Welcome, Seafarers!!
The IMC is here to help!
We are your “home away from home and ship” while you are in the Bay Area. Our center works to provide you with world class food, entertainment and relaxation as well as a number of other services during your stay.
Please see what we can offer you and feel free to contact us if there is anything else you think we can do.
What we Provide
Communication
Advocacy
Transportation
Ministry
Seafarers Center
Seafarers Center
The international Maritime Center is proud to maintain the port of Oaklands Seafarers club. We is one of the several hundred seafarers clubs found worldwide. We want to offer you a special time while at port so please come on by.
Experienced volunteers staff the center and can offer food, drink, and access to our other services like sim cards and transportation around Oakland.
If you have any questions please contact us through the button at the top of the screen. We hope to see you soon.
Ministry
Through our sponsors and partners the IMC is able to offer a number of religious services which may be held at our center or aboard your vessel. The IMC works hard to connect you with chaplains of many different faiths ensuring you have access to the guidance you are seeking.
Below are the chaplains who we work closest with. They are likely available to help during your stay in Oakland. Please go to the contact button at the top of the page if you would like to be put in touch with them.
Fr. Joseph Duong Phan,
a Catholic Priest of the Diocese of Oakland, CA.
I have been the Diocesan Director of Stella Maris since 2005. Serving the seafarers has given me joy especially when I celebrate the Holy Mass, hear confessions, and provide counseling onboard ships. Providing the pastoral care to international seafarers is a special gift of the local Church to the universal Church. I am happy to be part of the International Maritime Center team to serve the people of the sea at the Port of Oakland.
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Rev. Young June
Rev. Young June You was ordained as a Reverend 1988 in Seoul Korea. He(M.Div &TH.M) belongs to KAPC(Korean American Prebysterian Church) Denomination. He served at Eden Presbyterian church(Castro valley), Sacramento Korean American presbterian church, and World Vision Prebysterian church as senior Pastor. Currently, he is teaching at Reformed University and Seminary(Korean) and ministering to the Oakland Central Presbyterian church as an associate pastor. Also, he is serving seafarers at Oakland port as avolunteer chaplain in IMC.
Communication
So long as supplies last we are able to sell sim cards through our center. Come by and ask in person.
We are also able to work with you to provide phone or video calls if needed. Please contact us through our contact buttons or come by the center in person ask.
Advocacy
We are able to provide assistance if you have concerns or experienced something you wish to report. Examples include unsafe working conditions, withholding goods which you have a right to, sexual harassment, compensation abuse, and many other circumstances.
Please reach out with contact information and any evidence that can help us help you. Use the contact button to get in touch. It it always better to contact us if you believe we can help than to stay silent.
Transportation
The IMC has multiple vans which we can use to transport you around Oakland contact us through email or come to the Seafarers Center to organize a ride.
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Transportation to shopping areas or visitor destinations in San Francisco and Oakland.
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Shore to Ship: Seafarers order online and arrange for their package to be delivered to the Maritime Center and an IMC chaplain or volunteer will deliver the package to the ship within 24 hours of receiving the package
