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Wheelhouse Weekly, March 15, 2022
Volume 28… Number 11, March 15, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Full Funding for Maritime Security Program and Tanker Security Program Evergreen Containership Runs Aground in Chesapeake Bay New Pressures on Global Supply Chain As China Tightens Pandemic Lockdowns Russian-Ukraine War: U.S. Seagoing Labor Supports “Strongest Possible Economic Responses” to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 8, 2022
Volume 28… Number 10, March 8, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: 89th MM&P Regular Convention Call Now Online: MM&P Women’s Caucus Guide: “Building a Respectful Maritime Workplace” Plus: Alaska Ferry Workers Are Leaving for Jobs That Pay More, Unions Say Kings Point Superintendent Jack Buono Announces His Retirement White House Strengthens “Made in America” […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, March 1, 2022
Volume 28… Number 9. March 1, 2022 STORIES COVERED Russian-Ukraine War: Nautilus Federation Calls on Shipowners To Safeguard Mariners Unions Stand in Solidarity With the People of Ukraine United Kingdom Closes Ports to Russian Shipping; European Union Expected To Follow Major Container Lines Suspend Shipments to and From Russia and Ukraine Also: DOT Says Growing […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 22, 2022
Volume 28… Number 8…February 22, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: New Federal Infrastructure Funds Will Revitalize Great Lakes Region, White House Says Bipartisan Bill Would Tighten Oversight of Foreign Vessels in Offshore Energy Sector Matson Reports Record Profits US-Flag Shipping on the Great Lakes Up 16.8 Percent in 2021 Also: Panama-Flagged Car Carrier Still […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 15, 2022
Volume 28… Number 7…February 15, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: New Federal Maritime Commissioner Max Vekich Is Former Labor Leader, Longshore Worker A.P. Moller–Maersk Reports Record Earnings CMA CGM Vessels To Stop Transporting Plastic Waste US Maritime Advisory: Risks Due to Regional Tensions in Black Sea and Sea of Azov MM&P Plans Announcement: Over-the-Counter […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 8, 2022
Volume 28… Number 6…February 8, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Administration Issues Plan To Promote Union Membership Congressman Honors Merchant Mariners in Speech on House Floor International Shipping Group Calls Seafarer Wellbeing “an Unintended Casualty of the Pandemic” Turkish Captain Dies Reading Draft Marks From Pilot Ladder After Officials in China Bar Him From […]