American Maritime Officers | |
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| Founded | May 12, 1949 |
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| Headquarters | Dania Beach, Florida |
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Members | 3,082 (2014)[1] |
Key people | Paul Doell |
| Affiliations | AFL-CIO |
| Website | www |
American Maritime Officers (AMO) is a national labor union affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America. With an active membership of approximately 4,000, AMO represents licensed mariners working in the United States Merchant Marine aboard U.S.-flagged merchant and military sealift vessels. AMO holds a unique presence in the international energy transportation trades.
AMO officers work in a broad range of domestic and international trades aboard U.S.-flagged vessels in the deep-sea sector, including oil and product tankers, containerships, roll-on/roll-off ships, heavy-lift ships, trailer ships, general cargo vessels, and the only U.S.-owned fleet of undersea cable installation and repair ships.
AMO officers work in the Military Sealift Command fleet of large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off vessels (LMSRs) and aboard military prepositioning vessels, fast sealift ships, product tankers, Ready Reserve Force ships, and several others operated by private-sector ship managers for MSC and the Maritime Administration.
AMO has pioneered new job opportunities for American officers in the international fleet. AMO officers work aboard international liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers operating worldwide.
At the Simulation, Training, Assessment & Research (STAR) Center, operated by the AMO Safety & Education Plan, AMO officers, have access to the only LNG training program in the U.S.[2] certified to the standards of the Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO). With developed international equivalencies, AMO officers can crew vessels registered with more than a dozen flag states.
At STAR Center, AMO officers also have access to a comprehensive dynamic positioning (DP) training program accredited by the Nautical Institute.
AMO represents the officers and stewards in the majority of the U.S. Great Lakes fleets. AMO also has collective bargaining agreements covering ocean-going, harbor tugs, and inland towboats.
AMO members and their families draw employer-paid benefits from the AMO Medical, Vacation, Pension, and Defined Contribution Plans, the Pension Plan Money Purchase Benefit, and from individual accounts through the AMO 401(k) Plan.
The AMO Safety & Education Plan provides AMO members and applicants with comprehensive maritime training, license upgrading, and STCW certification programs at the STAR Center in Dania Beach, Florida. These training programs, including lodging and meals, are available to AMO officers at no cost at STAR Center. The former STAR center in Toledo, Ohio was closed in 2008, and training for AMO officers has been consolidated at the site in Florida.[3]
- ^ US Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards. File number 055-008. Report submitted June 27, 2014.
- ^ Star Center Training Programs
- ^ "Toledo Transition". STAR Center. Archived from the original on October 9, 2008. Retrieved November 1, 2008.