News & Announcements

Wheelhouse Weekly, Dec. 16, 2025
Volume 31… Number 50, December 16, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: House of Representatives Passes Legislation to Restore Union Rights to Federal Workers; Attention Now Shifts to the Senate Administration Strips Airport Security Officers of Their Union Rights US Seizes Shadow Fleet Tanker NTSB Issues Final Report on Fatal Baltimore Bridge Strike New Pilot […]

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, Dec. 9, 2025
Volume 31… Number 49, December 9, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: NMC Announces Website Changes to Streamline MMC Application Process Security Team on Turkish Ship Exchanges Fire With Skiffs in Red Sea ITF Adds Three Countries to Its Flag-of-Convenience List Federal Workers Alliance Calls on Congress to Pass Legislation Restoring Union Rights to DOD […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, Dec. 2, 2025
Volume 31… Number 48, December 2, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Maersk Says It Has No Specific Timeline for Returning to Suez Canal Transits CSA Honors Mariners and Ships for Environmental Excellence More Countries Adopt Cabotage Laws Like the Jones Act Rear Adm. Benjamin Nicholson Assumes Command of MSC 2026 Mariners for America Conference […]