News & Announcements
Wheelhouse Weekly, Feb. 24, 2026
Volume 32… Number 8, February 24, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: US-Flag Coalition Expresses Gratitude to White House for Maritime Action Plan US Moves Vessels Into Place in Preparation for Possible Strikes on Iran NMC Mitigation Efforts—Credential Extensions Union Membership in the US Grows to 16-Year High VW Workers in Tennessee Celebrate First Union […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, Feb. 17, 2026
Volume 32… Number 7, February 17, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Administration Announces First Food for Peace Shipment by USDA: US-Flag Fleet Welcomes Restoration of a Key Source of Cargo Lapse in Appropriations and Government Shutdown Administration Releases America’s Maritime Action Plan US-Flag Cargo on Great Lakes Declined in 2025, With Lower Water Levels […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, Feb. 10, 2026
Volume 32… Number 6, February 10, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Six-Year Sentence for Master of Ship That Struck US-Flag Tanker in 2025 Crew of Pasha Hawaii’s MV George II Interviewed in Professional Mariner Magazine Maersk-Hapag Alliance to Send Ships Through the Red Sea With Naval Escorts US Shoots Down Drone in Strait of […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, Feb. 3, 2026
Volume 32… Number 5, February 3, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Lapse in Appropriations and Government Shutdown MM&P Members Back at Work After Courts Allow Offshore Wind Projects to Restart USCG Navigation Center Launches New Home Page Seafarer Abandonments Up Sharply in 2025 Two Years After Bridge Collapse, MV Dali Officers Still Detained in […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, Jan. 27, 2026
Volume 32… Number 4, January 27, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Breaking News: More Than Half of American Mariners Intend to Leave Their Jobs in the Next Five Years House–Senate Conferees Agree to Fund MSP at Level Advocated by US-Flag Fleet CMA CGM to Resume Routing Ships Via Cape of Good Hope Soo Locks […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, Jan. 20, 2026
Volume 32… Number 3, January 20, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: New Guidelines Include Stronger Protections Against Seafarer Criminalization As Suez Traffic Restarts, Houthis Make New Threats Congressional Ferry Caucus Meets in Washington New Leadership Team Appointed to Head US Merchant Marine Academy New Federal Maritime Commissioner Sworn In Very Important: Make Sure Your […]