Volume 25… Number 2… Jan. 14, 2020 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: US Issues New Maritime Advisory on Tensions With Iran Russian Spy Ship Comes Within 180 Feet of US Destroyer in Arabian Sea Also: Unions to Baseball Commissioner: “Reject Plan to Build Stadium at Port of Oakland” Washington State Ferries Wins Federal Grant for […]

Volume 25… Number 1… Jan. 7, 2020 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: US Issues New Maritime Alerts Sandy Hook Pilot Captain Dennis R. Sherwood Dies After Fall Nautilus Survey Finds Nine in Ten Professional Mariners Fear Criminalization “Average S&P 500 CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio Is 287 to 1,” AFL-CIO Reveals Take Action: Maritime Jobs at Risk […]

Volume 24… Number 52… Dec. 31, 2019 STORIES COVERED HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM MM&P MM&P wishes all readers of The Wheelhouse Weekly, at sea and ashore, and their families and friends, a happy holiday season and all the best in 2020. In This Issue: Matson Takes Delivery of MV LURLINE Funding for New Soo Lock in […]

Volume 24… Number 51… Dec. 24, 2019 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Government Funding Bill Good News for Maritime Anti-Jones Act Legislation Introduced Mariner Gold Medal Bill Advances Pirates Release 19 Members of Supertanker Crew Plus: Crew of MAERSK KINLOSS Saves Iranian Mariners Adrift in a Plastic Tank News for MM&P Members: MM&P Closing Schedule […]

Volume 24… Number 50… Dec. 17, 2019 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: World War II Mariner Legislation Clears Major Hurdle CIVMARS Aboard USNS SALVOR, Navy Divers, Free Grounded Passenger Vessel in Micronesia In Mass Abduction, Pirates Kidnap 20 Off Coast of Togo Coast Guard News: Update to Qualified Assessor Requirements Most New York Waterway Ferries […]

Volume 24… Number 49… Dec. 10, 2019 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: House, Senate Agree To Extend and Enhance Maritime Security Program AFL-CIO Endorses New Trade Deal After Negotiating Major Changes to Protect US Workers MAERSK COLUMBUS Assists in Search and Rescue Operation Off Spanish Coast New Issue of MM&P Magazine Now Online Help Push […]

Volume 24… Number 48… Dec. 3, 2019 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: MM&P’s Steve Werse and Tim Ferrie To Be Honored by Seafarers’ International House Business Media Outlet Forbes Interviews GREEN LAKE Master for Thanksgiving-Themed Article Los Angeles Times: “Dive Boat on Which 34 Died Was Exempt From Some USCG Safety Rules” AFL-CIO: “European Companies […]

Volume 24… Number 47… Nov. 26, 2019 Happy Thanksgiving! MM&P wishes all readers of The Wheelhouse Weekly, their families and friends, at sea and ashore, a Happy Thanksgiving filled with good food and good times. In This Issue: Download the New MM&P App Today! Funding Legislation Extends MSP Payments IMO Commends MV GREEN LAKE Crew […]

Volume 24… Number 46… Nov. 19, 2019 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: NOAA To Stop Producing Traditional Paper Charts Military Sealift Command Christens Newest Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessel House of Representatives Acts to Reauthorize Export-Import Bank Congressman Conor Lamb Joins Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Urgent Calls for Anti-Piracy Action After More Gulf of Guinea Kidnappings […]

Volume 24… Number 45… Nov. 12, 2019 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: “Defunding Alaska Ferries Will Cause Long-Term Harm to the State and Its Citizens,” Maritime Labor Alliance Warns Transportation Unions Call for Congressional Support of Short Sea Shipping After Boeing 737 Max Debacle, Union Airline Pilots Want a Voice in Approval of New Aircraft […]