News & Announcements

First Issue of 2025 Magazine Now Online
The newest issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot magazine is now online. Please click here to view a PDF copy of the magazine.

IFSMA Newsletter #86 – March 2025
Please click here to view a pdf copy of the IFSMA Newsletter #86 – March 2025 Edition.

Wheelhouse Weekly, March 11, 2025
Volume 31… Number 10, March 11, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Administration Announces Sweeping Overhaul to Reinvigorate Maritime Industry Bipartisan Legislation Requiring 100 Percent Cargo Preference for DOT Cargo Is Introduced in Congress CMA CGM to Invest $20 Billion in US Over Four Years Court Reinstates National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne A. Wilcox […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, March 4, 2025
Volume 31… Number 9, March 4, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: MM&P Captain Files Whistleblower Claim Against American President Lines and Subsidiaries After Retaliation for Reporting Rest Period Violations and Other Protected Activity Maritime Unions Call on New Hampshire Lawmakers to Reject Anti-Jones Act Bill ILA Members Ratify New Six-Year Contract Administration Fires Hundreds […]

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 […]