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SCI Leads Efforts To Support Mariner Wellness

October 17, 2025

Helping to ensure mariners’ mental wellness and working to prevent suicide are key aims of the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI). While simulator training through SCI’s Center for Maritime Education may… Read More

Maritime Attorneys Offer Best Practices For Operators Before, After An Incident

April 14, 2023

It’s a well-established fact that the inland towboat and barge industry today is the most efficient and environmentally responsible way to transport bulk cargoes, from agriculture products to energy… Read More

SCI To Honor Steger At Luncheon

March 31, 2023

The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) will hold its annual Maritime Training Benefit Luncheon on April 20 at the Marriott Marquis hotel in downtown Houston. The luncheon, which… Read More

SCI Promotes New Advocacy Center, Website Phil Schifflin Jr. is the Seamen’s Church Institute’s director of the newly developed Center for Maritime Advocacy, housed in New Orleans, La. The center replaces the Center for Seafarer Rights, which was previously housed in Port Newark, N.J. The new center is designed to assist both brown-water and blue-water mariners. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

Phil Schifflin Jr. is the Seamen’s Church Institute’s director of the newly developed Center for Maritime Advocacy, housed in New Orleans, La. The center replaces the Center for Seafarer Rights, which was previously housed in Port Newark, N.J. The new center is designed to assist both brown-water and blue-water mariners. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

SCI Promotes New Advocacy Center, Website

January 22, 2021

As it moves into 2021, the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has repositioned its legal advocacy arm and updated its website to better serve brown-water mariners. Following the… Read More