|
IN THIS ISSUE – May 2023
- Mark Nestlehutt to Deliver Keynote at IMX2023 40 Under 40 Awards
- e-Learning Crosses 10,000 User Milestone
- "Rules of the Road" Online Modules Now Available for Purchase
- CME Wraps Up Bolivar Fleet Study for Turn Services
- Phil Schifflin Participates In National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Honoring Ed Coll at the International Seafarers' Center
| |
|
UPCOMING SCI EVENTS
Join us in supporting mariners and seafarers. Register today.
| |
Mark Nestlehutt to Deliver Keynote at IMX2023 40 Under 40 Awards | |
|
SCI President and Executive Director, the Rev. Mark Nestlehutt, will deliver this year's keynote address at the 2023 Inland Marine Expo's 40 Under 40 awards ceremony.
The 40 Under 40 awards recognize those under the age of 40 who have made significant contributions to the inland marine transportation industry and collectively promise to play a big role in shaping its future.
Mark notes: "It is a privilege to address the remarkable 40 Under 40 Award winners at IMX2023. Recognizing and celebrating the exceptional young leaders in the inland maritime industry is important for inspiring fresh insight and innovation, championing sustainable practices, and securing a dynamic and thriving future for this vital transportation sector that serves our nation."
This preeminent industry gathering celebrates the important work being done along inland rivers, lakes, and intracoastal waterways of the United States, with a focus on best practices, cost-effectiveness, safety, and environmental concerns. The conference runs from May 31 to June 2, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee.
| |
|
e-Learning Crosses 10,000 User Milestone
The Center for Maritime Education's e-Learning platform has reached a new milestone, now currently serving over 10,000 users representing 38 maritime companies. CME's e-Learning Manager Jonathan Burson notes, "We attribute our growth to continuing to add value to our clients through excellent customer service, our ability to customize our platform to fit our customers' way of doing things, and our philosophy of empowering our customers to create content and use the platform to meet their needs.
| |
|
"Rules of the Road" Online Modules Now Available for Purchase
In another e-Learning first, "Rules of the Road," CME's legal obligations training modules are now available to the public for online purchase. Launched in 2022, these modules offer educational content and testing assessment. While available for purchase, these courses remain a part of CME's simulator training curriculum. Contact Jonathan Burson for pricing and additional information: jburson@seamenschurch.org
You can sample the introduction to these modules by clicking here.
| |
CME Wraps Up Bolivar Fleet Study for Turn Services | |
|
SCI's Center for Maritime Education wrapped the Bolivar Fleet Feasibility Study for Turn Services last month. In this third round of testing for this project, CME focused on industry input from Lonestar Harbor Safety Committee members to further evaluate the challenging environmental and operational conditions.
From CME Director, Capt. Stephen Polk: "We looked at factors like tows shoving into the bank in nearby areas, currents running at 2 knots, and tows encountering traffic in the vicinity of the new facility (pictured below). In all, we tested sixteen runs to evaluate the impact on vessels transiting through the area." Polk notes that data from these runs and collected mariner input will be provided if requested by regulators during the permit process.
| |
On Thursday, June 8, 2023, the Seamen's Church Institute will gather the maritime community for the 45th Annual Silver Bell Awards, where we will honor Robert P. Burke, CEO & Principal, Ridgebury Tankers with the Silver Bell Award, and the Rt. Rev. Andrew ML Dietsche, XVI Bishop of New York, with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The Silver Bell Awards will also celebrate the 125th anniversary of Christmas at Sea. Register for this event here: | |
|
Phil Schifflin, the Center for Mariner Advocacy Director, recently attended the National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee (NMEDMAC) meeting in Piney Point, MD. NMEDMAC has six workgroups focusing on various issues that impact U.S. mariners. Phil has been participating in the efforts of four of the workgroups:
- Recommendations on Mariner Mental Health
- Recommendations on Appropriate Diets and Wellness for Mariners While Onboard Merchant Vessels
- Review of Medical Regulations and Policy to Identify Potential Barriers to Women in the U.S. Maritime Workforce
- Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment (SASH) Prevention and Culture Change in the Merchant Marine.
At this NMEDMAC meeting, the workgroups were meeting simultaneously, so Phil could not participate in all the workgroups he was interested in supporting. He elected to focus on the SASH workgroup, which seemed to have the most issues on its agenda. Phil helped the group prepare recommendations for the U.S. Coast Guard to consider in its effort to help prevent SASH incidents and improve responses to them when they occur.
| |
|
Congratulations to SCI's Center for Mariner Advocacy Director, Phil Schifflin, Esq., who has been selected to receive Global Maritime Ministries' Rev. John P. Vandercook Service Award as their 2023 Humanitarian of the Year. The award ceremony is scheduled for May 25, 2023, at GMM's Annual Lighthouse Gala in New Orleans.
| |
A TEST OF ENDURANCE INSPIRED BY MARINERS | |
September 28 to October 1, 2023 | |
|
Thank you to Cargill for supporting the 2023 Mountain Challenge as our Lead Sponsor! To learn more about sponsorship opportunities for this event or for more information, please email MountainChallenge@seamenschurch.org or call 212-401-4027.
| |
Honoring Ed Coll At The International Seafarers' Center | |
|
SCI President and Executive Director the Rev. Mark Nestlehutt (center) joined SCI Trustee Rich du Moulin (left) and Pangaea Logistics Solutions Founder and Lead Independent Director Claus Boggild (right) in a dedication ceremony in memory of Ed Coll at SCI's International Seafarers' Center in Port Newark. Ed Coll was the former chairman of Pangaea, and a former colleague to Mr. du Moulin and Mr. Boggild, who have made generous donations to SCI in Coll's honor.
Later, Mr. Boggild joined SCI Chaplain James Kollin on ship visits in the Port.
| |
|
Pastoral Care • Legal Advocacy • Professional Training
A donation to the Seamen's Church Institute
helps us support mariners and seafarers
with the challenges they face and
the demanding work they do.
THANK YOU!
| |
|
On this International Museum Day, we look back at SCI's museum. Referred to variously as the Marine Museum of the Seamen's Church Institute and the Nautical Museum, it traced its roots to two sources: the formal source was a collection of artifacts recovered from the landfill beside Coenties slip during 1925 excavations for the annex to SCI's 13-story seafarers' hotel at 25 South Street. These items included a Dutch cannon, cannon balls, bottles, etc., from the New Amsterdam era.
The informal source was everything left behind in seafarers' unclaimed baggage and in their nautical crafts like rope work, paintings, and model ships.
An SCI museum opened in July 1936, and The Lookout referenced the museum through the 1940s, but a 1953 article announced the opening of a formal museum in a permanent location, pictured here. Today, we retain a small number of artifacts at some of our sites, and we still have that cannon, too.
| |
Thank you to our corporate partners | |
Engage in the Conversation
If you received this newsletter as a forwarded email from a friend or colleague, or regularly receive our emails and would like a complimentary subscription to our print magazines, please click on the button below to complete an online subscription form.
| | | | |
