tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post6211750242014172184..comments2024-03-26T17:58:22.711-07:00Comments on HAWSEPIPER: The Longest Climb: Paul, Dammit!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-61902676398709572382008-12-03T05:30:00.000-08:002008-12-03T05:30:00.000-08:00Years ago I was on a Non-union Tanker and we were ...Years ago I was on a Non-union Tanker and we were restricted to our ship due to a refrinery strike in Port Arthur. Our Company paid us Time and a Half for the time we spent in port at that dock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-85741491666212558012008-12-02T19:12:00.000-08:002008-12-02T19:12:00.000-08:00Back in '02 I had a deck gang contemplate refusing...Back in '02 I had a deck gang contemplate refusing to hook up hoses at an oil dock in the Port of NYC. There was numerous union contract violations due to the restrictions they claimed. It was tense for a bit until the captain/agent/terminal manager worked out a compromise. This was a US vessel touching at a US port for the first time in 2 months.<BR/><BR/>Until ship owners, captains, officers and crews take a stand this BRAVO SIERRA will continue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-52902367342905910932008-12-02T16:41:00.000-08:002008-12-02T16:41:00.000-08:00Call the "Captain of the Port" and see what he has...Call the "Captain of the Port" and see what he has to say about an American Crew being restricted to a vessel? Are you in a Union??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-54993396209436110632008-11-30T17:50:00.000-08:002008-11-30T17:50:00.000-08:00Do they station security at the gangway to keep yo...Do they station security at the gangway to keep you from going ashore or are you just told that you can't get off? How on earth do people sign on/off?<BR/><BR/>Here is a thought, don't lower the gangway in those ports. Cite 'vessel security' when the shore agents yell up to have it lowered.Fred Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13532681496977057474noreply@blogger.com