News & Announcements
Wheelhouse Weekly, Sept. 8, 2026
Volume 32… Number 35, Sept. 8, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Labor Day Message From Masters, Mates & Pilots Staten Island Ferry Crew Rescues Person in Distress From Waters Off Whitehall Chicago Fire Boat Responds When Heat Emergency Causes City Bridges to Get Stuck 2Alaska AFL-CIO Reaffirms Support for Jones Act How Can the […]
Tropical Waves Options
NOAA REQUESTS YOUR COMMENTS ON THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER’S TROPICAL WAVE ANALYSIS NOAA REQUESTS YOUR COMMENTS ON THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER’S TROPICAL WAVE ANALYSIS The NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Ocean and Tsunami Center is requesting your comments about the Tropical Wave Analysis currently provided from Miami at the National Hurricane Center’s Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch. Currently, the center […]
WA State Labor Council Resolution for US Merchant Marine & US Shipyards
During the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO 2026 Constitutional Convention, delegates adopted more than 30 resolutions that reflect a broad range of priorities across the labor movement, including a pro- U.S.Merchant Marine and U.S. Shipyards resolution. Click here to view the PDF.
Wheelhouse Weekly, Sept. 1, 2026
Volume 32… Number 35, Sept. 1, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Legislation Introduced in Congress to Extend Foreign Source Income Exclusion to Merchant Mariners in Foreign Trades Administration Calls Up TS Empire State for Federal Service Relief for Mariners With Pending MMC Applications 22 Presumed Dead in Bay of Bengal Sinking She Was a […]
Alaska AFL-CIO Reaffirms Support for Jones Act
The Masters, Mates & Pilots Union thanks the delegates of last week’s Alaska AFL-CIO Convention for adopting a Resolution reaffirming their strong support for the Jones Act. The Resolution, submitted by Lars Turner, MM&P Secretary-Treasurer, emphasized the fact that “the U.S. domestic fleet provides significant and cost-effective national security benefits in peace and in time […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, Aug. 25, 2026
Volume 32… Number 34, Aug. 25, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: White House Offers Details of Plan to Build Navy Vessels in Foreign Shipyards 22 Missing After Panama-Flag Bulk Carrier Sinks Suddenly in Bay of Bengal Chief Engineer of Liberia-Flag Ship Dies in Iranian Missile Attack Results of Second Quarter 2026 “Happiness Survey”: Seafarers […]