News & Announcements
Wheelhouse Weekly, April 7, 2026
Volume 32… Number 14, April 7, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: American Merchant Marine Veterans Convene at MITAGS Board of Pilot Commissioners for San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun Opens Applications Middle East Conflict: Forty Countries Meet to Discuss Reopening Strait of Hormuz Bloomberg Reports Iran Has Implemented a Formal Toll System for Ships […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 31, 2026
Volume 32… Number 13, March 31, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: AFL-CIO: “Unnecessary, Ineffective Jones Act Waiver Puts Foreign Corporations Ahead of America’s Workers” Iran Says Strait of Hormuz “Open to Non-Hostile Vessels” US Maritime Authorities Advise Turning Off AIS in Houthi Risk Area The Spring 2026 Issue of the MM&P Magazine Is Now […]
Spring 2026 Edition of The Master, Mate & Pilot
Please click here to view the pdf version of the Spring 2026 edition of The Master, Mate & Pilot magazine.
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 […]
Washington State Bill Passed in Favor of Maritime Port Jobs
Celebrating a 1st of its kind in the nation! SB 5995 – 2025-26 was signed into law preventing public monies from being used for automation of maritime port jobs. MM&P leadership worked with ILWU, Teamsters and other maritime unions to bring this bill across the finish line. MM&P Secretary-Treasurer J. Lars Turner (left) and MM&P […]
4-Minute Interview on NPR
War with Iran strands about 20,000 seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Jacqueline Smith of the International Transport Workers’ Federation about the roughly 20,000 seafarers stuck in the Strait of Hormuz in the midst of the Iran war. To listen to the 4-minute interview, please click here.