Polk Director,SCI Center for Maritime Education
Taking over the reins from Eric K. Larsson, former Director of the Seamen’s Church Institute’s (SCI) Center for Maritime Education, Captain Stephen Polk now commands SCI’s advanced training program for mariners. SCI appointed Polk, a USCG Licensed Captain and US Navy veteran, to begin work as Director earlier this month. Captain Polk has logged thousands of hours on SCI’s advanced simulators training professional mariners and in the classroom helping them evaluate complex situations.
New Center for Maritime Education Director
Taking over the reins from Eric K. Larsson, former Director of the Seamen’s Church Institute’s (SCI) Center for Maritime Education, Captain Stephen Polk now commands SCI’s advanced training program for mariners. SCI appointed Polk, a USCG Licensed Captain and US Navy veteran, to begin work as Director earlier this month. Captain Polk has logged thousands of hours on SCI’s advanced simulators training professional mariners and in the classroom helping them evaluate complex situations.
SCI Sells Water Street Facility, Stays in N.Y.
Yesterday, the Seamen’s Church Institute of New York & New Jersey (SCI) sold its 241 Water Street facility to the Blue Man Creativity Center School. At the same time, SCI commits itself to remain a New York-based institution, as it has been since its founding in 1834. Amid terms of sale, SCI retains its corporate offices at 241 Water Street. In addition to Water Street and Port Newark, SCI administers seafarer hospitality and education sites in Paducah, Ky., Houston, Texas, and Oakland, Calif. “This transaction provides SCI with the best of both worlds,” stated SCI President and Executive Director David Rider. “SCI remains in the heart of lower Manhattan, where we have been since 1834 and which remains an indelible part of our mission and identity.
Inland Maritime Must Prove Risk Management
Warning that improving safety trends were no cause for complacency, shoreside maritime leaders were told that the industry safety records were "totally unacceptable" by John Rose, General Manager Shipping Shell Trading (US). He expressed his opinion during a keynote address at the Professional Development Seminar for Port Captains, Marine Superintendents, Operations Managers, Safety & Training Specialists and Port Engineers sponsored by the Seamen's Church Institute (SCI) on October 22-23 at its Center in Paducah, Ky. "The number of fatalities in this industry is simply unforgivable," he said to an audience of 44 shoreside professionals from 22 different companies. "This is an industry with a safety record which indicates it is close to crisis.
