Posted:
September 9, 2010
The Maritime Administration has extended the contract covering eight Fast Sealift Ships operated by Maersk Line Limited and manned in all licensed positions by American Maritime Officers for six months while the agency considers bids for a new operating charter covering the eight FSS ships and three other vessels.
The six-month contract extension commences Oct. 1, 2010, and MARAD has accepted a new AMO labor package for the eight ships. The new AMO labor package includes significant wage improvements for the officers working aboard the FSS ships.
"The AMO national executive vice president and the AMO national vice president at large deserve a lot of credit for their extensive efforts in pressing the Maritime Administration to improve the contract terms under this extension," said the AMO national president. "Their hard work and persistence have paid off for the AMO members working on the Fast Sealift Ships."
MARAD has issued a request for proposals (RFP) soliciting bids for a new operating charter covering the eight FSS ships - the Algol, Altair, Antares, Bellatrix, Capella, Denebola, Pollux and Regulus - as well as the Pacific Collector and Pacific Tracker, operated by Interocean American Shipping and manned by AMO, and the Cape Jacob, operated by a non-AMO company.
AMO's labor package for this RFP was drafted under the tripartite agreement, through which all three officers' unions provide packages with an identical total labor cost to the ship operating companies bidding on the RFP. Labor packages drafted under the tripartite agreement provide stronger wage and benefit rates for the officers working under the contract in the final charter award.
Four AMO-contracted companies submitted proposals to MARAD in response to this RFP.
AMO secures significant gains for members aboard Fast Sealift Ships under MARAD contract extension
The Maritime Administration has extended the contract covering eight Fast Sealift Ships operated by Maersk Line Limited and manned in all licensed positions by American Maritime Officers for six months while the agency considers bids for a new operating charter covering the eight FSS ships and three other vessels.
The six-month contract extension commences Oct. 1, 2010, and MARAD has accepted a new AMO labor package for the eight ships. The new AMO labor package includes significant wage improvements for the officers working aboard the FSS ships.
"The AMO national executive vice president and the AMO national vice president at large deserve a lot of credit for their extensive efforts in pressing the Maritime Administration to improve the contract terms under this extension," said the AMO national president. "Their hard work and persistence have paid off for the AMO members working on the Fast Sealift Ships."
MARAD has issued a request for proposals (RFP) soliciting bids for a new operating charter covering the eight FSS ships - the Algol, Altair, Antares, Bellatrix, Capella, Denebola, Pollux and Regulus - as well as the Pacific Collector and Pacific Tracker, operated by Interocean American Shipping and manned by AMO, and the Cape Jacob, operated by a non-AMO company.
AMO's labor package for this RFP was drafted under the tripartite agreement, through which all three officers' unions provide packages with an identical total labor cost to the ship operating companies bidding on the RFP. Labor packages drafted under the tripartite agreement provide stronger wage and benefit rates for the officers working under the contract in the final charter award.
Four AMO-contracted companies submitted proposals to MARAD in response to this RFP.