News & Announcements

Wheelhouse Weekly, Feb. 3, 2026
Volume 32… Number 5, February 3, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Lapse in Appropriations and Government Shutdown MM&P Members Back at Work After Courts Allow Offshore Wind Projects to Restart USCG Navigation Center Launches New Home Page Seafarer Abandonments Up Sharply in 2025 Two Years After Bridge Collapse, MV Dali Officers Still Detained in […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, Jan. 27, 2026
Volume 32… Number 4, January 27, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Breaking News: More Than Half of American Mariners Intend to Leave Their Jobs in the Next Five Years House–Senate Conferees Agree to Fund MSP at Level Advocated by US-Flag Fleet CMA CGM to Resume Routing Ships Via Cape of Good Hope Soo Locks […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, Jan. 20, 2026
Volume 32… Number 3, January 20, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: New Guidelines Include Stronger Protections Against Seafarer Criminalization As Suez Traffic Restarts, Houthis Make New Threats Congressional Ferry Caucus Meets in Washington New Leadership Team Appointed to Head US Merchant Marine Academy New Federal Maritime Commissioner Sworn In Very Important: Make Sure Your […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, Jan. 13, 2026
Volume 32… Number 2, January 13, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Maritime Labor Calls for US-Flag Shipping Requirement on Venezuelan Oil Imports MAERSK DENVER Makes First US-Flag Transit of Bab el-Mandeb Straits in Two Years NMC Will Launch New Application Submission Portal on Jan. 26 New Documentary Short Focuses on the San Francisco Bar […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, Jan. 6, 2026
Volume 32… Number 1, January 6, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: New York Times Reports: “Sanctioned Tankers Flee Venezuela After US Military Operation” New Issue of the MM&P Magazine Now Online Temporary Reduction of Service at REC New Orleans Police in Australia Find Cocaine Hidden in Refrigeration Unit of a Shipping Container New San […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, Dec. 30, 2025
Volume 31… Number 52, December 30, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Holiday Greetings New Zealand’s Government Rejects Plan to Waive Cabotage Law Senate Confirms New Coast Guard Commandant Navy Accepts Delivery of Newest Fleet Oiler Women in Maritime Conference in Vallejo in March News From the MM&P Plan Office: MM&P Vacation Plan—Last Day for […]