Helpful Links for Seafarers
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Shopping Destinations in Houston
- BestBuy – Gulfgate
- Walmart – Wayside – Houston, Tx
- Walmart – Fairmont – Pasadena, Tx
- BestBuy – Fairmont – Pasadena, Tx
- Baybrook Mall – Friendswood, Tx
- The Galleria Mall – Houston Tx
- The Tanger Factory Outlet Center – Texas City, Tx
Houston Destinations
- NASA Space Center – Houston
- Discovery Green – Downtown
- The Houston Zoo
- Houston Museum of Natural Science
- Museum of Fine Arts – Houston
- Houston Museum District
- Houston Maritime Center & Museum
Seafarer Support
- International Seafarers Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN)
- ISWAN supports seafarers and their families around the world with free helpline services, educational resources, relief funds and humanitarian support.
- International Labour Organization
- Seafarers International Union
Seafarer Support: Maritime Minitstries
- Apostleship of the Sea of the United States of America (AOS-USA)
- International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA)
- North American Maritime Ministry Association (NAMMA)
- Port Ministries International
- Seaman’s Church Institute
- Stella Maris
- The Mission to Seafarers
Maritime – General Info & News
- Maritime Executive – Maritime News
- Seatrade Maritime News
- MarineLink – Online Newspapers
- Journal of Commerce – Maritme
- Equasis Ship Search Ship database
- Marine Traffic
- VesselFinder
Governmental
- National: U.S. Coast Guard
- Local: U.S. Coast Guard (District 8 Houston-Galveston)
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- U.S. Department of State
- International Transportation Workers’ Federation – Seafarers
- International Tranportation Workers’ Federation – Global
- MARAD – US Department of Transportation – Maritime Administration
- International Maritime Organization
Medical
Miscellaneous
- Country Calling Codes
- Currency Converter
- Google Translate
- Online Conversion
- Convert just about anything
- Time Zone Map and Data
- World Fact Book
- Facts on the country’s land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and its relations with other countries and the United States.
