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Cost-Cutting at MM&P-Contracted Companies Vol. 45, No. 1 January - The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO February 2009 Official Voice of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots Cost-Cutting at MM&P-Contracted Companies Thousands of Medical Evaluations Caught in Coast Guard Bottleneck NOAA Shipboard Life Enhancements Will Attract More CIVMARS Maersk Begins Multimillion Dollar U.S.-Flag Fleet Renewal 552935_IOMMP.indd2935_IOMMP.indd 1 22/12/09/12/09 99:02:20:02:20 AAMM Table of Contents Vol. 45, No. 1 January - February 2009 The Master, Mate & Pilot (ISSN News Briefs 1 0025-5033) is the official Cost-cutting at APL, Horizon Lines, Maersk and Matson; new San Francisco ferry voice of the christened; Maersk in multimillion dollar U.S.-flag fleet renewal; processing time International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots for mariners’ medical evaluations skyrockets; Washington State Ferries in fleet (International Marine Division upgrade; New York Marine Society seeks new members. of the ILA), AFL-CIO. © 2009 IOMMP. Published bimonthly at Washington Observer 8 MM&P Headquarters, Election brings challenges, opportunities. 700 Maritime Blvd, Suite B, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1953. Interview 10 Phone: (410) 850-8700 NOAA’s Rear Adm. Philip Kenul, who oversees the agency’s global fleet of research E-mail: [email protected] and survey ships, talks with MM&P about the agency’s strong ties with its CIVMAR Internet: www.bridgedeck.org employees. Periodicals postage paid at Linthicum Heights, MD, and additional offices. News From Headquarters 12 POSTMASTER International Maritime Organization (IMO) acts to combat piracy; seafaring labor Please send changes to: participates in development of “safe manning code” as part of IMO STCW review; The Master, Mate & Pilot MM&P works to free up medical evaluations caught in Coast Guard backlog. 700 Maritime Blvd, Suite B Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1953 MM&P Holiday Party Photos 14 Timothy A. Brown Chairman, Editorial Board Lisa Rosenthal MITAGS 18 Communications Director Congratulations recent graduates of the Chief Mate/Master Program; inaugural INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS gala for USMMA midshipmen. Timothy A. Brown, President Glen P. Banks, Secretary-Treasurer Sailing Through Time 19 VICE PRESIDENTS Bob Groh, Offshore Gulf Don Marcus, Offshore Pacific Cross’d the Final Bar 20 Richard May, Offshore Atlantic Michael Murray, United Inland George A. Quick, Pilotage MM&P Directory 22 Protect Your Job! Contribute to the MM&P Political Contribution Fund 26 About the Cover The Navy Jack, a symbol of resistance which dates back to the American Revolution, flies today on the jack staff on NOAA ship Oscar Dyson, home- the bow of all naval vessels. In accordance with a resolu- ported in Kodiak, Alaska. Dyson, tion made by the delegates to the 75th Convention of the which went into operation in International Organization of 2005, is the first of four new state- Masters, Mates & Pilots, every of-the-art NOAA fisheries survey issue of The Master, Mate & vessels. MM&P masters and mates Pilot includes a photograph of sail aboard all NOAA vessels. the historic flag. Photo John Jansen, NOAA. 552935_IOMMP.indd2935_IOMMP.indd 2 22/12/09/12/09 99:02:25:02:25 AAMM NEWS BRIEFS Cost-Cutting at APL, Horizon Lines, Maersk and Matson Maritime industry players are looking for new opportunities to of the restructuring, it will reduce the number of employees in cut costs as the global recession continues. Neptune Orient Lines, group headquarters to approximately 730 from the current 830. the parent company of APL, will move its Americas’ headquarters Matson Navigation Co. is reducing its non-union workforce from Oakland to Phoenix in 2009. The company has been head- by about 60 positions. The company said the recent cuts would quartered in the San Francisco Bay area for more than 100 years. consolidate an efficiency drive that got underway in 2007 and The move to Arizona is one of a number of steps the company is continued in 2008, with a hiring freeze. taking to cut costs during the economic downturn. APL is also Matson’s announcement follows one in November that reducing capacity in its major ocean trade lanes, laying up some vessels and restructuring its logistics business. APL vessels will Horizon Lines would reduce its non-union workforce by 10 continue to call at the same ports on the West and East coasts. percent, eliminating at least 70 of 700 jobs as part of an effort to A.P. Möller-Maersk has announced it will cut the size of its reduce annual labor costs. corporate staff by about 12 percent as part of a reorganization of All the companies said the cost-cutting measures would not its headquarters in Copenhagen. The company said that as part compromise reliability, timeliness or service quality. New San Francisco Ferry Christened Gemini, the first of a new fleet of Blue and Gold ferries which will be crewed by MM&P licensed deck officers, was christened last fall in a ceremony organized by the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) in the Port of San Francisco. In attendance were MM&P United Inland Group Vice President Mike Murray and MM&P San Francisco Representative Ray Shipway, as well as California Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Metropolitan Transportation Commission Chairman Bill Dodd, California Governor’s Office of Homeland Security Director Michael Bettenhausen and WETA Board President Charlene Haught Johnson. The 149-passenger Gemini sets a new national emission standard. Its exhaust is 85 percent cleaner than EPA emission standards for Tier II (2007) marine engines and ten times cleaner than that of existing Bay Area ferries. Significant reductions in air emissions are achieved by incorporating selective catalytic reduction and solar (renewable energy) technology and by using a blend of biodiesel and ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel. Other innovations introduced to protect bay and marine life include low-wake, low-wash hulls and sonar to help the ship avoid whales and floating debris. WETA is expecting delivery of its next ferry, Pisces, in March 2009. Two other vessels are scheduled for delivery at the end of the year. The four new vessels will begin South San Francisco- Oakland service or the Berkeley-Albany to San Francisco route At the christening of Blue and Gold’s new environmentally friendly ferry Gemini, Captain John Elkin joined MM&P Consultant Veronica Sanchez, in late 2010. Environmental and design studies are underway Captain Sly Hunter, MM&P United Inland Group Vice President Mike for new ferry routes to Berkeley, Redwood City, Hercules, Murray, MM&P San Francisco Representative Ray Shipway and WETA Board Richmond, Antioch and Martinez. President Charlene Haught Johnson. The Master, Mate & Pilot - 1 - January - February 2009 552935_IOMMP.indd2935_IOMMP.indd SSec1:1ec1:1 22/12/09/12/09 99:02:29:02:29 AAMM NEWS BRIEFS (CONTINUED) Maersk Begins Multimillion Dollar U.S.-Flag Fleet Renewal In January, Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) began the strategic realignment of its U.S.-fl ag service under the Maritime Security Program (MSP) with the refl agging of three vessels: Sealand Champion, Maersk Utah and Sealand Eagle. Six other vessels will be fl agged in as part of MLL’s demonstration of its ongoing commitment to MSP and the U.S.-fl ag fl eet, in a program that involves adjustments to the company’s U.S.-fl ag service on Pacifi c, Atlantic, West Med, MECL1 (Mediterranean/Middle East 1) and MECL2 routes. Th e program is as follows. Sealand Meteor will be moved to the Atlantic route. Until now, Meteor had sailed on the Pacifi c route, along with Sealand Charger, Sealand Comet, Sealand Intrepid and Sealand Lightning. Maersk will fl ag out fi ve ships in its Atlantic service: Sealand Atlantic, Sealand Motivator, Sealand Pride, Sealand Florida and Sealand Commitment. In their place, along with Meteor, four other Maersk ships will sail the Atlantic route: Sealand Eagle, Sealand Mercury, Sealand Champion and Sealand Racer. MECL1 will continue to be handled by Maersk Carolina, MM&P Captain Alan Hinshaw (left) and the Dutch Captain, Marc Buise, in the Port of Newark aboard Sealand Champion, the first of the nine vessels to Maersk Georgia, Maersk Iowa, Maersk Missouri, Maersk Montana, be reflagged by Maersk. Maersk Ohio and Maersk Virginia. Th e company’s MECL2 service will consist of fi ve newly Maersk Arizona will leave the company’s feeder service, which fl agged in ships: Maersk Idaho, Maersk Kentucky, Maersk Utah, will be comprised of Maersk Arkansas, Maersk California and Maersk Wisconsin and Maersk Wyoming. Maersk Alabama. Maersk Arizona will be fl agged out. Th e West Med service—now covered by Sealand Performance, A company spokesman said that although Maersk’s ro/ro Sealand Quality and Sealand Achiever—is being folded into the service routes are changing in response to market needs, vessel MECL2. assignments will remain the same. ▶ date you sent your application for upgrade or renewal to the Is Your Medical Evaluation Coast Guard; ▶ how long before your license was scheduled to expire you Caught in the Coast Guard started the renewal process; Bottleneck? ▶ dates and nature of follow-up correspondence with the Coast Guard, including requests by NMC that you undergo addi- The Coast Guard is reporting a backlog of well over 4,000 tional medical tests; medical evaluations at its National Maritime Center (NMC) in Martinsburg, W.Va. The time it takes NMC to process mariners’ ▶ any details about how long it took you to complete the addi- medical evaluations has more than doubled—from fewer than 40 tional medical tests, in particular given the need to schedule days to 89 days—since the Coast Guard introduced centralized them during periods when you were not at sea. medical vetting procedures in the second half of 2008.
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