Ingram Barge Company has made a $1 million present to the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) in assist of its Ministry on the River marketing campaign.
With a fleet of over 140 towboats, 4,000 barges, and a couple of,000 staff, Ingram Barge is among the many largest inland-waterway commodity transportation firms within the U.S. It says that its present symbolizes Ingram’s confidence in and dedication to one among SCI’s core initiatives, Ministry on the River, which focuses on mariner assist and disaster response alongside the size of America’s inland river system and intracoastal waterways.
“Nothing is more important at Ingram Barge than the well-being of our associates,” mentioned John Roberts, president and CEO of Ingram Marine Group. “And the Seamen’s Church Institute and the campaign to grow the Ministry on the River drives right to that foundation. When our associates need help, support, and care, our Seaman’s Church chaplains are there to provide just that. For us to participate in the growth of this wonderful support for our industry is an honor.”
“The Ingram Barge Company has been a tremendous supporter of SCI’s Ministry on the River program since its inception,” famous SCI President and Executive Director, the Rev. Mark Nestlehutt. “As SCI endeavors to raise $5 million to complete our Ministry on the River campaign, this transformative gift helps ensure that all mariners benefit from the services provided by SCI’s river chaplains. It will help expand our ability to respond more effectively to crises throughout the inland river system and Intracoastal waterway. This gift is yet another tangible example of Ingram’s solid commitment and concern for the welfare of U.S. mariners.”
The Seamen’s Church Institute is North America’s largest mariner and seafarer welfare group. Founded in 1834 in New York City, SCI started its work alongside the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico in 1997.
SCI’s Ministry on the River at the moment employs two full-time river chaplains alongside the Upper and Lower Mississippi (with a 3rd chaplain arriving quickly in Houston) and an expansive community of chaplain associates alongside your entire river system to shortly meet the humanitarian, religious, and disaster wants of boat crews and particular person mariners wherever they’re of their journey.
Ingram’s beneficiant present will assist the growth of SCI’s Ministry on the River, serving to construct a broader and extra responsive community to serve mariners within the important inland-waterway transportation trade.
SCI’s presence alongside the Gulf and inland waterways additionally options the Center for Maritime Education with two state- of-the-art services in Houston and Paducah, Ky., offering simulator coaching, e-learning, and analysis knowledge to mariners and river-transport firms.
In New Orleans, La., SCI’s Center for Mariner Advocacy offers authorized assist and vigorously campaigns for mariner and seafarer rights.
