July AMO News & Bulletins
News & Bulletins
A More Effective Way of Working Together
The July meetings of the AMO Executive Board and AMO Plans Board of Trustees saw the culmination of months of efforts, studies, financial modeling, and numerous discussions. These sessions involve the National Executive Board assembling and hearing reports from union officials and staff, and others. The board discusses many developments during the meetings. Separately, the AMO Plans Board...
Read MoreMultiple AMO Plans Benefit Enhancements Approved During Board of Trustees Meetings in July
By Willie Barrere National President In early February, as soon as the union’s current Executive Board was in place, we began working on productive changes in staffing, enhancing AMO operations to better serve the membership, and starting the process of correcting shortfalls in our internal systems so they can better meet our union’s needs going forward. AMO Executive Board me...
Read MoreAMO-Contracted Stena Imperative First Handymax-Sized Tanker to Successfully Moor, Complete Cargo Discharge at Okinawa Multi-Point Mooring
By Captain Glenn Macario Master, Stena Imperative The tanker Stena Imperative moors at the Multi-Point Mooring in Chimu Wan, Okinawa with tug assistance. From June 9 to 13, the tanker STENA IMPERATIVE completed a two-part mission at the request of Military Sealift Command and DLA (Defense Logistics Agency) in Okinawa, Japan. The IMPERATIVE had loaded 240,000 Barrels of Jet A and 25,000 B...
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