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Appendix C: Information from Labor Unions
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From page 104... ... Chairman Benkert stated that, in his opinion, the work conducted to date on the topic of vessel automation and reduced crews had been based on studying the technological advancement involved, with less attention being paid to the human consequences, other than the numerical changes in crew size. Nine organizations representing deck officers, marine engineers, radio electronics officers, sailors, and pilots accepted the invitation to speak 104 Read the entire page →
From page 105... ... , Executive Director, AFL-CIO Maritime Excerpts from Speakers' Points Of Concern All speakers expressed concerns regarding safety, fatigue, and the validity of the economic savings attributed to the use of smaller crews. Additionally, they addressed the substance and methods of the NRC study itself and offered suggestions for the committee to use in exploring the unstudied problems of mariners working on reduced crew ships. Read the entire page →
From page 106... ... "It is our strong belief that reductions in manning have had and will have a direct negative effect on vessel operational safety." HEALTH/DISABILITY (JH) Reduced manning and a shortage of unlicensed crew members Read the entire page →
From page 107... ... Some operators are removing radioelectronics officers, considering them obsolete, just as other operators are recognizing the increased need for an "onboard maintainer" who can be responsible for the upkeep of the increasing electronics on the vessels. Read the entire page →
From page 108... ... (JB) Is present automation sufficiently reliable, redundant, and user friendly to allow reduced crews on merchant ships? Read the entire page →
From page 109... ... The result is that the agencies accept ship owners' proposals for crew structures even where the agencies cannot account decisively for the consequences of the crew structure changes. Read the entire page →
From page 110... ... COMMI,l~lE;E STUDY METHODS (DD) A truly factual study on reduced manning must examine the work load of crew members and the distribution of the work load, the safety of operations, the shifts of operations and management within the shipping company, the skills and training opportunities for reduced crew seamen, the increased dependence on shoreside maintenance services, and the stress and fatigue that result among the members of a smaller crew. Read the entire page →
From page 111... ... Don Dishinger, Technical Director, Radio Electronics Officers Union. Read the entire page →
From page 112... ... 1989. Letter to all masters of Exxon Shipping Company oceangoing vessels. Read the entire page →
From page 113... ... 1989. Circular letter Exxon Shipping Company M-250-05, Engineers on watch, to masters and chief engineers of Exxon Shipping Company oceangoing Vessels, May 5, 1989. Read the entire page →
From page 114... ... K Walker, Exxon Shipping Company to Mr. John Hillman, Exxon Seamen's Union, regarding grievance # 016-88 limited duty, L Read the entire page →
From page 115... ... Larson, Chief Inspection Department, Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection, Los Angeles/Long Beach, to Mr. Paul Meyers, Exxon Shipping Company, subject Exxon Long Beach, Exxon Valdez, automation/reduced manning, January 28, 1988. Read the entire page →
From page 116... ... J Grady, Chief, Merchant Vessel Personnel Division to Captain George Wood, Exxon Shipping Company, April 25, 1989. Read the entire page →
From page 117... ... 1984. Letter John Hillman Esso Seamen's Association, to Melvin Drayton Exxon Shipping Company, regarding grievance #307 sick leave vs. Read the entire page →
From page 118... ... Exxon Shipping Company, to Mr. John Hillman, Esso Seamen's Association, regarding Damon L Read the entire page →
From page 119... ... Mr. John Bobb, Academic Director of the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies, International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots. Read the entire page →
From page 120... ... Department of Continuing Education, United States Merchant Marine Academy and Marine Safety International. Meeting guest Don Sussman, human factors researcher for the United States Department of Transportation, contributed the following document: Sussman, E Read the entire page →
From page 121... ... Mr. Jim Larsen wrote the Marine Board and contributed the following documents after the meeting: Larsen, J Read the entire page →

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... Chairman Benkert stated that, in his opinion, the work conducted to date on the topic of vessel automation and reduced crews had been based on studying the technological advancement involved, with less attention being paid to the human consequences, other than the numerical changes in crew size. Nine organizations representing deck officers, marine engineers, radio electronics officers, sailors, and pilots accepted the invitation to speak 104

Appendix C: Information from Labor Unions Pages 104-121

Appendix C: Information from Labor Unions
Pages 104-121