News & Announcements
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 25, 2025
Volume 31… Number 8, February 25, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Sandy Hook Pilots Respond to Boating Accident US Proposes Steep New Port Fees on Chinese Ships Unions Ask Congress to Restore Maritime Safety Committees Eliminated by Administration Secretary of Defense Fires Chief of Naval Operations China’s Delay in Warning of Live-Fire Exercise Concerns […]
Columbia River Bar Pilots Seeking Applicants
APPLY NOW! COLUMBIA RIVER BAR PILOTS SEEKING APPLICANTS: DEADLINE MARCH 15! The Columbia River Bar Pilots are actively seeking applicants to fill expected vacancies. Applicants must have at least one year of sea time as Master on commercial ships over 5,000 GT and two years of sea time. The Pilots are an equal opportunity organization […]
Seattle Advocacy Continues
MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer J. Lars Turner spoke before the Seattle City Council: Governance, Accountability and Economic Development Committee Special Meeting on February 24, 2025. To view the video clip, please CLICK HERE. The clip should start at the 1:09:41 mark as Lars begins to address the Council.
PLEASE HELP – MM&P PETITION
Dear Brothers and Sisters of Masters, Mates & Pilots, The Licensed Deck Officers (LDOs) at Alaska Tanker Company (ATC) and Overseas Shipping Group (OSG) voted in a free and fair election to be represented by Masters, Mates, and Pilots (MM&P), effective January 1, 2024, and October 22, 2024, respectively. Despite their legal obligation to negotiate […]
MM&P Secretary-Treasurer’s Seattle Op-Ed
Please take a few minutes to read the Op-Ed co-written by MM&P Secretary-Treasurer J. Lars Turner regarding industrial land zoning in Seattle. https://publicola.com/2025/02/19/the-citys-maritime-industrial-area-is-no-place-for-housing/
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 18, 2025
Volume 31… Number 7, February 18, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Lawmakers From Farm States Try to Save Food for Peace Program, a Major Source of Cargo for the Merchant Marine Unions Sue Federal Agencies Over Access to Americans’ Private Data SS UNITED STATES, a Liner Once Crewed by MM&P LDOs, Departs on Final […]