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IFSMA Newsletter #80 – September 2024
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Wheelhouse Weekly, August 27, 2024
Volume 30… Number 35, August 27, 2024 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: MV PRESIDENT BUSH Joins APL Fleet Navy Secretary Tells Maersk CEO the Company Should Order US-Built Ships Number of Confined Space Deaths Continues to Rise Containers Offloaded From Ship That Struck Baltimore Bridge in March Crew of Greek-Flag Tanker Forced to Abandon Ship […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, August 13, 2024
Volume 30… Number 33, August 13, 2024 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: MM&P Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for President Crew of Staten Island Ferry NEWHOUSE Responds to Medical Emergency Navy Christens USNS POINT LOMA Gap Between CEO Salaries and Workers’ Wages Continues to Grow Also: New E-mail Submission Instructions for MMC and MMC-Related Documents […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, August 6, 2024
Volume 30… Number 32, August 6, 2024 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: “Panama Canal Tug Captains Working 10-12-Hour Days With No Relief”: Unions Ask IMO Secretary-General to Urge the Panama Canal to Comply With International Conventions on Hours of Work and Rest Nautilus Federation News Magazine Now Live on Bridgedeck.org Temporary Closure of REC Charleston […]

July-August Global Seafarer Now Online
Please click here to view a pdf version of the July/August The Global Seafarer. —> Check out Page 7 – MM&P’s Government and Fleet Representative Randi Ciszewski was honored for defending mariner rights at the Seafarers International House in New York City.

Wheelhouse Weekly, July 30, 2024
Volume 30… Number 31, July 30, 2024 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Jones Act in the Crosshairs: Project 2025 Calls for Repeal or Overhaul of America’s Cabotage Law ITF Inspector Finds “Disgraceful Conditions” Aboard Flag-of-Convenience Ship Workers at First Unionized Apple Store in the US Reach Historic Tentative Agreement Soo Lock Project Continues on Schedule, […]