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Wheelhouse Weekly, June 16, 2026
Volume 32… Number 24, June 16, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: US and Iran Agree to 60-Day Ceasefire to End Hormuz Crisis Three Killed When US Strike Hits Engine Room of Palau-Flag Tanker Navy Plan to Build Warships in Foreign Shipyards Meets Opposition in Congress Transportation Labor Slams Jones Act Waiver Christening of MSC’s […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, June 9, 2026
Volume 32… Number 23, June 9, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Transportation Unions Call for New Policies to Strengthen Maritime Somali Piracy Returns—Dozens of Seafarers Kidnapped Administration Removes Ocean Research Instruments Russian Authorities Discover Magnetic Mines on Hull of Tanker at Port of Ust-Luga Union Plus Credit Card: No Annual Fee, US-Based Customer Service […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, June 2, 2026
Volume 32… Number 22, June 2, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: American Maritime Partnership Launches Campaign Opposing Jones Act Waiver Merchant Mariners Honored on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery Mariners Working in the Gulf After Feb. 28 Asked to Respond to a Brief Survey NMC Extension Policy Update: Extension of Merchant Mariner Credentials […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, May 26, 2026
Volume 32… Number 21, May 26, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Congressmen Larsen and Carbajal Demand Answers From White House on Jones Act Waiver Rep. Norcross Secures Votes Necessary to Bring Faster Labor Contracts Act to Floor National Maritime Day Commemoration Held in Washington, DC One Year On, Crewmembers of Liberia-Flag Ship That Sank […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, May 19, 2026
Volume 32… Number 20, May 19, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: More Than 100 Maritime Leaders Urge Congress to Let Jones Act Waiver Expire MARAD Honors Officers of the American Merchant Marine Veterans Association SOCP Releases SASH Desk Reference Guide for Maritime Personnel US Files Criminal Charges in Francis Scott Key Bridge Case Middle […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, May 12, 2026
Volume 32… Number 19, May 12, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: US Fleet Honors Rep. Salud Carbajal With Salute To Congress Award Jones Act Waiver Causing “Massive Uncertainty” Among Cadets Stalemate in the Persian Gulf Continues: US Pauses Military Escorts of Merchant Ships; Iran Seeks to Formalize Strait of Hormuz Tolls Crew of USS […]