 | | Report of SCI's 2008 Shore Leave Survey
September 5, 2008
The Seamen’s Church Institute of New York and New Jersey (SCI) has
conducted annual surveys of seafarers’ shore leave detentions and
restrictions on seafarers’ and chaplains’ access through terminals in
United States ports since 2002. During the week of 20 through 27 July
2008, seafarers’ centers in thirty-four United States ports and one
Canadian port participated in the survey.... Read more
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 | | SCI Dedicates New Paducah
Simulator Projection System
August 25, 2008 On Friday, August 22, the inland river industry gathered at SCI's Paducah Center for Maritime Education to celebrate the installation of 14 new commercial projectors....
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 | | USCG JAG Visits SCI
August 13, 2008 The Judge Advocate General of the U. S. Coast Guard, RADM William D.
Baumgartner, visited operations of the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI)
in New York and New Jersey on Monday, August 11, 2008. RADM Baumgartner began the day at the New York Headquarters in the South Street Seaport, sitting down with the Executive Director.... Read More
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 | | SCI's Mariner Wellness Center
The Future of Fitness for Seafarers
Visiting the Port of Newark
August 12, 2008 In a 2005 report by the International Sports Committee for Seafarers (ISS), a sub-committee of the International Committee on Seafarers’ Welfare, Jörg Pfautsch lays out the importance of seafarers clubs and sports facilities to the industry. Read More
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| A New Way to Give for Christmas with SCI July 7, 2008
Having collected Christmas gifts for mariners
for 110 years, the programs "Christmas at Sea" and "Christmas on the River" of
the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) have been helping to make a family holiday
warm for those away from home at Christmastime.
Each year, SCI delivers Christmas.... Read More |
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| | Port Newark Construction June 27, 2008
SCI's International Seafarers' Center is like a ship in dry dock getting much-needed repairs. The Center will become a shell as we upgrade the facility to serve global seafarers today and tomorrow. Services to seafarers continue despite construction.
Click here to see 14 gift opportunities and architectural drawings.
Click here to see weekly updates that include demolition and construction photos.
Grand Re-opening: May 2009 |