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Wheelhouse Weekly, July 28, 2026
Volume 32… Number 30, July 28, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Maritime Labor Tells Congress: “Highly Trained US-Citizen Crews Are Key to Maritime Safety” Democrats on House Transportation Committee Call for End to Jones Act Waiver House of Representatives Adds SHIPS Act Provisions to Defense Authorization Bill Crew of MV George III Rescues Man […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, July 21, 2026
Volume 32… Number 29, July 21, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: President Trump Is Considering Further Extending the Jones Act Waiver American Mariners Protest Chinese Ship Working in the Domestic Trades Christening of TS Lone Star State, Fourth Vessel in MARAD’S NSMV Program Middle East Conflict: Traffic in Strait of Hormuz Slows to a […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, July 14, 2026
Volume 32… Number 28, July 14, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Navy Seeks Information From Korean Shipyards on Building New Destroyers and Tankers US Employers Spend More Than $1.5 Billion Annually on “Union Avoidance” Hormuz Situation Deteriorates After Iran Attacks Merchant Ships ITF Launches Fund to Help Families Affected by the Earthquakes in Venezuela […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, July 7, 2026
Volume 32… Number 27, July 7, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: GOP Leaders in House of Representatives Ask President to End Jones Act Waiver Study Finds “No Evidence Any Waiver Voyage Met Legal Standard of Military Necessity” USNS Kanawha Is First MSC Ship to Receive the Military’s Highest Unit Award Resurgence of Somali Piracy: […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, June 30, 2026
Volume 32… Number 26, June 30, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Strait of Hormuz Evacuation Plan on Hold as US and Iran Trade Fresh Strikes International Shortage of Ships’ Officers May Top 100,000 by 2030 House Passes Faster Labor Contracts Act Great Lakes Towing Company Christens New Tug Puerto Rico Four Indian Seafarers Repatriated […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, June 23, 2026
Volume 32… Number 25, June 23, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: American Maritime Partnership Speaks Out: Jones Act Waiver Causing Serious Damage to Our Industry Iran Announces New Closure of Strait of Hormuz as Peace Talks Continue National Maritime Center Reports Reduced Application Processing Time Navy Authorizes Premium Pay for Civil Service Mariners Working […]