News & Announcements
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 24, 2026
Volume 32… Number 12, March 24, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Breaking News: NLRB Rules in Favor of OSG and ATC Licensed Deck Officers Seeking MM&P Representation Maritime Labor Expresses “Deep Concern” Over 60-Day Jones Act Waiver NMC Experiencing Temporary Outage of Application Submission Portal Third Maritime Academy Training Ship, State of Maine, Delivered […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 17, 2026
Volume 32… Number 10, March 17, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Maritime Unions Respond to Administration’s Suggestion That It Might Waive the Jones Act Administration Explores Ways to Restore Strait of Hormuz Traffic MSC Christens New Expeditionary Sea Base Australia Detains Liberia-Flag Ship After Repeated Breakdowns Maritime Unions Join Farmers in Asking Congress to […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 10, 2026
Volume 32… Number 10, March 10, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: New Victory for MM&P Licensed Deck Officers! APL Arbitration Award Update Impacts on Shipping Increase as War Spreads Captain Jim Staples on Fox News Congressional Coalition Formed to Defend Federal Workers’ Rights Maritime Unions Join Farmers in Asking Congress to Boost Funding for […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 3, 2026
Volume 32… Number 9, March 3, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: 91st MM&P Convention Call Aug. 3-5 Iran War Spreads: Unions Working to Support Members in Conflict Zone Six US Service Members Killed in Action; Iran Strikes Five Tankers, Killing Two Seafarers US-Flag Tanker Struck in Attack on Port in Bahrain Maritime Administrator Stephen […]
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 […]