News & Announcements
Wheelhouse Weekly, May 16, 2023
Volume 29… Number 20, May 16, 2023 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Unions Call on Congress to Raise Debt Ceiling Without Preconditions Federal Employees Could Be Fired for Any Reason Under New Bill Two Mariners Have Surrendered Their USCG Licenses in Midshipman-Y Sexual Assault Case Plus: MITAGS Seeks Lead Manager for Navigation Skills Assessment Program […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, May 9, 2023
Volume 29… Number 19, May 9, 2023 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Six Crewmembers Kidnapped by Pirates Are Now on the Way Home New Edition of IFSMA Newsletter Posted on Bridgedeck.org Contaminated Fuel Caused MV WALLA WALLA Grounding Keel-Laying Ceremony for Third Maritime Academy Training Ship Iranian Navy Seizes Panama-Flagged Tanker in Strait of Hormuz […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, May 2, 2023
Volume 29… Number 18, May 2, 2023 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: “U.S. Wind Farms Should Employ U.S. Mariners,” Unions Tell Congress Unions Pledge To “Fight Like Hell for the Living” on Workers Memorial Day Iran Seizes Chevron-Chartered Tanker in Gulf of Oman Cargo Vessel Veers Miles Off Course and Strikes Wind Turbine Plus: May […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, April 5, 2023
Volume 29… Number 14, April 4, 2023 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: U.S.-Flag Fleet Goes to Congress to Advocate for American Ships and Crews Mariner Shortfall “Incredibly Alarming,” House Readiness Subcommittee Chair Says Pirates Kidnap Six Members of the Crew of Hijacked Danish Tanker Attention All Mariners: Well-Paying Jobs Offering Permanent Employment Are Available With […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 28, 2023
Volume 29… Number 13, March 28, 2023 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Pirates Attack Danish Ship in Gulf of Guinea; Crew Takes Refuge in Safe Room MM&P and MIRAID Join Broad Coalition Asking Congress To Boost Food Aid Funding Unions That Represent Maersk Employees Voice Issues of Concern at Annual Meeting Maritime Labor Alliance Unions […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 21, 2023
Volume 29… Number 12, March 21, 2023 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: The Master, Mate & Pilot Is Now Online Matson to Convert KAIMANA HILA to LNG in 2024 MSC Accepts Delivery of Sixth Expeditionary Mobile Base Platform ITF Launches Wave of Inspections Targeting Substandard Ships in the Mediterranean National Maritime Center Notice on Credentials […]