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Wheelhouse Weekly, Jan. 2, 2024
Volume 30… Number 1, January 2, 2024 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Shipping Companies Delay Return to Red Sea After Weekend Attacks by Houthis Crew of Ship Carrying Cargo of Lithium-Ion Batteries Safely Extinguishes Fire Navy Divers Aboard USNS SALVOR Recover Pieces of Wreckage of Downed Aircraft Off Japan AFL-CIO Mourns the Passing of Former […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, Dec. 26, 2023
Volume 29… Number 52, December 26, 2023 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Holiday Greetings! New Issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot Now Online AFL-CIO: “2023 Has Been a Great Year for the Labor Movement” Keel-Laying for Future Texas A&M Maritime Academy Training Ship International: Maersk Prepares To Resume Red Sea Shipping International: Chemical Tanker […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, Dec. 19, 2023
Volume 29… Number 51, December 19, 2023 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Pentagon Announces Multinational Coalition to Protect Merchant Ships International Transport Workers’ Federation Issues Call to Protect Seafarers Confined Space Accidents Aboard Ships Claim Eight Lives in One Week India’s Navy Negotiates Release of Injured Crewmember From Hijacked Bulker Plus: The Shortage of Mariners […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, Dec. 12, 2023
Volume 29… Number 50, December 12, 2023 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Secretary of the Navy Renews Call for National Maritime Strategy U.S. Seeks To Build Coalition To Safeguard Shipping in the Red Sea Support Grows for Swedish Strikers in Battle With Tesla Ship Crane Wire Rope—Coast Guard Warns of Potential Safety Risks MM&P Member […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, Dec. 5, 2023
Volume 29… Number 49, December 5, 2023 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: “Attacks on Commercial Ships and Innocent Seafarers Must Stop” White House Sends Millions More in Funding to Nation’s Ferry Systems UK’s Civil Service Mariners Set To Go on Strike Plus: Support Ethical Employers With Labor 411’s New Holiday Gift Guide! MM&P Member News: […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, Nov. 28, 2023
Volume 29… Number 48, November 28, 2023 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Attackers Flee Hijacked Vessel When U.S. Warship Intervenes 1 Dead, 12 Missing, After Comoros-Flag Ship Sinks in Aegean Sea Corroded Davit Caused Lifeboat Accident on UK Research Vessel Foreign Car Makers in Southern States Boost Wages To Fend Off UAW Organizing Drive USCG […]