation that would benefit U.S. merchant marine veterans of World War II.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced the creation of the new Web-based Mariner Outreach System (MOS). The system is intended to improve MARAD's ability to contact mariners during a national sealift emergency, according to MARAD.
The joint union-employer Board of Trustees of the AMO Medical Plan has approved an increase in the Plan's non-competitive college scholarship benefit from $2,000 per student per year to $3,000 per student per year.
Capt. Fred Walley, a member of American Maritime Officers, represented licensed and unlicensed U.S. merchant mariners in the 2006 Time of Remembrance Ceremony at the Washington Monument May 21.
