News & Announcements
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 25, 2025
Volume 31… Number 12, March 25, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Administration Seeks to Limit Federal Unions’ Role As It Prepares for More Layoffs NTSB Issues Urgent Safety Recommendations on Risks to Bridges of Vessel Strikes The New Issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot Is Now Online National Maritime Center’s Web-Based Tools Unavailable […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 18, 2025
Volume 31… Number 11, March 18, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Administration Walks Back Plan to Fire Thousands of USACE Employees TTD Congratulates Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer on Senate Confirmation US Strikes Houthis Over Threats to Shipping US Could Bar Ships From Countries Responsible for “Maritime Chokepoints” More GPS Disruptions Reported in Strait of Hormuz […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 11, 2025
Volume 31… Number 10, March 11, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Administration Announces Sweeping Overhaul to Reinvigorate Maritime Industry Bipartisan Legislation Requiring 100 Percent Cargo Preference for DOT Cargo Is Introduced in Congress CMA CGM to Invest $20 Billion in US Over Four Years Court Reinstates National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne A. Wilcox […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 4, 2025
Volume 31… Number 9, March 4, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: MM&P Captain Files Whistleblower Claim Against American President Lines and Subsidiaries After Retaliation for Reporting Rest Period Violations and Other Protected Activity Maritime Unions Call on New Hampshire Lawmakers to Reject Anti-Jones Act Bill ILA Members Ratify New Six-Year Contract Administration Fires Hundreds […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 25, 2025
Volume 31… Number 8, February 25, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Sandy Hook Pilots Respond to Boating Accident US Proposes Steep New Port Fees on Chinese Ships Unions Ask Congress to Restore Maritime Safety Committees Eliminated by Administration Secretary of Defense Fires Chief of Naval Operations China’s Delay in Warning of Live-Fire Exercise Concerns […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 18, 2025
Volume 31… Number 7, February 18, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Lawmakers From Farm States Try to Save Food for Peace Program, a Major Source of Cargo for the Merchant Marine Unions Sue Federal Agencies Over Access to Americans’ Private Data SS UNITED STATES, a Liner Once Crewed by MM&P LDOs, Departs on Final […]