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Holiday Greetings!
Wishing you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year. For all of those at sea, especially those in the contentious waters, may you and your shipmates endeavor to remain out of harm’s way and incur smooth voyages. May 2026 bring peace, happiness and prosperity to all. Please click here to view our […]
IFSMA December 2025 Newsletter Online
The newest edition of the IFSMA newsletter for December 2025 is now online. Please click here to view a pdf copy.
NTSB Final Report Online
NTSB Final Report: Contact of Containership Dali with Francis Scott Key Bridge On December 10, 2025, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued its final report on the Contact of containership Dali with Francis Scott Key Bridge and subsequent bridge collapse. The Board met on November 18, 2025, to adopt the final report. The accident occurred […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, Nov. 25, 2025
Volume 31… Number 46, November 25, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Bipartisan Majority Moves to Force House Vote on Bill to Restore Federal Workers’ Union Rights NTSB Says Loose Wire Led to Fatal Baltimore Bridge Strike MLL Executive Moves One Step Closer to Confirmation as Maritime Administrator Iran Releases Tanker Seized in Gulf of […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, Nov. 18, 2025
Volume 31… Number 456, November 18, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Houthis Say They Will Stop Red Sea Attacks Iran Seizes Tanker in Gulf of Oman Resumption of Service at NMC Regional Examination Centers Piracy Rises in First Nine Months of 2025 Navy Awards General Dynamics the Contract for Two More John Lewis Class […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, Nov. 11, 2025
Volume 31… Number 45, November 11, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: One in Four Seafarers Get No Shore Leave at All MM&P Pledges Support for Global Alliance to Protect Port Workers’ Jobs US Salutes Merchant Mariners on Veterans Day Suspension of Port Fees on China-Linked Ships 50th Anniversary of the Sinking of the SS […]