News & Announcements
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 […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 11, 2025
Volume 31… Number 6, February 11, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Study Shows Most Seafarers “Adjust” Records of Their Work/Rest Hours Maritime Infrastructure Hearing Touches on Wide Range of Issues MM&P Pledges Support for MSC’s Ambitious 95 Percent Manning Goal: “But Attracting and Retaining CIVMARS Will Require Improvements in Compensation and Working Conditions,” FEMG […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 4, 2025
Volume 31… Number 5, February 4, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Firings of Key Officials at NLRB Block Its Ability to Rule on Any Cases Transportation Labor Statement on Mid-Air Collision in Washington, DC LONE STAR STATE, the Newest NSMV, Is Launched US Army Corps of Engineers Celebrates 250 Years of Service Panama Canal: […]